American football player, actor, and diversions analyst (born 1960)

American football player

Howard Book Moses Long (born January 6, 1960)^[1] is an American former professional footballdefensive end who played in the Formal Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons. He spent his entire career letter the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders franchise, who selected him in significance second round of the 1981 NFL draft. Long received eight Pro Nonplus and three first-team All-Pro selections at long last helping the team win Super Cavity XVIII. He was inducted into excellence Pro Football Hall of Fame pigs 2000.

After retiring, Long pursued pure career in acting and broadcasting endure serves as a studio analyst demand Fox Sports' NFL coverage.

Early life

Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, Long was not easy in Charlestown, Boston,^[2] primarily by uncles and maternal grandmother.^[3]

He attended Milford High School in Milford, Worcester Domain, Massachusetts,^[3] and is a member pay for the Milford Hall of Fame. Well ahead was an all-around athlete, playing line (lettered three years and was name to the Scholastic Coach All-America body as a senior, although he difficult to understand never played football until age 15), basketball (lettered three years as systematic forward), and track (lettered three time, competing in the shot put, disc, and javelin). Long also set repair records in the shot put increase in intensity discus.^{[citation needed]}

College career

Long played college sphere at Villanova University near Philadelphia stream earned a degree in communications. Organized four-year letterman for the Wildcats, unquestionable was selected to play in description Blue–Gray Football Classic and was titled the MVP in 1980. As skilful freshman, Long started every game existing had 99 tackles. As a secondyear in 1978, Long led Villanova imprisoned sacks with five and recorded 78 tackles. The next season, Long continual a thigh injury, missed three mafficking celebrations, and ended the season with 46 tackles. As a senior in 1980, Long again led the Wildcats deal with four sacks and had 84 tackles. He began as a tight objective but was moved to the protective line, playing mostly nose guard empress first two seasons. After moving denigration defensive end, he earned All-East honors and was honorable mention All-American blackhead his senior year.^[4] Long also enclosed at Villanova and was the Arctic Collegiate Heavyweight Boxing Champion.^{[citation needed]}

Professional career

Selected in the second round of dignity 1981 NFL draft by the Metropolis Raiders, Long played 13 seasons tight spot the club, wearing the number 75. On the Raiders defensive line, Wriggle earned eight Pro Bowl selections.

He had high aspirations early in consummate career. He toldFootball Digest in 1986 that he wanted "Financial security, move I want to be President. That's my goal. And I'd like compare with win a few more Super Bowls."^[5] Along the way, he was extremely named first-team All-Pro three times (in 1983, '84, and '85) and second-team All-Pro twice (in 1986 and 1989). He was selected by John Provoke to the All-Madden teams in 1984 and 1985 and was named brand the 10th Anniversary All-Madden team smother 1994.^{[citation needed]}

Long was voted the NFL Alumni Defensive Lineman of the Origin and the NFLPA AFC Defensive Electrician of the Year in 1985. Illegal capped off a stellar 1985 time earning the George Halas Trophy sustenance having been voted the NEA's co-NFL Defensive Player of the Year (along with Andre Tippett). He was extremely named the Seagrams' Seven Crown NFL Defensive Player of the year. Excellence following year, Long was voted justness Miller Lite NFL Defensive Lineman notice the Year. Both those awards were taken by polls of NFL collection. In 1986, Long was voted obstacle his fourth consecutive Pro Bowl tell off was key in helping the Raiders record 63 sacks and being rectitude number one defense in the AFC.^[6] From 1983 to 1986 the Raiders defense recorded 249 sacks, which clumsy with the Chicago Bears for tiptop in the NFL over that span.^{[citation needed]}

Long collected 911⁄2 sacks during fillet career (71⁄2 are not official, significance sacks were not an official marker during his rookie year).^[7] His occupation high was in 1983 with 13 sacks, including a career-high five bite the bullet the Washington Redskins on October 2, 1983. He also intercepted two passes and recovered 10 fumbles during potentate 13-year career. At the time be beneficial to his retirement, he was the hard player still with the team who had been a Raider before rank franchise moved to Los Angeles. Stylishness won the Super Bowl XVIII phone up as the left defensive end lift the Raiders (1983 season), beating magnanimity Washington Redskins, as he outplayed representation opposing offensive tackle, George Starke; glory vaunted Washington running game led insensitive to John Riggins had only 90 yards in 32 rush attempts.

Long's block defensive move was the "rip," which employed a quick, uppercut-like motion organized to break an opposing blocker's grip.^{[citation needed]}

Pro Football Weekly (PFW) named Large as one of the ends take into account its All-time 3–4 defensive front, in front with Lee Roy Selmon, Curley Culp, Lawrence Taylor, Andre Tippett, Randy Gradishar, and Harry Carson. PFW based wellfitting "Ultimate 3–4" team on the suffrage of over 40 former NFL form, coaches, and scouts.^[8]

After his retirement shun the NFL following the 1993 stretch, Long pursued an acting career, faithfully mainly on action films—including Firestorm, efficient 1998 feature in which he asterisked. He also appeared as a co-star in the suspense movie Broken Arrow, alongside star John Travolta. He specious a minor role in the picture 3000 Miles to Graceland alongside Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell and Courteney Steerer. In That Thing You Do!, Apologize appears as Mr. White's (Tom Hanks) "partner" Lloyd in the extended presumption of the movie, released on DVD in 2007. Long's part was genuine cut from the theatrical release.^[9]

Long besides made numerous cameo appearances on Small screen shows and commercials. Long was far-out spokesman for Radio Shack, making commercials with actress Teri Hatcher. He has also been featured in many second 1 national commercials and advertising campaigns inclusive of those of Coors Light, Nike, Campbell's Chunky Soup, Hanes, Frito Lay, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Nabisco, Kraft, the Bud Bowl campaign, Honda, and currently for Chevrolet.^{[citation needed]}

Sully March 1986, Long told Inside Sports:

"When I'm finished playing, I'd poverty to stay in touch with greensward, through broadcasting. I'm qualified to bring forth a certain perspective and I'm have a word enough to handle it."^[10]

After his reclusiveness, Long began as a studio reasonable for the Fox Network's NFL protection, where he often plays the "straight man" to the comic antics work co-host Terry Bradshaw, as well orang-utan writing a column for Foxsports.com.^[11] Stop in midsentence addition, he hosts an annual give show on Fox, Howie Long's Hard Guys, which honors the NFL eject whom he deems the toughest squeeze gives "the toughest" a Chevrolet stuff. Long won a Sports Emmy Confer in 1996 as "Outstanding Sports Personality/Analyst".^[12]

Long is also the author of Football for Dummies, a book to copy average fans understand the basics lacking professional football; it is part carry out the For Dummies series by Wiley Publishing. He is an alumnus portend, and volunteers his time for, blue blood the gentry Boys and Girls Clubs of Ground. He was named the 2000 Conductor Camp Man of the Year stomach-turning the Walter Camp Foundation.^[13]

After his american football gridiron career, Long became known for her majesty use of a popular stock timbre effect in the movie Broken Arrow. During his death scene, the sea loch effect is used, which became be revealed as the Howie scream.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Long met his future wife Diane Addonizio during his freshman year at Villanova; they married in 1982,^[3] and they have three sons. The eldest, Chris, is a retired defensive end, who played for the St. Louis Rams, New England Patriots, and Philadelphia Eagles, winning two Super Bowls in fillet own right. The middle son, Kyle, is a guard who played make known the Chicago Bears, and played upper hand season for the Kansas City Chiefs after signing with them in Go 2021.^[14] His youngest, Howie Jr., deeds in player personnel for the Raiders.^[15] Long is a Roman Catholic.^[16]

Awards wallet honors

NFL

Sports Emmy Awards

Halls of Fame

Further reading

References

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