Lawrence Taylor

This article is about the American football player Lawrence Taylor. For other people, see Laurie Taylor .

Lawrence Taylor
Lawrence Taylor 2007
Position (s): Outside Linebacker	Jersey number (s): 56
born on February 4, 1959 in Williamsburg , Virginia
Career information
Active : 1981 - 1993
NFL Draft : 1981 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2
College : North Carolina
Teams
New York Giants (1981-1993)
Career statistics
Tackles	1088
Sacks	132
Interceptions	9
Stats at NFL.com
Stats at pro-football-reference.com
Career highlights and awards
10 × Pro Bowl (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990) 10 × All-Pro (1981–1990, 1st and 2nd team) 2 × victory in the Super Bowl ( XXI , XXV ) NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team NFL 1980s All-Decade Team NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year (1981) NFL Most Valuable Player Award (1986) Bert Bell Award (1986) NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1981, 1982, 1986) Jersey no. 56 blocked by the Giants New York Giants Ring of Honor (2010)
Pro Football Hall of Fame

Lawrence Taylor , called LT (* 4. February 1959 in Williamsburg , Virginia ) is a former American American football poker players on the position of the linebackers . He played for the New York Giants in the National Football League (NFL) and won two Super Bowls ( XXI and XXV ) with them . Taylor was one of the dominant linebackers of the 1980s and was one of the few defense players to win the 1986 NFL Most Valuable Player Award (MVP).

Career

After completing college at the University of North Carolina in 1981, Taylor was selected by the New York Giants as the second player in the first round of the 1981 NFL Draft . Already in his rookie year he was named Defensive Rookie of the Year and even Defensive Player of the Year and was instrumental in redefining his position as a linebacker. Before Taylor, dominant linebackers (e.g. Dick Butkus or Ray Nitschke ) only played in the middle, but Taylor played on the right outside linebacker (ROLB). He was not only able to prevent running plays, but also land a sack with his speed like a defensive end or intercept opposing wide receivers like a cornerback . Taylor was directly responsible for the introduction of the so-called " H-Back " ( hybrid back , ie a mixture of running back and tight end that protects the quarterback), as Taylor regularly ran over the lighter running backs. In this way, Taylor redesigned the entire defensive tactics of the NFL - coach John Madden said: "Lawrence Taylor changed the way you play defense, how you play passes , how you play linebackers, and how you fend off offenses with linebackers." Taylor's ability was feared hard bag to land: 1985 hit Taylor the quarterback of the Washington Redskins , Joe Theismann , so hard Theismann is that in this (rule-compliant) Tackling repeatedly broke his leg and had to end his career. This moment has been voted "Most Shocking Moment in NFL History" by ESPN . This incident also served as an explanatory introductory scene in the Oscar-winning drama " Blind Side ". With the Giants, Taylor won the Super Bowl ( Super Bowl XXI and Super Bowl XXV ) in 1986 and 1990, and in 1986 he was the first defensive player since 1971 - and until today (2018) the last - to win the NFL Most Valuable Player Award (NFL Player of the year) by the Associated Press (AP).

He ended his career in 1993 with 132 1/2 sacks and ten Pro Bowl nominations.

In 1995 Taylor took a brief foray into the wrestling business. At WWF Wrestlemania XI, often referred to as the Wrestling Super Bowl , he was allowed to win the main fight against the well-known wrestler Bam Bam Bigelow . It remained his only active appearance in a wrestling ring.

Honors

Taylor is a member of the 1980s National Football League All-Decade Team . In 1994 Taylor was elected to the National Football League 75th Anniversary All-Time Team , in 1986 he received the Bert Bell Award and in 1999 he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame . The nomination for Hall of Fame was overshadowed because he talked about his drug and prostitution past in an interview. The Giants have blocked his shirt number and honor him on the New York Giants Ring of Honor .

Film career

He also appeared in a few films (e.g. Oliver Stones Every Damn Sunday and In Hell ). He also appeared as a football player on A Terribly Nice Family . In the television series The Sopranos he had a guest appearance as "High Roler".

Filmography

• 1998: Waterboy - The guy with the water damage (The Waterboy)
• 1999: Any Given Sunday (Any given Sunday)
• 2000: Shaft - Any questions? (Shaft)
• 2000: Mercy Streets (Mercy Streets)
• 2003: In Hell

Web links

• Lawrence Taylor in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ LT was reckless, magnificent. In: ESPN.com
2. ^ The Hit That Changed a Career. In: Washington Post . November 18, 2005, accessed June 30, 2008 .