Reggie White
Reginald Howard "Reggie" White (* 19th December 1961 in Chattanooga , Tennessee , † 26 December 2004 in Huntersville , North Carolina ) Nickname: The Minister of Defense , was a US American football poker players on the position of Defensive Ends . White played for the Philadelphia Eagles , Green Bay Packers and Carolina Panthers in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 years .
His move from the Philadelphia Eagles to the Green Bay Packers was the prominent prelude to the newly created Unrestricted Free Agency . Up until March 1, 1993, the players were only able to change in the NFL to a limited extent, even after their contracts had expired. A lawsuit by White and others significantly expanded and simplified these possibilities.
Reggie White is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame .
college
White played basketball in addition to football in high school . In 1980 he received a scholarship from the University of Tennessee and played football for their team, the Tennessee Volunteers . In college , he first played on the position of defensive tackles . He scored 32 sacks during his college career and twelve sacks in a single season.
NFL
In 1984 White was hired by the Memphis Showboats to a professional team of the United States Football League (USFL). The USFL was a competition league to the National Football League (NFL) and had to cease playing in 1985. In 1984 White was elected as a precautionary measure by the Philadelphia Eagles in the Supplemental Draft , an addition to the usual draft. The Eagles wanted to secure the rights to White in time. From 1985 to 1992 he played in Philadelphia before signing a four-year contract with the Green Bay Packers as a free agent . White was a devout Christian and attributed his move to "God's wish". He wanted to go wherever God sent him. However, God's wish was well paid for. He received $ 17 million, and nine million were immediately paid out to him as hand money . The San Francisco 49ers wanted to pay the same amount, but didn't agree with the amount of the hand money. In 1999, White ended his career for the time being, but signed a contract with the Carolina Panthers in 2000 . Just one year later, after a total of 17 years as a professional, he finally ended his career.
White was used in contrast to college in the USFL and the NFL as a defensive end . His athletic prerequisites were excellent. With a height of 196 cm and a weight of 133 kg, he managed the 40 yard sprint distance in 4.6 seconds. As a result, he was increasingly used as a pass rusher and had the task of attacking the opposing quarterback and bringing him to the ground. He did this 198 times in his career. This puts him in second place on the NFL record list in this category, behind Bruce Smith . Due to his dominance in defense, he was given the nickname The Minister of Defense by his teammates, but also by his opponents .
In 1997, the Packers defeated under their head coach Mike Holmgren with their quarterback Brett Favre , the New England Patriots with quarterback Drew Bledsoe in Super Bowl XXXI with 35:21. White got three sacks - that was a Super Bowl record. A year later, the Packers had to admit defeat to the Denver Broncos with quarterback John Elway in Super Bowl XXXII with 24:31.
Honors
White played in 13 Pro Bowls and was once voted Pro Bowl MVP . In 1987 and 1998 he was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year - the best defensive player of the season. He is also a member of the National Football League 75th Anniversary All-Time Team , the National Football League 1980s All-Decade Team and the National Football League 1990s All-Decade Team . He has been a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame since 2006 and the College Football Hall of Fame since 2002 . His number 92 is not re-assigned by either the Eagles or the Packers.
After the career
White studied Hebrew and the Torah after his career . He became a preacher. White was married and lived in Cornelius , North Carolina. His son accepted the Pro Football Hall of Fame honor in 2006 on behalf of his father, who died of heart failure. White suffered from immune system defects and sleep apnea for a lifetime . These diseases are likely to have contributed to his cardiac death. Reggie White is buried in Glenwood Memorial Park in Mooresville , North Carolina.
literature
- Jens Plassmann: NFL - American Football. The game, the stars, the stories (= Rororo 9445 rororo Sport ). Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-499-19445-7 .
Web links
- Reggie White in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Reggie White in the College Football Hall of Fame
- Reggie White with the Green Bay Packers
- Obituary in the New York Times
Individual evidence
- ↑ Timothy W. Smith: Packers Land White With $ 17 Million Deal. The New York Times, April 7, 1993, retrieved December 6, 2017 : “The 31-year-old White, a three-time All-Pro, was the most sought-after unrestricted player in the National Football League's new system of free agency and is one of the most talented defensive ends in football. "
- ↑ Reggie White biography . Website biography.jrank.org . Retrieved June 21, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.nfl.com/history/randf/records/indiv/sacks
- ^ Tomb of Reggie White
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | White, Reggie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | White, Reginald Howard (real name); The Minister of Defense (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chattanooga , Tennessee , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 2004 |
| Place of death | Huntersville , North Carolina , United States |