Dan Marino
Birth Name:
Daniel Constantine Marino
Birth Place:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- Recorded thirteen 3,000-yard seasons, including nine consecutive from 1984 through 1992
- Joined CBS Sports as a studio analyst for "The NFL Today" in 2002
- Only quarterback in NFL history to have six 4,000-yard seasons (1984-86, 1988, 1992 and 1994)
- Only rookie quarterback to start in the Pro Bowl (1983) and be named the NFL's Most Valuable Player in his second season (1984) with the Miami Dolphins
- Spent his entire 17-year career in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins
- Won the Dolphins' MVP award 12 times, after which the team renamed the award after him
- Established the Dan Marino Foundation in 1992 with the mission of "empowering individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities through therapies, research, education, and employment in pursuit of a greater quality of life․"
- Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005 along with Benny Friedman, Fritz Pollard and Steve Young
- Named NFL Man of the Year in 1998
- Drafted in the first round (27th overall) of the 1983 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins