John Scully (American football)
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| Position: | Guard Center | ||||||||
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| Born: | August 2, 1958 Huntington, New York, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 262 lb (119 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Holy Family (Huntington) | ||||||||
| College: | Notre Dame | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1981 / round: 4 / pick: 109 | ||||||||
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John Francis Scully Jr. (born August 2, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a guard for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1980s and early 1990s. Scully played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, earning unanimous All-American honors in 1980. He played for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons for his entire pro career.
Early life
[edit]He was born in Huntington, New York.
College career
[edit]Scully attended the University of Notre Dame, where he played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team from 1977 to 1980. As a senior in 1980, he was a team captain and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American as the team's center. He is the writer of the popular Notre Dame anthem "Here Come the Irish."
Professional career
[edit]The Atlanta Falcons chose Scully in the fourth round (109th pick overall) of the 1981 NFL draft, and he played for the Falcons from 1981 to 1990. In his ten-year NFL career, he played in 112 games and started eighty-two of them.
In 1989, John played piano and sung Bruce Springsteen's Meeting Across The River, a rather obscure track off the Born To Run album, in a Super Bowl XXIII NFL players Talent Showcase. The event was telecast live on national television prior to game (where San Francisco beat Cincinnati, 20–16).
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- Atlanta Falcons players
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players
- Sportspeople from Huntington, New York
- Players of American football from Joliet, Illinois
- Players of American football from Suffolk County, New York
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football offensive lineman, 1950s birth stubs