Tony Settles
.jpg) Settles receiving his Super Bowl ring at a ceremony held in 2018 | |||||
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||
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| Born: | August 29, 1964 Laurinburg, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
| Weight: | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||
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| High school: | Scotland (Laurinburg, North Carolina) | ||||
| College: | Elon | ||||
| Undrafted: | 1987 | ||||
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Anthony C. Settles (born August 29, 1964) is an American former professional football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins during the 1987 NFL season. He played college football for Elon.[1]
He was a replacement player for the Redskins during the 1987 players' strike. He played in three games and was featured in The Year of Scab documentary by ESPN. Settles, along with the other replacements, was mentioned in an ESPN documentary titled Year of the Scab,[2] and was the inspiration for the 2000 film The Replacements. In 2018, Settles was awarded a Super Bowl ring for playing for the Redskins in 1987, the year they won Super Bowl XXII.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tony Settles - Pro Football Archives". www.profootballarchives.com. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
- ^ "Tony Settles '87 featured on ESPN documentary "Year of the Scab"". Elon University. September 13, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ Chesebrough, Diane (June 12, 2018). "Redskins 1987 replacement players get Super Bowl rings". Redskins Wire. USA Today. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
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