Former American quarterback, who has registered dozens of National Football League records in his account regarding his quarterback position, Daniel Constantine ‘Dan’ Marino Jr. have also credited $35 million in his net worth. Played for Miami Dolphins of the National Football League, Dan Marino is the synonym for the greatest quarterbacks in the history of American football. 2005 saw his entry into the Hall of Fame.
From College Football to National Football
With his roots laid in Italian and Polish culture, Marino was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and brought up in South Oakland. Dan Marino is the eldest child of Daniel and Veronica Marino, and has two sisters, Cindi and Debbie.
He started his career in baseball when he was studying in Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, and eventually shifted his focus towards football when he won All American honor in football from American nationwide Sunday Newspaper ‘Parade’. 1979 paved way to his fortune by Kansas City Royals signing him as an amateur for their football team, but instead Marino selected to be with college team. Marino played football on behalf of his college, University of Pittsburgh’s, whose team was also known as ‘Pitt Panthers’. Starting as a freshman, Marino led his team to coup over West Virginia and Penn State in 1979 and last minute triumph over Georgia Bulldog in 1982. Consecutively during the three seasons that took place from 1979 to 1981, Marino made sure that he was in the top 5 rankings of media poll.
Marino’s senior year saw his tumbling football career as well as Pitt team’s bad fate. This even led to a halt in Marino’s selection in 1983 National Football League regarding his downgraded performance in the senior years as well as widespread rumours of his drug use. In Miami Dolphin’s list Marino was the 27th pick in the first round.
In the history of the United States Football League, Marino was the first draft pick selected by Los Angeles Express. Again, he decided to go with Dolphins instead of signing Los Angeles Express. He was given a start in 6th week against the Buffalo Bills. Both Miami and Marino lost the game, but this loss turned out to be victory for both Marino and his team because of the various records that Marino had afforded in the season. Second season saw Marino breaking many records and made him the ‘Most Valuable player’ in the National Football League. Marino’s only Super Bowl appearance was in Super Bowl XIX, where Miami Dolphin’s confronted San Francisco 49ers and Joe Montana in Palo Alto, California and lost the game by 38-16.
In 1993, Miami Dolphins tried for a comeback in American Football Conference Championship and thought of making it to Super Bowl series, but with Marino’s small vacation with the game, he fell down hurting his Achilles tendon during the play and was out for the season. Soon in 1994, Marino again showed up in the season as starting quarterback, with a special shoe on one foot and having an atrophied right calf.
Personal Life

In 1985, Marino wedded Claire D Veazey. He lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with his wife and has six children – Daniel Charles, Michael Joseph, Joseph Donald, Alexandra Claire, Nia and Niki Lin.
Apart from the football life, Marino had also made small appearances in the small as well as big screen. Some of his notable performances are – Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994); Little Nicky (1994); Holy Man (1999); Bad Boys-2 (1999). He had also made his appearance in advertisement campaigns for Hooters, NutriSystem weight loss programs, Maroone, Papa John’s, Nutrasource.com and Empi Select (a TENS device).
Philanthropy

In 1992, Marino and his wife Claire, established a foundation for people with autism, called Dan Marino Foundation; after their own son Michael was diagnosed with autism. They have also opened a integrated neurodevelopment center, Dan Marino Center, alongside Miami Children’s Hospital, where children with developmental risk and psychological problems are diagnosed and treated. On March 23, 2010, The Dan Marino Foundation held its first “Walk about Autism”. Over 6000 walkers participated, as well as 420 volunteers provided by the Miami Dolphins Special Teams.
Net worth
Marino owns vacation homes in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. He also owns two restaurants in Miami and Las Vegas (Dan Marino’s Fine Food and Spirits). Marino is a partner/investor in a Florida-based restaurant group named Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza. Marino had investments in MMD Realty, a real estate company. Marino earned more than $1 million a year from endorsements for AutoNation (the car dealership chain) as well as Nabisco (a subsidiary of Kraft Foods). By the time he retired, he was earning a handsome amount of around $6 million a year.

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Career/Profession: American football player, athlete

Antonio Ramiro Tony Romo popularly known as Tony Romo is an American star who belongs to Dallas Cowboys of NFL (National Football League). He earned this net worth by playing as a football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys.

Honorable achievements since childhood:

Tony was born on April 20th, 1980 in San Diego, California. His father was a Navy man in the United States and his family lived in Burlington. Since childhood, he has been an athlete and at a very early age he joined Little League All-star team. He started playing for his school team in Burlington High School in 1996. In 1997 he achieved several honors and awards by making records against Demons. He also loved to play basketball, golf and tennis and sometimes used to be in their tournaments too. While he was in college, he played for Illinois Panthers football team and awarded with so many honorable titles. These titles include Walter Payton Award, OVC Player of the week, consensus All-America honors, etc. But due to his return he took retirement from the team and it was really heartbreaking period for him.

 His journey with Dallas Cowboys:

Initially Romo was not on the list of Dallas Cowboys instead he was just the trainee under the head coach. Sooner his game was appreciated by the members of the committee and he was forwarded as the holder for the kicks in 2004. But in 2005 and 2006 he replaced quarterback Drew Bledsoe from his position and took that position in his hand. Here is some of his amazing season play:

 2006 Season: Replacing Drew Bledsoe he started his first season as a football quarterback against Houston Texans. After few days Bill Parcells declared him permanent for this position. Then he got a chance to play against the Carolina Panthers. He led his team to victory and achieved success. He also led Dallas to win the game against the Indianapolis Colts. Because of his performance in this season he received Galloping Gobbler Award.

2007 Season: This season’s beginning proved to be quite amazing and successful for him. Started with New York Giants then Miami Dolphins he continuously achieved success and led Dallas to the target. In the fifth week of the season Dallas played against Buffalo Bills where Romo throws five interceptions in a single game. His NFL passing rate was 97.4 which were quite good. His agreement with Dallas was about to end during this season so he took an extension for about $67.5 million. End of the season was disappointing for him as Dallas was defeated by the New York Giants.

2008 Season: season’s winning account was opened with the victory over Cleveland Browns where 24 passes for 320 yards was in Romo’s account. He also got severe injuries during this season that needed surgeries. They also got a victory against Philadelphia Eagles, but lost the game when played against the Washington Redskins. There were several ups and downs during this season, but in the end season proved to be worth playing.

Some other ventures he explored:

As his interest was not limited to football instead he was fond of playing basketball, golf and tennis too. Along with footballer he was an amateur golfer too. He got qualified for the EDS Byron Nelson Championship in 2004 and also for U.S Open Championship in 2005. During his free time with Dallas he was seen playing golf. He also made some guest appearance in radio programs related to sports. In 2006 and 2007 he also hosted the show based on Dallas play called as ‘Inside the Huddle’. This show was aired on KLLI radio station.

Personal life:

Romo even was so successful still had a tough personal life. Once it was in news that he was dating Jessica Simpson, who was an actress. She also came to his game which was against Philadelphia Eagles, but unfortunately Dallas lost this game. In 2009 the couple had broken up and got separated. In 2011, he got married to Candice Crawford. She was a Miss Missouri, USA and a journalist. The couple together has a son named Hawkins Crawford Romo.

His Earnings and Deals:

Tony Romo had several deals and contracts with different firms. His biggest deal was worth $ 119.5 million, which was amongst the top 15 deals in the NFL History. His earnings for several years are as follows:

2008: $605,000

2009: $620,000

2010: $8.5 million

2011: $810,000

2012: $825,000

2013: $11.5 million

Contracts:

He signed a 6 year contract worth $67.4 million with the Dallas Cowboys in 2007.

He signed a 1 year contract worth $3.9 million contract with the Dallas Cowboys in 2006.

He signed a 3 year contract worth $920,000 contract with the Dallas Cowboys in 2003.

Endorsement Deals:

His earnings and net worth is not only because of his play, but it also includes some fanaticizing endorsement deals. He has signed a five year contract with Starter, an apparel marketer worth $10 million. He has also some deals with Pepsi. Previously, he used to have some terms with Reebok too, which was worth $20,000 per year.

Quote:

“As a competitor and an athlete, you love that you get to go back and challenge someone, especially the world champs.”

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