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, Entrepreneur

Currently working as the General Manager and vice president of Denver Broncos Football Operation of the National Football League (NFL), John Elway is a retired American Football player in 2012. He has an estimated net worth of about $ 145 million. He is currently the chairman of AFL Committee and the co-owner of the Colorado Crush, Arena Football Team.

Appreciated widely during his schooling:

Professional Football Player John Elway was born on 28^th June, 1960 in Port Angeles, Washington. He moved on to pursue his graduation from Stanford University after completed his schooling from Granada Hills High School. His father was the football coach at San Jose State University even though he joined this university. He achieved a success at school career with 49 passing touchdowns and 5,711 yards. He was appreciated for his running and passing capability in the game. He received about 60 scholarship letters. He was also good at playing baseball and was selected to be the part of the Kansas City Royals in 1979. He was entitled with number one high school football player in the country.

Got into a dilemma:

After enrolling himself in Stanford University, he kept on increasing his success graph. This journey began in 1982 with The Big Game played against California. The Stanford Team won this game because of the last minute game that Elway and Mark Harmon played. In just four seasons, he made 774 passes for 9,349 yards along with 77 touchdowns. He also received an award of Pac-10 Player of the Year Honors in 1980. He enshrined his name in the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000. The tricks and shot that he played in the game were applauded by the Thomas David, an assistant coach in Football.

His career as a baseball player did not remain ahead. He was picked by the New York Yankees for 1981 MLB Draft and earned $150,000 for playing in their short season. George Steinbrenner, Yankees owner decided him to make him the right fielder of the Yankees in 1985.

1983 NFL Draft:

Baltimore Colts was quietly impressed with his shots and picked him up for 1983 NFL Draft. He was very cautious about playing for the Colts as it was the worst team of that time in the league. He got slightly confused of pursuing his career as a footballer after the advice of Marvin Demoff who suggested him to pursue his career in baseball. He was also afraid of joining the Yankees if Colt did not trade him. He was about to trade for San Francisco 49ers’ Joe Montana which was followed by the San Diego Chargers and then also with New England Patriots. But later on Ernie Accorsi, Colt’s General Manager announced him as the part of their team. Elway felt insulted and refused to play with them and after that he was exchanged with Chris Hinton of Denver Broncos committee.

Journey with Denver Broncos:

Elway after joining the Denver Broncos became the most substantial part of this association and a highly anticipated player in the NFL History. He started as an opener in 1983 for Denver Broncos against the Pittsburgh Steelers. For the first time in his career, he was dismissed by a linebacker. He has to go through several pains for NFL quarterback even though the popularity of Denver’s was undoubtedly high. In 1986, he led broncos to the Super Bowl XXI after attaining victory over the Cleveland Browns. They faced New York giants very well, but again due to safety possession, he was dismissed in the end zone. In 1987, he was chosen to play for the American Football Conference’s Pro Bowl Team. He was responsible for the win that the Broncos attained against Browns for the AFC title Game. Now they had to face Washington Redskins and this game gave them a lead start of 10-0 which became a record in the Super Bowl history. But unfortunately second quarter did not prove to be fruitful and they lost this series. His 57 yard pass touchdown to Ricky Nattiel became a record in this history as the fastest touchdown ever. But later his performance degraded and he disappointed his fans throughout that season. In 1989, no doubt he was the reason for their first victory in Super Bowl against Browns, but they got defeated by the San Francisco 49ers in upper Bowl XXIV. His performance throughout the game was appalling and awful. It was 10 out of 26 completions for 108 yards and not a single touchdown pass. But finally they again tried their hands in 1998 in the Super Bowl XXXII. This time Broncos made their victory after defeating the champions Green Bay Packers with 31-24. They won the consecutive title in 1999 and he was entitled with the MVP of Super Bowl XXXIII after making 336 yards and no touchdowns along with one interception.

Retirement with executive titles:

In 1999, Elway decided to take a retirement from pro football. He has gained the best winning percentages in the history of the football league. He was entitled as the greatest athlete at number 7^th by the Sports Illustrated. He was the only player who had spent the majority of his career in serving Denver Broncos.

Awards and Achievements:

• Elway got an AFC Offensive MVP award in 1993
• NFL Most Valuable Player and the AFC Offensive MVP award in 1987
• Elway was selected to the Pro Bowl nine times during his 16 seasons with the Broncos.

• Elway is the oldest player to get a touchdown at age 38 in Super Bowl XXXIII.

 Property and assets:

John Elway invested his money in various schemes such as Ponzi scheme where he after collaborating with his business partner invested $15 million in this. He established a restaurant with a signature of Denver Broncos that offers a very delicious meal with an attractive menu ahead. It include 165 dining seats, 70 bar seats and also private dining with a capacity of about 50 guests. He also joined hands with Chevrolet and became a main dealer for this company to offer dealership to other people too.

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“ Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there” are the words of the greatest athlete Bo Jackson . Vincent Edward “Bo” Jackson known as a greatest athlete of his generation was  well known player of football and baseball.

Jackson was born and raised in Bessemer, Alabama on  November 30, 1962 . He is a retired American baseball and football player and  the only athlete to be named an All-Star in two major American sports. Jackson played in both the NFL and MLB.

Early life

The eighth of Florence Jackson Bond’s 10 children, he was named after her favourite television actor, Vince Edwards .During his childhood days Jackson was usually described as “wild boar hog,” as he would constantly get into trouble which was eventually shortened to “Bo.”He  attended McAdory High School in McCalla where  he had hit twenty home runs in twenty-five games for McAdory’s baseball team during his senior season, becoming a two-time state champion in decathlon.

College

In june 1982, Jackson was selected by the New York Yankees in the second round of 1982 Major League Baseball Draft ,he tuned it down to attend Auburn University on a football scholarship . Initially recruited by head coach Pat Dye ,later assisted Bobby Wallace, proving to be a tremendous athlete in both football as well as baseball at Auburn.

In Baseball ,Jackson batted .401 with 17 home runs and 43 RBIs in 1985. He won victory for Auburn with a 4-for-5 performance in the year 1985 against the Georgia Bulldogs at FolyField in Athens, Geogia. Because of separating his shoulder during football season, Jackson missed the 1984 season.

In football, Jackson ran for 4,303 career yards during his time playing for the Auburn Tigers football team. He finished his career with an average of 6.6 yards per carry setting the SEC (South Eastern Conference) record.  In 1982 Auburn won the game played in Boston College in the Tangerine Bowl as Jackson rushed 14 times for 64 yards and 2 TDs.

As a sophomore in 1983, Bo rushed for 1,213 yards on 158 carries, for an average of 7 yards per carry, creating 2nd best single-season average in SEC history. During the Auburn-Alabama game Jackson finished the season by winning the Sugar Bowl, where he was named the Most Valuable Player. In 1984, was a year of Jackson’s injuries of and  he earned Most Valuable Player honors at the Liberty Bowl. Marking the second best single-season performance in SEC history in 1985, Jackson rushed for 1,786 yards. In the same year, he averaged 6.4 yards per rush, known to be the best single-season average in SEC  history. He was also awarded the Heisman Trophy in what was considered the closest margin of victory ever in the history of the award, winning over University of Iowa quarterback Chuck Long.

He ended his career at Auburn with 4,575 all-purpose yards and 45 total touchdowns, 43 rushing and 2 receiving, with a 6.6 yards per carry average. On October 31, 1992 Jackson’s football number 34 was officially retired at Auburn in a halftime ceremony being one of only three numbers retired at Auburn. In 2007, Jackson was ranked #8 on ESPN’s Top 25 Players In College Football History list.

Professional sports career

Jackson was selected with the first overall pick of the 1986 NFL Draft but he opted to play baseball for the Kansas City Royals. It was only in 1989 that Jackson began to show his true potential, when he was voted to start for the American League All-Star team, and was named the game’s MVP for his play on both offense and defence .

Jackson’s 171 strikeouts in 1989 tied him for tenth most strikeouts in a season for a right hand batter since 1893. Jackson performed his famous “wall run” on July 11, 1990 against the Orioles ,when he caught a ball approximately 2–3 strides away from the wall. In 1991 the Royals were unwilling to pay $2.377 million salary to rehabilitate Jackson’s football injury , later released him.

“Bo Knows..”

He became a sports icon during the late 1980s and early ’90s and even had his own Nike ad campaign, called “Bo Knows.”

Injury and Comeback

In 1991, during a playoff game with the Raiders, Jackson suffered a serious injury that required him have his hip replaced. The injury ended his football career and seriously threatened his baseball career. However, Jackson returned to baseball with the White Sox in 1993 and won the AL Comeback Player of the Year Award. The 1995 season began, Jackson retired from pro sports.

Net worth

Jackson has a net worth of 16 million which he accumulated through his athletic abilities and during his baseball and football career. Jackson earned 6.8 million and 6.1 million through his baseball and football career respectively.Jackson starred in various television films and commercials during his long and illustrious career.Playing for the kansas city royals jackson earned $2,323,000 and earned $9,381,000 playing for the chicago white sox.During his last season bo was paid $1,000,000 by the california angels.Jackson is also one of the investors who owns Burr Ridge Bank & Trust in Burr Ridge, IL. Jackson has recently started the annual Bo Bikes Bama charity to help out the people who were affected by the terrible tornadoes that ripped through Alabama back in 2011.

Life after sports

In 1995, Jackson went back to Auburn and graduated in December  with a bachelor of science in family and child development. Later opened a motorcycle shop and went into partnership in restaurant. Presently he serves as president of Sports Medicine Council.

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