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Dan Marino Football Player - Did You See Him Play?
A lot of people watched Dan Marino play football. Marino set a record for the most completions in a season (362) and became the first quarterback ever to throw for over 5,000 yards, reaching a total of 5,084. In the playoffs, the 14-2 Dolphins beat the Seattle Seahawks 31-10, then goes on to defeat Pittsburgh 45-28 in the AFC Championship game, with Dan throwing for 421 yards and four TD's. They did lose in the Super Bowl to the San Francisco 49ers in a hard fought game for the Miami Dolphins. Dan is named to the Pro Bowl. Marino had a unique ability to read the defenses quickly before setting up to throw and his skill of quickly releasing the ball made it very difficult for defenders to sack him.
Dan Marino was a Player of American football, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was considered a great QB for the Miami Dolphins. In the 1984 season he gained 5084 yards passing. He passed for 48 touchdowns. These were NFL records at the time when Marino performed these feats. Dan Marino has over 400 TD passes and over 58,000 passing yards in his NFL career. Marino never won a Super Bowl. He announced his retirement in 2000.
Dan was an exceptional athlete as a young teen. In high school he played quarterback for his high school football team. He was selected to the High School All America team in 1978, which is sponsored by Parade. He was recruited to play football by numerous major universities. The Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball drafted him. At the end of the day he decided to attend college at the University of Pittsburgh, which allowed him to be close to the place he grew up.
While in college Dan was no slouch, because he broke all kinds of college passing records from passing yards to touchdowns. He earns All-American honors his junior year. The university retired Dan's jersey in 1982, after his senior season.
A few of the greatest honors that Dan Marino has received was having his high school honor him by retiring his football jersey and when his grade school's football field was names after him.
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