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Football
FOR
DUMmIES
‰
3
RD EDITION
by Howie Long
with John Czarnecki
Football For Dummies
®
, 3rd Edition
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About the Authors
Howie Long
is a former Oakland/Los Angeles Raider
defensive end with eight Pro Bowl appearances, a Super
Bowl XVIII victory over the Washington Redskins, and
many other accolades to his credit. His size (6’5”, 275
pounds), combined with his speed, strength, intensity,
durability, and explosive quickness, set him apart. Long
retired from the NFL after the 1993 season.
Long currently is a commentator on the Emmy Award-
winning
FOX NFL Sunday
program, which is the most-
watched NFL pregame show in America. His previous television broadcasting
credits include ESPN’s
Up Close,
on which he had a regular segment discussing
current sports issues; HBO’s
Inside the NFL;
the weekly
NFL Diary;
NBC’s
NFL
Live
as a guest studio analyst, and
Costas Coast to Coast.
He also wrote the
opening chapter to Bo Jackson’s book,
Bo Knows Bo.
Long is no stranger to the limelight, as he’s been involved in many commer-
cials and campaigns for Nike, Hanes, Coca-Cola, and Pizza Hut. He also made
his big-screen debut in the action-adventure film
Broken Arrow
with John
Travolta and Christian Slater and was featured in the 1998 film
Firestorm.
At Villanova University, Long was a four-year letterman in football as a defen-
sive lineman. He was All-East and honorable mention All-American as a senior,
and was tabbed the Most Valuable Player in the 1980 Blue-Gray Game. He was
also a champion boxer as an undergraduate, and graduated with a degree in
communications in 1981.
John Czarnecki
has reported on the last 19 Super Bowls and has consulted
for
NFL Today
and currently for
FOX NFL Sunday.
A former newspaperman
with such dailies as the
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
and the
Dallas Morning
News,
Czarnecki is a frequent pro football contributor to
Sport
and
Inside
Sports
magazines.
Authors’ Acknowledgments
From Howie Long:
First, I’d like to thank my wife, Diane, and my three sons for their support. I’d
also like to thank my former coach at the Los Angeles Raiders, Earl Leggett,
who taught me not only how to be a great football player but also how to be
a man. And I can’t forget my co-author, John Czarnecki, for all his hard work
and dedication to this project. Thanks also to my friends around the NFL,
Terry Robiskie, Hudson Houck, and Artie Gigantino, who contributed to this
book. Finally, I’d like to thank all the people at John Wiley and Sons who par-
ticipated in this project.
From John Czarnecki:
Thanks go to my proofreading wife, Vicki, and to my daughters for staying
clear of me on my bad days. To my mom, who knew that I would do a book
one day. To Ben, my computer expert, and Kathy, my transcriber, and John
and Mike at Clone Copy. To the coaches, Earl Leggett, Terry Robiskie, Fritz
Shurmur, Hudson Houck, and Ernie Zampese. To Barry Meier, my neighborly
coaching expert. To Artie Gigantino, a special teams/television expert. To
Garrett Giemont, a very special strength trainer. To two helpful workers, Don
Seeholzer and Bryan Broaddhus. To Ron Wolf, for all his insightful football
knowledge these past 15 years, and to my good friend, Peter King, for all his
advice. And to my best friend, Pat, for not calling me for three months. Finally
to Pam Mourouzis, our fine editor, who never raised her voice when I was
yelling (arguing) about anything. The calm in the storm!
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