John Scully (American football)
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| Position: | Guard Center | ||||||||
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| Born: | August 2, 1958 Huntington, New York, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 262 lb (119 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Holy Family (Huntington) | ||||||||
| College: | Notre Dame | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1981 / round: 4 / pick: 109 | ||||||||
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John Francis Scully Jr. (born August 2, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a guard for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1980s and early 1990s. Scully played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, earning unanimous All-American honors in 1980. He played for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons for his entire pro career.
Early life
He was born in Huntington, New York.
College career
Scully attended the University of Notre Dame, where he played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team from 1977 to 1980. As a senior in 1980, he was a team captain and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American as the team's center. He is the writer of the popular Notre Dame anthem "Here Come the Irish."
Professional career
The Atlanta Falcons chose Scully in the fourth round (109th pick overall) of the 1981 NFL draft, and he played for the Falcons from 1981 to 1990. In his ten-year NFL career, he played in 112 games and started eighty-two of them. In 1989, John played piano and sung Bruce Springsteen's Meeting Across The River, a rather obscure track off the Born To Run album, in a Super Bowl XXIII NFL players Talent Showcase. The event was telecast live on national television prior to game (where San Francisco beat Cincinnati, 20–16).
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- 1958 births
- Living people
- All-American college football players
- American football offensive linemen
- Atlanta Falcons players
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players
- Sportspeople from Huntington, New York
- Players of American football from Joliet, Illinois
- Players of American football from Suffolk County, New York
- 20th-century American sportsmen