Howie Long
Howie Long, former defensive end for the Los Angeles Raiders, is regarded as one of the NFL’s top broadcast analysts. He joined the Fox Network’s award-winning NFL Sunday team in 1994 and has won an Emmy Award for his work as a sports personality and anal

Football great, Howie Long, was born January 6, 1960 in Somerville, Massachusetts. Long played in the NFL as a defensive end. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000.

Howie Long was a second-round pick of the Oakland Raiders in the 1981 NFL Draft and the 48th player selected overall. A four-year letterman at Villanova, Long was the MVP in the 1980 Blue-Gray Game. An all-around athlete, he was a basketball and track star in high school as well as the Northern Collegiate boxing champion.

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Tackle Your Challenges Head On: Meeting the daily challenges that life and work throw at you can be difficult. But NFL Hall of Famer Howie Long knows all too well that life’s difficult challenges can be me--and overcome. Relying on lessons he learned on the gridiron as one of the greatest defensive players in NFL history, Long shows audiences how they can meet adversity head-on and succeed. Committing to goals, identifying priorities, being persistent, and, most importantly, working hard are all values that Long embodied both on and off the field, and now he instills these values in others. After hearing Howie speak, you’ll come away with the energy, focus, drive and leadership tools you need to succeed in the game of life.

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