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Mike Singletary
American football player
Also known as: Michael Singletary, Samurai Mike
Quick Facts
- Byname of:
- Michael Singletary
- Also called:
- Samurai Mike
- Awards And Honors:
- Pro Football Hall of Fame (1998)
- Pro Football Hall of Fame (inducted 1998)
- 1 Super Bowl championship
- 7 All-Pro selections
- 10 Pro Bowl selections
- 1988 Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year
- 1985 Associated Press NFL Defensive Player of the Year
- 1990 Walter Payton Man of the Year
- Education:
- Baylor University
- Height/Weight:
- 6 ft 0 inches, 230 lb (1.83 m, 104 kg)
- Position:
- linebacker
- Jersey Number:
- 50 (Chicago Bears, 1981–1992)
- Draft:
- Drafted by the Chicago Bears in the second round (38th overall) of the 1981 NFL draft.
- Games Played:
- 179
- Sacks:
- 19.0
Mike Singletary (born October 9, 1958, Houston, Texas, U.S.) is an American gridiron football player and coach who was the middle linebacker for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) from 1981 to 1992. The remarkably durable Singletary played nearly every down and missed only two games in his 12-year career. Singletary’s father was an assistant minister whose strict adherence to rigid church doctrine prevented his son from playing football until he reached junior high. Although he was told that he was too small for the game, Singletary discovered a talent for delivering hard, decisive hits to ball ...(100 of 473 words)