Dan Marino

Dan Marino

Marino preparing for 2005 ESPN interview
No. 13
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1961-09-15) September 15, 1961 (age 55)
Place of birth:	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Height:	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:	228 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school:	Pittsburgh (PA) Central Catholic
College:	Pittsburgh
NFL Draft:	1983 / Round: 1 / Pick: 27
Career history
Miami Dolphins (1983–1999)
Career highlights and awards
9× Pro Bowl (1983–1987, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995) 3× First-team All-Pro (1984–1986) 4× Second-team All-Pro (1983, 1992, 1994, 1995) NFL Most Valuable Player (1984) NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1984) Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year (1998) NFL Comeback Player of the Year (1994) 2× AFC Player of the Year (1984, 1994) NFL Rookie of the Year (1983) 5× NFL passing yards leader (1984–1986, 1988, 1992) 3× NFL passing touchdowns leader (1984–1986) Miami Dolphins No. 13 retired Pittsburgh Panthers No. 13 retired
Career NFL statistics
Pass attempts: 8,358 Pass completions: 4,967 Percentage: 59.4 TD–INT: 420–252 Passing yards: 61,361 Passer rating: 86.4 Player stats at NFL.com
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame

Daniel Constantine Marino Jr. (born September 15, 1961) is a former American football player who was a quarterback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). The last quarterback of the quarterback class of 1983 to be taken in the first round, Marino held or currently holds dozens of NFL records associated with the quarterback position. Despite never being on a Super Bowl-winning team, he is recognized as one of the greatest quarterbacks in American football history. Best remembered for his quick release and powerful arm, Marino led the Dolphins to the playoffs ten times in his seventeen-season career. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005.

He led the Miami Dolphins to an AFC championship in the 1984 season, only his second season in the NFL. During that year, he threw a then-NFL record 48 touchdown passes. Despite the 14–2 season and Marino's touchdown record, the Dolphins lost Super Bowl XIX 38–16 to the 15–1 San Francisco 49ers.

Marino's career record as a quarterback in the postseason was 8–10, including that Super Bowl loss in his second season in 1984.

Marino was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, of Italian and Polish ancestry. He is the eldest child of Daniel and Veronica (Kolczynski) Marino, and has two younger sisters, Cindi and Debbie. His father delivered newspapers for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Marino grew up on Parkview Avenue in the South Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, and attended St. Regis Catholic Elementary School. He attended Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, where he started in baseball, and won Parade All-American honors in football. He was drafted in the 4th round by the Kansas City Royals in the 1979 amateur draft, but decided to play college football instead.