Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company is a Philadelphia-based life insurance company who has had many famous endorsers including which professional gridiron football player, sports commentator, corporate speaker and restaurateur born in 1949?
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Colonial Penn Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company is a Philadelphia-based life insurance company, founded by philanthropist and AARP co-founder Leonard Davis, owned by CNO Financial Group. Colonial Penn, originally focused on people over 65 who became the origins of insurance provided through American Association of Retired Persons, now known as AARP, now has a marketing campaign is aimed at people between the age of 50 and 85, specializing in guaranteed acceptance whole life insurance. "Jeopardy!" host Alex Trebek commonly appears as a compensated endorser for Colonial Penn in advertisements. Former endorsers include Star Search host Ed McMahon, male singer Lou Rawls, and Joe Theismann.
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Joe Theismann Joseph Robert Theismann (born September 9, 1949) is a former professional gridiron football player, sports commentator, corporate speaker and restaurateur. He played quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL), achieving his most enduring fame in 12 seasons with the Washington Redskins, where he was a two-time Pro Bowler and helped the team to consecutive Super Bowl appearances, winning Super Bowl XVII and losing Super Bowl XVIII. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.
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Jeff Thomason Jeffrey David Thomason (born December 30, 1969 in San Diego, California) is a former American football tight end and is currently Regional Sales Manager Stryker Orthopaedics, according to his Linkedin profile. He played college football at Oregon, and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cincinnati Bengals in 1992. He played for the Bengals, the Green Bay Packers, and the Philadelphia Eagles, primarily as a reserve player, for ten years. He retired in 2002, but returned to the spotlight before Super Bowl XXXIX when he was re-signed by the Eagles three years after his retirement in order to temporarily replace injured tight end Chad Lewis. After seeing a few plays of action during the Eagles' loss in that game, he retired once again that summer, returning to the construction business he had been working at before he was re-signed.
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Marshall Robnett Marshall Foch Robnett (March 18, 1918 – November 28, 1967) was a professional football player in the National Football League. He played professionally from 1943 until 1945 for the Chicago Cardinals and was included on their merged team with the Pittsburgh Steelers, known as "Card-Pitt", in 1944.
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Bill Bradley (gridiron football) William Calvin Bradley (born January 24, 1947) is a former American football coach and former two-time All-Pro defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). He played with the Philadelphia Eagles for most of his career. As an assistant coach he won two Grey Cups in the Canadian Football League (CFL).
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Jim Obradovich James Robert Obradovich (born January 7, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is a former professional American football tight end in the National Football League for the New York Giants, San Francisco 49ers, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. His 80 career tackles on kickoff coverage are the most in Buccaneer history.
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Jim Brandstatter James Patrick Brandstatter (born June 19, 1950) is an award-winning American sportscaster based in Southeastern Michigan. He is currently the radio color commentator for the Detroit Lions and does play-by-play for the Michigan Wolverines football teams. Brandstatter is also a sports television show host and radio show host; both shows are about Michigan football. He played college football for the Wolverines, where he was a standout offensive tackle. Brandstatter has written two non-fiction books about his experiences as a player, both of which were best-sellers in the sports category. His other positions include the two-time president of the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association.
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Gil Chapman Gil Chapman (born August 23, 1953) is a former American football player, politician and businessman.
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Pat Bowlen Patrick Dennis Bowlen (born February 18, 1944) is the majority owner of the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). The Bowlen Family, including his two brothers John Bowlen and Bill Bowlen, and sister Marybeth Bowlen, purchased the team from Edgar Kaiser in 1984. He served as the Broncos CEO from his purchase of the club in 1984 until July 2014, when he stepped down as Broncos' CEO due to the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease.
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Gary Bugenhagen Gary Alan Bugenhagen (born February 6, 1945) is a former professional American football offensive lineman in the American Football League (AFL) and in the National Football League (NFL). He was the 4th round draft pick (#102 overall) of the Buffalo Bills in the 1967 NFL Draft, playing offensive tackle there in 1967 and also playing with the Boston Patriots in 1970. He also played with Indianapolis Capitols of the Continental Football League.
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Bill Stribling Majure Blanks "Bill" Stribling, Sr. (November 5, 1927 – August 22, 2006) was an American football end in the National Football League for the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles. He also played one season in Canada with the Toronto Argonauts. He played college football at the University of Mississippi and was drafted in the 21st round of the 1950 NFL Draft.
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Joe Faragalli Joe Faragalli (April 18, 1929 – April 10, 2006) was a gridiron football player and coach who had most of his success in the Canadian Football League. Faragalli played guard at Villanova University from 1950 to 1953, and was the team captain all four years. He was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 12th round (138 overall pick) of the 1954 NFL Draft. He served four years in Germany with the United States Army and went on to coach college football in the United States.
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Riall Johnson Riall Salud Johnson (born April 20, 1978) is a former professional gridiron football player.
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Ed Ecker Enrique Edward Ecker (January 21, 1923 – January 4, 1990), most commonly known as Ed Ecker, was an American football player who was a tackle in the National Football League (NFL) and All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for seven seasons during the late 1940s and early 1950s. He played college football for John Carroll University, and signed with the NFL's Chicago Bears in 1946 and played parts of four seasons. He also played for the AAFC's Chicago Rockets in 1948, and the NFL's Green Bay Packers in 1950 and 1951. He finished his career with the NFL's Washington Redskins in 1952. In his seven-season pro career, he played in 60 regular season games. He was the largest player in the NFL during that time. As was typical of his era of football, he played on both offense and defense.
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Rich Caster Richard C. Caster (born October 16, 1948) is a former American football wide receiver and tight end who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League (NFL), mainly for the New York Jets. He was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 1972, 1974 and 1975 seasons. He played college football at Jackson State University.
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Pete Rozelle Alvin Ray "Pete" Rozelle ( ; March 1, 1926 – December 6, 1996) was the commissioner of the National Football League for nearly thirty years, from January 1960 to November 1989, when he retired from office. He is credited with making the NFL into one of the most successful sports leagues in the world.
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Mike Kelly (gridiron football) Mike Kelly (born February 11, 1958) is an American gridiron football coach and former player, scout, and executive. He is currently the head football coach at Widener University in Chester, Pennsylvania, a position he has held since 2014. Kelly served as the head football coach at Valdosta State University from 1997 to 1999. In 2009, he was the head coach and general manager for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He has served as an assistant coach at the high school football level, for several college football teams, and for professional teams in the CFL, XFL, and the National Football League (NFL). Kelly played college football as a quarterback at Bluffton College—now Bluffton University—in the late 1970s.
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Kevin Reilly (American football) Kevin Reilly is a former NFL player who is currently a broadcaster for the Philadelphia Eagles Network and a motivational speaker.
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Lemar Parrish Lemar R. Parrish (born December 13, 1947) is a former professional American football player who played defensive back in the National Football League for the Cincinnati Bengals (1970–1977), Washington Redskins (1978–1982), and Buffalo Bills (1982).
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Tom Larscheid Tom Larscheid (born April 6, 1940) is a former Vancouver-based radio sports broadcaster and football player. After a career playing college and CFL football, he was the colour commentator for the CFL's BC Lions and the NHL's Vancouver Canucks for many years. After 45 years in broadcasting and covering the Canucks for 27 seasons, he retired on October 9, 2010 after doing one last game, the 2010-11 season opener.
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Ralph Cindrich Ralph Edward Cindrich (born October 29, 1949 in Washington, PA) is a sports agent and former NFL player. A linebacker for the New England Patriots (1972), the Houston Oilers (1973, 1974, 1975) and the Denver Broncos (1974), Cindrich graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 1972 and South Texas College of Law in 1978. During his more than three-plus decades as an NFL agent, he has represented stars such as James Farrior, Bruce Gradkowski, Tarik Glenn, Jeff Blake, Brian Griese, Al Toon, Dermontti Dawson, and Will Wolford among others. As an agent, Cindrich also negotiated one of the landmark contracts in sports history, one that forever altered the salary hierarchy in the NFL, and would be prominently featured in Michael Lewis' book "".
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Jay Randolph Jennings "Jay" Randolph, Jr. (born September 19, 1934) is an American sportscaster whose career has spanned more than fifty years.