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Dan Marino
 Marino preparing for a 2005 ESPN interview | |||||||||||||||
| Miami Dolphins | |||||||||||||||
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| Position: | Special advisor | ||||||||||||||
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| Born: | September 15, 1961 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 224 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Central Catholic (Pittsburgh) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Pittsburgh (1979–1982) | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1983 / round: 1 / pick: 27 | ||||||||||||||
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Daniel Constantine Marino Jr. (/məˈriːnoʊ/ mə-REE-noh; born September 15, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons with the Miami Dolphins and has worked with them since 2014 as a special advisor. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers, earning first-team All-American honors in 1981. Marino was the last quarterback taken in the first round of the famed quarterback class of 1983. He held or currently holds dozens of NFL records associated with the quarterback position, and despite never being on a Super Bowl-winning team, he is recognized among the greatest quarterbacks in American football history.[1][2][3][4][5]
Best remembered for his quick release and powerful arm, Marino helped the Dolphins become consistent postseason contenders, leading them to the playoffs ten times and one Super Bowl appearance in XIX, although a title victory ultimately eluded him during his career. Marino is considered by many to be one of the greatest players to never win a Super Bowl[6][7][8][9] and has the most career victories of quarterbacks not to win a title at 155.
A nine-time Pro Bowl selection, six-time first (3) or second (3) team All-Pro, and All-AFC six times, Marino was voted NFL Rookie of the Year by Sporting News. The following season in 1984, Marino was the NFL Most Valuable Player (MVP), when he set single-season records of 5,084 passing yards, 48 touchdown passes, nine 300-yard passing games, and four 400-yard passing games. He was voted the 1994 NFL Comeback Player of the Year, and the 1998 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year. At the time of his retirement, Marino held more than 40 NFL single-season and career passing records (many of which have since been surpassed), including career passing attempts (8,358), completions (4,967), passing yards (61,361), and touchdown passes (420). Marino was the first quarterback in NFL history to reach 5,000 yards passing in a season (1984); 50,000 and 60,000 career passing yards respectively, and also the first quarterback to reach 40-plus touchdown passes in a season (48 in 1984), and 400 career touchdown passes.
Marino was enshrined into the Miami Dolphins Honor Roll immediately after his retirement in 2000, inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003, inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005 in his first year of eligibility, and is currently one of only three former Miami Dolphins to have his jersey number retired. In 2019, Marino was named to the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team as one of the 10 greatest quarterbacks in NFL history, as determined by a panel of coaches and media members.[10]
- ^ Bruton, Michelle (August 28, 2017). "The Top 10 Quarterbacks of All Time". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ^ Harrison, Elliot (July 2, 2019). "Top 25 quarterbacks of all time: Patriots' Tom Brady leads list". NFL.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ^ Teets, Sam (June 23, 2020). "The Greatest NFL Quarterbacks Of All-Time, Ranked 20-1". ClutchPoints. Archived from the original on February 20, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ^ Clayton, John (January 30, 2017). "Clayton's GOAT quarterback ranking". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ^ Healy, John (January 29, 2022). "From Elway to Brady, ranking the 10 greatest NFL quarterbacks of all time". Audacy. Archived from the original on August 18, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
- ^ Arthur, Kenneth (September 7, 2017). "Best active and retired NFL players without a Super Bowl ring". sportsonearth.com. MLB Advanced Media, LP. Archived from the original on March 14, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
- ^ Pollin, Tom (June 30, 2017). "20 Best Players to Never Win a Super Bowl". foxsports.com. Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
- ^ Santorsa, Tony. "50 Greatest Quarterbacks Never to Win a Super Bowl". Bleacher Report.
- ^ Gaines, Cork. "The Best Quarterbacks To Never Win A Super Bowl". Business Insider.
- ^ "NFL 100". NFL.com.
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