Nolan Harrison

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Nolan Harrison
No. 74
Born: (1969-01-25) January 25, 1969 (age 54)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Career information
Position(s) Defensive end
Defensive tackle
College Indiana
High school Flossmoor (IL) Homewood-Flossmoor
NFL draft 1991 / Round: 6 / Pick: 146
Career history
As player
1991–1996 Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders
1997–1999 Pittsburgh Steelers
2000 Washington Redskins
Career stats

Nolan Harrison III (born January 25, 1969) is a former American football defensive lineman who played ten seasons in the National Football League for the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Indiana University and was team captain All Big 10 Honorable Mention. Harrison was drafted in the sixth round of the 1991 NFL Draft. [1] Harrison was a member of the Delta Chi Fraternity while at IU and received The Distinguished Delta Chi Award from the national Delta Chi Fraternity in 1997.[ citation needed ] He went to Homewood-Floosmoor High School in Flossmoor, Illinois and was a three-sport varsity letter winner in wrestling (185 pound weight class and heavyweight), track (400 m relay and mile relay) and football (defensive lineman) and in 2009 his high school football number was officially retired at a ceremony during the halftime of a McDonald's charitable basketball game being played by other former and current NFL players.

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Post pro football career

Nolan spent 10 years as an executive in the financial services industry after his 10-year NFL career. Harrison earned his accelerated financial planning certificate from the Arizona State University School of Global Management and Leadership in 2009.[ citation needed ] Nolan earned his Masters of Business Administration with an emphasis in global management from University of Phoenix in January 2012.

Union involvement

Nolan served as an NFL Players Association player representative and Executive Committee member during his ten-year playing career. Towards the end of his ten-year career, Harrison spearheaded the successful effort to ban a career threatening practice called "chop blocking" in the NFL. Harrison served as a chapter president and Board of Directors member of the NFL Players Association Former Players in his post-football career. In 2010, he was appointed as the senior director of former player services. [2]

Acting/Speaking/Television/Media

Nolan gave a moving TEDx Talk at Indiana University on heroism. His talk was titled, "Childhood Dreams of Heroes, My Long and Winding Road" on YouTube and he discussed how his core values and views on heroism shaped his experiences from childhood, through college, to adulthood, enabling him to take a stand where some might not have to stop a sexual assault against a female student on campus.

Nolan landed an acting role in the USA film "Bloodhounds", starring Corbin Bernsen, playing the bad guy role of "Bootsie". [3]

Host of the NFLPA internet news show "NFLPA TV".

Harrison has been a public speaker for many organizations like the NFL Players Association, Executives Breakfast Club, AFT, AFL-CIO, and TEDx speaking on a variety of leadership topics. Nolan blogs for AARP on volunteerism. Nolan blogs for Pro Player Insiders.

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References

  1. ↑ "1991 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-07.
  2. ↑ "Union hires Nolan Harrison". August 2, 2010.
  3. ↑ Nolan Harrison at IMDb
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