Craig Wolfley

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Craig Wolfley
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Wolfley in 2016
No. 73
Position: Guard
Tackle
Personal information
Born: (1958-05-19) May 19, 1958 (age 66)
Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:265 lb (120 kg)
Career information
High school: Orchard Park (Orchard Park, New York)
College: Syracuse
NFL draft: 1980  / round: 5 / pick: 138
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:153
Games started:104
Fumble recoveries:7
Stats at Pro Football Reference
Competition record
Strongman
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World's Strongest Man
5th 1981 World's Strongest Man

Craig Alan Wolfley (born May 19, 1958) is an American former professional football player and current color analyst for the Pittsburgh Steelers. [1] Along with fellow Steeler Max Starks, he hosts a show on 970 ESPN. [2]

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College career

Wolfley attended Syracuse University from 1976 to 1979. He was a four-year letter winner as an offensive lineman. [3] In 1999, Wolfley was named to the Syracuse University Football All Century team. [4]

Professional career

A fifth round NFL draft pick, he played offensive guard and offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1980 to 1989. He ended his career with the Minnesota Vikings from 1990 to 1991. Wolfley started 104 games, the majority at left guard. [5]

Other sports

In addition to football, Wolfley competed in weight lifting, boxing, sumo wrestling and martial arts. In 1981, he placed fifth in the World's Strongest Man competition. [6] In 2002, Wolfley lost a four-round boxing match to Butterbean. [7] He also holds a black belt in jiu jitsu. [8]

Personal life

Wolfley attended South Hills Bible Chapel under the pastoral leadership of Dr. John H. Munro with two other notable Steelers, Mike Webster and Tunch Ilkin.

Wolfley and his wife Faith have three daughters, Megan, Hannah, and Esther, and three sons, Kyle, 'CJ', and 'Max'. Two of those children are from a previous marriage. He and Faith are the former owners of the Wolfpack Boxing Club in Carnegie, PA (previously known as MASC & located in Bridgeville PA), where they taught boxing, martial arts and other athletics.

He is the brother of Ron Wolfley, former running back of the Arizona Cardinals. Like his older brother, Ron is the color analyst for his former team and is also the co-host of a daily sports radio talk show “Wolf and Luke” on 98.7 FM in Phoenix. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "steelers.com" . Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  2. ↑ "pittsburghlive.com". Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  3. ↑ "suathletics.com" . Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  4. ↑ "suathletics.com" . Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  5. ↑ "pro-football-reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com . Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  6. ↑ "theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on January 4, 2010. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  7. ↑ "boxrec.com" . Retrieved March 19, 2011.
  8. ↑ Aronson, Harv (June 5, 2015). "Pittsburgh Steelers All-Time Position Profiles: Guards from 'Moon' to DeCastro". City of Champions Sports. FanSided. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Podcast Results Archives" . Retrieved March 19, 2011.
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