Ivy Calvin

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Ivy Calvin
Personal information
Born: (1971-09-10) September 10, 1971 (age 52)
Ridgecrest, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school: Burroughs High School (Ridgecrest, California)
College: Bakersfield College (1990–1991)
Cal State-Northridge (1992–1993)
Position: Linebacker / Fullback
Undrafted: 1994
Career history
Career Arena statistics
Rushing yards:75
Rushing TDs:1
Receiving yards:33
Receiving TDs:0
Tackles:4
Player stats at ArenaFan.com

Ivy Lammar Calvin (born September 10, 1971) is an American former professional football fullback and linebacker who played for the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League in 1995. He is best known for being on Storage Wars since 2012.

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Early life

Calvin was born in Ridgecrest, California, and started playing American football at the age of 6. Calvin attended Burroughs High School, where he played both in football and wrestling. [1]

College career

Calvin played for the Bakersfield Renegades in 1990 and 1991. He transferred to Cal State-Northridge Matadors where he played in 1992 and 1993. [2]

Professional career

Calvin went undrafted in 1994 and was signed with the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League on April 14, 1995. Calvin played with the SaberCats for seven games and racking up 75 rushing yards and a rushing touchdown, along with 33 receiving yards and no touchdowns and 4 tackles. [3] Calvin was released by the SaberCats on July 5, 1995. [1]

YearGamesRushingReceivingTackles
GPAttYdsAvgTDRecYdsAvgTDCmb
1995 725702.8123316.504
Career 725702.8123316.504

After football

After being waived by the SaberCats, Calvin entered the business of buying storage lockers in 2008 and opened his store Grandmas Attic in 2009. He then joined Storage Wars in 2012 as a recurring character, and has been a main character since 2014 and is known as the "King of Palmdale" and "King of Lancaster". [4]

Personal life

Calvin has a wife, Wendy, along with two children, Ivy Calvin Jr. (born 1998) and Isaiah Calvin (born 2000). [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Skolnick, Ethan (August 2, 1995). "Calvin Remains Coolly Confident Despite Current Status : Arena football: Former Cal State Northridge player was released after seven games with San Jose". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  2. "The Cast Of Storage Wars Before The Fame". California State University, Northridge. March 30, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  3. "Ivy Calvin football Statistics on StatsCrew.com". www.statscrew.com. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  4. "Ivy Calvin - Storage Wars Cast". A&E. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  5. Brush, Veronica (June 5, 2021). "Storage Wars: What Ivy Calvin Was Up To Before Season 13". ScreenRant. Retrieved May 29, 2024.