John Scully (American football)

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John Scully
No. 61
Position: Guard
Center
Personal information
Born: (1958-08-02) August 2, 1958 (age 66)
Huntington, New York, U.S.
Height:6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Weight:262 lb (119 kg)
Career information
High school: Holy Family (Huntington)
College: Notre Dame
NFL draft: 1981: 4th round, 109th pick
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:112
Games started:82
Fumble recoveries:3
Stats at Pro Football Reference

John Francis Scully Jr. (born August 2, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a guard for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) from 1981 to 1990. [1] [2] Scully played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, earning unanimous All-American honors in 1980. He played for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons for his entire pro career.

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Early life

Scully was born in Massapequa, New York, [1] where he went to Holy Family High School. [3]

College career

Scully attended the University of Notre Dame, where he played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team from 1977 to 1980. As a senior in 1980, he was a team captain and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American as the team's center. He is the writer of the popular Notre Dame anthem "Here Come the Irish."

Professional career

The Atlanta Falcons chose Scully in the fourth round (109th pick overall) of the 1981 NFL draft, and he played for the Falcons from 1981 to 1990. In his ten-year NFL career, he played in 112 games and started eighty-two of them.

In 1989, Scully played piano and sung Bruce Springsteen's Meeting Across The River, a rather obscure track off the Born To Run album, in a Super Bowl XXIII NFL players Talent Showcase. The event was telecast live on national television prior to game (where San Francisco beat Cincinnati, 20–16).[ citation needed ]

In 1991, Scully was cut from the Falcons roster shortly after undergoing radical surgery on his right leg. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "John Scully – 61". Atlanta Falcons 1990 Media Guide. August 1990. pp. 131–132 – via Internet Archive.
  2. 1 2 Pasquarelli, Len (August 21, 1991). "Scully among six players cut". The Atlanta Journal. Retrieved June 22, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Pasquerelli, Len (November 24, 1989). "Scully Willing to Accept End of NFL Career". The Atlanta Journal. Retrieved June 22, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
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