Max Montoya

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Max Montoya
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Position: Guard
Personal information
Born: (1956-05-12) May 12, 1956 (age 68)
Montebello, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:282 lb (128 kg)
Career information
High school: La Puente
(La Puente, California)
College: Mt. San Antonio (1974–1975)
UCLA (1976–1978)
NFL draft: 1979  / Round: 7 / Pick: 168
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:223
Games started:195
Fumble recoveries:3
Player stats at PFR

Max Montoya Jr. (born May 12, 1956) is an American former football guard who played for 16 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins and was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the seventh round of the 1979 NFL draft.

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Early life

Montoya who is of Mexican–American descent, attended La Puente High School [1] in La Puente, California. He was unable to play football or basketball his senior season due to a heart murmur. [2]

College career

Montoya was cleared to play football again, [2] and began his college football career playing for Mt. San Antonio College, a community college in Walnut, California. He did not start as a freshman, but after an outstanding sophomore season, he earned a football scholarship to play for the UCLA Bruins, [2] where he played under head coach Terry Donahue. [3] After redshirting for a year, [2] Montoya was a starter in 1977 as the Bruins posted a 7–4 record. In 1978, he was again a starter, earning second-team all-Pac-10 honors. [2] The Bruins in 1978 went 8–3–1, ended the season as no. 14 in the AP poll and no. 12 in coaches poll, and played to a 10–10 tie versus the Arkansas Razorbacks in the 1978 Fiesta Bowl. [4]

Professional career

Montoya was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 7th round with the 168th overall pick of the 1979 NFL draft. He was a four-time Pro Bowler, playing in two Super Bowls with the Bengals. He played 11 seasons for them, from 1979 to 1989, becoming a starter in his second season. He then played five seasons for the Los Angeles Raiders, starting in all but his final season. [5]

Personal life

After retiring from the NFL, Montoya invested in a restaurant franchise of Cincinnati-based Penn Station East Coast Subs and eventually owned four in northern Kentucky. [6] He is also a founder and silent partner of Montoya's Restaurant in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. [7] He also spent five years helping coach the Beechwood High School football team (including son Matthew, now a multimedia freelancer) in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. His daughter, Alison Montoya (a twin of Matthew), is a general assignment reporter and anchor for Cincinnati FOX affiliate WXIX [8] after previously working for WLWT. [9] [10]

Montoya is now semi-retired and lives with his wife, Patty, on a farm in Hebron, Kentucky, where he raises horses. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Max Montoya Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 WHITE, LONNIE (October 15, 1993). "Montoya Still Game After 199 of Them : Raiders: Fifteen-year veteran will reach a milestone Monday night against Denver" – via LA Times.
  3. ↑ "Statistics" (PDF). www.uclabruins.com.
  4. ↑ "Statistics" (PDF). www.uclabruins.com.
  5. ↑ "Max Montoya". NFL.com.
  6. ↑ "Max Montoya - Still Serving Cincinnati - Penn Station East Coast Subs News". www.thefranchisemall.com.
  7. ↑ "Montoyas tackles Mexican with Kentucky hospitality". www2.cincinnati.com.
  8. ↑ "Reporter/Anchor Alison Montoya".
  9. ↑ Video on YouTube
  10. 1 2 "Full circle".
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