College career
Strahan followed in the footsteps of his uncle Art, who also had played defensive end at Texas Southern University. Strahan was so dominant he drew double teams, and outraged TSU coaches dubbed the double teaming "Strahan rules." By his junior season, Strahan had begun to turn himself into an NFL prospect. As a senior at Texas Southern, Strahan was selected All-America first team by The Poor Man's Guide to the NFL Draft, The Sheridan Network and the Associated Press, when he recorded 62 tackles with a school-record 19 quarterback sacks and 32 tackles totaling 142 yards in losses. He was also selected Division I-AA Defensive Player of the Year by The Poor Man's Guide. In 1992 he was named 1st team All-Southwestern Athletic Conference and the SWAC's Player of the Year for the 2nd consecutive season. He was also named Black College Defensive Player of the Year. As a junior in 1991, Strahan led the SWAC with 14.5 quarterback sacks. His 41.5 career sacks is a Texas Southern record.
Awards and honors
2 First-team All-SWAC (19911992)
2 SWAC Defensive Player of the Year (19911992)
First-team AP Collge-division All-American (1992)
Professional career
Strahan holds the NFL record for sacks in a single season with 22.5 (breaking New York Jets' Mark Gastineau's total of 22) in the 2001 season.
Few defensive ends in the NFL were more dominant than Strahan from 1997 to 2005. He was named the 2001 NFL Defensive Player of the Year and was a two-time NFC Defensive Player of the Year (in 2001 and 2003). Throughout the greater part of the 2004 season, Strahan was injured with a torn pectoral muscle, which limited him to only 4 sacks. He rebounded in 2005, returning to the Pro Bowl, with his protg, Osi Umenyiora as the two combined for 26 sacks while anchoring the Giants' defense.
It looked as though Strahan would retire after the 2006 season when he did not report to Giants training camp and missed the entire preseason, but the 14-year veteran opted to return for one final year. When he recorded a sack in the 2006 season, he and his teammates pretended to take a basketball jumpshot while saying BALLIN' (from the Jim Jones rap video "We Fly High"). This team celebration was short-lived however, as officials then threatened to penalize the team with a 15 Yard Unsportsmanlike "Celebration" should they continue as a group.
On October 23, 2006, with a sack of Drew Bledsoe in a Monday night game against the Dallas Cowboys, Strahan tied Lawrence Taylor for the Giants franchise record for most career sacks with 132. On September 30, 2007, he sacked Donovan McNabb from the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday Night Football, increasing his career total to 133.5, setting a new franchise record. This total does not include 9 sacks accrued by Taylor in his rookie season of 1981, the year before sacks became an official NFL statistic.
His 15th and final season proved to be the Giants' best season since 1991. On Sunday February 3, 2008, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, Strahan had 2 tackles and 1 sack in Super Bowl XLII, in what is considered one of the biggest upsets in NFL history. Bolstered by a strong defense and unrelenting pass rush, the Giants went on to win the game 17-14, over the then-undefeated New England Patriots, giving Strahan his first Super Bowl victory in 15 seasons as an NFL starter. His saying was " Stomp them out!"
On June 9, 2008, Michael retired from the NFL. He told Jay Glazer of Foxsports.com "It's time, I'm done."
Strahan retired with 141.5 career sacks, 794 career tackles, 4 career interceptions, 21 forced fumbles and 2 career touchdowns in 200 games over a 15 year career (through 2007 season). He was also named to the Pro Bowl roster seven times.
Record-breaking sack
Before the sack that enabled Strahan to set the record, Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre spoke briefly with him. On the next play, the Packers ran a bootleg with Favre faking a handoff then rolling out to Strahan's side. With Strahan coming free, Favre slid down rather than make an attempt to avoid and Strahan fell on top of Favre for an easy sack. After the play, during the ensuing celebration, many of the Giants' defensive players patted Favre on the helmet. At least one observer accused Favre of deliberately falling to ensure that Strahan would get the record. Mike Freeman, New York Times columnist wrote: es, Mr. Favre, Strahan deserves the record, but please, handing it to him the way you did, as if you were throwing change into a Salvation Army bucket, is the kind of mistake Favre may never live down.6]
In the media
An April Fools' Day prank (2006) produced an on-screen brawl with Tom Arnold during an episode of The Best Damn Sports Show Period, in which Strahan allowed Arnold to get the better of him. The two also worked together as judges for the December 7, 2004 contest "America's Craziest Sports Fan" sponsored by MSN.com.
During the first half of the 2006 NFL season, Strahan appeared in Pizza Hut commercials alongside other notable NFL icons.
Strahan appeared in a long-running commercial for Right Guard antiperspirant in a comedy role where his foul odor made fans pass out.
Strahan also appeared in a Snickers commercial. In this commercial, a Dallas Cowboys fan says to Strahan, "Big ole Michael Strahan, you ain't nothin', how 'bout them Cowboys!" A voice-over responds, "Forgetting you're in New York: another unfortunate side-effect of hunger," while Strahan charges toward the rival fan. (An alternate version of this commercial substitutes "impaired judgment" for "forgetting you're in New York".)
Strahan was the host of the home improvement program Backyard Stadiums on DIY Network, where he and a team of contractors and gardeners lay out sports courses and goals in backyards .
On October 8, 2007, Strahan was a special guest during the opening segment of CNBC's Mad Money with Jim Cramer and promoted his new book "Inside the Helmet: Life as a Sunday Afternoon Warrior".
Strahan was featured on the cover of the final video game of the NFL Blitz series.
Strahan made a guest appearance on the second season of the NBC primetime show Chuck.
On June 24, 2008, it was announced that Strahan would be joining the Fox NFL Sunday pregame show, alongside Curt Menefee, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, and Jimmy Johnson.
In September 2008, Strahan starred in VIP Like Me, a web series for Snickers.
In March 2009, Strahan was cited for using a Lightning GPS Tracker to keep an eye on his wife without her knowledge. Originally covered by the New York Post, this story was later picked up by various news channels.
In April 27, 2009, Strahan appeared on Fox News Channel's Hannity to promote Monster.com and the NFL's Director of Fandamonium program.
Strathan co-stars in the 2009 television sitcom Brothers for FOX.
Strahan does commercial for vaseline
Strahan along side New York Giants DE Justin Tuck also does commercials for Subway's 5 Dollar Foot Long commercials.
Personal life
Strahan is 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m). He is the son of Gene and Louise Strahan; nephew of retired pro football player Arthur Strahan. He is the youngest of 6 children. Gene was a major in the U.S. Army, and at the age of 9, Strahan moved to an army base in Mannheim, Germany. Strahan did not begin to play football until his senior year in high school. The summer before Strahan's senior year of high school, his father sent him to live with his uncle Art in Houston so he could attend Westbury High School. Strahan played one season of football, which was enough for him to get a scholarship offer from Texas Southern University. He then flew back for the spring term to Germany, where he graduated from Mannheim Christian Academy.
Strahan resides in Montclair, New Jersey.
Through 1996 he was married to Wanda Hutchins in Germany. They have a daughter Tanita (1992) and son Michael Jr (1995); Michael Jr. shares his father's infamous diastema smile. Michael Sr. moved them to the US and purchased a $163,000 house for them in the same Houston neighborhood as his parents; he pays $2,500 monthly in child support.
In 1999 he married North Dakota Jean Muggli. Stories conflict as to whether they met at a 1996 book signing or at a Manhattan, New York spa. They have twin daughters Sophia and Isabella (born October 2004). They divorced acrimoniously in 2006. Jean Muggli hurled accusation of Strahan videotaping her sister, beating Jean, and repeatedly cheating. in January 2007 Judge James B Cooney awarded Muggli $15 million in a divorce settlement in addition to $18,000 monthly child support. Muggli claimed and testified that their (at the time 20mo old daughters) ike to be accessorized sabella doesn't like to leave the house without a purse as justification for her $22,500 photoshoots, $27,000 clothing bills, and $1,700 in sign language classes; neither daughter is hearing impaired. With this being more than half of his $22 million assets, Strahan appealed. In March 2007 divorce judge Cooney ordered the mansion to be auctioned and the sales money split evenly between Jean; the house is valued at $3.6 million.
After his divorce in 2007, Strahan dated model Nicole Murphy, who was previously married to comedian Eddie Murphy. Strahan's tumultuous relationship with Nicole has been highlighted by the media due to reports of Nicole's alleged infidelity. Her alleged affair with A&R executive Demetrius Spencer was brought to media attention when Strahan allegedly implanted a covert GPS tracking device in her car. Strahan had previously used covert GPS tracking methods to expose his cheating ex wife Jean's infidelity in 2007. Exposed by the New York Post, GPS experts at Lightning GPS confirm that the GPS Tracker used gives the administrator the ability to remotely lock, unlock, start, and turn off a car, putting Strahan in complete control of Nicole Murphy's whereabouts, deemed by the New York Post as Strahan's "Lock of Love." Strahan denies the allegation, and he and Murphy were engaged on May 22, 2009.
Philanthropy
In 2002 he had a multimillion dollar restoration and renovation of Georgian Heights, a home built in 1906 at 99 Lloyd Ave, a red brick house with a carriage house and greenhouse that he bought in 2000 for $1.3million. Before moving in he allowed the Junior League Of Montclair Newark to use his house a model home for its Montclair Junior League show house charity fundraiser . From May 2831 the League decorated the mansion, had a 'bare bones' party and a black-tie affair; they also held $25 tours to fund Junior League programs called Children At Risk and HomeCorp . Children At Risk aids children and families and HomeCorp is a housing agency that helps low income people achieve home ownership.
"Basically, we're redoing our house to let strangers walk through it for a month," Strahan said. "It's a month-long fundraiser. They'll come in and decorate, paint the walls. They'll hang the curtains, bring in furniture, light fixtures. None of it will be ours. When they're done, if we want something, we get it at cost."
In February 2008, Strahan and Giants teammate Justin Tuck teamed up with Nike to design their own exclusive pair of sneakers for ID studio in New York City. All proceeds of the sneakers were donated to Nike Let Me Play global campaign .
Following the 2007 arrest of Michael Vick on dogfighting charges, Strahan appeared in a televised public service announcement for PETA.
References
^ ESPN College Football Encyclopedia:The Complete History of The Game, Black College Football-Texas Southern
^ http://sports.espn.go.com/highschool/rise/football/news/story?id=3595259&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab5pos2
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^ Coming off Super Bowl win, Strahan to retire
^ When the record fell, shame rose
^ Freeman, Mike (2002-01-07). "Cheap Sack Will Cost Favre and Strahan". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07EFD71739F934A35752C0A9649C8B63.
^ HOME IMPROVEMENT : Sports-Related Additions : Building a Backyard Sports Complex : DIY Network
^ Recently retired Strahan joins FOX's pregame show NFL.com
^ http://viplikeme.snickers.com/
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^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdU5Ny1zGbw
^ http://www.subway.com
^ http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/michael-strahan/bio/258383 Strahan's German Roots
^ http://www.fantasyfootballcafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9081 Strahan aint even start football until senior year in high school!
^ Vacchiano, Ralph (2004-03-09). "Giants get green in free-agent blitz". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/2004/03/09/2004-03-09_giants_get_green_in_free-age.html. Retrieved 2008-07-10. "DE Michael Strahan is running for an at-large seat on the Montclair, N.J., Township Council. The election is May 11."
^ http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2005/03/20/2005-03-20_how_strahans_dream_tanked_fairy_tale_sta_print.html NY Daily News article
^ http://www.baristanet.com/2006/06/assembling_team_strahan_1.php Strahan brings his ex wife & kids to US and buys them a house in Texas
^ http://www.whitewomenblackmen.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3509 Scroll down to post by Lexington to article "SICKO STRAHAN TAPED MY SIS: WIFE By JEANE MacINTOSH" We met at a book signing in 1996 says Jean Muggli.
^ http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2005/03/20/2005-03-20_how_strahans_dream_tanked_fairy_tale_sta_print.html ...it was love at first blush when he met his future wife Jean, at the Manhattan skin-care salon where she worked 11 years ago
^ http://www.chiefshuddle.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12496&st=10 scroll down to 5th post to read NY newsarticles
^ Judge orders Strahan to pay $15 million to his ex-wife
^ http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates/2007/05/the_wife_of_new_york.html Strahan ordered to pay $180000 per month in child support
^ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/21/nyregion/21strahan.html in paragraph 15
^ http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2006/jul/21/accusations-fly-as-strahan-divorce-anything-but/ Micheal Strahan divorce proceedings
^ http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates/2007/05/the_wife_of_new_york.html Strahan's mansion up for auction
^ http://www.baristanet.com/2007/04/jean_strahan_poor_little_rich.php $3million dollat Jean Muggli says 'Im a struggling mother'
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^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20285328,00.html
^ http://www.giants.com/news/eisen/story.asp?story_id=223 Strahan home improvement a labour of love
^ http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/giants/2003-05-05-strahan-house-cover_x.htm
^ a b http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905E6D9123FF932A25756C0A9659C8B63
^ http://www.jlmn.org/content/mn/Postmark/January2003.pdf scroll to page 6
^ http://www.jlmn.org/content/mn/Postmark/September2002.pdf Strahan's 1906 mansion Georgian Heights is on home showcase
^ Garafolo, Mike (2008-02-20). "The Giants Get Their Design On". Complex Magazine. http://www.complex.com/blogs/2008/02/20/the-giants-get-their-design-on/. Retrieved 2008-03-10.
^ http://www.peta.org/feat/coldog/ Strahan's PETA PSA
External links
Michael Strahan on Twitter
New York Giants bio
Official Website
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Ray Lewis
NFL Defensive Player of the Year
2001
Succeeded by
Derrick Brooks
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NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award from the Associated Press
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National Football League NFL's 2000s All-Decade Team
Tom Brady Peyton Manning LaDainian Tomlinson Shaun Alexander Edgerrin James Jamal Lewis Lorenzo Neal Marvin Harrison Terrell Owens Randy Moss Torry Holt Tony Gonzalez Antonio Gates Walter Jones Orlando Pace Jonathan Ogden Willie Roaf Alan Faneca Will Shields Steve Hutchinson Larry Allen Kevin Mawae Olin Kreutz Dwight Freeney Jason Taylor Michael Strahan Julius Peppers Warren Sapp Kevin Williams Richard Seymour La'Roi Glover Ray Lewis Joey Porter Derrick Brooks Zach Thomas Brian Urlacher DeMarcus Ware Champ Bailey Charles Woodson Ronde Barber Ty Law Ed Reed Darren Sharper Troy Polamalu Brian Dawkins Adam Vinatieri David Akers Shane Lechler Brian Moorman Josh Cribbs Dante Hall Devin Hester Bill Belichick Tony Dungy
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New York Giants Super Bowl XLII Champions
2 Anthony Wright 9 Lawrence Tynes 10 Eli Manning (MVP) 12 Steve Smith 13 Jared Lorenzen 15 Michael Jennings 17 Plaxico Burress 18 Jeff Feagles 20 Jim Finn 22 Reuben Droughns 23 Corey Webster 24 Robert Douglas 25 R. W. McQuarters 26 Danny Ware 27 Brandon Jacobs 28 Gibril Wilson 29 Sam Madison 30 Craig Dahl 31 Aaron Ross 33 Geoff Pope 34 Derrick Ward 35 Kevin Dockery 37 James Butler 39 Madison Hedgecock 43 Michael Johnson 44 Ahmad Bradshaw 51 Zak DeOssie 52 Tank Daniels 53 Reggie Torbor 55 Kawika Mitchell 57 Chase Blackburn 58 Antonio Pierce 59 Gerris Wilkinson 60 Shaun O'Hara 61 Adam Koets 65 Grey Ruegamer 66 David Diehl 67 Kareem McKenzie 69 Rich Seubert 71 Dave Tollefson 72 Osi Umenyiora 75 Manuel Wright 76 Chris Snee 77 Kevin Boothe 77 Dek Bake 79 Guy Whimper 80 Jeremy Shockey 81 Amani Toomer 82 Brandon London 83 Sinorice Moss 84 Darcy Johnson 85 David Tyree 86 Jerome Collins 87 Domenik Hixon 88 Michael Mathews 89 Kevin Boss 90 Ryan Kuehl 91 Justin Tuck 92 Michael Strahan 93 Jay Alford 94 William Joseph 95 Adrian Awasom 96 Barry Cofield 97 Mathias Kiwanuka 98 Fred Robbins 99 Russell Davis
Head Coach: Tom Coughlin
Coaches: Andre Curtis Dave DeGuglielmo Pat Flaherty Kevin Gilbride Peter Giunta Jerald Ingram David Merritt Chris Palmer Mike Pope Tom Quinn Sean Ryan Bill Sheridan Steve Spagnuolo Mike Sullivan Mike Waufle
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2000 Pro Bowl NFC Starters
Offense
QB Kurt Warner RB Marshall Faulk FB Mike Alstott WR Isaac Bruce WR Cris Carter TE Wesley Walls
OT Orlando Pace OT Willie Roaf G Larry Allen G Randall McDaniel C Jeff Christy
Defense
DE Kevin Carter DE Michael Strahan DT Luther Elliss DT Warren Sapp
OLB Jessie Armstead OLB Derrick Brooks ILB Hardy Nickerson
CB Todd Lyght CB Deion Sanders FS Lance Schulters SS John Lynch
Special Teams
P Mitch Berger PK Jason Hanson KR Glyn Milburn ST Michael Bates
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2002 Pro Bowl NFC Starters
Offense
QB Brett Favre RB Marshall Faulk FB Mike Alstott WR David Boston WR Terrell Owens TE Bubba Franks
OT Orlando Pace OT Chris Samuels G Larry Allen G Ron Stone C Olin Kreutz
Defense
DE Hugh Douglas DE Michael Strahan DT La'Roi Glover DT Warren Sapp
OLB LaVar Arrington OLB Derrick Brooks ILB Brian Urlacher
CB Ronde Barber CB Aeneas Williams FS Brian Dawkins SS Sammy Knight
Special Teams
P Todd Sauerbrun PK David Akers KR Steve Smith ST Larry Whigham
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2003 Pro Bowl NFC Starters
Offense
QB Brett Favre RB Deuce McAllister FB Mike Alstott WR Joe Horn WR Terrell Owens TE Bubba Franks
OT Walter Jones OT Tra Thomas G Jermane Mayberry G Ron Stone C Olin Kreutz
Defense
DE Simeon Rice DE Michael Strahan DT La'Roi Glover DT Warren Sapp
OLB LaVar Arrington OLB Derrick Brooks ILB Brian Urlacher
CB Champ Bailey CB Troy Vincent FS Darren Sharper SS John Lynch
Special Teams
P Todd Sauerbrun PK David Akers KR Michael Lewis ST Fred McAfee
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2004 Pro Bowl NFC Starters
Offense
QB Daunte Culpepper RB Ahman Green FB Fred Beasley WR Torry Holt WR Randy Moss TE Alge Crumpler
OT Flozell Adams OT Orlando Pace G Larry Allen G Marco Rivera C Olin Kreutz
Defense
DE Simeon Rice DE Michael Strahan DT La'Roi Glover DT Kris Jenkins
OLB LaVar Arrington OLB Derrick Brooks ILB Brian Urlacher
CB Champ Bailey CB Dr Bly FS Corey Chavous SS Roy Williams
Special Teams
P Todd Sauerbrun PK Jeff Wilkins KR Jerry Azumah ST Alex Bannister
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2006 Pro Bowl NFC Starters
Offense
QB Matt Hasselbeck RB Shaun Alexander FB Mack Strong WR Santana Moss WR Steve Smith TE Alge Crumpler
OT Walter Jones OT Orlando Pace G Larry Allen G Steve Hutchinson C Olin Kreutz
Defense
DE Julius Peppers DE Michael Strahan DT Shaun Rogers DT Tommie Harris
OLB Keith Brooking OLB Derrick Brooks ILB Brian Urlacher
CB Ronde Barber CB DeAngelo Hall FS Darren Sharper SS Roy Williams
Special Teams
P Josh Bidwell PK Neil Rackers KR Koren Robinson ST David Tyree
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Fox NFL Sunday team
Studio
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