Andrew Lee Glover (born August 12, 1967) is a former professional
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
player. A 6'6",
tight end
The tight end (TE) is a position in American football, arena football, and Canadian football, on the offense. The tight end is often a hybrid position with the characteristics and roles of both an offensive lineman and a wide receiver. Lik ...
from the
Grambling State University Tigers, Glover was drafted by the
Los Angeles Raiders
The Los Angeles Raiders were a professional American football team that played in Los Angeles from 1982 to 1994 before relocating back to Oakland, California, where the team played from its inaugural 1960 season to the 1981 season and then agai ...
in the tenth round of the
1991 NFL Draft. Glover attended
East Ascension High School
East Ascension High School, commonly referred to as EA, is a high school in Gonzales, Louisiana, United States. It is within the Ascension Parish School Board.
As of 2010, the principal is Traci McCorkle, the associate principal is Lauren Lamber ...
in
Gonzales, LA
Gonzales is a city in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,231. Known as the "Jambalaya Capital of the World", it is famous for its annual Jambalaya Festival, which was first held in 1968. S ...
.
Glover and his wife, Mary, were the main plaintiffs in a class action suit against the
NFL for its negligence in preventing brain injuries to its players.
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References
1967 births
Living people
American football tight ends
East Ascension High School alumni
Grambling State Tigers football players
Los Angeles Raiders players
Oakland Raiders players
Minnesota Vikings players
New Orleans Saints players
Players of American football from New Orleans
People from Gonzales, Louisiana
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