John Cannon (born July 30, 1960) 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 with ...

player who attended Holmdel High School in Holmdel, New Jersey and played

defensive end Defensive end (DE) is a defensive position in the sport of gridiron football. This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formation (American football), formations over the years have substantially ...

for nine seasons in the

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(NFL) for the

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.John Cannon player profile
, Database Football. Accessed May 25, 2007.

References

1960 births Living people Holmdel High School alumni People from Holmdel Township, New Jersey Sportspeople from Long Branch, New Jersey Players of American football from Monmouth County, New Jersey American football defensive ends Tampa Bay Buccaneers players William & Mary Tribe football players {{defensive-lineman-1960s-stub