Matthew Joseph Hanousek (born August 16, 1963) is a former

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 ...

offensive lineman In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage. The linemen of the team currently in possession of the ball are the offensive line, while linemen on the opposing team are the defensive line. A numbe ...

who played one season with the

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of the

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(NFL). He first enrolled at

Drake University Drake University is a private university in Des Moines, Iowa. It offers undergraduate and graduate programs, including professional programs in business, law, and pharmacy. Drake's law school is among the 25 oldest in the United States. Hi ...

before transferring to the

Utah State University Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public land-grant research university in Logan, Utah. It is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. With nearly 20,000 students living on or near campus, USU is Utah's ...

. He attended

St. Thomas Academy Saint Thomas Academy (abbr. STA), originally known as St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary and formerly known as St. Thomas Military Academy, is the only all-male, Catholic, college-preparatory, military high school in Minnesota. It is located in Mendota H ...

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Professional career

Hanousek spent the 1987 off-season with the

of the NFL and was released by the team on August 25, 1987. He was re-signed by the Seahawks as a replacement player on September 23, 1987 during the NFL players' strike. He started all three of the Seahawks games involving replacement players during the 1987 season.

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Just Sports Stats
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanousek, Matt Living people 1963 births Players of American football from Saint Paul, Minnesota American football offensive linemen Drake Bulldogs football players Utah State Aggies football players Seattle Seahawks players National Football League replacement players American people of Czech descent