Michael Timothy Lodish (born August 11, 1967) is an American former professional
football player who was a
defensive tackle in the
National Football League
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(NFL). He was selected by the
Buffalo Bills in the tenth round of the
1990 NFL Draft
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. A 6'3", 270-lb.
defensive tackle and
nose tackle
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from
UCLA
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, Lodish played in 11 NFL seasons from
1990
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-
2000
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for the
Bills and
Denver Broncos
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.
Six Super Bowls
Lodish is tied with
Don Beebe
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and
Stephen Gostkowski
Stephen Carroll Gostkowski ( ; born January 28, 1984) is an American football former placekicker who played for 15 years in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the New England Patriots.
He was selected in the fourth round of th ...
for second in all-time Super Bowl appearances with six. This is only behind
Tom Brady
Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (born August 3, 1977) is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He spent his first 20 seasons with the New England Patriots organization, with which ...
, who played in his tenth Super Bowl on February 7, 2021, at
Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida (It is worth noting that Lodish and Gostkowski ''played'' in the Super Bowl six times, while Beebe only played in three of the six Super Bowls he was on the team for
). Lodish made four consecutive appearances with the Buffalo Bills in Super Bowls
XXV,
XXVI,
XXVII &
XXVIII and two appearances with the Denver Broncos in Super Bowls
XXXII &
XXXIII. The Buffalo Bills would lose all four consecutive Super Bowls, while the Denver Broncos would win their back-to-back appearances.
Personal
Lodish has worked as an NFL
player agent at Ethos Sports Management from 2004 to 2009 and was a sales rep for a Michigan-based communications company, TVS Communication Solutions from 2009 to 2011.
He went to
Brother Rice High School in Bloomfield Hills, MI.
References
1967 births
Living people
Players of American football from Detroit
American football defensive tackles
UCLA Bruins football players
Buffalo Bills players
Denver Broncos players
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