Steve Fitzhugh (born January 28, 1963, in
Akron, Ohio
Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County, Ohio, Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 C ...
) 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 with the
Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquart ...
. He began as a
track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...
all-star, becoming one of the top five
sprinters in the country.
Fitzhugh attended
Walsh Jesuit High School
Walsh Jesuit High School is a private, Catholic, co-educational college preparatory high school located in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, approximately 30 miles south of Cleveland.
Walsh Jesuit is reputed to be one of Ohio's leading college preparatory sc ...
in
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Cuyahoga Falls ( or ) is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 51,114. The second-largest city in Summit County, it is located directly north of Akron and is a suburb of the Akron metropol ...
. There he was a highly touted football player and track star. He was highly recruited and selected Miami University on a full
athletic scholarship
An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university or a private high school awarded to an individual based predominantly on his or her ability to play in a sport. Athletic scholarships are common in the United Stat ...
to play football. There he was the captain of the football and track teams his senior year. Known as an "intimidating hitter", he was recruited by the
National Football League
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...
. He signed with the Denver Broncos in 1986. He was sidelined by a shoulder injury after two years in the league.
He is now an
author
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"''An author is "the person who originated or gave existence to anything" and whose authorship determines responsibility f ...
,
humorist
A humorist (American) or humourist (British spelling) is an intellectual who uses humor, or wit, in writing or public speaking, but is not an artist who seeks only to elicit laughs. Humorists are distinct from comedians, who are show business e ...
and motivational speaker spending much of his time as a professional communicator, with teenagers about drugs, alcohol, and right choices. He travels around the nation and abroad as a guest speaker for a variety of venues including schools, colleges professional athletic teams, corporations, and penal institutions. Fitzhugh partnered with Ricky Bolden and Lon Solomon in co-founding The House, DC, three former
crack houses
A drug house (also called a trap house or drug den) is a residence used in the illegal drug trade. Drug houses shelter drug users and provide a place for drug dealers to supply them. Drug houses can also be used as laboratories to synthesize ( ...
transformed into an after school youth center which services the under served population of Anacostia, Southeast Washington, DC. Fitzhugh is also the national spokesperson for the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) is an international non-profit Christian sports ministry founded in 1954 and based in Kansas City, Missouri. It has staff offices located throughout the United States and abroad.
History
FCA was found ...
'OneWay2Play-Drug Free' program. He has also been to Jacksonville Illinois and told his life story about drugs.
External links
Steve Fitzhugh on databasefootball.comNasty Video - Steve Fitzhugh - DC Tobacco Free FamiliesSteve Fitzhugh , Motivational Youth Speaker , Executive Speakers Bureau
1963 births
Living people
Players of American football from Akron, Ohio
American football safeties
Denver Broncos players
People from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
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