Tony Veland (born March 11, 1973) is a former
American football defensive back
In gridiron football, defensive backs (DBs), also called the secondary, are the players on the defensive side of the ball who play farthest back from the line of scrimmage. They are distinguished from the other two sets of defensive players, the ...
for the
Denver Broncos and the
Carolina Panthers of the
National Football League (NFL).
Veland was a member of the 1994 and 1995
Nebraska National championship teams. The Broncos selected Veland in the sixth round of the
1996 NFL draft
The 1996 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 20–21, 1996, at the Paramount ...
. Veland won a ring as a member of the Denver Broncos
Super Bowl XXXII
Super Bowl XXXII was an American football game played between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion Green Bay Packers (who were defending their Super Bowl XXXI championship) and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver B ...
championship team in
1997
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over the
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...
and ended his playing career in
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
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with the
Carolina Panthers. Veland went on to become the
Defensive Coordinator
A defensive coordinator is a coach responsible for a gridiron football (American football) team's defense. Generally, the defensive coordinator, the offensive coordinator and the special teams coordinator represent the second level of a team's c ...
of the
Omaha Beef of
United Indoor Football. He spent six seasons coaching the Beef.
He was shot on the night of June 13, 2011 as he sat in his vehicle and was admitted to
Creighton University Medical Center.
References
External links
Stats from Pro Football ReferenceOmaha Beef PageLincoln Journal-Star Article on VelandShooting incident in Omaha
1973 births
Living people
Players of American football from Omaha, Nebraska
Nebraska Cornhuskers football players
Denver Broncos players
Carolina Panthers players
Omaha Beef players
American football defensive backs
20th-century American sportsmen
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