Anthony Eugene McGee (born January 18, 1949) is a former professional

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player who played fourteen seasons in the National Football League (NFL), including two Super Bowls with the Washington Redskins. After being dismissed from the Wyoming Cowboys football, University of Wyoming football team as part of the Black 14 in 1969 Wyoming Cowboys football team, 1969, McGee continued his college football career at Bishop College and was selected in the 1971 NFL Draft#Round three, third round of the 1971 NFL Draft by the 1971 Chicago Bears season, Chicago Bears.

College career

Born and raised in Battle Creek, Michigan, McGee played college football at the Wyoming Cowboys football, University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyoming, Laramie. In his junior season was off to a ranked #16 in the and appeared headed for a fourth straight Western Athletic Conference football#Champions by year, conference title. But on Friday, October 17, the day before the home game against BYU Cougars football, BYU, McGee and thirteen other African American players went to head coach office to discuss how they might participate in a protest called by the UW Black Students Alliance against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints tenet which prohibited black men from becoming Priesthood (LDS Church), priests. As soon as Eaton saw them wearing black arm bands, he took them into the War Memorial Fieldhouse, Memorial Fieldhouse bleachers and immediately informed them they were all off the team because they violated the coach's rule against participating The rule was withdrawn the next week, but the players were not reinstated. McGee and five others were starters, and after this, the Wyoming football program was not the same. Although the suddenly all-white Cowboys defeated BYU and 1969 San Jose State Spartans football team, San Jose State to improve to they lost their four road games in November. In 1970 Wyoming Cowboys football team, 1970, the Cowboys went and Eaton "retired" from coaching, reassigned to assistant Wyoming posted only one winning season in the 1970s, Three of the Black 14 underclassmen returned to the team but McGee finished his college career in Texas at Bishop College in Dallas. He was projected to be a first round pick in the 1971 NFL Draft, but fell to the 1971 NFL Draft#Round three, third round (64th overall) because word passed around that he was a troublemaker due to his dismissal from Wyoming and his involvement

Professional career

McGee played 14 years as a defensive lineman in the NFL with the Chicago Bears New England Patriots and Washington Redskins Known as "Mac the Sack" because of his ability to get to the quarterback, McGee had a career total of 106.5 sacks. A durable defensive lineman, McGee played in 203 games, missing only one game during his entire NFL career. He was a nominee for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in . While with the Redskins, McGee played in Super Bowls Super Bowl XVII, XVII (1983) and Super Bowl XVIII, XVIII (1984), winning the former.

TV career

McGee is the founder and host of the longest running minority-owned sports talk show in the Washington, D.C. region. His "Pro Football Plus" television show is celebrating twenty-nine seasons of broadcasting excellence.

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* * Pro Football Plus - http://www.redmagplus.com/index.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:McGee, Tony 1949 births Living people Sportspeople from Battle Creek, Michigan American football defensive ends Bishop Tigers football players Chicago Bears players New England Patriots players Players of American football from Michigan Washington Redskins players Wyoming Cowboys football players