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My Take
Cris Collinsworth is one of the best second-act stories in American sports. A towering wide receiver who earned All-American honors at Florida and spent eight years with the Bengals, he could have faded into former-player obscurity. Instead he became one of the sharpest broadcasters in the NFL, racking up Sports Emmy wins for analysis that genuinely teaches. I admire that he studied law and clearly thinks for a living, not just talks. The mark of a great commentator is making you understand the game better than you did watching it cold, and Collinsworth does exactly that. He found his true calling after football.
Overview
Anthony Cris Collinsworth (born January 27, 1959) is an American former professional football player and sports broadcaster who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons (1981–1988) with the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football for the Florida Gators, earning first-team All-American honors.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Cris Collinsworth
- Name (Japanese)
- クリス・コリンズワース
- Reading
- くりす・こりんずわーす
- Born
- January 27, 1959 (age 67)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Boar
- Origin
- Dayton, Ohio, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 196 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- American football player / sports commentator
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Astronaut High School
- University
- University of Cincinnati College of Law
Awards & achievements
- Sports Emmy Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Xhttps://x.com/CollinsworthNBC
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cris%20Collinsworth
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.