
Photo: Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Meranda Keller / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Howie Long earns my respect twice over. First as a player: thirteen seasons anchoring the Raiders' defensive line, a Hall of Fame career built from a working-class Somerville childhood and an unheralded Villanova program, a path that takes uncommon grit. Second as a reinventor: most linemen vanish after retirement, but Long parlayed his presence into broadcasting and acting, becoming one of football's most recognizable faces off the field. At 196 centimeters he was built for intimidation, yet his second career runs on articulation and warmth. I find that combination of brute-force excellence followed by graceful reinvention rarer than the Hall of Fame plaque itself.
Overview
Howard Matthew Moses Long (born January 6, 1960) is an American former professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Raiders franchise. He played college football for the Villanova Wildcats and was selected by the Raiders in the second round of the 1981 NFL draft, spending his first season with the team in Oakland and the remainder of his career in Los An…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Howie Long
- Name (Japanese)
- ハウィー・ロング
- Reading
- はうぃー・ろんぐ
- Born
- January 6, 1960 (age 66)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Rat
- Origin
- Somerville, Massachusetts, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 196 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- American football player / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Milford High School
- University
- Villanova University
Awards & achievements
- Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Newspaper Enterprise Association Defensive Player of the Year Award
- National Football League 1980s All-Decade Team
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howie%20Long
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
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.