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Howie Long

ハウィー・ロング / はうぃー・ろんぐ

American american football player

January 6, 1960 (age 66) ・ Somerville, Massachusetts, United States

  • Massachusetts
  • American football player
  • actor

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

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7. About this entry

Tags

  • Massachusetts
  • American football player
  • actor
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.