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Tony Gonzalez was born on February 27, 1976 in Torrance, California, United States and is credited as a basketball player and American football player. Tony Gonzalez is 50 years old as of 2026. Schooling on record includes Huntington Beach High School and University of California, Berkeley. The listed height is 196 cm.
My Take
Tony Gonzalez is my kind of athlete: durable, consistent, and quietly historic. A two-sport star out of Huntington Beach who played both basketball and football at Cal, he then redefined the tight end position across seventeen NFL seasons — twelve with Kansas City, five with Atlanta. What impresses me is not a single highlight but the sheer longevity of staying elite for that long while taking that much contact. I have always preferred the marathoners to the flash-in-the-pan stars, and Gonzalez is a marathoner's marathoner. He is the rare player whose body of work, not any one game, makes the case for greatness.
This take was written by generative AI, one per person, from publicly reported facts (editorial policy). It is a reading of the record, not reporting.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tony Gonzalez
- Name (Japanese)
- トニー・ゴンザレス
- Reading
- とにー・ごんざれす
- Born
- February 27, 1976 (age 50)
- Origin
- Torrance, California, United States
- Height
- 196 cm
- Occupation
- basketball player / American football player
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Dragon
2. Background
- High school
- Huntington Beach High School
- University
- University of California, Berkeley
3. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.tonygonzalez88.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tonygonzalez88/
- Xhttps://x.com/TonyGonzalez88
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Gonzalez
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B6%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%20(%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%95%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB)
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q729462
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Tony Gonzalez born?
Tony Gonzalez was born on February 27, 1976 and is 50 years old.
Where is Tony Gonzalez from?
Tony Gonzalez is from Torrance, California, United States.
What does Tony Gonzalez do?
Tony Gonzalez works as basketball player, American football player.
How tall is Tony Gonzalez?
Tony Gonzalez is 196 cm tall.
Where did Tony Gonzalez study?
Tony Gonzalez attended University of California, Berkeley.
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