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Tony Gonzalez

トニー・ゴンザレス　/　とにー・ごんざれす

American basketball player

February 27, 1976 (age 50)　・　Huntington Beach, California, United States

California
basketball player
American football player

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.

Overview

Anthony David Gonzalez (born February 27, 1976) is an American former professional football tight end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. Gonzalez spent his first 12 seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs, who selected him in the first round of the 1997 NFL draft. During his last five seasons, he was a member of the Atlanta Falcons.

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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)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Dragon
Origin: Huntington Beach, California, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: 196 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: basketball player / American football player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Huntington Beach High School
University: University of California, Berkeley

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

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