Born on January 15, 1953, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was the University of Maryland’s good linebacker Randy White. The National Football Foundation’s biography page on Randy White says that when he arrived at Maryland he was there to play fullback, but the coaching staff soon changed his position to defensive tackle and many people in the know after that called him the “quickest lineman in football.” Randy was named All-America by the Associated Press in 1973 for the Maryland Terrapins and was unanimously selected in 1974. His other gridiron awards in 1974 included the Outland Award as the nation's best interior lineman and the Lombardi Award for the nation's best lineman or linebacker. The NFF voters selected Randy White to gain entrance into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1994. Randy was the second player chosen in the 1975 NFL Draft by the Dallas Cowboys. White played 14 seasons in the NFL for Dallas, was an All-Pro in 9 of them, and only missed one game in his entire pro career. He has another pretty cool distinction as an NFL player too. White was the Co-MVP of Super Bowl XII in 1978, and he played that game on his birthday 1978. He may be the only man ever to receive a Super Bowl Most Valuable Player award as a birthday present on his bog day. The Pro Football Hall of Fame also enshrined Randy White in 1994 to their museum
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