Troy Aikman
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| Position | Quarterback | ||||||||||||||
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| Born | November 21, 1966 West Covina, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Henryetta (Henryetta, Oklahoma) | ||||||||||||||
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| NFL draft | 1989: 1st round, 1st overall pick | ||||||||||||||
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Troy Kenneth Aikman (/ˈeɪkmən/ AYK-mən; born November 21, 1966)[1][2] is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. After transferring from the Oklahoma Sooners, he played college football for the UCLA Bruins and won the Davey O'Brien Award as a senior. He was selected first overall by the Cowboys in the 1989 NFL draft, went to six Pro Bowls, and won three Super Bowls. He was also named MVP of Super Bowl XXVII, the franchise's first title in over a decade. Aikman was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006[1] and the College Football Hall of Fame in 2008.
After retiring in 2000, Aikman served as the color commentator of NFL on Fox from 2001 to 2021 and has served as the color commentator of Monday Night Football since 2022. He and his partner play-by-play announcer Joe Buck are the longest tenured announcer pairing in NFL history.[3][4] Aikman was a co-owner of the now defunct NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team Hall of Fame Racing from 2005 to 2009, along with fellow former Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach, and is also a part-owner of the San Diego Padres in Major League Baseball (MLB).[5][6]
- ^ a b "Hall of Famers". Pro Football Hall of Fame. 2006. Archived from the original on October 2, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ^ "Troy Aikman". Encyclopedia Britannica. May 31, 2023. Archived from the original on May 16, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ^ Reedy, Joe (November 8, 2023). "Buck and Aikman are now the longest-tenured broadcast crew in NFL history". AP News. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
- ^ Curtis, Bryan (September 11, 2023). "22 Years of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman". www.theringer.com. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
- ^ Page, Eric S. (July 17, 2009). "New Padres Owners Take the Field". NBC San Diego. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- ^ Center, Bill (August 6, 2012). "Padres sold to group headed by O'Malley heirs". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved June 27, 2017.