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College:
  
Texas Christian

Role
  
American football player

Tackles:
  
363

Positions
  
Defensive end

Sacks:
  
109.5

Children
  
Greg Townsend Jr.

Name
  
Greg Townsend


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Date of birth:
  
(1961-11-03) November 3, 1961 (age 54)

Place of birth:
  
Los Angeles, California

NFL draft:
  
1983 / Round: 4 / Pick: 110

Education
  
Texas Christian University

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Gregory Townsend Sr. (born November 3, 1961 in Los Angeles, California), is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Raiders in the fourth round of the 1983 NFL Draft.

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Townsend also played for the Philadelphia Eagles.

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College career

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He played college football at Texas Christian.

Los Angeles Raiders

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Townsend was drafted by the Los Angeles Raiders in the fourth round of the 1983 NFL Draft. He was selected to 2 Pro Bowls, and he was a 4-time All-Pro selection. He won a Super Bowl ring with the Raiders in 1984. Townsend was suspended twice during his time with the Raiders. Once for his participation in a brawl versus the Kansas City Chiefs on October 5, 1986, and another for being caught with marijuana in 1988.

Philadelphia Eagles

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In 1994, he signed with the Eagles. He recorded 2 sacks during his lone season in Philadelphia.

Oakland Raiders

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In 1997, he returned to the Raiders and played for the team that drafted him.

Legacy

Townsend is currently 16th on the NFL's all-time list for career sacks with 109.5. He also recovered 8 fumbles and returned three of them for touchdowns.

Personal

His son, Greg Townsend, Jr., played defensive end at USC. and was signed as an undrafted free agent with Oakland Raiders.

In 2012, Townsend partnered with Celebrity Publishing to release his memoir entitled "All Time."

References

Greg Townsend Wikipedia