Tony casillas biography
Tony casillas biography
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Tony Casillas
American football player (born )
American football player
Tony Steven Casillas (born October 26, ) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) from through He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners, winning an NCAA national championship in , when he also won the Lombardi Award and was the UPI Lineman of the Year.
Casillas was also part of the Dallas Cowboys back to back victories in Super Bowl XXVII and XXVIII, both against the Buffalo Bills. In , he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Early life
Casillas, of Mexican and Cherokee descent, was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on October 16, He attended Tulsa East Central High School where he was an All-State player.
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He had a difficult start to his college football career. As a redshirt freshman he suffered an ankle injury, contracted mononucleosis and was lost for the entire season. The next year, he played sparingly