Dan Marino — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005.
Played 17 seasons as a quarterback for the Miami Dolphins.
Named NFL Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year in 1984.
Set single-season records in 1984 with 5,084 passing yards and 48 touchdown passes.
First quarterback in NFL history to reach 5,000 passing yards in a season (1984) and 400 career touchdown passes.
Selected for nine Pro Bowls and was an eight-time All-Pro.
Awarded the 1998 NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year.

Biography

Daniel Constantine Marino Jr. is an American former professional football quarterback who played 17 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Miami Dolphins. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers, earning first-team All-American honors in 1981. Marino is recognized among the greatest quarterbacks in American football history, despite never being on a Super Bowl–winning team, and is considered one of the greatest players to never win a Super Bowl.