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Any asian player in American football?

post #1 of 25
9/4/06 at 9:44pm
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I am watching Miami vs. Florida State right now. I am just wondering has been there any Asian player in the pro/college level of American football?
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post #2 of 25
9/4/06 at 9:52pm
Timmy Chang (former QB at Hawaii), Hines Ward is half Korean, Dat Nguyen (formerly of the Cowboys, now retired IIRC), Will Demps (half Korean), Eugene Amano (Filipino)
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post #3 of 25
9/4/06 at 9:54pm
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Originally Posted by JahJahBinks
I am watching Miami vs. Florida State right now. I am just wondering has been there any Asian player in the pro/college level of American football?
Too bad you didn't ask yesterday.

He was great in college, and was doing ok in preseason, but his last performance was like 3 INT and that was that, too bad.

BTW, I grew up respecting the power of This guy as a rival on the Cowboys. Did they retire his number? They should!
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post #4 of 25
9/4/06 at 9:56pm
The only really good one I can thing of is Hines Ward.

Just out of curiosity are you going for Miami or FSU?
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post #5 of 25
9/4/06 at 10:05pm
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Nice to know!

I am going for Miami!
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post #6 of 25
9/4/06 at 11:47pm
Samoans have the highest proportion of their ethnicity go on to play pro football
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post #7 of 25
9/5/06 at 12:52am
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Originally Posted by Jahn
Too bad you didn't ask yesterday.

He was great in college, and was doing ok in preseason, but his last performance was like 3 INT and that was that, too bad.
Well, one of the records he held in college was for.... most career interceptions... which I can't really consider "great"
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post #8 of 25
9/5/06 at 1:25am
I tihnk there was a Korean kicker ~ 10-15 years ago.... Lee. I think he played for the Rams when they were in LA.


Dont quote me on that though, Im roughly 50% certain.
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post #9 of 25
9/5/06 at 2:19am
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Originally Posted by ls20
Well, one of the records he held in college was for.... most career interceptions... which I can't really consider "great"
He passed a whole lot more than everyone else. That's probably why the INTs are a record as well.
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post #10 of 25
9/5/06 at 2:21am
I think there was a guy named Eugene Chung on the Patriots.
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post #11 of 25
9/5/06 at 5:45am
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Originally Posted by bundee1
I think there was a guy named Eugene Chung on the Patriots.
correct. one of the biggest korean guys i'd ever seen.

chad owens, who is on the jacksonville jaguars (and also from hawaii) is part chinese, i believe. is linebacker scott fujita part japanese? he was with dallas but i'm not sure where he is now...
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post #12 of 25
9/5/06 at 11:49am
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Originally Posted by kramer5150
I tihnk there was a Korean kicker ~ 10-15 years ago.... Lee. I think he played for the Rams when they were in LA.
Dont quote me on that though, Im roughly 50% certain.
Oh yeah, I remember that dude. I think his name was John Lee. He played for the St. Louis Rams when I was going to college there in the 80's. I think he was like the most accurate kicker in NCAA history at that time but choked big time in the NFL. He was missing chip shots.
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post #13 of 25
9/5/06 at 12:04pm
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Originally Posted by kugino
is linebacker scott fujita part japanese? he was with dallas but i'm not sure where he is now...
apparently he is 100% caucasian, but he was adopted by a Japanese-American father and considers himself Japanese. He's with the Saints now.
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post #14 of 25
9/5/06 at 7:50pm
Yea Hine Ward and Eugene Chung and Dat Nguyen. I played with some Samoan guys in high school but I don't know of any in Pro.
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post #15 of 25
9/6/06 at 12:21am
Wasn't Junior Seau Samoan or Hawaiian?
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