- Dan Whalen (quarterback)
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Dan Whalen No. -- Free Agent Quarterback Personal information Date of birth: August 6, 1988 Place of birth: Willoughby, Ohio High School: Willoughby South High School Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight: 195 lb (88 kg) Career information University: Case Western Reserve Undrafted in 2011 Debuted in 2011 for the Cleveland Gladiators Career history - Cleveland Gladiators (2011)
- *Offseason and/or practice roster member only
Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards Dan Whalen is an American football player from Willoughby, Ohio who played quarterback for the Cleveland Gladiators of the Arena Football League.
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High school career
Dan played high school football at Willoughby South High School. He only started one year, leading the Rebels to a 10-0 regular season while throwing for over 2,500 yards, 27 touchdowns and only 6 interceptions. In a first round playoff game against Olmsted Falls High School, Whalen threw for 356 yards and 5 touchdowns while only playing in the first half of a 49-10 win. [1]
College career
Dan played at Case Western Reserve University under head coach Greg Debeljak. He was a four-year starter at Case throwing for 9,720 yards, with 742 completions from 1,229 attempts, and with 87 touchdowns, and graduated in 2009 as the school's all-time leader in pass attempts, completions, yards and touchdown passes. Whalen was named a first team All-American his senior season by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and d3football.com. Dan was also a two-time finalist for the Gagliardi Trophy (Division III Player of the Year) and named University Athletic Association (UAA) Offensive Player of the Year three times. While the staring quarterback, Whalen led Case to 31 consecutive regular season wins, three straight perfect regular seasons, three straight UAA titles, and three straight NCAA postseasons.[2] Dan also played punter in college.[3]
Professional career
Cleveland Gladiators
Dan was assigned (added to the roster) to the Cleveland Gladiators on Feb. 2, 2011[4] and removed from the Gladiator's roster on March 13, 2011. Whalen then returned to the roster two weeks later on March 25, 2011.[5]
Dan played in parts of six games for the Gladiators in the 2011 season, leading two come from behind wins and scoring 8 total touchdowns.[6]
Midway through the season, Whalen decided to leave the team to pursue his career as a writer.[7] He was reassigned on June 6th, 2011.[8]
References
- ^ http://www.clevelandgladiators.com/team/recent/index.html?article_id=276
- ^ http://www.clevelandgladiators.com/team/recent/index.html?article_id=276
- ^ http://www.case.edu/athletics/varsity/sports_men/football/bios/current/whalen.htm
- ^ http://www.clevelandgladiators.com/news/trans/index.html?p=201102
- ^ http://www.clevelandgladiators.com/news/trans/index.html?p=201103
- ^ http://www.arenafootball.com/statsdrilldown/CLE.HTM#team.ind
- ^ Podolski, Mark (May 31, 2011). "Gladiators: Dan Whalen accepts advertising job in Kansas City". The News Herald (Journal Register). http://news-herald.com/articles/2011/05/31/sports/nh4071131.txt. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ^ Cleveland Gladiators June 2011 Transactions
Categories:- American football quarterbacks
- Case Western Reserve University alumni
- Cleveland Gladiators players
- Living people
- People from Willoughby, Ohio
- Players of American football from Ohio
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