Ali Haji-Sheikh

Ali Haji-Sheikh

NFL player


DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1961|1|11|mf=y
Birthplace= Ann Arbor, MI
DateOfDeath=
number=6
Position=Placekicker
College=Michigan
DraftedYear=1983
DraftedRound=9
DraftedPick=237
PFR=hajisali01
DatabaseFootball=HAJISALI01
NFL=HAJ553722
years=1983-1985
1986
1987
teams=New York Giants
Atlanta Falcons
Washington Redskins
ProBowls=1984
CollegeHOF=
HOF=

Ali S. Haji-Sheikh (born January 11, 1961 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is a former American football placekicker for the University of Michigan and for three National Football League teams. Haji-Sheikh spent three seasons playing for the New York Giants. He had a superb rookie season, kicking 35 of 42 field goals (83%). A recurring hamstring injury hampered the rest of his career. He holds the Giants record for longest made field goal at 56 yards.

Haji-Sheikh then played on the Washington Redskins' 1987 championship team, kicking six extra points and missing one field goal in Super Bowl XXII. He was also a member of the 1984 NFC Pro Bowl team kicking one field goal and adding six extra points in the game.

Haji-Sheikh finished his career with 76 of 111 field goals (68%), and 95 of 103 extra points, giving him 323 total points.

Life after the NFL

Haji-Sheikh now works in the luxury car business in Birmingham, Michigan. He is married and has five children: Jesse, Abbey, Benjamin, Matthew and Emilie.

Trivia

Haji-Sheikh's father is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington.

ee also

*History of the New York Giants (1979-1993)

External links

*pro-football-reference|id=hajisali01|name=Ali Haji-Sheikh


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