- Alan Veingrad
NFL player
DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1963|7|24
Birthplace=Brooklyn, New York
Position=Offensive tackle / guard
number=73,76
College=East Texas State University
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DatabaseFootball=VEINGALA01
years=1986-1990
1991-1992
teams=Green Bay Packers Dallas Cowboys Alan Stuart Veingrad (born
July 24 ,1963 inBrooklyn ,New York ) is a formerAmerican football offensive lineman in theNational Football League .Veingrad played for the
Green Bay Packers for five seasons, from 1986-1990, and two seasons for theDallas Cowboys , 1991 & 1992, who wonSuper Bowl XXVII onJanuary 31 ,1993 , playing in a total of 86 games.He played
college football on scholarship at East Texas State University (nowTexas A&M University–Commerce ), where he was anAll-America n and also won National Strength and Conditioning All-America honors. He was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame in October, 2006. [ [http://lionathletics.cstv.com/hallfame/tame-hallfame.html Texas A&M University–Commerce / East Texas State University - Athletic hall of Fame Members] ,CSTV . AccessedOctober 31 ,2007 .]Following the Super Bowl win, Veingrad retired from football back to Florida, where he rediscovered his Jewish roots and became an observant Jew, affiliated with the
Chabad-Lubavitch movement. He now uses his Hebrew first name, "Shlomo", and travels around the country giving inspirational talks about his spiritual transformation. [Heinen, Tom. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10E7C61F59973560&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "TAKES FIVE ALAN VEINGRAD Ex-lineman makes leap from Lambeau to life of faith"] , "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ",December 13 ,2005 . AccessedOctober 19 ,2007 . "Alan Veingrad, an offensive lineman for the Green Bay Packers from 1986 to 1990, has turned from football to faith since retiring from the National Football League in 1993. These days, he talks to Jewish organizations around the country about his journey from being a secular Jew to an observant Orthodox Jew."]Veingrad lives in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida , where he is employed in commercial real estate lending by a major national firm. [Horn, Barry. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/092307dnspo1aveingrad.3acaa69.html "Ex-Cowboy Finds Faith After Football."] , "Dallas Morning News ",September 23 ,2007 .] [Dallas Morning News interactive site about Alan (Shlomo) Veingrad http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spe/2007/shlomo/]References
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