Editing Alan Faneca (section)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1976)}}
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{{Use American English|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Alan Faneca
| image       = Alan Faneca throwback.jpg 
| caption     = Faneca with the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] in 2007
| number      = 65, 66
| position    = [[Guard (gridiron football)|Guard]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1976|12|7|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], U.S. 
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 5
| weight_lb   = 316
| high_school = [[Lamar Consolidated High School|Rosenberg (TX) Lamar Consolidated]]
| college     = [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]] (1994–1997)
| draftyear   = 1998
| draftround  = 1
| draftpick   = 26
| pastteams   =
* [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] ({{NFL Year|1998|2007}})
* [[New York Jets]] ({{NFL Year|2008|2009}})
* [[Arizona Cardinals]] ({{NFL Year|2010}})
| highlights  =
* [[Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XL|XL]])
* 6× First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[2001 All-Pro Team|2001]], [[2002 All-Pro Team|2002]], [[2004 All-Pro Team|2004]]–[[2007 All-Pro Team|2007]])
* 2× Second-team All-Pro ([[2003 All-Pro Team|2003]], [[2008 All-Pro Team|2008]])
* 9× [[Pro Bowl]] ([[2002 Pro Bowl|2001]]–[[2010 Pro Bowl|2009]])
* [[National Football League 2000s All-Decade Team|NFL 2000s All-Decade Team]]
* [[Pittsburgh Steelers All-Time Team]]
* [[Pittsburgh Steelers#Hall of Honor|Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Honor]]
* [[Pittsburgh Pro Football Hall of Fame]]
* [[Jacobs Blocking Trophy]] (1997)
* Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1997 College Football All-America Team|1997]])
* 2× First-team [[List of All-SEC football teams|All-SEC]] ([[1996 All-SEC football team|1996]], [[1997 All-SEC football team|1997]])
| statlabel1  = Games played
| statvalue1  = 206
| statlabel2  = Games started
| statvalue2  = 201
| statlabel3  = [[Fumble]] recoveries
| statvalue3  = 11
| pfr         = FaneAl00
| HOF         = Alan-Faneca 
}}

'''Alan Joseph Faneca''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|æ|n|ᵻ|k|ə}}; born December 7, 1976) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[Guard (American football)|guard]] in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for 13 seasons. He played [[college football]] for [[Louisiana State University]] (LSU), and earned consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-America]] honors. He was selected by the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] in the first round of the [[1998 NFL draft]], and played professionally for the Steelers, [[New York Jets]] and [[Arizona Cardinals]] of the NFL. A six-time first-team [[All-Pro]] and nine-time [[Pro Bowl]] selection, Faneca won a [[Super Bowl ring]] with the Steelers in [[Super Bowl XL]], defeating the [[Seattle Seahawks]]. He was elected to the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 2021 and on May 10, 2021, he was introduced as the head football coach of Frank W. Cox High School in [[Virginia Beach, Virginia]].