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{{Short description|American football player, actor, and sports analyst (born 1960)}} {{Use American English|date=March 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Howie Long | image = Howie Long 2022 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Long in 2022 | number = 75 | position = [[Defensive end]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|1|6}} | birth_place = [[Somerville, Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lb = 265 | high_school = [[Milford High School (Massachusetts)|Milford]] {{avoid wrap|([[Milford, Massachusetts]])}} | college = [[Villanova Wildcats football|Villanova]] (1977β1980) | draftyear = 1981 | draftround = 2 | draftpick = 48 | pastteams = * [[Oakland Raiders|Oakland]] / [[Los Angeles Raiders]] ({{NFL Year|1981|1993}}) | highlights = * [[List of Super Bowl champions|Super Bowl champion]] ([[Super Bowl XVIII|XVIII]]) * [[Newspaper Enterprise Association NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award|''NEA'' NFL co-Defensive Player of the Year]] (1985) * 2Γ First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[1984 All-Pro Team|1984]], [[1985 All-Pro Team|1985]]) * Second-team All-Pro ([[1983 All-Pro Team|1983]]) * 8Γ [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1984 Pro Bowl|1983]]β[[1988 Pro Bowl|1987]], [[1990 Pro Bowl|1989]], [[1993 Pro Bowl|1992]], [[1994 Pro Bowl|1993]]) * [[NFL 1980s All-Decade Team]] * First-team All-[[Big East Conference|East]] ([[1980 All-East football team|1980]]) | statlabel1 = [[Quarterback sack|Sacks]] | statvalue1 = 84 | statlabel2 = [[Fumble]] recoveries | statvalue2 = 10 | statlabel3 = [[Interception]]s | statvalue3 = 2 | statlabel4 = Interception yards | statvalue4 = 84 | pfr = LongHo00 | HOF = howie-long }} '''Howard Matthew Moses Long''' (born January 6, 1960)<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/06/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-Jan-6-2019/8591546568650/ |title= UPI Almanac for Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019|work=[[United Press International]]|date=January 6, 2019|access-date=September 10, 2019|archive-date=September 11, 2019 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20190911222236/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/06/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-Jan-6-2019/8591546568650/|url-status=live|quote= Hall of Fame football player/actor/broadcaster Howie Long in 1960 (age 59)}}</ref> is an American former professional [[American football|football]] [[defensive end]] who played in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for 13 seasons with the [[Oakland Raiders|Oakland]] and [[Los Angeles Raiders]]. He played [[college football]] for the [[Villanova Wildcats football|Villanova Wildcats]] and was selected by the Raiders in the second round of the [[1981 NFL draft]]. Long received eight [[Pro Bowl]] and three first-team [[All-Pro]] selections while helping the team win [[Super Bowl XVIII]]. He was inducted into the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] in 2000. After retiring, Long pursued a career in acting and broadcasting and serves as a studio analyst for [[Fox Sports]]' NFL coverage.
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