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Daniel James Audick, Ed.D., (born November 15, 1954) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League from 1977 through 1984. A second generation Lithuanian-American, Dan was born into a large military family as the son of Col. Albert E. Audick, Sr. and Stella (née Matulevich) Audick. After his birth, he and his nine siblings moved to military bases in France, Virginia, Tennessee, Japan, Colorado, and Los Angeles, California. As a high school senior at Wasson High School in Colorado Springs, Audick earned All-State honors as an offensive lineman while contributing to the winning of what was then the AAA-Colorado high school football championship in 1971. In 2005, Audick was inducted with his teammates and coaches into the Colorado Springs Sports Hall of Fame. Audick was a scholarship student-athlete for the University of Hawaii Warrior football team from 1972 to 1977 and a team captain in the 1976 football season. Under the pioneering leadership of Coach Larry Price, he was one of the few former Warriors who made the transition from Division II Independent to Division IA Independent and who would go on to NFL careers and coaching careers. ==Professional career== Audick was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 1977 NFL draft. He started in 33 of 76 regular season games while playing for the St. Louis Football Cardinals, the San Diego Chargers, and the San Francisco 49ers. In post-season play, Audick started in 5 of 6 playoff games. Under the leadership of Coach Don Coryell, Audick played on a Chargers' team that clinched two consecutive playoff berths (1979 and 1980). With the 1980 San Diego Chargers, Audick started at the right tackle position in the AFC Championship game versus the Oakland Raiders where he protected Dan Fouts' frontside in the "Air Coryell" offense. In 1981, Audick was traded to the San Francisco 49ers. Though he was considered to be "undersized" for the left tackle position, he was tasked with the responsibility of protecting Joe Montana's "blindside." Under the guidance of Coach Bill Walsh, Audick was a key contributor on the final 89-yard drive that led to the play that has been immortalized as "The Catch" in the 1982 NFC Playoffs versus the Dallas Cowboys. Audick subsequently started in Super Bowl XVI wearing number 61 for the 49ers' 26-21 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. When Michael Lewis's was researching for his 2006 book, The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game, he called upon several former NFL coaches and players who had played the left tackle position including Audick. Audick helped Lewis understand the role of the "undersized" versus the "prototypical." In Lewis's book, Audick is credited with having played a contributing role in the evolution of the "undersized" left tackle position. In 2009, the book was made into a movie called ''The Blind Side''. Audick was the first student athlete to graduate from the University of Hawaii and to contribute to a winning Super Bowl team. Dan was the defensive line coach in 1991 for Grossmont College in El Cajon, California. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dan Audick」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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