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Shaun Edward Alexander (born August 30, 1977) is a former American football running back who played for the Seattle Seahawks and Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Alabama, and was drafted by the Seahawks 19th overall in the 2000 NFL Draft. In May 2011, he was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. Alexander set numerous NFL and Seattle Seahawks' franchise records, and was named the NFL MVP in 2005. He was also named to the NFL's 2000 All-Decade team.〔http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d8161b0e9/article/league-announces-2000s-nfl-alldecade-team〕 ==Early career== Alexander was born and raised in Florence, Kentucky. His father, Curtis Alexander Jr., works for Morton Salt and his mother Carol works in the truancy department of the Boone County School District. He has an older brother Durran, and four older half-sisters and three older half-brothers.〔Biography Today, p.10〕 His parents divorced when he was 11, and he and Durran were raised by their mother in a two-bedroom apartment off of Shenandoah Drive in Florence Kentucky.〔 He attended Florence Elementary School and Rector A. Jones Middle School.〔 In 1991, he entered Boone County High School. As a freshman, he played football for the junior varsity team and was voted Class President—as he was every year in high school.〔 〕 As well as football, Alexander excelled in basketball and baseball.〔Biography Today, p.13〕 In his sophomore season, he made the varsity team as the second-string running back. By mid-season, he was the team's featured running back as he rushed for 1,095 yards and fourteen touchdowns. During his junior season in 1993, Alexander ran for 2,396 yards and 42 touchdowns as Boone County made it to the state semifinals. In a game versus Campbell County, Alexander rushed for seven touchdowns. He was listed in "Faces in the Crowd" section of ''Sports Illustrated'' in January 1994. In 1994, in his senior season, Alexander rushed for 3,166 yards and a state record 54 touchdowns〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=KHSAA state football records )〕 and was named Kentucky's "Mr. Football".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Mr. Football )〕 He also was selected All-American by ''Parade'' and USA Today's 1994 All USA team, named "Old Spice Athlete of the Month" by Sports Illustrated, and was known as "Alexander the Great" and had his high school number 37 retired a few weeks before his graduation.〔 In three varsity seasons, Alexander rushed for 6,657 yards and 110 touchdowns—both of which are Top 10 prep all-time records. 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「Shaun Alexander」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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