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Tony Steven Casillas (born October 26, 1963) is a retired American football defensive lineman in the National Football League from 1986 through 1997. While at the University of Oklahoma he helped win the 1985 NCAA National Championship. He also won the Lombardi Award in 1985 and was the 1985 UPI Lineman of the Year. Casillas was also part of the Dallas Cowboys back to back victories in Super Bowl XXVII and XXVIII. In 2004, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. ==Early years== Casillas was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on October 16, 1963. He attended Tulsa East Central High School where he was an All-State player. He had a difficult start to his college football career. As a redshirt freshman he suffered an ankle injury, contracted mononucleosis and was lost for the entire season. The next year he played sparingly at defensive tackle, registering only 10 tackles.〔http://newsok.com/improving-casillas-10-times-better/article/2079819〕 In 1984, Casillas was moved to nose guard and became a starter, receiving consensus All-American and first-team All-Conference honors. In 1985, he became only the second Sooner ever to win the Lombardi award, which is given to the nation’s top lineman. He was named the UPI Lineman of the Year, the Big Eight Conference defensive player of the year, a consensus first team All-American and first team All-Conference. He ended his college career with 18 sacks and 213 career tackles in addition to graduating with Academic All-American honors in 1985, and a degree in public relations. In 2004, Casillas became the second Hispanic (his father is Mexican and his mother comes from Irish and Native American descent) to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.〔http://newsok.com/casillas-shares-memories-oklahoma-will-always-be-special/article/3296432〕 The National Football Foundation named Casillas the College Defensive Player of the Decade for the 1980s.〔http://articles.latimes.com/1989-12-24/sports/sp-2100_1_great-players〕 In 2008 he was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame.〔http://newsok.com/former-cowboys-lead-oklahoma-sports-hall-of-fame-class/article/3243411〕 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「Tony Casillas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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