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Toussaint L'Ouverture Tyler (first name pronounced "Too-San",〔Florence, Mal (December 30, 1980). "Husky Star: For El Camino's Tyler, the Name is One of a Kind". ''Los Angeles Times'': p. B1.〕 born March 19, 1959) is a former running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played with New Orleans Saints in 1981 and 1982. Born in Barstow, California, Tyler moved to Oceanside, California where he starred as halfback at El Camino High School. After receiving a number of awards following his senior season, he was recruited to the University of Washington. With the Washington Huskies, he played mainly as a fullback. The Huskies won the 1978 Rose Bowl his freshman year, and he started for the first time in a game the following season. The back took a larger role in his junior year as the team went 10–2 and won a bowl game. Early in Tyler's final year at Washington, injuries to the Huskies' halfbacks prompted head coach Don James to move him there from fullback. Washington finished 8–2 in the regular season, earning them a trip to the 1981 Rose Bowl against the Michigan Wolverines. With the score tied at zero in the first quarter, Tyler fumbled at the one-yard line; Michigan went on to win the game 23–6. The running back was drafted 222nd overall (first in the ninth round) by the New Orleans Saints in the 1981 NFL Draft. He played two seasons with the Saints, appearing in all 23 games over those two seasons. Before the 1983 NFL season, the Saints cut him in order to meet the limit on how many players a team may have. He then went on to a short stint with the Oakland Invaders, and then tried to make the Minnesota Vikings. He now lives in Kent, Washington, where he works as a juvenile detention officer. == Early life == Born on March 19, 1959, Tyler was named after the 18th-century Haitian leader Toussaint Louverture.〔"(Rose Bowl won't decide national title this year )". ''Lodi News-Sentinel'': p. 13. December 30, 1980. Retrieved April 5, 2010.〕 His mother was a seamstress and his father, Walter, was a boxing trainer who handled, among others, heavyweight champion Mike Weaver. The running back later said "My father tried to interest me in boxing but I wasn't into getting smacked in the face."〔 Tyler, along with two brothers and four sisters, lived in Barstow, California until he was in seventh grade. His parents then divorced and he went to live with his mother in Oceanside, California.〔 In Oceanside, he played at El Camino High School under coach Herb Meyer. Rushing for 1,732 yards with an eight yards-per-carry average in his senior season, the halfback drew comparisons to fellow El Camino back C. R. Roberts.〔 The El Camino team won the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) district title in 1976. One of six Californians named to that year's All-American high school football team by ''Scholastic Coach'', a magazine for athletic directors and coaches, he was San Diego County's player of the and shared CIF (San Diego Section) player of the year honors with offensive tackle Curt Marsh.〔 Both players were considered blue-chip recruits and went to the University of Washington.〔 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「Toussaint Tyler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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