Doug English
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Lowell Douglas English is a former American football
Defensive Tackle for the Detroit Lions
(1975–1985). He graduated from Bryan Adams High School
in Dallas
and the University of Texas.
Doug’s best season came in 1983, when he recorded 13 sacks. That year the Lions won the NFC Central Division title with a 9-7 mark, and came within a whisker of the NFC Championship game when they lost a heartbreaker to the San Francisco 49ers, 24-23, in the divisional round. Upon the arrival of new coach Darryl Rogers
in 1985, English was moved to nose tackle in the team’s new 3-4 defensive alignment. His career ended after that season when he was forced into retirement due to a serious neck injury. He finished his career with 59 sacks, which still places him sixth on the Lions’ all-time list. He was named All-Pro three times (1981, 1983–84) and went to four Pro Bowl
s (1979, 1982–84). Voted defensive MVP in 1979 when he had 90 tackles and 6 * sacks.
Doug is often notable for having tied the mark of most safeties recorded by a single player, with four through his career.
Doug is also the President of the Lone Star Paralysis Foundation.
"Our mission is to work ourselves out of business.” Doug English, President, Lone Star Paralysis Foundation
The foundation is self described as " a dedicated group of people working hard to find a cure for spinal cord injury, and we will—this decade. We already have the people, the technology, the science—the missing ingredient is money. So help us during this “Decade of the Cure”." (http://www.lonestarparalysis.org/)
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
Defensive Tackle for the Detroit Lions
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
(1975–1985). He graduated from Bryan Adams High School
Bryan Adams High School
For schools with similar names, see Adams High School.Bryan Adams High School is a public secondary school located at 2101 Millmar Drive in the Casa View neighborhood of East Dallas, Texas ....
in Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
and the University of Texas.
Professional career
Along with defensive end Al "Bubba" Baker, English was a cornerstone of the Lions’ feared "Silver Rush" defensive line of the late 70’s and early 80’s. The 6-foot-5, 255 pound English was Detroit’s second-round pick in 1975 out of the University of Texas. He became a starter in his third season, and with the arrival of Baker the following year the Lions defensive line soon became one of the NFL’s best. Because of chronic injuries that were hampering his play, English left football for a year after the Lions’ 2-14 debacle in 1979. However after a year and two off-seasons' rest, a renewed appreciation for the sport of football and the opportunities for community service that come with professional sports, English was coaxed back to the Motor City for the start of the 1981 season.Doug’s best season came in 1983, when he recorded 13 sacks. That year the Lions won the NFC Central Division title with a 9-7 mark, and came within a whisker of the NFC Championship game when they lost a heartbreaker to the San Francisco 49ers, 24-23, in the divisional round. Upon the arrival of new coach Darryl Rogers
Darryl Rogers
Darryl Dale Rogers is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at California State University, Fresno , San Jose State University , Michigan State University , and Arizona State University , compiling a career college football record of 126–77–7...
in 1985, English was moved to nose tackle in the team’s new 3-4 defensive alignment. His career ended after that season when he was forced into retirement due to a serious neck injury. He finished his career with 59 sacks, which still places him sixth on the Lions’ all-time list. He was named All-Pro three times (1981, 1983–84) and went to four Pro Bowl
Pro Bowl
In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League . Since the merger with the rival American Football League in 1970, it has been officially called the AFC–NFC Pro Bowl, matching the top players in the American Football Conference against those...
s (1979, 1982–84). Voted defensive MVP in 1979 when he had 90 tackles and 6 * sacks.
Doug is often notable for having tied the mark of most safeties recorded by a single player, with four through his career.
Doug is also the President of the Lone Star Paralysis Foundation.
"Our mission is to work ourselves out of business.” Doug English, President, Lone Star Paralysis Foundation
The foundation is self described as " a dedicated group of people working hard to find a cure for spinal cord injury, and we will—this decade. We already have the people, the technology, the science—the missing ingredient is money. So help us during this “Decade of the Cure”." (http://www.lonestarparalysis.org/)