Andre Bernard Tippett (born December 27, 1959), is a former American football linebacker who played for the New England Patriots of the NFL. Currently he is the Patriots' Executive Director of Community Affairs. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2008. A diagram showing typical football positions In American football, each team has 11 players on the field at one time. ... This article relates to sports. ... In team sports, the squad number, jersey number, sweater number, or uniform number is the number worn on a players outfit. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Personal life

Tippett was born in Birmingham, Alabama. Tippett attended Barringer High School in Newark, New Jersey.^[1] He first attended college and played football at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls in 1978. In 1979 began to attend the University of Iowa, where he was an All-American. Nickname: Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: , Country State Counties Jefferson, Shelby Incorporated December 19, 1871 Government  - Type Mayor - Council  - Mayor Bernard Kincaid (Current) Larry Langford (Mayor-Elect) Area  - City 151. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Barringer High School is a public high school in Newark, New Jersey. ... Nickname: Map of Newark in Essex County Coordinates: , Country State County Essex Founded/Incorporated 1666/1836 Government  - Mayor Cory Booker, term of office 2006–2010 Area [1]  - Total 26. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... The University of Iowa, also commonly called Iowa or locally UI, is a major coeducational research university located on a 1,900-acre (8 km²) campus in Iowa City, Iowa, US, on the banks of the Iowa River in East Central Iowa. ... The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best American college football players at their respective position. ...

Tippett is a Godan/5th degree black belt with Shihan (Master Instructor) License. He has received all of his training under Sensei Steve Banchick Kyoshi, a 7th Degree Black Belt. Tippett has studied Uechi-Ryu Karate-Do since 1982 and has also had intensive training in Okinawa. Tippett has also trained privately with Shihan Toshihiro Oshiro in Yamanni Ryu, an Okinawan Kobudo system. Andre has been a member of the Ryukyu Bujutsu Kenkyu Doyukai (RBKD). Yamanni Ryu (also Yamanni-Chinen Ryu) whose main weapon is Bo. The sai, tonfa, nunchaku and Kama are studied as secondary weapons. Tippett has also competed in the AAU on a regional and national level in Kata, Kumite, Team Kumite and Kobudo. He has also competed on the west coast at the Annual Ozawa International Traditional Karate Tournament, Okinawan Uechi-Ryu Karate Championship in Antioch, California, winning a Grand Championship in Kumite in 1993. This article is about the prefecture. ... Sai may be: Sai (weapon), a weapon used in certain martial arts, of Okinawan origin Sai (game), a variant of the game Mancala. ... A Wooden Tonfa The tonfa, also known as tong fa or tuifa, is a traditional Okinawan weapon from which the modern side-handled police baton is derived. ... For Nintendos Wii Remote Nunchuk attachment, see Nunchuk. ... Kama may refer to several things Kama, a Hindu god, the God of Love, son of Lakshmi. ... Kata (型 or 形) (literally: form) is a Japanese word describing detailed choreographed patterns of movements practiced either solo or in pairs. ... Kumitaa doing kumite. ... Kobudo (古武道) is a Japanese term that can be translated as old martial way. ... Antioch is a suburb of San Francisco and Oakland located in Contra Costa County, California, USA, in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area along the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

He is a convert to Judaism. Tippett attends Temple Sinai in Sharon, Massachusetts. He has three daughters, Jenea, Asia and Madison, and one son, Coby.^[2] he also lives in Sharon,MA. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Motto: A nice place to live, because it’s naturally beautiful. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

College football

Tippett was an All-American defensive end and a three-year letterman at the University of Iowa. He was also a two-time All-Big Ten selection (1980 and 1981). In 1981 he helped lead the Hawkeyes to their first winning season, their first Big Ten title, and first Rose Bowl in two decades. Part of a defense that allowed only 129 points, the lowest total since 1965 and 9th best in school history and allowed only 86.9 rushing yards a game, which still stands as the school record. The 1981 Iowa defense allowed 253 total yards a game, the fewest since 1959, making it the 4th best defense in school history in terms of total yards. Against Northwestern on October 3, 1981, the Hawkeye defense allowed 78 total yards which stands as 6th best in defensive performances in team history^[3]. All told, the 1981 Iowa defense is arguably the best over-all defense in school history in terms of yards and points allowed competing with the 1956 and 1957 Hawkeye defenses that featured Alex Karras. All-American, a Broadway musical with book by Mel Brooks, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Lee Adams, opened in New York on March 19, 1962, and played 80 performances. ... The University of Iowa, also commonly called Iowa or locally UI, is a major coeducational research university located on a 1,900-acre (8 km²) campus in Iowa City, Iowa, US, on the banks of the Iowa River in East Central Iowa. ... The Iowa Hawkeyes is the team name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the University of Iowa. ... Big Ten can refer to: Big Ten Conference, a college athletics conference Big Ten (movie studios), the largest movie studios in Hollywood This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Rose Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 (New Years Day) at the stadium of the same name in Pasadena, California. ... Northwestern University (NU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university with campuses located in Evanston, Illinois and downtown Chicago. ... Alexander George Karras (born July 15, 1935 in Gary, Indiana), is a former football player, professional wrestler, and actor who is best known for playing with the National Football Leagues Detroit Lions from 1958-1962 and 1964-1971. ...

Andre was a two-time first team all-Big Ten a team captain in ‘81. He holds Iowa record for tackles for lost yardage in a season (20 tackles for 153 yards in 1980)^[4]. Played in the Hula Bowl and the Japan Bowl in 1982, after his senior year at Iowa. He was voted a DE on Iowa’s all-time football team in 1989 as is a member of the University of Iowa's Varisty Hall of Fame. Upon induction to the Varsity Hall of Fame, Tippett remarked, "For me, this is a `Wow' . . . It is really, really special to be voted by your peers and the people who saw you play. I'm going in with some of the greatest people to ever play sports at the University of Iowa. This is one of the greatest honors I have ever had. This is a special feeling because during the three years I was there, I developed a great bond with the players and coaches." ^[5] The Hula Bowl is an independently administered post-season invitational college football game held each year in Hawaii, currently at Aloha Stadium in the Hālawa district of Honolulu, Hawaii. ...

Professional football

Tippett was drafted by the New England Patriots in the 2nd round of the 1982 NFL Draft. City Foxborough, Massachusetts Other nicknames The Pats Team colors Nautical Blue, New Century Silver, Red, and White Head Coach Bill Belichick Owner Robert Kraft General manager Bill Belichick (de facto) Mascot Pat Patriot League/Conference affiliations American Football League (1960–69) Eastern Division (1960–69) National Football League (1970–present... The 1982 National Football League Draft amateur college selection procedure known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. ...

Tippett is a member of the NFL’s 1980s all-decade team. Four of the other linebackers on the team are already in the Hall of Fame (Lawrence Taylor, Mike Singletary, Ted Hendricks, and Jack Lambert). Tippett was selected to five Pro Bowls in his career, earning the nod in five straight seasons from 1984–88. This article relates to sports. ... The Pro Football Hall of Fame is actually the National Football Leagues Hall of Fame. ... Lawrence Julius Taylor (born February 4, 1959, in Williamsburg, Virginia), commonly referred to as LT, is a retired Hall of Fame American football player. ... Michael Singletary (born October 9, 1958 in Houston, Texas) is a former linebacker in American football who played his entire career for the Chicago Bears in the NFL, after starring in college at Baylor University. ... Theodore (Ted) Paul Hendricks (born November 1, 1947) is a former American football linebacker who logged 15 NFL seasons for the 1969 to 1973 Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts), 1974 Green Bay Packers and the 1975 to 1983 Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders. ... John Harold Jack Lambert (July 8, 1952, Mantua, Ohio, United States) is a former NFL linebacker in American football. ... In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the all-star game of the National Football League (NFL). ...

From 1984–85, Tippett recorded the highest two-season sack total by a linebacker in NFL history, totaling 35.0 sacks during the two seasons. His 18.5 sacks in 1984 are the third most by any linebacker in a single season, while his 16.5 sacks in 1985 are tied for the sixth most by any linebacker in NFL history. In American football and Canadian football, a quarterback sack occurs when the quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage before he can throw a forward pass. ...

Tippett holds the Patriots’ franchise record with 100.0 career sacks. He also owns the top three single-season sack performances in Patriots history (18.5 in 1984, 16.5 in 1985 and 12.5 in 1987). He ranked seventh on the all-time sacks list, and third among linebackers, at the time of his retirement following the 1993 season. Over his career, Tippett recorded 100 sacks in 151 games, an average of 0.662 sacks per game. The mark currently ranks fourth in NFL history among linebackers.

After not recording a sack as a rookie in 1982, Tippett finished either first or second on the team in sacks in each of his final 10 seasons. He led the team in sacks six times and finished second on the team four times. Tippett recorded 30 multiple-sack games in his career and sacked a total of 41 different quarterbacks. Tippett recovered 18 opponents’ fumbles during his career, tying him for first on the Patriots’ all-time list (Steve Nelson). He also forced 17 fumbles in his career.

Tippett was named the AFC’s Linebacker of the Year by the NFL Players Association for three straight seasons from 1985–87. He was voted to the Associated Press All-NFL First-team on two occasions (1985 and 1987) and Second-team on two other occasions (1986 and 1988). He was also named to the NFL Films All-Pro team in 1984. The National Football League Players Association, or NFLPA, is the labor union of players in footballs National Football League. ... The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ... NFL Films is a Mount Laurel, New Jersey-based company devoted to producing commercials, television programs, feature films, and documentaries on the National Football League, as well as other unrelated major events and awards shows. ...

He was voted the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) co-Defensive Player of the Year (with Raider Howie Long) in 1985. Additionally, he was voted the 1985 UPI AFL-AFC Defensive Player of the Year. United Media is large editorial column and comic strip newspaper syndication service based in the United States, owned by The E.W. Scripps Company. ... The Oakland Raiders are a National Football League team based in Oakland, California. ... Howard Michael Howie Long (born January 6, 1960 in Somerville, Massachusetts) is a former American football player who played as a defensive end, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2000. ... From 1970 - 1996 The United Press International AFC Player of the Year Awards to AFL-AFC American football players. ...

Tippett twice earned AFC Defensive Player of the Week awards. The first in the Patriots 20-13 win over the New York Jets as he stopped the Jets 3 times within the 10 yard line on 10-20-85. Next, he was the AFC Defensive Player of the Week in the Patriots 21-7 win over the Houston Oilers on 10-18-87. In this victory over Houston at the Astrodome, Andre had 3 sacks, defended on a pass play and blocked a field goal attempt that was returned for a touchdown by Raymond Clayborn.

He sacked Ken O'Brien and Jim Kelly 8.5 times and sacked Dave Krieg 6 times. Andre advanced a lateral from Johnny Rembert 32 yards and recorded 3.5 sacks in the Patriots 23-3 win over Buffalo on 10-26-86.

Andre stole the ball from Eric Dickerson in the Patriots 21-7 win over the Los Angeles Rams on 12-11-83.

Andre strip sacked Joe Piscarik, Joe Ferguson, Dan Marino, Gary Hogenboom, Jim Kelly, Jeff George & Dave Krieg.

Andre deflected a pass by Richard Todd & Matt Kofler, batted down a pass by Vince Ferragamo, Scott Mitchell & Dave Krieg, tipped a pass that was intended for Mark Clayton and had numerous QB pressures that were not officially recorded at the time. According to the Patriots 1985 Media Guide, Andre had 22 QB pressures in 1984.

Andre forced Gary Hogenboom to fumble into the end zone and Johnny Rembert recovered it for a TD in the Patriots 33-3 rout of the Colts on 09-07-86.

Andre made the tackle on the opening kickoff in the Patriots 27-20 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on 12-20-92.

Tippett spent his entire 11-year career with the Patriots and was a member of three playoff teams, including the 1985 AFC Champions.

Honors

Tippett was selected to the Patriots’ 35th Anniversary Team in 1994 and was selected to the Patriots Team of the Century in 2000. He was inducted into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame in 1999 ^[6]. Tippett was inducted into the University of Iowa Hall of Fame on September 7, 2007. Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ...

In January, 2008, he was voted by a panel of former NFL players and coaches to Pro Football Weekly's All-Time 3-4 defensive team along with Harry Carson, Lawrence Taylor, Randy Gradishar, Howie Long, Lee Roy Selmon, and Curley Culp. ^[7] Harry Carson (born November 26, 1953) is a former American football inside linebacker who played his entire career for the New York Giants in the NFL(1976-1988). ... Lawrence Julius Taylor (born February 4, 1959, in Williamsburg, Virginia), commonly referred to as LT, is a retired Hall of Fame American football player. ... Randy Charles Gradishar (born March 3, 1952 in Warren, Ohio) is a former college and professional American football linebacker who played in the 1970s and 80s. ... Howard Michael Howie Long (born January 6, 1960 in Somerville, Massachusetts) is a former American football player who played as a defensive end, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2000. ... Lee Roy Selmon (born October 20, 1954 in Eufaula, Oklahoma) is a former NFL football defensive lineman and the first member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Steve Young, who began his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but is... Curley Culp was an American college and professional football player. ...

He was named as one of 17 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2007 and 2008 ^[8] . As a finalist he joined other modern-era players and two players selected by the Hall of Fame’s Senior Committee in the pool from which the Hall of Fame class was selected.

The Hall of Fame’s 40-member Selection Committee met in Miami on February 3, 2007, to select the Class of 2007. Tippett was not selected for enshrinement, but he was among the top 10 finalists. The now 44-member Selection Committee met in Arizona, the day prior to Super bowl XLII, to vote on the Class of 2008. Just prior, Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson said, " "I think it is about time Andre Tippett is in the Hall Of Fame." ^[9] Eric Dickerson (born September 2, 1960 in Sealy, Texas) was a professional running back in the National Football League (NFL) who in his career played for the Los Angeles Rams, Indianapolis Colts, Los Angeles Raiders, and Atlanta Falcons. ...

He was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame for the class of 2008.^[10] The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of the National Football League (NFL). ...

References

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External links

• Tippett's stats