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Tony Romo

Dallas Cowboys Quarterback

By : Mason Foley

Table of contents

About tony romo -----------------------------------------------------------------------------page 1
College years----------------------------------------------------------------------------------page 2
NFL----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------page 3
Football field-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------page 4
Fun facts---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------page 5
Stat comparison-----------------------------------------------------------------------------page 6
Hall of fame or not---------------------------------------------------------------------------page 7
Glossary---------------------------------------------------------------------------------page 8 & 9

About Tony Romo

Tony Romo was Born april 21, 1980 in San Diego, California. His given name was Antonio

Ramiro Romo. His parents were Ramiro Romo Jr and Joan Romo. His father served in the
United States Navy and San Diego is where he was stationed at the time of Tony’s birth.

His family moved to Wisconsin with his family in 1982 and Grew up watching Brett Favre
with the Green Bay Packers. Tony played baseball and earned a spot on the little league All
Star league.

Tony attended Burlington High school where he e played basketball,football, golf and tennis.
Tony became the starting quarterback his junior year where they went 3-6 that season. He
did earn many honors for his personal play during the season including ALL-Racine County
football team and Wisconsin's state coaches all state team

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College years

Tony Romo accepted a partial scholarship to Eastern Illinois for football where he
played quarterback for the team. Tony started his sophomore year and ranked
second among Division 1-AA in passing efficiency. After the season he was
named All American honorable mention, All Ohio valley conference member, and
OVC player of the year. Following his senior year he became the first Eastern
Illinois player to win the Walter Payton award. Despite all his success in college he
went undrafted in the NFL draft and was picked up as an undrafted free agent by
the Dallas Cowboys

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NFL

Tony Romo was on the bench for three seasons until he took over the Dallas
cowboys starting Quarterback on the 2006 season. Romo became a fan
favorite and led the cowboys to the playoffs. Romo holds several cowboys team
records including passing touchdowns, passing yards, most games with at least
300 passing yards, & games with three or more touchdown passes. Romo
retired after the 2016 season. Tony became an NFL broadcaster for NBC.

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Left endzone Right
endzone

You start at the middle of the field and can
block or tackle but you need to get to the
other side so if your at the left side you
need to get to the right endzone. IF you're
on the right side you get ot the left
endzone. The quarterback is at the back of
each side

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FUN FACTS

● The dallas cowboys got 4x pro bowl selection [2006, 2007, 2009, 2014]
● Dallas cowboys were the second team for all pro[ 2014 ]
● Tony was the NFC passing touchdown leader [ 2007 ]
● Tony is a keen golfer,who plays to a handicap +0.3.
● His wife’s name is Candice Crawford

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Tony V.S Eli

Tony Romo Eli Manning

Lost to Lost to eagles,eagles,panthers.
seahawks.giants,vikings.four Three 4,000+ yard passing
4,000+ yard passing seasons. seasons.
Two super bowls.
Zero super bowls. Won 85 games
Won 63 games 30 game winning drives

23 game winning drives

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Hall of fame or not

In conclusion Romo was a great quarterback
he worked really hard and got in the NFL.Will
his career be enough to get in the hall of fame
without winning a superbowl?

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Glo r

QUARTERBACK-[ quar·ter·back ] a player positioned behind the center who
directs a team's offensive play.
PLAYOFF - [play·off] a series of contests played to determine the winner of a
championship, as between the leading teams in different divisions or leagues.
TOUCHDOWN [touch·down] a six-point score made by carrying or passing the
ball into the end zone of the opposing side, or by recovering it there following a
fumble or blocked kick.

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Glo r

SUPERBOWL [super·bowl] is the annual championship game of the National
Football League (NFL). The game is the culmination of a regular season that
begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year.
ENDZONE [end·zone]the rectangular area at each end of the field into which the
ball must be carried or passed and caught to score a touchdown.

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