Harry Carson

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American football player Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee human linebacker

Harry Carson is a Hall of Fame linebacker best known for anchoring the New York Giants’ defense in the late 1970s and 1980s and serving as a longtime team captain.

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Harry Carson canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American football player ⓘ
Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee ⓘ
human ⓘ
linebacker ⓘ
advocatesFor concussion awareness ⓘ
player health and safety in football ⓘ
awarded NFL 1980s All-Decade Team ⓘ
surface form: NFL 1980s All-Decade Team selection
captaincyDuration longtime ⓘ
careerEnd 1988 ⓘ
collegeAttended South Carolina State University ⓘ
collegeTeam South Carolina State University ⓘ
surface form: South Carolina State Bulldogs football
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1953-11-26 ⓘ
draftedBy New York Giants ⓘ
draftPickNumber 105 ⓘ
draftRound 4 ⓘ
draftYear 1976 ⓘ
familyName Carson ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Harry ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 2006 ⓘ
highSchoolAttended Wilson High School ⓘ
highSchoolLocation Florence, South Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Florence, South Carolina, United States
inductedInto Pro Football Hall of Fame ⓘ
jerseyNumberRetiredBy New York Giants ⓘ
knownFor durability and consistency ⓘ
leadership as a defensive signal-caller ⓘ
run-stopping ability ⓘ
league National Football League ⓘ
memberOf New York Giants ⓘ
surface form: New York Giants Ring of Honor
name Harry Carson self-link ⓘ
NFLDebutSeason 1976 ⓘ
NFLDebutTeam New York Giants ⓘ
notableFor anchoring the New York Giants defense in the late 1970s and 1980s ⓘ
numberWorn 53 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Florence, South Carolina ⓘ
surface form: Florence, South Carolina, United States
playedFor New York Giants ⓘ
plays American football ⓘ
positionPlayed linebacker ⓘ
postRetirementActivity author ⓘ
public speaker ⓘ
television analyst ⓘ
ProBowlSelectionCount 9 ⓘ
selectedTo Pro Bowl ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
SuperBowlChampion Super Bowl XXI ⓘ
teamCaptainOf New York Giants ⓘ

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Miracle at the Meadowlands → notablePlayerGiants → Harry Carson ⓘ
Harry Carson → name → Harry Carson self-link ⓘ
Brad Van Pelt → teammate → Harry Carson ⓘ