Van Tuinei
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Position: | Defensive end | ||||||
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Born: | Garden Grove, California | February 16, 1971||||||
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College: | University of Arizona | ||||||
Undrafted: | 1997 | ||||||
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Vaega Van Tuinei (born February 16, 1971 in Garden Grove, California is a former professional American football player who played defensive end for four seasons for the San Diego Chargers, Indianapolis Colts, and Chicago Bears.
He is of Samoan descent.[1] His son, Lavasier Tuinei, plays in the Canadian Football League.[2]
References[]
- ^ Markham, Jesse Wind (2008). An evolving geography of sport: The recruitment and mobility of Samoan college football players 1998-2006 (PDF) (M.A.). University of Hawaii at Manoa. pp. 71–72.
- ^ Zac Tuinei plays baseball in Noblesville, Indiana Lavasier Tuinei inherits father’s feel for football Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine
Categories:
- 1971 births
- Living people
- American sportspeople of Samoan descent
- People from Garden Grove, California
- Players of American football from California
- American football defensive ends
- Arizona Wildcats football players
- San Diego Chargers players
- Sportspeople from Orange County, California
- Indianapolis Colts players
- Chicago Bears players
- American football defensive lineman, 1970s birth stubs