Dan Marino

Dan Marino is a former football player. Dan Marino was a quarterback for the Miami Dolphins for 17 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Marino began his baseball career at Central Catholic High School. In football, he was named Parade All-American. 

He was eliminated from the NFL Draft in 1983 due to an unsatisfactory senior season on the college football team and rumors of drug use.

Childhood, Parents, and Education

Dan Marino was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 15, 1961.

He is the eldest of three siblings, two sisters, and a brother.

Marino’s parents’ names are Daniel and Veronica Marino, according to his family tree.

Veronica worked as a school crossing guard while Daniel delivered newspapers for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Cindi Marino and Debbie Marino are his sisters’ names.

Marino was born and raised in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of South Oakland. At St. Regis Catholic Elementary School, he began his early education.

Following that, he enrolled at Pittsburgh’s Central Catholic High School.

Dan went to the University of Pittsburgh after graduating from high school.

There is no information available concerning the degree he received. We’ll update it as soon as we find out.

Age, Height, and Body Measurement

Dan Marino stands 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and weighs 228 lb (103 kg).

His body measurements are still missing from media sources.

Dan’s hair color is brown, whereas his eye color is grey. Currently, he’s 59 years old.

Dan’s parent’s ethnicity was of mixed type. Dan’s father’s ancestry was half Italian and half Slovak. His mother is of Polish descent.

Facts of Dan Marino

Net Worth and Salary

Dan Marino has a staggering net worth of around $35 million. As already discussed, Dan appeared in several commercials and movies alike.

As such, Marino has most definitely garnered significant growth in his net worth. In 1991, Dan became the highest-paid NFL player.

According to sources, the retired quarterback bagged $25 million as a signing bonus in one particular contractual deal of five years.

Early career

Marino began his baseball career at Central Catholic High School. In football, he was named Parade All-American.

Aside from that, he was picked in the fourth round of the amateur draft by the Kansas City Royals in 1979. However, he made the decision to continue playing collegiate football.

Marino then transferred to the University of Pittsburgh, where he played college football from 1979 through 1982. The university team ‘Pittsburgh Panthers’ won the match as a freshman in 1979.

Marino was leading the match against the West Virginia University Mountaineers.

His squad finished second in the second year, 1980. He was named the team’s starting quarterback there. Dan also became a member of the elite group throughout those two years.

For the majority of the season, Pitt’s team was ranked around the top. Marino’s team defeated the Georgia Bulldogs in the Super Bowl in 1982.

Just before the game’s end, he made a memorable short pass. Pitt has 33 wins and only three losses from 1979 to 1981.

His squad was defeated by Southern Methodist in the Cotton Bowl Classic. Dan finished his four-year university degree with 7,905 passing yards, 74 touchdowns, and 64 interceptions, among other accomplishments.

Professional Career

He was eliminated from the NFL Draft in 1983 due to an unsatisfactory senior season on the college football team and rumors of drug use.

Later, he was selected with the 27th overall pick by the Miami Dolphins.

As a result, he established himself as the top player on the Miami Dolphins. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Express of the United States Football League.

That team did not sign him. He chose the Miami Dolphins at the time.

Marino threw for 20 touchdowns and led the squad to a 12-4 record in his rookie season. He was the first rookie to start at quarterback in the Pro Bowl on this occasion. In addition, he is renowned as the ‘NFL Rookie of the Year.’

Dan set throwing records in his second year at Dolphin, including the most touchdown passes and passing yards. As a result, he is regarded as the NFL’s Most Valuable Player.

The Dolphins met the San Francisco 49ers and Joe Montana in SuperBowl XIX in California. The Marino club was defeated 38–16 this time.

In 1993, he was the captain of his team in a game against the New York Jets. He passed for 4,453 yards in this game. He’s also been voted Comeback Player of the Year in the NFL.

In 1995, Dan guided the Dolphins to the AFC Championship game. In that context,

Miami Dolphins

He threw for 4,137 yards and 30 touchdowns throughout his time with me.

He was the first quarterback in NFL history to accomplish this feat. Three seasons in a row with 30 or more touchdown passes is his record.

He set the NFL record for passing totals (61,361 yards), attempts (8,358), completions (4,967), and touchdowns (4,967) in his 17-year career (420).

Dan opted to retire from football in the year 2000. He was being courted by the Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Pittsburgh Steelers at the time.

However, he turned down all of these teams’ offers. He didn’t, however, completely abandon football.

To this day, the former Miami Dolphins quarterback is equally interested in several football-related activities.

Foundation

After a massive success as a football player, Marino’s contribution as a humanitarian is equally impeccable.

Also, he’s remembered as a great passer and serving humanity with his different healthcare foundations to the public.

Dan and his wife Claire established The Dan Foundation in 1992 after their son, Michael, was diagnosed with autism.

This foundation is established with the purpose to research and provide services to children with neurodevelopment disabilities.

In 1995, The Dan center was opened with the collaboration of Miami Children’s Hospital. It’s a neurodevelopmental center that helps diagnose and treat children with physical and psychological problems.

Moreover, this center serves more than 48,000 children per year.

Along with his team, Marino also raised different awareness programs on autistic spectrum disorders.

Furthermore, with his extensive charitable work to humankind, his work was honored by the National Basketball Associations on November 7, 2005.

So after this success, on March 23, 2010, the Dan foundation held its first walk with the slogan ‘Walkabout Autism.’ More than 6000 walkers participated and 420 volunteers. Isn’t it amazing!

Movies and TV Shows

Besides football, Dan appeared in a comedy movie name Ace Ventura: Pet Detective in 1994. With that, he acted in the movie Little Nicky.

Similarly, Marion has done a small cameo role in Holy Man and Bad Boys II. Right after that, he worked as a project consultant in a drama film name ‘Any Given Sunday.‘

One interesting fact is Marion’s original house was used in the film as a fictional quarterback’s house.

Moreover, Marion is also seen in a music video for the song ‘Only Wanna Be With You‘ in 1995.

Notwithstanding only movies, he was also featured in different advertisements for Hooters, NutriSystem, Maroone, Papa John’s, and Nutrasource.com.

Former football player Marion also became AARP’s “Men’s Life Ambassador.“ He shares his views regarding men’s interest in sports, lifestyle, health, physical fitness, entrepreneurship, community service, and many more from this platform.

Books

The former American football player is not only excellent in his career but also is an impressive author. Yes, it’s true.

Marino has published a book name Marino: On the Record. In this book, he has explained the 13 years journey with the Miami Dolphins. This book was published in the year 1986.

Added to that, he has also written a biography on his own explaining his lifestyle. The book is named ‘First & Goal.‘ The retired NFL star has clearly described his early childhood days, family, and overall experience in his football career.

Wife and Children

Dan Marino married Claire in 1985 at St. Regis Roman Catholic Church. They are blessed with six children. He has six kids, including three sons and three daughters from China. Out of which, two daughters were adopted from China.

The two share six children, namely Michael Joseph Marino (son), Daniel Charles Marino (son), Joseph Donald Marino (son), Alexandra Claire Marino (Daughter), and Niki Lin Marino (Daughter), Lia Marino (Daughter). He has a healthy family and now lives in Weston, Florida.

The ex-Miami Dolphin quarterback had an affair with a CBS production assistant, Donna Savattere, in 2005. The couple gave birth to a daughter Chloe in June 2005.

Nonetheless, he financially supports Savattere and Chloe regardless of his extra-marital affair.

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Injuries

Marino suffered from an Achilles injury in the October of 1993. It was a torn Achilles tendon.

It was the most difficult injury of his career, which is very hard to recover from. However, he came back with the same fire that he had left before.

He recalls the injury as devastating. It was time-consuming and tedious and caused a great loss to Marino’s career. Nonetheless, he touched the height that he always dreamt of.

Social Media Presence

Currently, Dan Mario is active on Social Media. Most of the time, he shares his personal and professional life through Instagram and Twitter.

With a huge fan following on both of these social media, he keeps fans updated about his life.

His Instagram has 117K followers and his Twitter has 199.1K followers.