Alan Veingrad

NFL player


DateOfBirth=birth date and age|1963|7|24
Birthplace= Brooklyn, New York
Position=Offensive tackle / guard
number=73,76
College=East Texas State University
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DatabaseFootball=VEINGALA01
years=1986-1990
1991-1992
teams=Green Bay Packers
Dallas Cowboys

Alan Stuart Veingrad (born July 24, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League.

Veingrad played for the Green Bay Packers for five seasons, from 1986-1990, and two seasons for the Dallas Cowboys, 1991 & 1992, who won Super Bowl XXVII on January 31, 1993, playing in a total of 86 games.

He played college football on scholarship at East Texas State University (now Texas A&M University–Commerce), where he was an All-American and also won National Strength and Conditioning All-America honors. He was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame in October, 2006. [ [http://lionathletics.cstv.com/hallfame/tame-hallfame.html Texas A&M University–Commerce / East Texas State University - Athletic hall of Fame Members] , CSTV. Accessed October 31, 2007.]

Following the Super Bowl win, Veingrad retired from football back to Florida, where he rediscovered his Jewish roots and became an observant Jew, affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. He now uses his Hebrew first name, "Shlomo", and travels around the country giving inspirational talks about his spiritual transformation. [Heinen, Tom. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MWSB&p_theme=mwsb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10E7C61F59973560&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "TAKES FIVE ALAN VEINGRAD Ex-lineman makes leap from Lambeau to life of faith"] , "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel", December 13, 2005. Accessed October 19, 2007. "Alan Veingrad, an offensive lineman for the Green Bay Packers from 1986 to 1990, has turned from football to faith since retiring from the National Football League in 1993. These days, he talks to Jewish organizations around the country about his journey from being a secular Jew to an observant Orthodox Jew."]

Veingrad lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he is employed in commercial real estate lending by a major national firm. [Horn, Barry. [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/092307dnspo1aveingrad.3acaa69.html "Ex-Cowboy Finds Faith After Football."] , "Dallas Morning News", September 23, 2007.] [Dallas Morning News interactive site about Alan (Shlomo) Veingrad http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spe/2007/shlomo/]

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