- Harris Barton
Infobox NFLretired
position=Offensive tackle
number=79
birthdate=birth date and age|1964|4|19Atlanta, Georgia
deathdate=
debutyear=1987
finalyear=1998
draftyear=1987
draftround=1
draftpick=22
college=North Carolina
teams=
*San Francisco 49ers (1987-1998)
stat1label=Games played
stat1value=138
stat2label=Games started
stat2value=134
stat3label=Fumble recoveries
stat3value=2
nfl=BAR778575
highlights=
* 1xPro Bowl selection (1993)
* 2xAll-Pro selection (1992, 1993)
HOF=Harris Scott Barton (born
April 19 1964 inAtlanta, Georgia ) is a formerAmerican football offensive lineman who played for theSan Francisco 49ers . His mother was from a veryOrthodox Jewish background inQueens, New York and his father was from aJewish family inBrooklyn, New York . They met while attendingEmory University .Early life
Harris attended
Hebrew Academy in Atlanta through the fifth grade, and began playing football at age five. He was county MVP his senior season at Atlanta'sDunwoody High School , where he also participated inbasketball andwrestling .College football career
He was recruited by over 100 colleges including USC, Oklahoma, and Notre Dame, but Harris eventually chose the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , where he graduated with a 3.3 GPA in Finance.Harris was a freshman
All-American at UNC, starting every game for four years. He played nose-to-nose against William "Refrigerator" Perry on national television at Clemson. He was selected to theAssociated Press All-American football player team that year, being the first Jewish player in 30 years to do so.Pro football career
He was a first-round pick of the
San Francisco 49ers in 1987, and the 22nd pick overall.Harris signed a three-year, $1.3 million contract with the team, and started 10 of 15 games that year and was runner-up to Rookie of the Year honors. He started every game in his second year, including the
Super Bowl , and was named to various Second Team All-Pros. In his third year, he started all games including theSuper Bowl , and was chosen as aCampbell's Soup All-American .He retired after the 1996 season.
After football
He is a Managing Partner and a Founder of HRJ Capital, a
private equity fund of funds . One of his partners is former teammateRonnie Lott .Barton now lives in
Palo Alto, California and enjoysskiing andscuba diving . He is very active in his community in the off-season, and speaks to synagogueyouth group s throughout the Bay Area on the dangers ofdrug abuse , and the power of an education. Harris Barton is the only man reported to have seen both Hank Aaron break the MLB HR record with 715HR and Barry Bonds hit 756HR in person. [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/peter_king/09/02/tucker/4.html]Counted among his greatest achievements has to be finishing 3rd in the 2007
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am . A passionate, though occasionally erratic, golfer, Harris has previously been crowned the champion of "The Best 4 Ball in the Galaxy," the fabled Dutch Treat. Among his nicknames are: H, BigMan (one word), and Zeus.2008 has been a big year for the Big Man, having once again made the cut at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am! Now the leading "Treater" in cuts made, Treats won, and nicknames.
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