- Mark Malone
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Mark Malone Position(s)
QuarterbackJersey #(s)
16Born November 22, 1958
El Cajon, CaliforniaCareer information Year(s) 1980–1989 NFL Draft 1980 / Round: 1 / Pick: 28 College Arizona State Professional teams Career stats TD-INT 60-81 Yards 10,175 QB Rating 61.9 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards - N/A
Mark M. Malone (born November 22, 1958 in El Cajon, California) is a former American football quarterback in the NFL.
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Playing career
Malone was the nation's most recruited quarterback in 1975 out of El Cajon Valley High School near San Diego, California. He was also recruited by the USOC as a possible decathlete for the 1980 Olympics.
He was a three-year starter at Arizona State University. Malone was named the 1980 Senior Bowl MVP and was chosen by the Pittsburgh Steelers with the 28th pick in the 1980 NFL draft.
He played eight seasons (1980–1987) with the Steelers, becoming the fourth ranked quarterback in franchise history with 8,582 yards. His highlights with the Steelers included giving the eventual Super Bowl Champion 49ers their only loss in 1984 and guiding the Steelers to the 1984 AFC Championship Game against the Miami Dolphins. He was traded on April 12, 1988 to the San Diego Chargers for his last full NFL season. He would play one more game in 1989 with the New York Jets. For his career, Malone passed for 10,175 yards and 60 TDs, and rushed 159 times for 628 yards and 18 TDs. Malone also had one career reception for a 90 yard TD, a Steelers team record until Mike Wallace broke it with a 95 yard TD reception vs. Arizona in 2011. However, Malone's career was plagued with several severe injuries.
Sportscasting career
After his playing career ended, he became a television sportscaster, working at WPXI in Pittsburgh and ESPN, where he was a host and analyst on the programs NFL Matchup, NFL Live and NFL 2night. He became the sports director at WBBM-TV in Chicago in 2004 until 2008 when his contract was not renewed (among others at the station) in an effort to cut costs. Malone then moved to Westwood One as a color commentator for its NFL coverage.
Personal life
Malone has been married for over 20 years to Tracy West Malone, a professional dancer, TV news anchor and owner of Plato's closet in Cranberry, PA
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Sporting positions Preceded by
David WoodleyPittsburgh Steelers Starting Quarterbacks
1985-1987Succeeded by
Bubby BristerArizona State Sun Devils starting quarterbacks 1980 NFL Draft First Round Selections Billy Sims · Johnny Lam Jones · Anthony Muñoz · Bruce Clark · Curtis Dickey · Curtis Greer · Junior Miller · Mark Haynes · Doug Martin · Jacob Green · Brad Budde · Stan Brock · Earl Cooper · Roland James · Marc Wilson · Jim Ritcher · Johnnie Johnson · Art Monk · Otis Wilson · Jim Stuckey · Don McNeal · Ray Snell · Roynell Young · Derrick Hatchett · Vagas Ferguson · George Cumby · Charles White · Mark MaloneDraft years
70 · 71 · 72 · 73 · 74 · 75 · 76 · 77 · 78 · 79 · 80 · 81 · 82 · 83 · 84 · 85 · 86 · 87 · 88 · 89 · 90 · 91 · 92 · 93 · 94 · 95 · 96 · 97 · 98 · 99 · 00 · 01 · 02 · 03 · 04 · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08 · 09 · 10 · 11Pittsburgh Steelers first-round Draft selections Bill Shakespeare (1936/ #3 overall) | Mike Basrak (1937/ #5) | Byron "Whizzer" White (1938/ #4) | Kay Eakin (1940/ #3) | Bill Dudley (1942/ #1) | Bill Daley (1943/ #7) | Johnny Podesto (1944/ #10) | Paul Duhart (1945/ #2) | Doc Blanchard (1946/ #3) | Hub Bechtol (1947/ #5) | Dan Edwards (1948/ #9) | Bobby Gage (1949/ #6) | Lynn Chandnois (1950/ #8) | Butch Avinger (1951/ #9) | Ed Modzelewski (1952/ #6) | Ted Marchibroda (1953/ #5) | Johnny Lattner (1954/ #7) | Frank Varrichione (1955/ #6) | Gary Glick (1956/ #1) | Art Davis (1956/ #5) | Len Dawson (1957/ #5) | Jack Spikes (1960/ #6) | Bob Ferguson (1962/ #5) | Paul Martha (1964/ #10) | Dick Leftridge (1966/ #3) | Mike Taylor (1968/ #10) | Joe Greene (1969/ #4) | Terry Bradshaw (1970/ #1) | Frank Lewis (1971/ #8) | Franco Harris (1972/ #13) | J. T. Thomas (1973/ #4) | Lynn Swann (1974/ #21) | Dave Brown (1975/ #26) | Bennie Cunningham (1976/ #28) | Robin Cole (1977/ #21) | Ron Johnson (1978/ #22) | Greg Hawthorne (1979/ #28) | Mark Malone (1980/ #28) | Keith Gary (1981/ #17) | Walter Abercrombie (1982/ #12) | Gabriel Rivera (1983/ #21) | Louis Lipps (1984/ #23) | Darryl Sims (1985/ #20) | John Rienstra (1986/ #9) | Rod Woodson (1987/ #10) | Aaron Jones (1988/ #18) | Tim Worley (1989/ #7) | Tom Ricketts (1989/ #24) | Eric Green (1990/ #21) | Huey Richardson (1991/ #15) | Leon Searcy (1992/ #11) | Deon Figures (1993/ #23) | Charles Johnson (1994/ #17) | Mark Bruener (1995/ #27) | Jamain Stephens (1996/ #29) | Chad Scott (1997/ #24) | Alan Faneca (1998/ #26) | Troy Edwards (1999/ #13) | Plaxico Burress (2000/ #8) | Casey Hampton (2001/ #19) | Kendall Simmons (2002/ #30) | Troy Polamalu (2003/ #16) | Ben Roethlisberger (2004/ #11) | Heath Miller (2005/ #30) | Santonio Holmes (2006/ #25) | Lawrence Timmons (2007/ #15) | Rashard Mendenhall (2008/ #23) | Evander Hood (2009/ #32) | Maurkice Pouncey (2010/ #18) | Cameron Heyward (2011/ #31)
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