Ed Muransky was a member of the Super Bowl XVIII-champion Raiders.
19 Facts About Ed Muransky
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Ed Muransky testified in the March 2000 trial of Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, mainly about what DeBartolo had confided to Ed Muransky.
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Ed Muransky has continued to pursue business interests even after the controversies about DeBartolo have waned.
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Ed Muransky was a three-year varsity letterman and two-year starter as an interior lineman at Cardinal Mooney.
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Highly recruited by numerous "blue chip" schools, Ed Muransky chose to play collegiate football at the University of Michigan.
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Ed Muransky was named to the Associated Press, UPI, and The Sporting News All-American teams in 1981 and garnered "Academic All-American" his senior year.
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Ed Muransky was part of a 1981 team that had five All-American honorees.
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Ed Muransky set the all-time "Beef Bowl" record by consuming 8 pounds of prime rib at Lawry's before the 1979 Rose Bowl.
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Ed Muransky wanted to let us know that my record from a couple years earlier would not be in jeopardy because we were going to be sitting with him at the Lawry's Beef Bowl.
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Ed Muransky said he was going to limit each of us to two cuts of prime rib.
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Ed Muransky played all 16 regular season games for Tom Flores' Raiders that season.
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Ed Muransky played for an offensive line that included Pro Bowlers Henry Lawrence and Todd Christensen.
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Ed Muransky later became CEO and chairman of Gallagher Pipino, Inc and the Muransky companies.
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Ed Muransky is married to the former Christine Pipino and has three children: Eddie, Deloran and Donielle.
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In 1997, Ed Muransky became involved in DeBartolo's efforts to open a riverboat gambling casino in Louisiana.
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Ed Muransky was able to describe his relationship with DeBartolo but could not provide testimony about private meetings between DeBartolo and Edwards.
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DeBartolo had Ed Muransky placed on the board of directors of the DeBartolo Corporation after reaching a plea agreement which left him a convicted felon and precluded him from serving on the corporate board.
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DeBartolo and Ed Muransky reportedly went through an acrimonious breakup in 2002.
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Ed Muransky successfully operates almost 70 stores under this franchise name, with locations in 15 states.