27 Facts About Harry Carson

Harry Donald Carson was born on November 26,1953 and is an American former professional football player who spent his entire career as a middle linebacker for the New York Giants of the National Football League.

Harry Carson became the first Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference player to win consecutive defensive player of the year honors, and assisted the Bulldogs to consecutive conference championships.

In 2002, Harry Carson was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame, and he was inducted into the Black College Football Hall of Fame in 2012.

Harry Carson spent all of his 13 seasons with them, leading the team in tackles for five seasons, and more impressively, served as their captain for ten.

Harry Carson was a member of the Crunch Bunch, a team of fierce linebackers composed of Harry Carson, Brad Van Pelt, Brian Kelley, and Lawrence Taylor.

Harry Carson was a member of the Big Blue Wrecking Crew defense and made nine Pro Bowl appearances in his career.

Harry Carson recovered 14 fumbles, returning them for 36 yards and one touchdown.

Harry Carson retired at the end of the 1988 season, two years after helping the team win Super Bowl XXI, the Giants' first, and Carson had seven tackles for the victors.

Harry Carson was one of the first practitioners of the "Gatorade shower" which is when the coach of the winning team is doused with a cooler of Gatorade by some of the players following a win.

The practice was started by his teammate Jim Burt in 1985 as Harry Carson recounted in his 1987 book Point of Attack: The Defense Strikes Back.

Harry Carson did the one thing no defensive player ever gets enough credit for, even though it's the first thing every defensive coach talks about with his team every week: he defended the run.

Harry Carson was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006.

Harry Carson's selection came after years of outspoken criticism of the Hall of Fame selection process, where his principal criticism was that the vote is done by the media, not players and coaches.

In 2004, Harry Carson asked to have his name taken off the ballot.

Harry Carson later commented on the selection, saying he was humbled by the selection but noting:.

Harry Carson takes an aggressive stand when it comes to CTE and how the NFL handles their own ex-players that are struggling with head trauma later in their lives.

Harry Carson thinks the huge settlement is good for the former players, but it scares people away from playing football because of the chances of head trauma players could experience later in life.

Harry Carson has had a successful career in sports broadcasting and has his own company, Harry Carson Inc.

Harry Carson was part-owner of the Arena Football League's New Jersey Red Dogs, alongside ex-Giants Carl Banks and Joe Morris.

On May 17,2015, Harry Carson served as the commencement speaker for New York University School of Professional Studies.

Two days later Harry Carson served as the commencement speaker and was presented with an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

Harry Carson simply says "I have to speak up for all people who really don't have a voice".

Harry Carson is a long-time resident of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.

Harry Carson was diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome in 1990, and estimates that he had 15 concussions during his long high school, college and professional football career.

Harry Carson authored his second book "Captain for Life" published by St Martin's Press in 2011.

In March 2018, Harry Carson joined with former NFL stars Nick Buoniconti and Phil Villapiano to support a parent initiative called Flag Football Under 14, which recommends no tackle football below that age out of a concern for the brain health of the young players.

In 2012, Harry Carson was said to be strongly considering a run for Congress against Republican Scott Garrett in the newly redrawn 5th congressional district of New Jersey.