1. Igor Olshansky is a former professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League.
19 Facts About Igor Olshansky
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Igor Olshansky played college football at Oregon and was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2004 NFL draft.
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Igor Olshansky played for the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins.
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Igor Olshansky is the first Ukrainian to play in the NFL, and the first born in the Soviet Union to do so.
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Igor Olshansky is Jewish and he acknowledged that, "It's who I am; my culture; my roots".
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At the University of Oregon, where he majored in psychology, Igor Olshansky was honorable mention academic All-Pac-10 in his freshman year, and picked for Sports Illustrateds All-Bowl Game team at the end of the season.
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Igor Olshansky was honorable mention All-Pac-10 as a sophomore, second-team All-Pac-10 as a junior, and recipient of the Joe Schaffeld Trophy as the Ducks' top defensive lineman after both his sophomore and junior seasons.
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Igor Olshansky left school following his junior season, with one year of eligibility remaining.
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Igor Olshansky set a team record with a 505-pound bench press, and holds team records in the clean and jerk and squat.
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Igor Olshansky was ejected from a game against the Denver Broncos on 19 November 2006.
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Igor Olshansky punched Broncos center Tom Nalen after what appeared to be Nalen trying to cut block Olshansky on a clock-stopping spike play.
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Igor Olshansky had recently had knee surgery when Nalen went after Igor Olshansky's knees.
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Two days later, the NFL fined Nalen $25,000 for the cut block, more than double the $10,000 fine Igor Olshansky received for the punch.
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Igor Olshansky signed a four-year contract with the Dallas Cowboys on 6 March 2009.
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Igor Olshansky finished the season with 76 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, 12 quarterback pressures and 3 passes defensed.
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Igor Olshansky was signed by the Miami Dolphins on 20 September 2011.
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Igor Olshansky has many tattoos, including two Stars of David on his neck.
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Igor Olshansky is married to Liya Rubinshteyn, whom he met at the Lisa Kampner Hebrew Academy in San Francisco.
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Igor Olshansky was detained on Thursday, 1 December 2011, for marijuana possession as part of an undercover bust that resulted in 280 arrests.