Joseph Dominick Andruzzi was born on August 23,1975 and is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League.
13 Facts About Joe Andruzzi
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Joe Andruzzi was born in Brooklyn and played high school football at Tottenville High School in the Huguenot neighborhood of Staten Island, where his classmates included former Major League Baseball All-Star starting pitcher Jason Marquis and former National Football League player Adewale Ogunleye with the Miami Dolphins and Chicago Bears.
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Joe Andruzzi played college football at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Connecticut, where he majored in special education.
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Joe Andruzzi played every position on the offensive line and started all four years.
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Joe Andruzzi was a Division II All-American his junior and senior years as well as an offensive team captain during his senior season.
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In 1997, Joe Andruzzi was picked up as an undrafted rookie free agent by the Green Bay Packers.
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Joe Andruzzi was allocated by the Packers in February 1998 to play football in Scotland in the NFL Europe league.
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Joe Andruzzi was then signed by the New England Patriots in 2000, where he played five seasons and earned three Super Bowl rings.
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Joe Andruzzi was released two years later while the team brought in Eric Steinbach on a $49 million deal from the Bengals.
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In recognition of his contributions, Joe Andruzzi received the Ed Block Courage Award in 2002 and the first Ron Burton Community Service Award in 2003.
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On May 30,2007, Joe Andruzzi was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's Burkitt lymphoma, predicted to double in size in just 24 hours.
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Joe Andruzzi received the 2015 Man of the Year award from the Walter Camp Football Foundation.
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Joe Andruzzi's brothers were honored at midfield prior to kickoff.