Nicholas Anthony Buoniconti was an American professional football player who was a middle linebacker in the American Football League and National Football League.
27 Facts About Nick Buoniconti
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Nick Buoniconti played for the Boston Patriots and Miami Dolphins, winning two Super Bowls with the Dolphins.
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Nick Buoniconti was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001.
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Nick Buoniconti was raised Roman Catholic and played football for Cathedral High School, where a plaque honoring him as a "Hometown Hall of Famer" was unveiled in 2012.
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Nicholas Nick Buoniconti graduated from Notre Dame, and was drafted by the American Football League's Patriots in the 13th round of the 1962 AFL draft.
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Nick Buoniconti became the public face of the group that founded the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, now one of the world's leading neurological research centers.
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Nick Buoniconti was married twice, and had three children by his first marriage.
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Nick Buoniconti was the only All-American on Notre Dame's 1961 team.
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Nick Buoniconti was named 2nd team All-AFL in 1963 and the following season began a run of five consensus All-AFL seasons in the following six seasons, missing only 1968 when Nick Buoniconti was named second-team All-AFL.
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Nicholas Nick Buoniconti is a member of the Patriots All-1960s Team and the AFL All-Time Team.
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Nick Buoniconti was traded to the AFL's Miami Dolphins in 1969.
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Nick Buoniconti's leadership made him a cornerstone of the Dolphins' defense.
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In 1973, Nick Buoniconti recorded a then-team record 162 tackles.
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Nick Buoniconti was named to the AFC-NFC Pro Bowl in 1972 and 1973.
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Nick Buoniconti ended his career with an unofficial 24 sacks, 18 with the Patriots and six while with the Dolphins.
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Nick Buoniconti was named the Dolphins' Most Valuable Player three times.
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In 1990, Nick Buoniconti was voted as a linebacker on the Dolphins' Silver Anniversary All-Time team.
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On November 18,1991, Nick Buoniconti was enshrined on the Miami Dolphin's Honor Roll at Hard Rock Stadium.
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Nick Buoniconti earned a JD degree from Suffolk University Law School during his years with the Patriots.
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Nick Buoniconti was a practicing attorney for a short time.
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Nick Buoniconti was president of the United States Tobacco Company during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Nick Buoniconti was a leading critic of studies which showed that smokeless tobacco caused cancer of the mouth as well as other types of cancer.
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The punch line was a variation on an old joke, with Nick Buoniconti remarking that everyone knows him now.
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Nick Buoniconti was a co-host of the HBO series Inside the NFL until 2001.
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Nick Buoniconti is a member of the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.
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Nick Buoniconti openly shared that he struggled with neurological issues, with one or several different diagnoses potentially being the cause.
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Nick Buoniconti died of pneumonia on July 30,2019, in Bridgehampton, New York, at the age of 78.