1. Randall Laureat Cross was born on April 25,1954 and is an American football analyst and former player.
19 Facts About Randy Cross
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Randy Cross played as a guard and center in the National Football League.
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Randy Cross played college football for the UCLA Bruins and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2011.
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Randy Cross was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, California.
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Randy Cross was renowned as a high school shot put champion in the Southern California CIF from 1970 to 1972, when he was named CIF California State Meet champion in the event, defeating future world record holder Terry Albritton and future WWF wrestling star Jim Neidhart, both from Newport Harbor High School, in the process.
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At University of California, Los Angeles, Randy Cross was an All-America selection with the Bruins.
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Randy Cross began his career as a Center, but was moved to Right Guard for his junior year before playing both Guard and Center as senior on a rare rotating nine man offensive line.
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On this rotating line Randy Cross started at RG on the 1st unit and then moved to Center when the next group hit the field.
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Randy Cross was a First-team All-Conference selection in 1975 In his career, he was a starter in 28 of 34 career games including his final 23.
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Randy Cross played collegiate rugby for the school.
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Randy Cross was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010.
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In 1976, Randy Cross was selected in the second round of the NFL draft by the San Francisco 49ers.
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Randy Cross played center from 1976 to 1978 then guard from 1979 to 1986 before finishing his career at center in the 1987 and 1988 seasons.
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From 1989 to 1993, Randy Cross was a member of the CBS Sports team that covered the NFC playoffs and Super Bowl XXVI.
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Randy Cross left CBS to join NBC Sports as a football analyst for NFL telecasts and a part-time analyst for Notre Dame football games.
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From 1999 to 2001, Randy Cross served as an analyst on The NFL Today.
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Randy Cross is the former lead color commentator for New England Patriots pre-season games, from 1995 to 2012, alongside Don Criqui.
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Randy Cross was a co-host of the midday show "Rick and Randy Cross" with Rick Kamla on WZGC, a CBS radio station in Atlanta, Georgia, before being released from the station.
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Randy Cross's father, Dennis Cross, was an American actor, who had the lead role in the syndicated adventure series The Blue Angels.