Toussaint L'Ouverture Tyler is a former running back in the National Football League.
13 Facts About Toussaint Tyler
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Toussaint Tyler played with New Orleans Saints in 1981 and 1982.
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Toussaint Tyler was selected 222nd overall in the 1981 NFL draft by the New Orleans Saints.
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Toussaint Tyler played two seasons with the Saints, appearing in all 23 games over those two seasons.
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Toussaint Tyler then went on to a short stint with the Oakland Invaders in the USFL, and then tried to make the Minnesota Vikings.
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Toussaint Tyler's mother was a seamstress and his father, Walter, was a boxing trainer who handled, among others, heavyweight champion Mike Weaver.
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Toussaint Tyler averaged 5.5 yards a carry in the 1978 season.
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The winning continued for two games, with Toussaint Tyler scoring from three yards in both.
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Toussaint Tyler was moved to halfback early in the season after the Huskies' third-string halfback was injured.
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Toussaint Tyler ran the 40-yard dash in 4.7 seconds, on the low end for a halfback, but Mal Florence of the Los Angeles Times said he was "much faster in game situations".
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The 1981 New Orleans Saints finished with four wins and 12 losses, and Toussaint Tyler played in all 16 games but started none.
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Toussaint Tyler played all nine games, but again did not start any.
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Toussaint Tyler retired in Pullman Washington and is raising his two young daughters at the age of 62.