24 Facts About Tuineau Alipate

Tuineau A Alipate was a gridiron football linebacker who played in the National Football League and Canadian Football League.

Tuineau Alipate went on to play for both the Jets and the Minnesota Vikings from 1994 to 1996, primarily on special teams.

Tuineau Alipate had a short stint with the Green Bay Packers in 1995.

Tuineau Alipate was born in Tonga and moved to the San Francisco Bay area when he was eight years old.

Tuineau Alipate did not play football until he attended James Logan High School in Union City, California.

Tuineau Alipate was inducted into the James Logan High School Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010.

Tuineau Alipate played college football with the Washington State Cougars.

Tuineau Alipate was signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1989 but released prior to the start of the regular season.

Tuineau Alipate benefited from a slew of linebacker injuries, and he finished the season as one of only two linebackers on the Roughriders who avoided injury in 1989.

Tuineau Alipate made 31 tackles and three fumble recoveries during his rookie season and was named the Roughriders' nominee for the Rookie of the Year award.

Tuineau Alipate recovered a fumble during the West Division Final, setting up a touchdown drive.

In 1990, Tuineau Alipate played in all 18 regular season games for the Roughriders and made 35 tackles.

Tuineau Alipate ended the season with 25 tackles, three sacks, and a fumble recovery over seven games.

Tuineau Alipate practiced with both the Los Angeles Raiders and the New York Jets in 1993, but he failed to make the active rosters for either team.

In 1994, Tuineau Alipate was again among the Jets' final cuts before the start of the regular season, but he was offered a spot on the team's practice squad.

Tuineau Alipate finished the season with eight games played for the Jets.

Tuineau Alipate was signed to the Green Bay Packers' practice squad in January 1995.

Tuineau Alipate re-signed with the Packers on February 21 and was waived on June 12,1995.

Tuineau Alipate played in all 16 regular season games that year, but Alipate's playing time was limited mostly to special teams.

Tuineau Alipate was cut from the Vikings after training camp in 1996 in favor of first-round draft pick Duane Clemons.

Tuineau Alipate tried out for the Vikings in 1998 but was not signed by the team.

Tuineau Alipate was married to Lisa Alipate and had five sons and one daughter: Moses, Marcus, Mikias, Mariah, Maximus, and Maddox.

Tuineau's oldest son Moses Alipate played college football at University of Minnesota and the National Basketball League of Tonga.

Marcus Tuineau Alipate played college basketball at the University of St Thomas and currently plays for the Canterbury Rams of the National Basketball League of New Zealand.