Dan Marino

He married Claire Marino in 1985. They have three sons and three daughters whose names are Daniel Charles Marino, Lia Marino, Niki Lin Marino, Joseph Donald Marino, Michael Joseph Marino and Alexandra Claire Marino.

In 2013, he admitted about his affair with Donna Savattere, a production assistant at CBS Sports. Their child Chloe Savattere was born in 2005. He shared the news of Chloe’s birth only with his wife.

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Dan Marino was the eldest of three children of Daniel Marino and Veronica Marino. His father used to deliver newspapers for “Pittsburgh Post-Gazette”.

He spent his childhood in the South Oakland neighbourhood of Pittsburgh. There he studied at St. Regis Catholic Elementary School. Later, he joined Central Catholic High School, located in Pittsburgh.

At the Catholic High School, he started in baseball and won Parade All-American honours in football. Kansas City Royals drafted him in the 4th round of its amateur draft in 1979 but he decided to continue playing college football.

From 1979 to 1982, he played in the college football team of the University of Pittsburgh. In the Backyard Bowl, Pittsburgh Panthers, the university’s football team won a match against West Virginia University Mountaineers under his leadership in 1979.

In 1982, in a Sugar Bowl match, his University football team got victory against Georgia Bulldogs as a result of his a pass shortly before the end of the match.

The Los Angeles Express drafted him as a part of the United States Football League. But he decided to sign with Miami Dolphins. He started his first season there as a backup to starter David Woodley.

In this season, he threw 20 touchdowns and was selected to the Pro Bowl as a rookie. Moreover, he was named as league Rookie of the Year. Gradually, he became the first quarterback to pass for 60,000 career yards.

During Super Bowl XIX, he played against San Francisco 49ers. As part of Dolphins, he finished with 29 completions out of 50 attempts for 318 yards. It was his only Super Bowl appearance in which his team lost the match.

In 1993, an injury at a game in Cleveland after throwing a swing pass restricted him from playing for the season. During a home game against the New England Patriots, he made 473 yards and five passing touchdowns.

In the same season, he led his team in a match against the New York Jets. In this particular match, he executed a fake spike for the winning touchdown pass, better known as ‘The Clock Play’. In this match, his team finished 10-6 and he passed for 4,453 yards and was named the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year.

This former footballer of international fame features as the face of an advertising campaign for the NutriSystem weight loss programme. This advertisement targets male dieters as its potential customers.