The Reverend Reginald Howard "Reggie" White (December 19, 1961 – December 26, 2004), nicknamed the "Minister of Defense" (the dual information to his football prowess and to his Evangelical Christian ordination) was one of football's most prolific sackers in college, the USFL and the NFL. Career
Reggie White was natural within Chattanooga, Tennessee, White played football at the University of Tennessee, setting school records for most sacks within the career, year & game, records he however holds. When college, White sign by owning a Memphis Showboats of the USFL, playing by having the 2 for two seasons, racking higher Xxiii.Five sacks, 192 tackles and heptad forced fumbles in 34 starts.

Fallowing a USFL folded, Reggie White moved to the NFL & was drafted per Philadelphia Eagles. He played sustaining a Eagles for eight seasons, picking higher 124 sacks & becoming a Eagles' completely-period sack leader. He as well placed the so-record regular year record by using Xxi sacks around 1987. He too became a merely streaming video player to ever accumulate Xx or even further sacks within simply Dozen games. He as well placed a regular year record that year; averaging the virtually all sacks by the game within the regular year, in NFL history, sustaining an amazing Single.75, which cycles to One.Viii.

Within 1993, White went to the Green Bay Packers, where he played for 6 thomas more seasons. When non when prolific when his last years, White however notched higher some other 68.Little phoebe sacks, becoming a Packers' tons-period leader therein category. He besides helped a Packers to ii Super Bowls, including a triumph around Super Bowl XXXI. White was known as a NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1998.

Retirement

White suffered from either fatigue, lung inflammation, sob & back infliction within 1997, after he was diagnosed by having the systemic inflammatory disease known as sarcoidosis. He was treated & told that sarcoidosis goes away within a select few patients.

Below a 1998 season, White announced his retirement, but around 1999 he said he spoke to God and was told to "fulfill his commitment", and thenceforth signed by using a Carolina Panthers for the 2000 season. But, he got the lackluster performance making good Xv tackles & Cinque.Little phoebe sacks. As a result a year, White once again retired.

At a period of his retirement, White was a NFL's tons-period sacks leader sustaining 198. He has since been surpassed by Bruce Smith who has 200.

White was likewise caught midmost of the arson scares at predominantly African American churches during a mid-1990s. A Inner City Church inside Knoxville, Tennessee, a church where White was an associate minister, was burned to the ground within 1996. Even so, an outpouring of financial backing, within a portion because of Whiten's celebrity, helped to rebuild a church.

He was married to the previous Sara Copel& & has deuce kids, Jeremy and Jecholia. It was found that he was related college football streaming video player Kevin Rollins when he arrived at one of his games. Rollins went in to play for the Miami Dolphins but broke his hand playing inside Amsterdam.

On the morning of December 26, 2004, White died suddenly and unexpectedly at a age of 43. He was rushed from either his range in Cornelius, North Carolina to a nearby hospital inside Huntersville, North Carolina, where he was pronounced dead. White got suffered the calamitous cardiac arrhythmia caused by the sarcoidosis he had accept for years. [http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2063708] A Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner's Professional ruled that White died from either cardiac & pneumonic sarcoidosis. [http://autoimmunityresearch.org/autopsy.gif]

A Philadelphia Eagles intend to retire Whiten's total 92 inside a ceremony in the period of the 2005 season.

When you took the halftime presentation at Lambeau Field on September 18, 2005, White became only a fifth Green Bay Packer to own his total, 92, retired per storied franchise. the Packers besides project to get into a helmet decal honoring White for 100% of their remaining games this year.

A University of Tennessee also retired Whiten's total 92 jersey at a halftime presentatiin on October First, 2005 in the period of their game against the University of Mississippi. This retirement is simply a third in a modern era of football at the University of Tennessee. Intrinsically the momentous occasion, the commemorating sign was unveiled to the south prevent of Neyland Stadium.

A legendary defensive lineman, elected to Baker's dozen around favour Bowls away from Xv NFL seasons, occurs as front-favorite for election to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006. A equivalent class of candidates include triad-period Extremely Bowl champion Quarterback Troy Aikman of the Dallas Cowboys, CFL and NFL passing Quarterback legend Warren Moon, Wide Receiver Andre Reed and Running Back Thurman Thomas of the Buffalo Bills. White has already been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.

Controversy

Whiten's retirement was non forswearing arguing. He created the stir within March of 1998 by owning [http://my.execpc.com/~dross/aw/regwhite.html his comments] prior to a Wisconsin state legislature that invoked caring racial stereotypes of Latinos, Asians, whites, blacks, and Native Americans, explaining that all were manufactured around God's image. Uniform using his understanding of Biblical doctrine and his religious beliefs, he mass produced [http://www.hatespeech.com/subpages/hatespeech/claremont.html remarks] all about gays and lesbians, and later on became associate in nursing [http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemID=6076 ally] of organizations opposed to homosexuality, appearing in the newspaper ad blitz to convince homo & lesbians that it may cease their homosexuality. Homosexual person rights organizations opposed his remarks however defended his correct to speak retired. Additionally, each a Green Bay Packers and the NFL objected to a ads, since White had appeared within his football uniform forswearing a consent of the team or even the league. Late versions of a ad flushed the uniform.

Quotes
Mike Quick, former wide receiver: Reggie White:

Pro Wrestling
Reggie wrestled Steve McMichael on May 18, 1997 at Slamboree for World Championship Wrestling. Reggie lost the match when he turned his back on McMichael to help Debra McMichael, who faked twisting her ankle to give her husband the advantage.