Napoleon McCallum
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| Date of birth: | October 6, 1963 |
| Place of birth: | Jefferson City, Missouri , United States |
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| Position(s): | Running back |
| College: | Navy |
| NFL Draft: | 1986 / Round: 4/ Pick 108 |
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| 1986, 1990-1994 | Los Angeles Raiders |
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| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Napoleon Ardel McCallum (born on October 6, 1963) is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons during the 1980s and 1990s. McCallum played college football for the U.S. Naval Academy, and then played professionally for the Los Angeles Raiders of the NFL. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
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[edit] Early years
McCallum was born in Jefferson City, Missouri. He attended Milford High School in Milford, Ohio, near Cincinnati.
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McCallum attended the U.S. Naval Academy where he played football and was the star tailback, punt returner and kick returner. In the second game of his senior year, he suffered a season ending injury to his ankle. McCallum was granted an additional season eligibility by the NCAA and the Naval Academy. During his time at Navy, he was a two-time consensus All-American and set an NCAA record with 7,172 career all-purpose yards. He is also the career rushing leader at Navy with 4,179 yards. He was a member of the US Naval Academy Midshipmen football team that traveled to the Rose Bowl site in 1983 to face the US Military Academy Cadets football team in Pasadena, California, and scored two touchdowns in Navy's 48–13 victory.
McCallum was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2003.
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McCallum was a computer science major at the USNA and in 1986 held 16 football records there.[1]
[edit] Pro career
In 1986, McCallum played for the Los Angeles Raiders while splitting duty with the United States Navy before having to spend his 5-year commitment with the Navy. He rushed for his season-high NFL totals with 536 yards while splitting playing time with incumbent Marcus Allen.
After serving his duty with the Navy until 1990, McCallum rejoined the Raiders. His playing time was limited as he played special teams and as a short-yardage specialty back. In the 1993 playoffs, he rushed for 3 touchdowns in a wild-card victory over the Denver Broncos.
He was stationed onboard the USS Peleliu (LHA-5).
[edit] Injury
On September 5, 1994, during a Monday Night Football contest and the Raiders' opening game of the season at the San Francisco 49ers, McCallum's career ended prematurely when 49ers linebacker Ken Norton Jr. twisted him to the ground. McCallum's cleat stuck in the ground, forcing his knee into a horrible dislocation. Norton lay pinned underneath a motionless McCallum for a couple of minutes while trainers attended to McCallum.[2]
McCallum suffered a complete hyperextension of his left knee, almost to a right angle. He suffered a ruptured artery in his left knee, and tore three ligaments, tore the calf and hamstring from the bone, and suffered nerve damage in the knee. McCallum was told that if the surgery did not go as planned, there was a chance his left leg would have been amputated.[3]
[edit] After football
McCallum moved to Henderson, Nevada in 1996 and started a computer graphics business. He is also an avid golfer.[4][5]
[edit] References
- ^ Hoffman, Phil. "Photograph caption on the Defense Visual Information Center web site". http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details.cfm?SDAN=DNST8602357&JPGPath=/Assets/Still/1986/Navy/DN-ST-86-02357.JPG. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ Video footage of Napoleon McCallum's Injury
- ^ Crowe, Jerry (January 18, 2010). "After grim NFL injury, Napoleon McCallum remained buoyant". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/18/sports/la-sp-crowe18-2010jan18/2. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
- ^ Dewey, Todd. "Napoleon McCallum now takes to the links while living in Vegas". LasVegasGolf.com. http://www.lasvegasgolf.com/departments/features/napoleon-mccallum-golf.htm. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
- ^ Jacob, Matt (23 November 1997). "Former Raider lucky he still has two legs". Las Vegas Review-Journal. http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1997/Nov-23-Sun-1997/sports/6475384.html. Retrieved 10 December 2008.
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