Max Montoya

Max Montoya

No. 65
Position:	Guard
Personal information
Born:	(1956-05-12) May 12, 1956 Montebello, California
Height:	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:	282 lb (128 kg)
Career information
College:	UCLA
NFL draft:	1979 / round: 7 / pick: 168
Career history
Cincinnati Bengals (1979–1989) Los Angeles Raiders (1990–1994)
Career highlights and awards
4× Pro Bowl (1986,1988,1989,1993) 3× UPI All-AFC (1986,1988,1989) Second-team All-Pro (1989)
Career NFL statistics
Games Played: 223 Games started: 195 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Max Montoya (born May 12, 1956) is a former professional American football guard who played 16 seasons in the National Football League.

Early life

Montoya attended La Puente High School in La Puente, California. He was unable to play football or basketball his senior season due to a heart murmur.

College career

Montoya was cleared to play football again and began his college football career playing for Mt. San Antonio College (Mt. SAC), a community college in Walnut, California. He did not start as a freshman, but after an outstanding sophomore season, he earned a football scholarship to UCLA, where he would play for head coach Terry Donahue. After redshirting for a year, Montoya was a starter in 1977 as the Bruins posted a 7-4 record. In 1978 he was again a starter, earning All Pac-10 honors. The Bruins in 1978 went 8-3-1, ended the season in both the AP and UPI Top 20 rankings and played to a 10-10 tie against Arkansas in the 1978 Fiesta Bowl.

Professional career

Montoya was drafted in the 7th round (168th overall) of the 1979 NFL Draft. Montoya was a four-time Pro Bowl guard who played in two Super Bowls with the Cincinnati Bengals. He played 11 seasons for the Bengals, from 1979 to 1989, becoming a starter in his second season. He then played five seasons for the Los Angeles Raiders, starting in all but his final season.

Personal life

After retiring from the NFL, Montoya invested in a restaurant franchise of Cincinnati-based Penn Station East Coast Subs and eventually owned four in northern Kentucky. He is also a founder and silent partner of Montoya's Restaurant in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. He also spent five years helping coach the Beechwood High School football team (including son Matthew, now a multimedia freelancer) in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. His daughter, Alison Montoya (a twin of Matthew), was a general assignment reporter for Cincinnati NBC television affiliate WLWT until late fall 2014.

Max Montoya is now semi-retired and lives with his wife, Patty, on a farm in Hebron, Kentucky, where he raises horses.

External links

• http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MontMa00.htm