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  DGYLF - Darrell Green's Vision
Darrell remembers several turning points in his life when his opportunities were limited by family life and circumstance—when simple love and guidance were all that were needed to get him through his difficult times.
Because Darrell was able to realize his potential through a strong values system, opportunity for education, a nurturing community, and family support, he is now committed to creating positive turning points for the children and families of every community.
Darrell believes that faith, discipline, honor, hard work, and sportsmanship are important and necessary values not only for professional athletes but for children and anyone who aspires to become a productive citizen.
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 Darrell Green - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Darrell Green (born February 15, 1960) is a former NFL cornerback for the Washington Redskins from 1983 to 2002.
Darrell was the last player selected in the first round of the famous 1983 NFL draft and spent his entire pro footall career with the Washington Redskins.
Darrell Green was one of the unlockable legends on the videogame NFL Street 2.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Darrell_Green   (575 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: One for the Ages: The Darrell Green Trivia Quiz
Green was drafted in the first round of the 1983 draft.
Green has often said this Cardinals' receiver and frequent golf partner of Michael Jordan was always one of the toughest for him to cover.
As of 2002, Green is one of only 13 active players in professional sports that have stayed with their current team for 15 years or longer.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/polls/sports/dgreen_retire.htm   (530 words)

  
 Darrell Green. — CLC Plone
Darrell Green is a legendary Redskins cornerback who retired in 2002.
Green will surely be in the NFL Hall of Fame in the next few years.
I was 7-8 years old (Green played for the Redskins for 20 seasons) and I was at the mall with my mother, and we saw that Darrell Green was going to be there signing autographs.
clc.as.wvu.edu:8080 /clc/Members/JMurray53/DarrellGreen   (166 words)

  
 Who Mentored Darrell Green?
Darrell Green is a four-time NFL Fastest Man, and two-time Super Bowl Champion.
Green founded the Darrell Green Youth Life Foundation (DGYLF), establishing community-based, values-driven learning centers operating in select urban, suburban and rural neighborhoods throughout America for youth facing particular challenges
Darrell Green also serves as the Chair of The President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation.
www.hsph.harvard.edu /chc/wmy2007/Celebrities/darrell_green.html   (469 words)

  
 washington baseball club : darrell green bio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Darrell Green, a native of Houston, Texas is a seven-time All-Pro defensive back for the Washington Redskins where he has played for nineteen seasons.
Green was named the World's Fastest Athlete in 1991 and has been the winner of the NFL's Fastest Man competition four times during his career.
Green has received many awards for his accomplishments both on and off the field and is known for his moral leadership, self-discipline, and integrity that stem from his personal relationship with Christ.
www.baseballindc.com /about_us/bios/darrell_green.asp   (470 words)

  
 1999 Honorees - Darrell Green
Green plans to establish several Darrell Green Learning Centers across the country.
Green felt that his message would have a greater impact if he set an example for the children.
Green says, “...I know what my motivation is — that I decrease and Christ be glorified.” This is a lesson from which today’s youth can learn.
www.dom.com /about/education/strong/1999/darrellgreen.jsp   (282 words)

  
 Washington Redskins Legendary Profile: CB Darrell Green   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Darrell Green was born in Houston, Texas on February 15, 1960.
Darrell Green returned a punt for 52 yards and a touchdown, hurdling a player and tearing rib cartilage in the process.
Although Darrell Green made history in the NFL and with the Washington Redskins he is known for his character, moral leadership and integrity, that stem from his personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
www.hailredskins.com /DGreen.htm   (640 words)

  
 Darrell Green - Leading Authorities Speakers Bureau
Darrell Green capitalized on his last year as a professional football player to bring attention to what Green sees as his ultimate career.
Darrell Green currently sits on the boards of the WolfTrap Foundation as its National Spokesman for Education, Washington, DC's Board of Trade, and Marymount University.
Green has also flourished in the business arena, successfully operating a number of companies in a variety of industries under the conglomerate, Darrell Green Holdings.
www.leadingauthorities.com /14449/Green_Darrell.htm   (556 words)

  
 ESPNMAG.com - Darrell Green takes a bow
Darrell Green chased down Tony Dorsett from behind, Eric Dickerson from behind and Emmitt Smith from behind, and trust me, he'd win a race tomorrow with Randy Moss.
Darrell had had to pick up trash on campus -- like all freshman players were required to do -- and his cousin decided to help him one day.
The prosecutors came to question Darrell, and it became somewhat of a flap on campus, and Darrell decided it was time to get on that Greyhound bus for good.
espn.go.com /magazine/friend_20010905.html   (1040 words)

  
 TSN Presents - Football's 100 Greatest Players
The step Darrell Green reportedly has lost over 16 seasons with the Washington Redskins might be nothing more than a rumor, a psychological ploy to give the league's top receivers a fighting chance.
Green will cheat up on short patterns, confident that with his speed he can recover deep, and cut down ballcarriers or break up swing passes and screens.
Not only has Green survived, he has played in a franchise-record 234 games and continues to bolt around the field with the enthusiasm of teammates 15 years younger.
tsn.sportingnews.com /nfl/100/81.html   (362 words)

  
 Darrell Green   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Green is a native of Houston, TX and was the Redskins top draft choice in 1983.
He founded the Darrell Green Youth Life Foundation in 1988 to create doorways of opportunity for children living in insecure environments.
The centers were begun in 1993 to equip youth to stand aggressively against the particular challenges they face and train them to provide quality leadership for their peers and posterity.
www.saintpauls.edu /darrell_green.htm   (205 words)

  
 'Mr. Redskin' Darrell Green still making impact for Christ - (BP)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Green and Jewell founded the Darrell Green Foundation in 1988 to help inner-city children.
Darrell Green Foundation workers work with parents and schools, enriching a child's education, helping parents nurture the child and providing a moral backbone through continuing after-school programs and summer camps and activities.
Green said that by the time the child is through, he or she is a young man or woman someone wouldn't mind marrying, living next to or working with.
www.bpnews.net /printerfriendly.asp?ID=16770   (781 words)

  
 ESPN.com: ESPNINC - Darrell Green   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Darrell Green was in the ESPN Zone Washington, D.C. for his daughter's birthday party.
Darrell Green: I respect everyone I play against but fear is not a part of my mental gameplan.
Darrell Green: Mel Renfro of the Dallas Cowboys.
espn.go.com /espninc/zone/DarrellGreenProfile.html   (393 words)

  
 Darrell Green: Life in the Fast Lane   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Two months before his 38th birthday, Darrell Green became the oldest player in NFL history to return an interception for a touchdown.
He founded the Darrell Green Youth Life Foundation that provides financial and moral support for youth and their families.
Green has maximized his God-given football platform to serve others and will undoubtedly continue to do so long after he wears his burgundy and gold jersey for the last time.
www.thienanvn.org /gospel/DarrellGreen.asp   (497 words)

  
 Dave Ellis Official Site - Players
Darrell can't remember a time when he wasn't playing the drums.
Darrell has performed live with Dave Ellis, Lavay Smith & The Red Hot Skillet Lickers, Red Holloway, Plas Johnson, Marlina Shaw, Stephan Harris, Dr. Lonnie Smith and Jay McShann.
Darrell is a gifted musician with a long career ahead of him.
www.davellis.com /darrellgreen.html   (248 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego National Football League -- At 41, Darrell Green is still learning
CARLISLE, Pa. – At 41, Darrell Green is restoring an old act to his Hall of Fame repertoire.
As always, Green was one of the first players on the field at the first practice.
Green last returned a punt in a game in 1988 – and he won't be the team's primary returner this year – but he's showing he's not too old to learn.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/nfl/20010730-1259-fbn-redskins.html   (475 words)

  
 ABC News: Person of the Week: Darrell Green
Darrell Green's quick thinking and marksmanship saved hundreds of lives this week in Iraq.
Darrell Green, 38, and his platoon were on security patrol.
Green has been in the army for six years, the last 10 months spent in Iraq on his second tour of duty there.
abcnews.go.com /WNT/PersonOfWeek/story?id=1260435   (540 words)

  
 The Sporting News : NFL - At 41, Darrell Green is still learning
CARLISLE, Pa. -- At 41, Darrell Green is restoring an old act to his Hall of Fame repertoire.
Green last returned a punt in a game in 1988 -- and he won't be the team's primary returner this year -- but he's showing he's not too old to learn.
He is widely adored, and he channels that adulation to help the Darrell Green Youth Life Foundation, which benefits underprivileged children.
archive.sportingnews.com /nfl/articles/20010730/332767.html   (593 words)

  
 The stat sheet: Darrell Green Football Digest - Find Articles
The number of seasons Green spent with the Skins, tying the NFL record for the most seasons with the same team.
The number of yards Green returned a punt the first time he ever touched a football in the NFL, in an exhibition game in 1983 against the Atlanta Falcons.
Green's age when he became the oldest player to return an interception for a touchdown, in 1997.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCL/is_7_32/ai_98171251   (370 words)

  
 Washington cornerstone - Redskins' cornerback Darrell Green - includes related articles Sporting News, The - Find ...
But Green, then 35 and in his 13th season of chasing down breakaway runners and outfoxing cocky, young receivers, never knew of the whispers among his teammates, never heard the murmurs among the Washington faithful and never read about his demise in the local papers.
"Darrell, people were sending in questions: `Do you think this is the beginning of the end?' There were whispers, murmurs in the community that hey, Darrell Green, this might be it."
Specifically, Green is still among the best at bumping and running, using his feet and his sprinter's speed, which has won him the NFL's fastest man contest (a 60-yard event) four times.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n43_v221/ai_19944440   (960 words)

  
 DARRELL GREEN
With a National Football League career than has spanned nearly two decades, Darrell Green of the Washington Redskins is a great testimony—but to more than just longevity and accomplishments.
Green, a former first round draft choice, is a rare commodity.
As in football, Green’s goal is to see the lost make the greatest fumble recovery they could ever hope for by giving their lives to Christ.
www.christiansportsminute.com /darrell_green.htm   (357 words)

  
 National Press Club -- Darrell Green
Darrell Green can lay claim to many titles that no athlete would mind having on a resume: record-setting Washington Redskin, the world's fastest athlete, three-time Super Bowl player.
But he's proudest of his achievements off the football field, in particular the creation of the Darrell Green Youth Life Foundation (DGYLF), which he founded in 1988.
Its centerpiece is the Darrell Green Learning Center (DGLC) in Washington, D.C., a city Green has called home for many years.
www.npr.org /programs/npc/2001/011023.dgreen.html   (296 words)

  
 Darrell Green Radio
Green, having played only with the Washington Redskins since being drafted #1 in 1983, was selected to seven NFL Pro Bowls, and was given the title "fastest man in the NFL" during his football career that spanned twenty years.
Opening his show by first acknowledging his three children and his wife, Jewel, Darrell spoke candidly about his growing up with seven siblings, his humble beginnings, and the recent passing of both his mother, and father-in-law.
Despite a few minor technical glitches, the show was a success - proving once again that everything Darrell Green touches, turns to gold.
dculs.com /dgreen.html   (292 words)

  
 Wolf Trap Invites Donors to 'A Conversation with Darrell Green' at the Philanthropy Forum at Wolf Trap, Friday, Oct. 21 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Green will participate in a facilitated question and answer session sharing his insights on community involvement and philanthropy.
Green has been awarded for his many accomplishments, receiving countless accolades for his tireless efforts championing charitable causes.
Green serves on numerous philanthropic and community Boards, including the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts where he serves as National Spokesman for Education.
press.arrivenet.com /politics/article.php/706308.html   (743 words)

  
 Darrell Green Appearance Tonight - Redskins Warpath
Better yet, try to get Green to come to any event that doesnt have to do with HIS charity(even if the even is for kids, skins fans, other charities).
Green only gives a damn about his name and his charity.
More recently, a good friend of mine who is his neighbor got him to sign a ball for me the year after he retired (so I guess '03?) and my friend sent it to me. No donations were asked for the autograph to the best of my knowledge.
thewarpath.net /thread-hell/15804-darrell-green-appearance-tonight.html   (1106 words)

  
 Velocity Sports Performance of Ashburn becomes the Official Home of the Darrell Green Speed Enhancement for Youth ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Darrell Green Speed Enhancement for Youth Huddle is designed to enhance the running technique and speed of any child regardless of their size or sport.
Over a 20 year career, Green was the fastest player on the Washington Redskins NFL team, as well as the only undefeated and four-time winner of the NFL Fastest Man competition.
The Darrell Green Speed Enhancement for Youth Huddle is a private session that provides demonstrations of every concept, technique, and skill and one-on-one training.
www.velocitysp.com /franchises/ashburn/coverstories/Darrell_Green.html   (400 words)

  
 Darrell Green - Shopping.com
The Washington Redskins Darrell Green rookie card is number 380 in the 1984 Topps(r).
Darrell Green Washington Redskins 1997 Leaf certified autograph 8x10 photo...
The Washington Redskins Darrell Green rookie card is number 380 in the 1984 Toppsand.
www.shopping.com /xGS-Darrell_Green   (521 words)

  
 Darrell Green vs. Ken Houston - Redskins Legends
Darrell Green holds the record for the longest tenure with the team, and he was productive every year.
Darrell "10 Speed" was more feared and served the Skins for a longer period of time.
Green had amazing recovery speed, like Sanders, but physically there's no contest.
blog.washingtonpost.com /redskinslegends/2006/08/darrell_green_vs_ken_houston.html   (542 words)

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