Max Montoya

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Max Montoya
No. 65
Position:
Guard
Personal information
Born: (1956-05-12) May 12, 1956 (age 67)
Montebello, California, U.S.
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:295 lb (134 kg)
Career information
High school:La Puente (La Puente, California)
College:UCLA
NFL draft:1979 / Round: 7 / Pick: 168
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:223
Games started:195
Player stats at NFL.com

Max Montoya Jr. (born May 12, 1956) is an American former professional football player who was a guard for 16 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins.

Early life

Montoya who is of Mexican–American descent, attended La Puente High School[1] in La Puente, California. He was unable to play football or basketball his senior season due to a heart murmur. [2]

College career

Montoya was cleared to play football again

UPI Top 20 rankings and played to a 10-10 tie against Arkansas in the 1978 Fiesta Bowl.[4]

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.[5]

Personal life

After retiring from the NFL, Montoya invested in a restaurant franchise of Cincinnati-based

WXIX[8] after previously working for WLWT.[9][10]

Montoya is now semi-retired and lives with his wife, Patty, on a farm in Hebron, Kentucky, where he raises horses.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Max Montoya Stats - Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  2. ^ a b c d e WHITE, LONNIE (15 October 1993). "Montoya Still Game After 199 of Them : Raiders: Fifteen-year veteran will reach a milestone Monday night against Denver" – via LA Times.
  3. ^ "Statistics" (PDF). www.uclabruins.com.
  4. ^ "Statistics" (PDF). www.uclabruins.com.
  5. ^ "Max Montoya". NFL.com.
  6. ^ "Max Montoya - Still Serving Cincinnati - Penn Station East Coast Subs News". www.thefranchisemall.com.
  7. ^ "Montoyas tackles Mexican with Kentucky hospitality". www2.cincinnati.com.
  8. ^ "Reporter/Anchor Alison Montoya".
  9. YouTube
  10. ^ a b "Full circle".

External links

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