John Scully (American football)

John Scully

No. 61

Position:

Guard

Personal information

Date of birth:

August 2, 1958

Place of birth:

Huntington, New York

Height:

6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)

Weight:

262 lb (119 kg)

Career information

High school:

Huntington (NY) Holy Family

College:

Notre Dame

NFL draft:

1981 / Round: 4 / Pick: 109

Career history

Atlanta Falcons (1981–1990)

Career highlights and awards

Consensus All-American (1980)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	112
Player stats at NFL.com

John Francis Scully, Jr. (born August 2, 1958) is a former American college and professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL) for ten seasons during the 1980s and early 1990s. Scully played college football for the University of Notre Dame, and earned All-American honors. He played for the NFL's Atlanta Falcons for his entire pro career.

Early years

He was born in Huntington, New York.

College career

Scully attended the University of Notre Dame, where he played for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team from 1977 to 1980. As a senior in 1980, he was a team captain and was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American as the team's center. He is the writer of the popular Notre Dame anthem "Here Come the Irish."

Professional career

The Atlanta Falcons chose Scully in the fourth round (109th pick overall) of the 1981 NFL Draft, and he played for the Falcons from 1981 to 1990. In his ten-year NFL career, he played in 112 games and started eighty-two of them.

1980 College Football All-America Team consensus selections

Offense	QB Mark Herrmann RB George Rogers RB Herschel Walker RB Jarvis Redwine WR Ken Margerum TE Dave Young OL Mark May OL Keith Van Horne OL Nick Eyre OL Louis Oubre OL Randy Schleusener C John Scully

Defense	DL Hugh Green DL E. J. Junior DL Kenneth Sims DL Leonard Mitchell DL Ron Simmons LB Mike Singletary LB Lawrence Taylor LB David Little LB Bob Crable DB Kenny Easley DB Ronnie Lott DB John Simmons

Special teams	P Rohn Stark PK Rex Robinson

Atlanta Falcons 1981 NFL draft selections

Bobby Butler Lyman White Scott Woerner John Scully Eric Sanders Harry Stanback Clifford Toney Calvin Fance Robert Murphy Keith Chappelle Mark McCants

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