Lawrence Taylor - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
![]() Taylor in 2009 | |||||||||
No. 56 | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Born: | Williamsburg, Virginia | February 4, 1959||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 238 lb (108 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Lafayette (Williamsburg, Virginia) | ||||||||
College: | North Carolina | ||||||||
NFL Draft: | 1981 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||
| |||||||||
Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
| |||||||||
Lawrence Taylor (February 4, 1959) is a retired American football player who played for the New York Giants in the National Football League (NFL). Taylor was famous for sacking the other team's quarterbacks. After he retired he got in trouble for doing drugs. He has since stopped doing drugs. He also appeared on Dancing With the Stars in the 2009 season.