Carl Hairston
United States
Football
B: December 15, 1952
1979 N.F.C. sack leader
Hairston appeared in 234 NFL games (184 starts), registering 1,141 tackles and 94.0 sacks. He played one season with Phoenix (’90), six years in Cleveland (‘84-83) and eight seasons in Philadelphia (‘77-83). A seventh-round draft pick of the Philadelphia Eagles and first-year head coach Dick Vermeil, Hairston went on to start all eight seasons he was in Philadelphia, captaining the defense from ‘79-83 and racking up 100 or more tackles five straight years (‘77-81). In ’79, he led the Eagles and the NFC with a career-best 15 sacks. The Martinsville, Virginia, product participated in 15 career playoff contests and was a member of the Eagles Super Bowl XV squad. He has been a defensive lines coach since 1995 and is currently with the BC Lions of the CFL.
SUPERSTARS RECORD
EVENT |
PLACE | POINTS | MONEY | EVENT WINS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 Superteams Football Preliminary | 1 |
$6,200 |
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| 1981 Superteams Final | 1 |
$7,700 |
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| TOTALS | 15 |
$18,400 |
1 |