Dan Turkとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Daniel Anthony Turk (June 25, 1962 – December 24, 2000) was an American football center in the National Football League from 1985 to 1999 for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Oakland Raiders, and Washington Redskins. Turk was mainly used as a long snapper and reserve center. He was a very reliable long snapper in the NFL. In 1995, as a result of a training camp injury to Don Mosebar, he became the fourth starting center in Raider history. That year he started all 16 games, between Steve Wisniewski at left guard and Kevin Gogan at right guard, and did a credible job for a team finishing with a won-lost record of 8-8, Mike White's first year as head coach. But the following year, he was replaced by a heavier and more powerful blocker: Barret Robbins. He went to Washington the following year, long snapping to his brother, Matt Turk, as a holder for place kicking and as a punter from 1997 to 1999. In 1999, Dan Turk was diagnosed with cancer but yet continued to play for the Redskins during their 10-6 season. However, he botched several snaps during the regular season, and worst of all, snapped so badly on what could have been a game-winning 51-yard field goal that Brett Conway could not get the kick off from the mud in Turk's last game, a divisional round contest of the 1999-00 NFL playoffs against his former club, the Buccaneers. He died from testicular cancer the following year at age 38.