Steve Wright from the LA Raiders to SURVIVING 31 Days on "Survivor" #survivoroncbs #sportspodcast
Steve Wright from the LA Raiders to SURVIVING 31 Days on "Survivor" #survivoroncbs #sportspodcastDescription
Steve Wright from the LA Raiders to SURVIVING 31 Days on "Survivor"
Before a long career in the NFL and lasting 31 days on Survivor, Steve Wright was a four-sport athlete as a youth playing football, basketball, hockey as well as track & field. He played football for four years at Northern Iowa and was later inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame. An 11-year NFL career started in Dallas where he made the Cowboys as a free-agent and played for legendary head coach Tom Landry. After two years with the Balitmore/Indianapolis Colts and one year in the USFL, Wright found a home with the Los Angeles Raiders. From 1987-93, Wright played offensive line for the Silver and Black blocking for notable running backs Marcus Allen and Bo Jackson while also competing against Howie Long in practice. Wright moved on from the NFL after the 1993 season to begin a successful business career with a mist cooling company called Cloudburst. In 2010, he was invited to be a contestant on the 22nd season of "Survivor" and lasted 31 days on the show. Wright shares these moments of his life with us which are also part of his new book "Aggressively Human" which he co-wrote with his wife Lizzy. He takes us back to his block which led to the record-setting 99-yard touchdown run by Tony Dorsett with the Cowboys and compares blocking for Marcus Allen and Bo Jackson. He recounts what it was like during his time in the jungle of Nicaragua during "Survivor" and the effects that show had on him. Plus, he gives us his Top 5 defensive linemen he faced, and we hear about his rearward facing toilet for which he was awarded a patent recently.
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