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Mar 22, 1954 Evanston, Illinois, United States 70 years old
American football player
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About Emery Moorehead
- Emery Matthew Moorehead (born March 22, 1954) is a former American football tight end/wide receiver in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Denver Broncos, and the Chicago Bears.
- He won a Super Bowl ring as the starting tight end and a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears.
- Moorehead played college football at the University of Colorado at Boulder where he captained the 1976 Big 8 champion Buffalos and was drafted in the sixth round of the 1977 NFL Draft. Moorehead is the father of ex-Indianapolis Colts receiver Aaron Moorehead, and the cousin of former NBA basketball player Brad Daugherty.
- Emery and his son Aaron are the NFL's first father and son team to which both have played in and both have won Super Bowls. Moorehead played a total of 12 seasons in the NFL and retired with 224 receptions for 2,980 yards and 15 touchdowns.
- He also returned 31 kickoffs for 617 yards and rushed for 114 yards.
- Moorehead was inducted into the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame in 1999 and later became a director of the Hall.
- He has served on the Board of Directors of Northeast Illinois Council of Boy Scouts since 1989.
- Moorehead earned the rank of Eagle Scout (1969) was awarded the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award in 2012.Moorehead has been a real estate agent since 1986 with Koenig & Strey Real Living Home Services of America in Northbrook, Illinois, and is Past Chairman of the North Shore - Barrington Association of realtors.
