Tony Banks (quarterback)
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Anthony "Tony" Lamar Banks (born April 5, 1973 in San Diego) is a quarterback American football player. Banks lettered in football, basketball and baseball at Hoover High School. He played right field for the Minnesota Twins Class A team in Ft. Myers, Fla., before enrolling at Mesa Community College in San Diego. He played there two years before transferring to Michigan State University.
Banks was the second-string quarterback for the Houston Texans behind David Carr, and was since the franchise started play in 2002. He has previously played for the Washington Redskins, Baltimore Ravens, and St. Louis Rams. Before he signed with the Washington Redskins, he had tried out for the Dallas Cowboys, however go cut on August 15, 2001. While he was with the Redskins, he became the first quarterback to go from an 0-5 record to a 5-5 record.
On February 28, 2006, Banks was released by the Houston Texans, along with Marcus Coleman and Tony Hollings.
[edit] Trivia
- Tony Banks' etopps collectible sports card is the highest valued card in the history of the etopps program thus far, due in large part to its extremely limited print run of only 186 copies. As of July 2006, it has consistently maintained a value greater than US$150, and even topped US$882 at its peak.[1]
[edit] External links
- Banks's biography, from the NFL's official website for the Houston Texans
- Current Stats
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St. Louis Rams Starting Quarterbacks 1996-1998 |
Succeeded by: Kurt Warner |
| Preceded by: Jim Harbaugh |
Baltimore Ravens Starting Quarterbacks 1999-2000 |
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