David Galloway (American football)

David Lawrence Galloway (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1980s and early 1990s. Galloway played college football for the Florida Gators, earning All-American honors. A second-round pick in the 1982 NFL draft, he played professionally for the St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals and the Denver Broncos of the NFL.

Early life

Galloway was born in Tampa, Florida in 1959. Both of Galloway's parents died before he was 10 years old, and he was cared for by his two older sisters.Brett McMurphy, "Tampa Bay's All-Century Team: No. 36 David Galloway ," The Tampa Tribune (November 23, 1999). Retrieved June 7, 2010. He attended Brandon High School in Brandon, Florida,databaseFootball.com, Players, . Retrieved June 2, 2010. where he was a standout high school football player for the Brandon Eagles. Galloway was six feet, three inches tall and weighed 225 pounds in high school; he was a dominating athlete in basketball, football and track. As a senior for the Eagles in 1977, he was an all-state, prep All-American defensive lineman in football, led Hillsborough County in basketball dunks, and helped the Brandon Eagles to an 18–2 conference basketball title, and threw the shot and discus for the track team.

College career

Galloway accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played defensive end and defensive tackle for coach Doug Dickey and coach Charley Pell's Florida Gators football teams from 1978 to 1981.2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 87, 92, 96, 124, 153, 181 (2011). Retrieved August 29, 2011. During Galloway's junior season in 1980, he was a member of the Gators team that posted the biggest one-year turnaround in the history of NCAA Division I footballNorm Carlson, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, pp. 95–96 (2007).—from 0–10–1 in 1979College Football Data Warehouse, Florida Yearly Results 1975–1979 . Retrieved July 18, 2010. to an 8–4 bowl team in 1980.College Football Data Warehouse, Florida Yearly Results 1980–1984 . Retrieved July 18, 2010.

He was recognized as a second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection and an honorable mention All-American in 1980. As a senior team captain in 1981, Galloway was a first-team All-SEC selection, and a Football Writers Association of America first-team All-American. He was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great."F Club, Hall of Fame, Gator Greats. Retrieved December 14, 2014. In one of a series of articles written for The Gainesville Sun in 2006, the newspaper's sports editors rated him as No. 48 among the top 100 players of the Florida Gators' first 100 seasons.Robbie Andreu & Pat Dooley, "No. 48 David Galloway," The Gainesville Sun (July 17, 2006). Retrieved April 4, 2013.

Professional career

The St. Louis Cardinals selected Galloway in the second round (38th pick overall) of the 1982 NFL Draft, and he played eight seasons for the Cardinals from to , and one final season for the Denver Broncos in .National Football League, Historical Players, David Galloway. Retrieved June 2, 2010. He played in ninety-nine games, started seventy-six of them, and recorded thirty-eight quarterback sacks and five recovered fumbles in his nine-season NFL career.

Life after football

Galloway is married, and he and his wife Josie have led a marriage ministry together for seven years. They have three sons. Galloway currently works as a licensed real estate agent in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Florida area.

David Galloway (American football)

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