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Vai Sikahema
American football player and broadcaster (born 1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vai Sikahema (born 29 August 1962) is a Tongan broadcaster and former professional American football player. He played as a running back and return specialist in the National Football League (NFL). He has served as a general authority seventy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 2021.[1][2]
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Date of birth | (1962-08-29) 29 August 1962 (age 61) |
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Place of birth | Nukuʻalofa, Tonga |
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Position(s) | Running back Kickoff returner |
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
Weight | 191 lb (87 kg) |
US college | BYU |
High school | Mesa (Mesa, Arizona) |
NFL draft | 1986 / Round: 10 / Pick: 254 |
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1986–1990 | St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals |
1991 | Green Bay Packers |
1992–1993 | Philadelphia Eagles |
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General Authority Seventy | |
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April 3, 2021 (2021-04-03) | |
Called by | Russell M. Nelson |
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Children | 4 |
Sikahema led his high school team in Arizona to the 1979 state championship game.[3] He played college football for the Brigham Young University (BYU) Cougars, and was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals (later the Phoenix Cardinals) in the tenth round of the 1986 NFL Draft. He also played for the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles before retiring after the 1993 season. The first Tongan ever to play in the NFL, he played for eight seasons from 1986 to 1993. After retiring from the NFL, he served as sports director for NBC 10, the NBC owned-and-operated station in Philadelphia from 1994 to 2020.[4]