Glenn Andrew Parker is a former American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 offensive lineman in the National Football League

National Football League

The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

 who played for the Buffalo Bills

Buffalo Bills

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, the Kansas City Chiefs

Kansas City Chiefs

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, and the New York Giants

New York Giants

The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in East Rutherford, New Jersey, representing the New York City metropolitan area. The Giants are currently members of the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

. After his retirment, he became a television NFL analyst

Color commentator

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Playing career

Parker attended Edison High School

Edison High School, Huntington Beach

Edison High School is a secondary school located in Huntington Beach, California which first began operation in 1969. It is a part of the Huntington Beach Union High School District.-History:...

 in Huntington Beach

Huntington Beach, California

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, but was not in the athletics programs. He first played for Golden West College

Golden West College

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, a junior college

Junior college

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 in Huntington Beach.

That led him to Arizona, where played for the University of Arizona

University of Arizona

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 and was drafted

NFL Draft

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 in the third round of the 1990 NFL Draft

1990 NFL Draft

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 by the Buffalo Bills. He played for the Bills until 1997

1997 NFL season

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, playing in all four Super Bowl

Super Bowl

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s the team lost from 1990

1990 NFL season

The 1990 NFL season was the 71st regular season of the National Football League. To increase revenue, the league changed the regular season so that all NFL teams would play their 16-game schedule over a 17-week period...

-1993

1993 NFL season

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. He then went to play three years for the Chiefs, then was released during the 2000

2000 NFL season

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 offseason. He was picked up as a free agent

Free agent

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 by the Giants, where he played two more seasons, and was a intregal part of the Super Bowl XXXV

Super Bowl XXXV

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 team. He retired after the 2001

2001 NFL season

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 season after being released by the Giants, being one of the only players to play in, and be on the losing team in, five separate Super Bowls. He started

Starting lineup

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 in 141 of the 174 games he played, as well as all 16 of his postseason appearances.

Broadcasting career

Parker has been an analyst on the NFL Network

NFL Network

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's Playbook

Playbook (television show)

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since late 2003, and is the main college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 analyst for the CBS College Sports Network The AFL on NBC

The AFL on NBC

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. Parker also has appeared on Fox Sports

Fox Sports (USA)

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, covering features on NFL Europa, and appeared on ESPN

ESPN

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's NFL 2Nite

NFL Live

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. He is also one of the main analysts for College Football on Versus

College Football on Versus

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He is the host of In The House, airing on KCUB-AM

KCUB (AM)

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 in Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...

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Personal life

Fairly well known for his culinary and wine interests, he appeared on The Food Network.

Glenn Parker is married, with four children, named Madeleine, Emily, and William and Caroline. They live in Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...

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