Tony McGee

Anthony Eugene McGee (born January 18, 1949) is a former professional American football player who played fourteen seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played in two Super Bowls for the Washington Redskins. After being dismissed from the University of Wyoming football team as part of the Black 14 in 1969, McGee continued his college football career at Bishop College and was drafted in the third round of the 1971 NFL Draft.

College career

Tony McGee began his career at the University of Wyoming. In 1969, the team was off to a 4-0 start, ranked #10 in the nation and appeared headed for a fourth straight WAC Conference title. But on October 17, 1969, the day before the game against the BYU Cougars, Tony and 13 other African American players went to coach Lloyd Eaton's office to discuss how they might participate in a protest called by the UW Black Students Alliance of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints tenet which prohibited black men from becoming priests. As soon as Eaton saw them wearing black arm bands he took them into the Memorial Fieldhouse bleachers and immediately informed them they were all off the team because they violated the coach's rule against participating in demonstrations. The rule, obviously unconstitutional, was withdrawn the next week, but the players were not reinstated. After this, Wyoming was not the same. Although the suddenly all-white Cowboys defeated BYU and San Jose State in their last two home games, they lost their last four on the road. In 1970 the Cowboys went 1-9 and Eaton "retired" from coaching. The Cowboys posted only one winning season in the 1970s. Tony then went on to finish his college career out at Bishop College in Dallas, Texas. He was supposed to be a first round pick in the 1971 NFL Draft, however, he fell to the third round because word passed around that he was a trouble maker due to his dismissal from Wyoming and his involvement in the Black 14.

Tony McGee (tight end)

Tony Lamont McGee (born June 21, 1971) is a former American football player.

McGee played professional football as a tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. The bulk of his NFL career was spent with the Cincinnati Bengals from 1993 to 2001. He appeared in 136 games for the Bengals (134 as a starter) and caught 299 passes for 3,795 yards and 20 touchdowns. After nine years with the Bengals, he ranked seventh on the team's all-time career receptions list. McGee also played for the Dallas Cowboys from 2002 to 2003 and the New York Giants for three games at the end of the 2003 NFL season.

McGee played college football for the University of Michigan from 1990 to 1992. As a senior in 1992, he caught 38 passes for 467 yards and six touchdowns, including six catches for 117 yards and two touchdowns in Michigan's victory over Washington in the 1993 Rose Bowl.

Early years

McGee was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1971. He attended South Vigo High School in Terre Haute. As a senior in high school, he was a two-way player. On offense, he played tight end and caught 29 passes for 620 yards and four touchdowns. On defense, he played defensive end and had 60 tackles, 10 sacks and nine tackles for loss. He also lettered in basketball.