Hines Ward, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Hines Ward

American football player, wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1976

Place of Birth: Seoul, South Korea

Profession: restaurateur, American football player, sports administrator

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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About Hines Ward

  • Hines Edward Ward Jr.
  • (born March 8, 1976) is an American-South Korean former American football wide receiver who played 14 seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL).
  • He played college football at the University of Georgia.
  • The Steelers selected him in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft and he became the team's all-time leader in receptions, receiving yardage and touchdown receptions.
  • Ward was voted MVP of Super Bowl XL and upon retirement was one of eleven NFL players to have at least 1,000 career receptions. Born in Seoul, South Korea, to a Korean mother and African-American father, Ward grew up in the Atlanta area.
  • He has become an advocate for the social acceptance of foreigners in Korea, especially blended or mixed race youth.Aside from his career in the NFL, Ward has appeared in various forms of film and television media, including the reality TV series Dancing With The Stars and brief cameos in the 2012 film The Dark Knight Rises and in the television series The Walking Dead.
  • He was a studio analyst for NBC's Football Night in America from 2012 to 2015.
  • Ward joined CNN and HLN in May 2016.
  • He was the Player Relations Executive of the Alliance of American Football.

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