Tony Galbreath, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American football player
Date of Birth: 24-Jan-1954
Place of Birth: Fulton, Missouri, United States
Profession: American football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Tony Galbreath
- Tony Dale Galbreath (born January 29, 1954 in Fulton, Missouri) is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints, the Minnesota Vikings, and the New York Giants.
- He played college football at the University of Missouri and was drafted in the second round of the 1976 NFL Draft. Galbreath was an All-Big Eight running back for the Missouri Tigers in 1974.
- He was elected team captain for the 1975 season and still ranks among the Tigers' all-time leading rushers, despite the fact that he played just two years of football after transferring from Indian Hill (Iowa) Junior College.
- Galbreath was a rookie in 1976 with the New Orleans Saints and was part of the "Thunder and Lightning" backfield, along with Saints' first round pick Chuck Muncie.
- Galbreath quickly became one of the top pass-catching running backs in the NFL.
- As a rookie, he was the NFL's sixth leading receiver.
- In 1978, his third season with the Saints, he finished second in the NFL in receiving.
- He played with the Saints for five seasons, and when he left the Saints, he ranked second in all-time rushing yards for the team.
- Galbreath was traded to the Minnesota Vikings in 1981.
- He played three years for the Vikings, primarily as a pass-catching back and blocker.
- Galbreath went to the New York Giants in 1984, essentially fulfilling the same role.
- He played four seasons with the Giants, including the 1986 season in which the Giants won the Super Bowl, as Galbreath was the team's second leading receiver.
- He retired after the 1987 season as the most prolific pass-catching running back in NFL history. Galbreath was enshrined in the University of Missouri Athletics Hall of Fame in 1995.
- Galbreath was enshrined in the New Orleans Saints Hall of Fame in 1991.
- In 2013, he was enshrined in the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame.
- Galbreath's family resides in Fulton.
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