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Donald Francis "Don" Shula (born January 4, 1930) is a former American football cornerback and coach. He is best known as coach of the Miami Dolphins, the team he led to two Super Bowl victories, and to the only perfect season in the history of the National Football League. Shula was named 1993 Sportsman of the Year by ''Sports Illustrated''. He currently holds the NFL record for most career wins with 347. Shula only had two losing seasons in his 36-year career of coaching in the NFL. He has been head coach for six Super Bowls, a record tied with Bill Belichick. In his first, he set the record for the longest period to be shut out (not scoring until 3:19 remaining). At his next Super Bowl, he set the record for the lowest points scored by any team, with only one field goal. The following year, he coached a perfect season and broke his record of longest shutout, this time with him on the winning side (not giving up any points until 2:07 remaining). Shula's three Super Bowl records and total NFL wins still remain unbroken. ==Early life and college== Shula was born in Grand River, Ohio, a small town along the Lake Erie shore in the northeastern part of the state. His parents, Dan and Mary, were of Hungarian origin, having immigrated when they were children. Shula's father Dan worked for $9 a week at a rose nursery and saved up to buy the small house where Shula spent his early childhood.〔 The house was next door to a grocery store in Grand River owned by Mary's parents.〔 Shula played football in his neighborhood as a child, but his parents forbade it after he got a gash on his face when he was 11.〔 As Shula's family expanded—he had six siblings, including a set of triplets born in 1936—his father got a job in the local fishing industry for $15 a week, and later worked at a rayon plant in nearby Painesville, Ohio.〔 Shula attended elementary school at St. Mary's, a private Catholic school in Painesville; his mother was a devout Catholic, and his father converted to the religion when they married.〔 He later attended Thomas W. Harvey in Painesville and played on its football team starting in 1945.〔 He did not try out for the team because of his mother's prohibition on him playing and because he was recovering from a bout of pneumonia, but an assistant football coach noticed him in a gym class and convinced him to join.〔〔 Shula forged his parents' signatures to sign up.〔〔 Within weeks of joining Harvey's football team, Shula was a starting left halfback in the school's single-wing offense.〔 He handled a large portion of the team's rushing and passing duties, and helped lead the team to a 7–3 win–loss record in his senior year.〔 It was the first time in 18 years that Harvey had a seven-win season.〔 The team would have won a league title had it not lost an early game to Willoughby.〔 Shula also ran track at Harvey and was an 11-time letterman in his three years there.〔 As Shula prepared to graduate from high school in 1947, many men whose football careers were delayed by service in World War II were returning and competing for athletic scholarships.〔 As a result, Shula was unable to get a scholarship and contemplated working for a year before going to college.〔 That summer, however, he had a chance meeting at a gas station with former Painesville football coach Howard Bauchman, who suggested he ask about a scholarship at John Carroll University.〔 Shula got a one-year scholarship at the private Jesuit school in University Heights, a suburb of Cleveland.〔〔 It was extended to a full scholarship after Shula performed well in his freshman year, including in a win over Youngstown State in October 1948.〔 He ran for 175 yards and scored two touchdowns substituting for the injured starting halfback.〔 The same year, Shula considered joining the Catholic priesthood after a three-day retreat at John Carroll, but decided against it because of his commitment to football.〔 During his senior year in 1950, he rushed for 125 yards in a win over a heavily favored Syracuse team. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Don Shula」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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