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Michael Carter

  • Induction
    2010
  • Sport(s)
    Football, Track & Field
Football/Track & Field (1980-84)
Texas Sports Hall of Fame
  • Is the only athlete to win an Olympic medal and a Super Bowl ring in the same year ('84)
  • Three-time Pro Bowler and three-time Super Bowl winner
  • Selected in the fifth round of the 1984 NFL draft by the San Francisco 49ers
  • Won four indoor and three outdoor NCAA shot put championships
  • Won the silver medal in the shot at the 1984 Olympics
  • Played nine years with the San Francisco 49ers
  • Set the national high school record of 81 feet 3 inches in the shot - No high school athlete has come within five feet of this record since
  • Inducted into Southwest Conference Hall of Fame in 2013
  • HOF SMU class of 2010


Michael Carter delivers his acceptance speech (25:35)

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