Dan Marino

What pops in your head when you think of the word icon? To me and icon is someone that you would look up to as a little kid or young adult. As a little kid my icon was always Dan Marino. I see Dan as an icon to me and many other young adults because of his contributions off and on the field. Dan Marino has become a great football player over the past 16 years and also a dependable family man and contributor to charities. Many of the events that molded him into such a great man will be discussed in the following paper.
Dan was born on Sept. 15, 1961 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dan and his family survived as working-class people that lived from paycheck to paycheck. There home was located in a part of Pittsburgh called Oakland. His father had many jobs to get the family through the tough times. His main job was delivering papers for the Pittsburgh Post -- Gazette. When Dan was growing up he loved the sport of football. He had a natural throwing arm action and he additionally...