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Carl E. Banks (born August 29, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played from 1984 to 1995 for the New York Giants, the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Browns. He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans .
- Early Life
- College Days with The Michigan State Spartans
- Pro Football Career
- Post-Football Life
Carl E. Banks was born in Flint, MI on August 29, 1962. He spent the first eight years of his life in Chicago, IL before returning to Flint in 1970. When Carl was just eight years old, he saw a youth football practice while he was walking home. He approached the coach and asked him if he had to pay any fees to play for him, per the Michigan State S...
Carl Banks attended Michigan State University in Lansing, MI from 1980 to 1983. The Michigan State Spartans gave Banks the nickname “Killer” because he’d worked as a gravedigger for five summers in his native Michigan, per The New York Times‘s Frank Litsky. When Banks first wore Spartans green and white in his true freshman season in 1980, he did n...
The New York Giantsmade Carl Banks the third overall selection of the 1984 NFL Draft. When Banks entered the pro football ranks in the mid-1980s, he became part of a formidable linebacker triumvirate alongside Harry Carson and Lawrence Taylor. Banks, Carson, and Taylor combined for eleven First-Team All-Pro and twenty-one Pro Bowl selections during...
Carl Banks and his family currently reside in the Edgewater, NJ area. He is the president of G-III Sports by Carl Banks, a well-known line of sports apparel. Banks has had other endeavors apart from his clothing business. He has also served as an ambassador for Dust-Off screen cleaners, a plastic trash bag and sandwich bag salesman, and New York Gi...
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- Flint, MI, USA
- August 29, 1962
Jul 15, 2023 · Retired New York Giants linebacker Carl Banks is deserving of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and here are five reasons why.
- John Fennelly
Sep 24, 2022 · In this edition of The Vault we take a look back at the legendary career of two-time Super Bowl champion Carl Banks, presented by Hackensack Meridian Health.
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- New York Giants
Nov 28, 2020 · The 30th anniversary celebration of the 1990 championship team continues with a look back at the rise of legendary linebacker Carl Banks, who inspired Big Blue to victory in Super Bowls XXI & XXV.
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- New York Giants
Feb 7, 2024 · Carl Banks, president of G-III Sports, enters the BBC's Executive Lounge to talk about tapping into nostalgia and leading with conviction to enter a new era of business.
