David Galloway

David Lawrence Galloway (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1980s and early 1990s. Galloway played college football for the Florida Gators, earning All-American honors. A second-round pick in the 1982 NFL draft, he played professionally for the St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals and the Denver Broncos of the NFL.

Early life

Galloway was born in Tampa, Florida in 1959. Both of Galloway's parents died before he was 10 years old, and he was cared for by his two older sisters. He attended Brandon High School in Brandon, Florida, where he was a standout high school football player for the Brandon Eagles. During Galloway's junior season in 1980, he was a member of the Gators team that posted the biggest one-year turnaround in the history of NCAA Division I football —from 0–10–1 in 1979 to an 8–4 bowl team in 1980.

He was recognized as a second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection and an honorable mention All-American in 1980. In one of a series of articles written for The Gainesville Sun in 2006, the newspaper's sports editors rated him as No. 48 among the top 100 players of the Florida Gators' first 100 seasons.

Professional career

The St. Louis Cardinals selected Galloway in the second round (38th pick overall) of the 1982 NFL Draft, and he played eight seasons for the Cardinals from to , and one final season for the Denver Broncos in . He played in ninety-nine games, started seventy-six of them, and recorded thirty-eight quarterback sacks and five recovered fumbles in his nine-season NFL career.

Life after football

Galloway is married, and he and his wife Josie have led a marriage ministry together for seven years. They have three sons. Galloway currently works as a licensed real estate agent in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Florida area.