Ron Jaworski ~ At-Large Board Member

Monday Night Football Analyst

Since joining ESPN in 1990, the former standout NFL quarterback has covered the league from virtually every angle. This fall Jaworski assumed one of the most coveted positions in sports when he joined the Monday Night Football booth as an analyst alongside Mike Tirico and Tony Kornheiser. He also appears as a weekly ‘Five Good Minutes’ guest on Monday editions of Pardon the Interruption and continues to be a major contributor to ESPN’s annual NFL Draft and Super Bowl week coverage.

Jaworski played 17 NFL seasons as quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams (1973-76), Philadelphia Eagles (1977-86), Miami Dolphins (1987-88) and Kansas City Chiefs (1989). It was during his NFL playing days when Jaworski adopted his popular nickname “Jaws” from then next-door neighbor Doug Collins, the Philadelphia 76ers all star guard and future NBA coach and television analyst. Following his playing career, Jaworski became a sports commentator for WIP-AM in Philadelphia where he hosted the Ron Jaworski Show in 1988, and co-hosted Celebrity Sports Talk and the Eagles wraparound shows in 1990.

A native of Lackawanna, N.Y. (outside of Buffalo), Jaworski attended Youngstown State University where he played in the Senior Bowl and the Ohio Shrine Bowl. He was the second-round draft choice of the Los Angeles Rams in 1973. A prep baseball standout, Jaworski was also drafted out of high school by the St. Louis Cardinals.

The president and minority owner of the AFL’s Philadelphia Soul, Jaworski remains actively involved in his community through charitable activities and a variety of business ventures, which includes managing three 18-hole golf courses and overseeing the oldest football club in America – the Maxwell Football Club of Philadelphia, of which he is the president. Jaworski sits on the board of PNC Bank, and, through his annual golf tournament, he has raised nearly $2 million for the Jaws Youth Fund, a partnership with United Way that raises money for at-risk youth.