Atlanta, Georgia[3] Dawsonville, Georgia[5][6] Parts Unknown[5][6]
Trained by
DeWayne Bruce[1] WCW Power Plant[2][3]
Debut
June 23, 1997[2][7]
American football player
American football career
No. 71, 73
Position:
Defensive tackle
Personal information
Height:
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:
268 lb (122 kg)
Career information
High school:
Edison (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
College:
Georgia (1987–1989)
NFL draft:
1990 / Round: 11 / Pick: 301
Career history
Los Angeles Rams (1990–1991)*
Sacramento Surge (1992)
Sacramento Gold Miners (1993)
Atlanta Falcons (1992–1994)
Carolina Panthers (1995)*
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
World Bowl champion (II)
First-team All-SEC (1989)
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
14
Games started:
1
Total tackles:
11
Player stats at PFR
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William Scott Goldberg (born December 27, 1966), often known mononymously as Goldberg, is an American professional wrestler, actor and former American football defensive tackle. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018. He is best known for his tenures in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and WWE.
One of the most popular figures of the professional wrestling boom during the late 1990s and early 2000s,[8] Goldberg is credited with inventing the spear signature move in wrestling, which he popularized, and for which he gained a reputation for being the best at executing the move.[9] He rose to fame in WCW with a lengthy undefeated streak in singles competition from 1997 to 1998, became the highest paid WCW wrestler, and led the company as its franchise player and public face until it was sold to WWE. During his time with WCW, he became a one-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, two-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion, and one-time WCW World Tag Team Champion (with Bret Hart). Along with Hart, he is the fifth WCW Triple Crown winner.
Following WCW's closure in 2001, Goldberg wrestled for All Japan Pro Wrestling between 2002 and 2003 and for WWE between 2003 and 2004, becoming a one-time World Heavyweight Champion in the latter. After 12 years away from wrestling, he returned to WWE in 2016, winning the WWE Universal Championship for the first time in 2017 and a second time in 2020. He has headlined multiple WCW and WWE pay-per-view events, including WCW's premier annual event Starrcade (in 1998 and 1999). He headlined the WWE Hall of Fame in 2018 and is a five-time world champion in his career between WWE and WCW, with WWE counting his world title win at the 1999 Halloween Havoc.[10] He is also the only wrestler to have won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, WWE's World Heavyweight Championship, and the WWE Universal Championship.
Before he became a professional wrestler, Goldberg was a professional American football player. Following his first retirement from wrestling in 2004, he began working as a commentator for the mixed martial arts promotion Elite Xtreme Combat before it closed down. He hosted 26 episodes of Garage Mahal on the DIY Network from 2009 to 2011 and has acted in various films and television shows, including Universal Soldier: The Return and NCIS: Los Angeles.
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