David Trout

David Trout
No. 1, 5
Position: Kicker
Personal information
Date of birth: (1957-11-12) November 12, 1957
Place of birth: Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
Height: 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight: 165 lb (75 kg)
Career information
High school: Southmoreland (PA)
College: Pittsburgh
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

David Marshall Trout (born November 12, 1957) is a former kicker who played professional American football in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1981 and 1987. He also played for the Philadelphia/Baltimore Stars of the United States Football League in 1983 through 1985, helping the club win back-to-back league titles in 1984 and 1985.

Personal

While born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, Trout lived much of his early life in Bolivia where his parents were missionaries. Here he conditioned his leg, playing soccer at the age of 12. After retiring from football, Trout worked as a missionary, building homes in Florida and then went into Youth Ministry where he was a Youth Pastor at St. Johns church in Turnersville, New Jersey. In 1994, he attended Piedmont College in North Carolina where he received an Airframe and Powerplant license to build and fly aircraft. He then used his degree to become a bush pilot, to bring supplies to the Mexican people and to preach the Gospel. To do this Trout would have to fly in and out of Mexico, landing the small plane in areas that were often held by Mexican drug lords. The air strips were in mountainous regions and extremely small to land the planes. After leaving the mission, he returned to New Jersey and built houses in the area as a contractor.

David's son, Merf, was invited by the Pittsburgh Power, of the Arena Football League to try-out as a quarterback in 2011. He also had playing experience at kicker with the Huntington Hammer of the Ultimate Indoor Football League.[1]

Career stats

Team Year XPM XPA FGM FGA PTS
Pittsburgh Steelers 1981 38 46 17 12 74
Philadelphia Stars 1983 37 40 28 42 121[2]
Philadelphia Stars 1984 49 53 26 40 127[3]
Baltimore Stars 1985 38 39 22 34 104[4]
Pittsburgh Steelers 1987 10 10 0 2 10

References

  1. ↑ "David Trout, Steelers Kicker, 1981, 1987". Pittsburgh Sports Daily Bulletin. 2011-11-21.
  2. ↑ "USFL stats 1983".
  3. ↑ "USFL stats 1984".
  4. ↑ "USFL stats 1985".

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