Todd Marvin Marinovich (born July 4, 1969 in San Leandro, California) is a former American and Canadian football quarterback. He is known for the well-documented, intense focus of his training as a young athlete as well as his quick fall from grace upon reaching the professional leagues due to personal problems. He played for the Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League and also had stints in the Canadian Football League and Arena Foot...
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Todd Marvin Marinovich (born July 4, 1969 in San Leandro, California) is a former American and Canadian football quarterback. He is known for the well-documented, intense focus of his training as a young athlete as well as his quick fall from grace upon reaching the professional leagues due to personal problems. He played for the Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League and also had stints in the Canadian Football League and Arena Football League. He is of Croatian ancestry.
Marinovich was born Marvin Scott Marinovich, which was written on his birth certificate, but his mother changed it a few years later to Todd Marvin Marinovich. He spent most of his childhood being raised on the Balboa Peninsula of Newport Beach, California. His father, Marv Marinovich, had been a two-way lineman and a captain at USC during the 1962 national championship season and player in the 1963 Rose Bowl (where he was ejected for fighting). Marinovich's mother, Trudi (née Fertig), was a high school...
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