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词条 Dan Upperco
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  1. High school career

  2. College career

  3. Professional Sports Career

  4. Education

  5. Business career

  6. References

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Dan Upperco (born May 23, 1963) is a corporate executive, entrepreneur, and former American football tight end for the Los Angeles Raiders of the National Football League.[1] He signed as a free agent in 1985 after achieving All-Ivy League[2] honors 3 years running at Columbia University.

High school career

Three sports letterman at William R. Boone High School in Orlando, Florida playing football, basketball and competed in track and field.[3] In basketball was first team All-Metro Conference and in football played tight end and defensive end making the All-State team playing in the 1981 Sunshine State Game,[4] was chosen first team to the All-Metro Conference and All-Central Florida squads, MVP of his high school football team and school Hall of Fame.[5]

College career

  • Finished his college career at Columbia University with 16 touchdowns, 107 receptions, 1,587 receiving yards averaging over 35 catches and over 500 yards during each of his three varsity years.[6]
  • Setting a number of Columbia records and at one time held the Ivy League record of catches in a single game, 13.
  • Made the All-Ivy League teams every year during his varsity career (1st team his junior & senior year, Honorable Mention sophomore year).[7][8]
  • Sporting News Preseason All-American
  • Playboy 's Pigskin Preview Issue All-East team
  • Chosen team MVP his senior year winning the prestigious “Smythe Cup”[9] with Columbia’s football tradition being the 3rd longest in the nation playing the 2nd collegiate football game in 1870.[10]

Professional Sports Career

Upperco signed with the Oakland Raiders franchise which at the time was located in Los Angeles. He played during the pre-season and had a knee injury against the Dallas Cowboys sidelining him for the rest of the 1985 season.[11] He served as a two-term Vice President and one term as Treasurer for the National Football League Retired Players Association – Tri-State Chapter.[12]

Education

  • B.A. in Economics - Columbia University (Dean's List, Class Marshall)
  • M.B.A. in Finance - Rutgers University
  • Executive M.B.A. from the Ashridge Management College in Berkhamsted, England.

Business career

Currently, Senior Vice President at Mubadala Development Company, the strategic investment arm of the government of Abu Dhabi, $48 billion of assets under management and revenue of $7.6 billion for 2011.[7] Roles for Mubadala include Chief Financial Officer of a multimillion-dollar global facilities management,[13] development and infrastructure company and Senior Vice President roles in the company’s Aerospace ($1.6 billion / $3.5 billion assets) and Real Estate & Hospitality ($450 million revenue / $3 billion assets) Business Units.[14]

Business career includes corporate, Wall Street and entrepreneurial positions at MTB Banking Corporation, AT&T, Alcatel-Lucent, Bell Laboratories, Cares Built, Avaya Business Solutions, Virgin Mobile USA and Financial Recovery Services.[15]

References

1. ^https://www.nflplayers.com/player/Daniel-Upperco/5140/
2. ^{{Cite web |url=http://archives.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/fbhallivy-tz.asp#u |title=Archived copy |access-date=August 28, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123043604/http://archives.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/fbhallivy-tz.asp#u#u |archive-date=January 23, 2015 |dead-url=yes |df= }}
3. ^http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1985-06-09/sports/0300370237_1_sunshine-state-games-pace-state-conference
4. ^http://bleacherreport.com/articles/221705-day-60-uppercos-upper-hand#
5. ^http://booneathletics.ocps.net/uploads/members.pdf
6. ^http://www.gocolumbialions.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9600&ATCLID=205120637
7. ^ http://bleacherreport.com/articles/221705-day-60-uppercos-upper-hand#
8. ^http://archives.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/10fb-honors.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304235305/http://archives.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/10fb-honors.pdf# |date=March 4, 2016 }} (page 64)
9. ^http://www.gocolumbialions.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9600&ATCLID=205147745
10. ^Columbia University
11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.schoolofthelegends.com/danielupperco |title=Archived copy |accessdate=August 28, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011083521/http://www.schoolofthelegends.com/danielupperco |archivedate=October 11, 2011 |df= }}
12. ^https://www.nflplayers.com/player/Daniel-Upperco/5140/
13. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.schoolofthelegends.com/danielupperco |title=Archived copy |accessdate=August 28, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011083521/http://www.schoolofthelegends.com/danielupperco |archivedate=October 11, 2011 |df= }}
14. ^http://mubadala.ae/images/upload_images/Mubadala_FY11_Results_Overview.pdf
15. ^http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=7262471&trk=tab_pro
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8 : 1963 births|Living people|Sportspeople from Orlando, Florida|Players of American football from Florida|American football tight ends|Columbia Lions football players|Los Angeles Raiders players|Rutgers University alumni

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