Dan Marino

At Central Catholic High School, Marino starred as a football quarterback and baseball pitcher. During both his junior and senior seasons, Marino passed for more than 1,000 yards, earning Parade magazine All-America honors in 1979, his senior year.

Marino could have played college football just about anywhere, but he chose to stay close to home and attend the University of Pittsburgh, or Pitt. After Marino signed with Pitt, the Kansas City Royals baseball team drafted him. Marino was thrilled. He planned to play baseball during the summers and attend college the rest of the year. However, Marino turned down the baseball contract when he found out that if he accepted it, he would lose his athletic scholarship and have to pay for college.