Roy Foster (American football)

American football player (born 1960)

American football player

Roy Foster

No. 61, 67

Position:

Guard

Personal information

Born:

(1960-05-24) May 24, 1960 (age 64)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Height:

6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)

Weight:

282 lb (128 kg)

Career information

High school:

William Howard Taft
(Los Angeles, California)

College:

USC

NFL draft:

1982 / Round: 1 / Pick: 24

Career history

Miami Dolphins (1982–1990)
San Francisco 49ers (1991–1993)

Career highlights and awards

2× Pro Bowl (1985, 1986)
National champion (1978)
Consensus All-American (1981)
First-team All-American (1980)
2× Morris Trophy (1980, 1981)
3× First-team All-Pac-10 (1979, 1980, 1981)

Career NFL statistics

Games played:	165
Games started:	127
Fumble recoveries:	5

Player stats at PFR

Roy Allen Foster (born May 24, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans.

Early life

Foster prepped at Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California and Shawnee Mission West High School in Overland Park, Kansas.

College career

Foster played for the University of Southern California (USC) and was selected to 1981 College Football All-America Team (Consensus selection), and the 1980 College Football All-America Team Foster was the first winner of The Morris Trophy for being the top offensive or defensive lineman in the Pacific-8 conference. He is one of only three Pac-12 Offensive lineman (along with Lincoln Kennedy and Alex Mack) to win the award twice.

Professional career

Foster was a first round pick of the Miami Dolphins in the 1982 NFL Draft.^[1] He was a two-time Pro Bowler, in 1985 and 1986, and played in two Super Bowls. He retired with the San Francisco 49ers in 1993. He is the only offensive lineman to have blocked for Joe Montana, Steve Young, and Dan Marino. He also caught a touchdown pass from Dan Marino.^[2]

References

^ "1982 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
^ "Roy Foster and his Salty Pound Cake". Nfl.com. 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2012-05-13.

External links

Career statistics and player information from NFL.com · Pro Football Reference ·

1978 USC Trojans football—UPI national champions

Marcus Allen
Chip Banks
Larry Braziel
Hoby Brenner
Brad Budde
Steve Busick
Lynn Cain
Garry Cobb
Jeff Fisher
Chris Foote
Roy Foster
Riki Gray
Carter Hartwig
Pat Howell
Dennis Johnson
Ronnie Lott
Paul McDonald
Anthony Muñoz
Dennis Smith
Calvin Sweeney
Keith Van Horne
Charles White
Kevin Williams

Head coach: John Robinson

Assistant coaches: Paul Hackett
Gil Haskell
Hudson Houck
John Marshall
Bob Toledo
Norv Turner

v t e Morris Trophy winners
Offense	Foster (1980) Foster (1981) Matthews (1982) Zimmerman (1983) Lynch (1984) Bregel (1985) Villa (1986) McDaniel (1987) Tofflemire (1988) Brostek (1989) Harlow (1990) Kennedy (1991, 1992) Steussie (1993) Boselli (1994) Ogden (1995) Sapp (1996) Kreutz (1997) Scott (1998) Claridge (1999) Ward (2000) Jones (2001) Harris (2002) J. Rogers (2003) Snyder (2004) O'Callaghan (2005) R. Kalil (2006) Mack (2007, 2008) Brown (2009) Smith (2010) M. Kalil (2011) Yankey (2012) Su'a-Filo (2013) Peat (2014) Garnett (2015) Asiata (2016) Crosby (2017) McGary (2018) Sewell (2019) Vera-Tucker (2020) Ford (2021) Vorhees (2022) Fautanu (2023)
Defense	Goldsmith (1980) Jenkins (1981) Achica (1982) Millard (1983) Holmes (1984) E. Howard (1985) R. Rogers (1986) Wells (1987, 1988) Tuaolo (1989) Emtman (1990, 1991) Waldrop (1992) Farr (1993) Eaton (1994) Bruschi (1995) Russell (1996) Staat (1997) Breckterfield (1998) W. Howard (1999) Carter (2000) Coleman (2001) Suggs (2002) Ball (2003) Swancutt (2004) Ngata (2005) Ellis (2006, 2007) Reed (2008) Paea (2009, 2010) Lotulelei (2011) Sutton (2012, 2013) Orchard (2014) Buckner (2015) Thomas (2016) Vea (2017) Gaines (2018) Anae (2019) Thibodeaux (2020) Tafua (2021) Tuipulotu (2022) Latu (2023)

Morris Trophy winners

Offense

Foster (1980)
Foster (1981)
Matthews (1982)
Zimmerman (1983)
Lynch (1984)
Bregel (1985)
Villa (1986)
McDaniel (1987)
Tofflemire (1988)
Brostek (1989)
Harlow (1990)
Kennedy (1991, 1992)
Steussie (1993)
Boselli (1994)
Ogden (1995)
Sapp (1996)
Kreutz (1997)
Scott (1998)
Claridge (1999)
Ward (2000)
Jones (2001)
Harris (2002)
J. Rogers (2003)
Snyder (2004)
O'Callaghan (2005)
R. Kalil (2006)
Mack (2007, 2008)
Brown (2009)
Smith (2010)
M. Kalil (2011)
Yankey (2012)
Su'a-Filo (2013)
Peat (2014)
Garnett (2015)
Asiata (2016)
Crosby (2017)
McGary (2018)
Sewell (2019)
Vera-Tucker (2020)
Ford (2021)
Vorhees (2022)
Fautanu (2023)

Defense

Goldsmith (1980)
Jenkins (1981)
Achica (1982)
Millard (1983)
Holmes (1984)
E. Howard (1985)
R. Rogers (1986)
Wells (1987, 1988)
Tuaolo (1989)
Emtman (1990, 1991)
Waldrop (1992)
Farr (1993)
Eaton (1994)
Bruschi (1995)
Russell (1996)
Staat (1997)
Breckterfield (1998)
W. Howard (1999)
Carter (2000)
Coleman (2001)
Suggs (2002)
Ball (2003)
Swancutt (2004)
Ngata (2005)
Ellis (2006, 2007)
Reed (2008)
Paea (2009, 2010)
Lotulelei (2011)
Sutton (2012, 2013)
Orchard (2014)
Buckner (2015)
Thomas (2016)
Vea (2017)
Gaines (2018)
Anae (2019)
Thibodeaux (2020)
Tafua (2021)
Tuipulotu (2022)
Latu (2023)

v t e 1981 College Football All-America Team consensus selections
Offense	QB Jim McMahon RB Marcus Allen RB Herschel Walker WR Anthony Carter TE Tim Wrightman OT Terry Crouch OT Terry Tausch OT Ed Muransky G Kurt Becker G Sean Farrell G Roy Foster C Dave Rimington
Defense	DL Tim Krumrie DL Kenneth Sims DL Billy Ray Smith Jr. DL Andre Tippett LB Bob Crable LB Jeff Davis LB Sal Sunseri DB Terry Kinard DB Fred Marion DB Mike Richardson DB Tommy Wilcox
Special teams	P Reggie Roby

v t e 1982 NFL draft first-round selections
Kenneth Sims Johnie Cooks Chip Banks Art Schlichter Jim McMahon Jeff Bryant Darrin Nelson Mike Munchak Gerald Riggs Marcus Allen Anthony Hancock Walter Abercrombie Lindsay Scott Barry Redden Jimmy Williams Luis Sharpe Sean Farrell Butch Woolfolk Perry Tuttle Mike Quick Gerald Willhite Ron Hallstrom Bob Crable Roy Foster Rod Hill Glen Collins Lester Williams

v t e Miami Dolphins first-round draft picks
Grabowski Norton Griese Csonka Crusan Stanfill Kadish Reese Carlton Gordon Bokamper Duhe Giesler McNeal Overstreet Foster Marino Shipp Hampton Bosa Kumerow Smith Oliver Webb Hill Vincent Coleman McDuffie Bowens Milner Gardener Green Avery Fletcher Carey Brown Allen Ginn Long Davis Odrick Pouncey Tannehill Jordan James Parker Tunsil Harris Fitzpatrick Wilkins Tagovailoa Jackson Igbinoghene Waddle Phillips Robinson

Miami Dolphins first-round draft picks

v t e Miami Dolphins 1982 NFL draft selections
Roy Foster Mark Duper Paul Lankford Charles Bowser Bob Nelson Rich Diana Tom Tutson Ron Hester Dan Johnson Larry Cowan Tate Randle Steve Clark Mack Boatner Robin Fisher Wayne Jones Gary Crum Mike Rodrigue