Steve Largent Quote

They say politics is a contact sport, and I have to agree with that.

Steve Largent

They say politics is a contact sport, and I have to agree with that.

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About Steve Largent

Stephen Michael Largent (born September 28, 1954) is an American former football wide receiver and politician.
Largent played college football at Tulsa University. He was drafted by the Houston Oilers in 1976, but was traded to the expansion Seattle Seahawks during preseason and played for the Seahawks for his entire 14-year National Football League (NFL) career. Regarded as one of the greatest wide receivers of all time, he held all the major NFL receiving records at the time of his retirement. Largent was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995.
Following his playing career, as a Republican, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Oklahoma's 1st congressional district, serving four terms from 1994 to 2002, winning over 60% of the vote in each election. He resigned his seat in 2002 to run for governor of Oklahoma, which he narrowly lost to Democrat Brad Henry in the 2002 Oklahoma gubernatorial election.