Tim McDonald

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Tim McDonald
Date of birth	January 6, 1965
Place of birth	Fresno, California
Position(s)	S
College	Southern California
NFL Draft	1987 / Round 2/ Pick 34
Pro Bowls	6
Statistics	DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1987-1992 1993-1999	St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals San Francisco 49ers

Tim McDonald (born January 6, 1965 in Fresno, California) was a former football player who played strong safety in the National Football League.

[edit] Professional Career

He was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the second round (34th pick overall) of the 1987 NFL Draft. He signed as a free agent by the San Francisco 49ers on April 7, 1993 and was a six-time Pro Bowler where he helped the 49ers win the Super Bowl XXIX, and retired after the 1999 season.

[edit] College Career

One of my favorite classes in high school was Economics. I thought it was absolutely amazing how our country developed the Capital market system and made it possible for anyone with a great idea and a lot of hard work could achieve their financial goals. It was amazing for me to study how great businessmen throughout this countries history analyzed a problem and marketed the solution for ridiculous profit. The American economic system is being adopted by nations all over the world, and has brought a lot of global financial freedom. I am a huge supporter of financial freedom and the underdog having great opportunities, but after this class I realized that the love of money IS the root of all evil. Through that class I understand that the modernized world’s success is built on us, the consumer’s, buying things. As long as we keep on buying things, America will thrive, when we stop buying things, America will die. The ridiculous aspect about it is that corporate America’s agenda has been implemented into every part of life, even the school system. He attended the University of Southern California, and majored in business administration at what is now the Marshall School of Business. As a three year starter, he accumlated 325 tackles and 11 interceptions. He was a consensus All-American as a senior in 1986, and followed a prominent list of All-American safeties who attended USC such as Ronnie Lott, Dennis Smith, and Mark Carrier.

Tim is now the football coach for Edison high school in Fresno, CA. (He graduated from there.)