| Date of birth: | November 16, 1971 |
| Place of birth: | Waynesburg, Pennsylvania |
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|---|---|
| Position(s): | Wide Receiver Linebacker |
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) |
| College: | Slippery Rock |
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| As player: | |
| 1996-2001 2002-2006 |
Albany/Indiana Firebirds Los Angeles Avengers |
Greg Hopkins (born November 16, 1971) is a former Arena Football League wide receiver/linebacker with the Albany Firebirds and the Los Angeles Avengers.
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Greg Hopkins was born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, United States. He attended Waynesburg Central High School in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania and was a quarterback in football, a wrestler on the wrestling team, and a record-setting javelin thrower on the track and field team.
While attending Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Greg Hopkins was a four-year letterman in football and a two-year letterman in wrestling. In football, he was a three-time All America honoree, a three-time All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference selection, and won Academic All-America honors as a senior. He set nine school records, and finished his spectacular college career with 215 receptions for 3,382 yards (15.73 yards per reception avg.).
On June 17, 2007, his number, #82, was officially retired by the Los Angeles Avengers during a halftime ceremony.
In 2006, Hopkins was the Republican nominee for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from that state's 50th Legislative District, which includes all of Greene County and small parts of Washington and Fayette counties. He received approximately 47 percent of the vote against the district's longtime incumbent legislator, Bill DeWeese, winning in Greene County and losing by small margins in the other counties.
Hopkins announced that he would make a second run for the Republican nomination for the seat in 2008. He was defeated by the incumbent, Bill DeWeese.