Mike Farr

Mike Farr
Position: Wide receiver
Personal information
Date of birth: August 8, 1967
Place of birth: Santa Monica, California
Career information
College: UCLA
NFL draft: 1990 / Round:  / Pick: 
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Touchdowns: 1

Michael Anthony Farr (born August 8, 1967 in Santa Monica, California) known as the Third Down Receiver because of his many clutch catches on Third Down. He is a former American football wide receiver who played a total of four seasons, three with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League and one with the New England Patriots. He attended University of California, Los Angeles where he was an academic and athletic star graduating with honors in 4 years while breaking the school record for receptions in a single season.

Family life

Farr is part of a family full of professional football players. Farr is the son of former NFL player Mel Farr, the nephew of former AFL and NFL player Miller Farr, and the younger brother of former NFL player Mel Farr, Jr..[1] Farr and his brother are members of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.[2]

The Farr lineage is not just success in football, but has become synonymous with cars. Mel Farr, Sr. became a successful auto dealer after finishing his career with the Detroit Lions.[3] In 2002, Mike Farr started Second Chance Motors to address the inconsistencies in financing subprime customers in the used vehicle segment of the market place.[4] On January 8th, 2013, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission agreed to settle its claims against Farr, who allegedly helped investment adviser Roy Dixon Jr. and his private equity firm steal $3.1 million from three Michigan pension funds. [5]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Oosting, Johnathan (2010-04-22). "SEC: Former Lion Mike Farr, partner stole more than $3M from Detroit-area pension funds". mlive.com (Michigan Live). Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "1980-1989 Gamma Xi Lineage". Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Gamma Xi chapter. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Egan, Paul (2010-04-23). "Mike Farr accused of pension fund fraud". The Detroit News. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "Onyx Capital Advisors, LLC Increases Equity Position in Portfolio Company" (Press release). Vocus PRW Holdings. 2009-07-31. Retrieved 24 April 2010. The increased equity from OCA enables us to continue to execute our business model in our current markets allowing us to take full advantage of the limited lending climate that is prevalent in our economy today.
  5. ↑ Bolado, Carolina (2013-01-08). "SEC Settles Fraud Allegations Against Ex-NFL Star". Law 360. Retrieved 4 July 2013.