:Phil Pettey

{{Short description|American football player (born 1961)}}

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| name = Phil Pettey

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| number = 62

| position = Guard

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|4|17}}

| birth_place = Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 4

| weight_lbs = 274

| high_school = Mary D. Bradford (Kenosha)

| college = Missouri

| undraftedyear = 1987

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|statlabel1=Games played

|statvalue1=3

|statlabel2=Games started

|statvalue2=3

| pfr = PettPh20

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Philip Edward Pettey (born April 17, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a guard for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) in 1987.{{cite web| url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PettPh20.htm| title = Phil Pettey Stats {{!}} Pro-Football-Reference.com}} After four years in the United States Marines straight out of high school, he played college football for the Missouri Tigers, and made academic all-Big 8.

He was the assistant offensive line coach for the New Orleans Saints in 2000 and the tight ends coach for the New York Jets from 2001 to 2003. He also held coaching jobs with colleges such as LSU, USC and Pittsburgh. In 2018, Pettey was awarded a Super Bowl ring for playing for the Redskins in 1987, the year they won Super Bowl XXII.{{cite web|url=https://commanderswire.usatoday.com/2018/06/12/redskins-1987-replacement-players-get-super-bowl-rings/|title=Redskins 1987 replacement players get Super Bowl rings|work=Redskins Wire|publisher=USA Today|first=Diane|last=Chesebrough|date=June 12, 2018|access-date=May 15, 2023}}

He also is a former United States Marine.{{Cite news |last=Eskenazi |first=Gerald |date=2001-08-21 |title=PRO FOOTBALL; From the Marine Corps To the Tight Ends Corps |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/21/sports/pro-football-from-the-marine-corps-to-the-tight-ends-corps.html |access-date=2024-06-23 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

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