Chris Godfrey

{{Short description|American football player (born 1958)}}

{{about|the football player|the creator of the Instagram egg page|Instagram egg}}

{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image = Chris j godfrey nfl football super bowl champion .webp

| caption =

| number = 90, 61, 60, 70

| position = Guard

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|5|17}}

| birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 263

| high_school = De La Salle {{avoid wrap|(Warren, Michigan)}}

| college = Michigan

| undraftedyear = 1980

| teams =

• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1980}})*
• New York Jets (1980)
• Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1981}})
• Michigan Panthers ({{USFL Year|1983}}-{{USFL Year|1984}})
• New York Giants ({{NFL Year|1984|1987}})
• Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|1988}})

| highlights =

• Super Bowl champion (XXI)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 65

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 47

| pfr = GodfCh20

}}

Christopher J Godfrey (born May 17, 1958) is an American former professional football player who was a guard in the National Football League (NFL), primarily for the New York Giants. He started in Super Bowl XXI and honored as the New York Giants Alumni Man of the Year. Godfrey played college football for the Michigan Wolverines. He also played with the Michigan Panthers of the United States Football League (USFL).{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-01-22-sp-238-story.html|title=Godfrey Took the Long Way to Super Bowl|date=22 January 1987|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=8 November 2021}} His daughters [https://marusyamarusya.com/ Mary Grace], [https://www.anagrassia.com/ international childrenswear designer and couture dressmaker],{{Cite web|url=https://www.anagrassia.com/|title=Sustainable Fashion Designer & Couture Dressmaker|website=A N A G R A S S I A}} and Anastassia were members of the Michigan Wolverines swim team,{{Cite web|url=https://mgoblue.com/sports/womens-swimming-and-diving|title=Women's Swimming & Diving|website=University of Michigan Athletics}} and his son John was a defensive lineman for the Ball State Cardinals football team.{{Cite web|url=https://ballstatesports.com/sports/football/roster/john-godfrey/4240|title=John Godfrey - Football|website=Ball State University Athletics}}

Godfrey founded the organization [https://www.lifeathletes.org/ Life Athletes]. He has visited schools in throughout the United States and internationally promoting Christianity and pro-marriage family values.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lifeathletes.org/|title=Life Athletes|website=lifeathletesorg}} New York Archbishop John Cardinal O'Connor, New York Giants owners Wellington and Ann Mara and the Knights of Columbus were key supporters of his work.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lmGQkX1pi2YC&q=cardinal+o'connor+life+athletes+godfrey&pg=PA71|title = Full of Grace: An Oral Biography of John Cardinal O'Connor|isbn = 9780743448147|last1 = Golway|first1 = Terry|date = 20 March 2002}}

He is the owner of Godfrey Law offices located in South Bend, Indiana.{{Cite web|url=https://godfreylawoffices.com/|title=Estate Planning South Bend |website=Godfreylawoffices.com|access-date=8 November 2021}}