Luis Sharpe

{{Short description|Cuban gridiron football player (born 1960)}}

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

{{BLP sources|date=August 2014}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Luis Sharpe

| number = 67

| position = Offensive tackle

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|6|16}}

| birth_place = Havana, Cuba

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 275

| high_school = Southwestern {{nowrap|(Detroit, Michigan, U.S.)}}

| college = UCLA

| draftyear = 1982

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 16

| pastteams =

| highlights =

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 189

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 189

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 6

| pfr = SharLu00

}}

Luis Ernesto Sharpe (born June 16, 1960) is a former professional American football tackle{{cite book|last=Maxymuk|first=John|title=NFL Head Coaches: A Biographical Dictionary, 1920-2011|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gw3_obTNh4QC&pg=PA299|accessdate=7 March 2016|date=2012-08-02|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786465576|pages=299–}} who played 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis/Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals from 1982 through 1994. A 3-time Pro Bowl selection, Sharpe was selected by the Cardinals in the 1st round (16th overall) of the 1982 NFL draft. He also played for the Memphis Showboats of the USFL in 1985.

Sharpe graduated from UCLA with a degree in political science.{{cite news|title=1990 Pro Set football card #261}}

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