Manu Tuiasosopo

{{Short description|American football player (born 1957)}}

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

{{Use American English|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image = Manu Tuiasosopo.jpg

| caption = Tuiasosopo circa 1977

| number = 74, 78

| position = Defensive tackle

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|8|30|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lbs = 255

| high_school = St. Anthony {{nowrap|(Long Beach, California)}}

| college = UCLA

| draftyear = 1979

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 18

| teams = * Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|1979}}–{{NFL Year|1983}})

• San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|1984}}–{{NFL Year|1986}})

| highlights = * Super Bowl champion (XIX)

• PFWA All-Rookie Team (1979)
• 2× Second-team All-American (1977, 1978)
• 3× First-team All-Pac-10 (1976, 1977, 1978)

| statlabel1 = Sacks

| statvalue1 = 27.0

| statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue2 = 7

| statlabel3 = Interceptions

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = T/TuiaMa20

}}

Manu'ula Asovalu Tuiasosopo (born August 30, 1957) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons. He played college football at UCLA and was the 18th overall pick of the 1979 NFL draft, selected by the Seattle Seahawks.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jCUwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=H_kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2509%2C1350458 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=Bruin tackle excited about going to Hawks |date=May 4, 1979 |page=25}}

In his fifth and final season in Seattle in 1983, the Seahawks made their first-ever postseason appearance and won two playoff games. They advanced to the AFC title game, on the road against the Los Angeles Raiders, a divisional rival whom Seattle had swept during the regular season; the Raiders won 30–14.

Tuiasosopo was traded in April 1984 (for two draft choices) to the San Francisco 49ers,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7ldWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7-4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5322%2C3381208 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |agency=staff and wire reports |title=Tuiasosopo traded |date=April 5, 1984 |page=26}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CuZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=h-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3793%2C1019761 |work=Eugene Register-Guard |location=(Oregon) |title=Bengals 1st pick, Tuiasosopo dealt |agency=wire service reports |date=April 5, 1984 |page=3C}} who won Super Bowl XIX in January 1985. He played with the 49ers for three years, through the 1986 season.