Matt Blair's Celebrity Promotions, Inc.

HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS - DAYTON, OHIO

COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS - N.E.O./IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY

Played Two Sports: Football and Basketball
Walk-on athlete for N.E.O., Miami, OK, Junior College National Championship Team 11-0 undefeated, 1969
Seventh in the Nation, Basketball, N.E.O. Junior College (1969)
ISU Sun Bowl Defensive Most Valuable Player (1971)
ISU Football Captain, graduating 1974
First Team All-Big Eight Team
Two-time Kodak All-American Team
AP/UPI All-American Team
Named to Big Eight Team of the 1970s.
East/West Game, Sr. Bowl, College All-Star Game Participant
Inducted into the Iowa State University Hall of Fame, 1999

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS - MINNESOTA VIKINGS - 1974-1986

NFL Drafted 2nd Round 1974, Outside Linebacker
NFL All-Rookie Team
Played in three NFC Division Championship Games
Six Consecutive Pro Bowls
1979 Named Vikings Team Captain until Retirement in 1986
1980 All-Pro Team
1980 NFC Most Valuable Linebacker
All-NFC Team four times
Two Super Bowls: IX and XI (Blocked punt to score only points for Vikings in Super Bowl IX)
Holds All-Time Record for Blocked Punts, Extra Points and Field Goals (23 1/2)
1981 Minnesota Vikings Miller NFL "Man of the Year" for community service
Second on the Vikings All-Time list of tackles with 1,452.
Named to Minnesota Vikings Silver and 40th Anniversary (2000) Teams

PERSONAL NOTES AND HONORS

Born in Honolulu, Hawaii; Has three sisters and two brothers (He's the second youngest)
Has worked for and with numerous charities including Children's Miracle Network, Multiple Sclerosis Society, March of Dimes, American Cancer Society, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Lupus Foundation of Minnesota, and the United Way.
Matt Blair's Celebrity Promotions, Inc., has hosted 13 Matt Blair Celebrity Classic Golf Tournaments, raising over one million dollars for the following organizations: D.A.R.E., Second Harvest Food Shelves, Cities in Schools, Inc., Catholic Charities HOMEBASE, TSG University, Boulder Options, INROADS/Minneapolis-St. Paul, Inc., and Special Olympics Minnesota
6 NFL USO Tours, the latest one to Baghdad, Iraq (March 2004)
Jaycees Top 10 Outstanding Young Men of America (1983)
Publisher, Co-Author /Photographer "Homeless Dreams" book, photos, calendar, and gala raised over $350,000 for Minnesota's Homeless.
Minnesota Honorable Chairman - Multiple Sclerosis Society
National Sports Advisor Board - Children's Miracle Network
National Honorary Chairman - Youth Art Month
To Be A Viking book, arranged by Matt Blair, with a portion of proceeds to benefit Special Olyimpics Minnesota