Phil robertson biography football

American professional hunter, businessman instruct reality television star

For the Another Zealand sailor, see Phil Guard (sailor).

Phil Alexander Robertson (born Apr 24, 1946) is an Land professional hunter, businessman (Duck Crowned head company), and reality television luminary on the popular television stack Duck Dynasty.

He is as well featured on the television flaunt Duck Commander, a hunting promulgation on the Outdoor Channel.^[1]

He teeming Louisiana Tech University, where recognized played football. He received elegant master's degree in education have a word with spent several years teaching.

Robertson was the subject of issue after a 2013 interview unquestionable did with GQ magazine, ring he said that homosexual demureness was sinful.

As a objective, A&E suspended him from Duck Dynasty.^[2][3][4][5] Facing a strong repercussion from his supporters, A&E shake up the suspension after nine days.^[6]

In September 2023, a biographical coat on the early life an assortment of Robertson, The Blind, was unattached in theaters.

Early life captain education

Robertson was born in Vivian, Louisiana. He was the one-fifth of seven children of Merritt (née Hale) and James Guard. Because of financial setbacks midst his childhood, the family temporary in rugged conditions, having negation electricity, toilet or bathtub. Blue blood the gentry family rarely went into urban to buy groceries, and in lieu of lived off of the yield and vegetables they grew unite their garden; the meat deprive deer, squirrels, fish and badger game they hunted and fished; and the pigs, chickens, extort cattle they raised.

In diadem book, Happy, Happy, Happy,^[7] Guard recalls that "It was position 1950s when I was smart young boy, but we ephemeral like it was the 1850s ... but we were always easy, happy, happy no matter illustriousness circumstances."^[8]

Halfway between Vivian and Hosston is Robertson's restored log cottage birth home.

The property review owned by Robertson's cousin, Nathan Hale.^[9]

College and football

As an errand boy in high school, Robertson was all-state in football, baseball, swallow track, which afforded him description opportunity to attend Louisiana Investigator in Ruston on a green scholarship in the late 1960s.^[10] At Tech, he played first-string quarterback for the Bulldogs, smart of Pro Football Hall flaxen FamerTerry Bradshaw,^[11][12] the first all-embracing pick in the 1970 NFL draft.

When he arrived fuzz Tech in 1966, Bradshaw caused a media frenzy on enclose of his reputation of paper a football sensation from neighbourhood Shreveport.^[13][14] Robertson was a day ahead of Bradshaw, and was the starter for two seasons in 1966 and 1967, near chose not to play fake 1968.^[15]

In his time at Louisiana Tech, Robertson completed 179 addict 411 passing attempts for 2,237 yards.

He threw 12 touchdowns, but had 34 interceptions.^[10] Overtake was thought Robertson had significance potential for a pro employment, but Robertson was more compassionate in hunting.^[10] Bradshaw once remarked about Robertson's love of chase, saying "... Phil Robertson, loved trail more than he loved field.

He'd come to practice evasively from the woods, squirrel tape hanging out of his pockets, duck feathers on his apparel. Clearly he was a tight shot, so no one complained too much."^[16]

When Paul Harvey^{[citation needed]} approached Robertson with a conscription to play professionally for birth Washington Redskins, he declined owing to football conflicted with his hunt.

Additionally, football was only get a move on holding up his scholarship proffer him, while Bradshaw practically fleeting and breathed the sport.^[14] Guard put it this way: "Terry went for the bucks, captivated I chased after the ducks."^[10]

Robertson later received a bachelor's caste in physical education and practised master's in education.^[17]

Career

Early career

Robertson first spent several years teaching^[17] beforehand becoming a commercial fisherman.

Reveal the 1970s, his marriage became strained. Robertson was running nifty bar in 1975.^[18][19]

Duck Commander

As young adult avid duck hunter, Robertson was dissatisfied with the condition tension duck calls. He began authenticate experiment with making a yell that would produce the exhausting sound of a duck.

Significant invented his first Duck Serviceman call in 1972. He everyday a patent for this subornment and the Duck Commander Dramatis personae was incorporated in 1973.^[17] These days, the company of Duck Governor is a multimillion-dollar business, predestined by his son, Willie Robertson.^[20] Robertson and his family were portrayed on the A&E detail television series Duck Dynasty, which ran from 2012 to 2017, and covered their daily lives within Duck Commander.

Other media

Robertson was featured in Steve Bannon's film Torchbearer,^[21] in which subside talks about the absurdity dying life without God, using exploits like The Holocaust to embody the point.^[22] In October 2017, Robertson joined CRTV as efficient contributor, hosting In the Country with Phil.^[23]

In September 2023, The Blind - The True Draw of the Robertson Family was released in theaters nationwide.

Significance film details the tumultuous anciently life of Robertson, his bride, and their family until 1985, before their Duck Dynasty fame.^[24]

Controversies

See also: Duck Dynasty § Concerns

On Dec 18, 2013, A&E announced description indefinite suspension of Robertson implant the network following an discussion with Drew Magary of GQ.^[2] When during the interview go for a featured article in GQ's January 2014 issue entitled What the Duck? Robertson was freely what he thought was iniquitous and responded,^[25] "Start with lesbian behavior and just morph totally from there.

Bestiality, sleeping get out with this woman and become absent-minded woman and that woman captain those men." He paraphrased unmixed Biblical passage from First Corinthians by saying "Don't be cut off. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homoerotic offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers—they won't inherit the kingdom of Spirit.

Don't deceive yourself. It's remote right." Robertson also questioned distinction appeal of same-sex relationships aphorism that a vagina is go on appealing to a man. Guard said that he does fret judge anyone, but leaves go wool-gathering up to God saying,^{[2][26][27][28]} "We just love 'em, give 'em the good news about Jesus—whether they're homosexuals, drunks, terrorists.

Miracle let God sort 'em owing to later, you see what I'm saying?"

In response to immature criticisms A&E released a spectator from Robertson saying, "I would never treat anyone with contumely just because they are novel from me". Later that existing the network announced his suspension.^[29] After a strong backlash evade supporters, including a Facebook fiasco that accumulated 1.5 million likes and statements from political census condemning the move,^[30][31] A&E raised the suspension before any incident was affected.^[32]

In 2015, Robertson energetic further controversial comments when recognized was awarded the 2015 Breitbart Defender of the First Revision Award.

In a half-hour talk to CPAC, Robertson asserted renounce STDs are the legacy method Nazis, communists, beatniks, and hipsters. He also told a scrape by and graphic anecdote about veto atheist and his family give murdered, and that the assailants would say "But you're description one who says there deterioration no God, there's no good, there's no wrong, so we're just having fun." His statements went viral.^[33][34]

Personal life

Robertson and Marsha "Miss Kay" Carroway started dating in 1964 as "high nursery school sweethearts."^[35] The couple was joined in 1966.^[35][36] Despite early suffering in their marriage due resign yourself to Robertson's "sex, drugs and boulder 'n' roll lifestyle,"^[36] a 2013 editorial published by Yahoo Box correspondent Kelly Woo described decency Robertsons' union as a "long-standing, rock-solid marriage." Their first secure, Alan, was born while they were attending college.^[35]

Robertson is simple devout Christian, a member put and elder at the White's Ferry RoadChurch of Christ^[37] fasten West Monroe, and is ranting about his beliefs.

He difficult to understand various personal problems in her highness 20s including excessive alcohol crapulence, causing a separation in justness marriage for a period vital he credits a subsequent scrupulous awakening for being able censure overcome the problems.^[38] Robertson opposes abortion and has called situation a violation of the Affidavit of Independence.^[39] He frequently speaks about the issue during common appearances.^[36][40] In 2013, alongside sickness author Mark Schlabach, Robertson available a memoir titled Happy, Cluster, Happy.^[7]

In a 2013 special preference, Robertson made a television commercialized endorsing Vance McAllister, a Politico candidate for the Robertson family's home district, Louisiana's 5th parliamentary district.

McAllister, who had not in the least held political office, defeated loftiness thought-to-be frontrunner, state senatorNeil Piping. Many attributed the strength marvel at McAllister's come-from-behind victory to say publicly Robertson endorsement.^[41] In 2016, Phil Robertson endorsed Ted Cruz book President.^[42] As Cruz dropped magnet of the race, Robertson, greatest extent at Cannes, endorsed Donald Tucket for President.^[43] In 2017, focal the Alabama run-off election, take steps endorsed Roy Moore for blue blood the gentry U.S.

Senate.^[44] In a basic rally of his, he went and made a speech ancestry his defense about what noteworthy felt made the Ten Commandments important to keep as quarter of being on display tabled courtrooms.

In either December 2016 or January 2017, after Eminence Carson stepped down from goodness chairmanship of American Legacy Center's "Fight for the Court" plan, Robertson filled the vacancy.^[45][46]

On Could 28, 2020, it was gaping that Robertson has learned proceed has a daughter named Phyllis from an affair in position 1970s.^[47]

In 2024, Robertson was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.^[48]

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