Raúl Allegre: One Tee for Another

The New York Giants' team from Super Bowl XXI was loaded with such star-studded players as Lawrence Taylor, Harry Carson, Phil Simms, and Mark Bavaro. Equally instrumental to the success of that team was the clutch kicking of Raúl Allegre.

Nowadays, Raúl Allegre has seamlessly transitioned into the post-playing career world. He is a successful TV personality on ESPN & ESPN Deportes as well as the President of the NFL Alumni Chapter serving Austin, Texas and the surrounding areas.

The NFL Alumni Chapter in Austin, Texas is comprised of 120 eligible players. Suitable candidates had to have signed a contract to attend an NFL training camp. "The pool of potential players is pretty big," Allegre said, "especially with the University of Texas here." Once granted membership in the alumni chapter, a player normally devotes the majority of his time and energy to charity work around the community as well as meeting and socializing with the other alumni members.

The Austin chapter's major event is the NFL Alumni Golf Classic held at the prestigious Hills of Lakeway Golf and Country Club. The golf course is home to the FedEx Kinko's Classic which is a Champions Tour event. "We have a golf tournament that we do every year to benefit the Center for Child Protection." Allegre added, "The tournament is on June 20 (and) we anticipate having 30 to 34 teams. Every team is made up of four players and an alumni captain. The top four teams go to an open shot playoff."

The championship foursome progress on to a national tournament sponsored by the NFL Alumni. "The winning team gets to go to the NFL Alumni's Super Bowl of Golf which is held every year in the month of April," Allegre said, "and they get to compete against other cities that have NFL Alumni chapters."

Along with his duties as President of the Austin chapter, Raúl Allegre also works for ESPN serving on the network's Spanish-language Monday Night Football commentator team. Allegre expanded, "I am the color commentator for the Monday Night Football games. I also do a show called NFL Semanal (on ESPN Deportes with Alvaro Martin and Eduardo Varela). We come on once a week." NFL Semanal is now in its 5th year and the show is one of ESPN Deportes' most successful programs.

Raúl Allegre has traded in one tee for another these days. Instead of kicking in the Super Bowl, he is teeing off for charity in Austin, Texas surrounded by his fellow NFL Alumni.