Matt O'Dwyer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Player of American football
Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1972
Place of Birth: Lincolnshire, Illinois, United States
Profession: American football player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Matt O'Dwyer
- Matt O'Dwyer (born September 1, 1972) is a former American football player who played in the National Football League from 1995 to 2005.
- A 6-foot-4, 315-pound lineman out of Northwestern University, O'Dwyer played for the New York Jets (1995–1998), the Cincinnati Bengals (1999–2003), and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2004).
- He blocked on lines that produced a 1,000-yard rusher in seven of his 10 NFL seasons (Adrian Murrell 1996–1997, Curtis Martin 1998 and Corey Dillon 1999–2002).
- He also helped Dillon to break Walter Payton's single-game NFL record, a 278-yard performance vs.
- Denver, October 22, 2000 (since surpassed by Jamal Lewis in 2003 and Adrian Peterson in 2007).
- Selected by the Jets as the #1 pick in the second round (33rd overall) of the 1995 NFL Draft, O'Dwyer started 64 consecutive games at guard for the Jets (1996–1998) and Bengals (1999).
- In 2002, he was Cincinnati's only player on the field for every snap.
- Overall, O'Dwyer played 122 regular season games (105 starts), as well as two postseason starts, both in 1998 when the Jets nearly advanced to Super Bowl XXXIII.
- O'Dwyer was known for his tough style of play; he was one of the most penalized players in the NFL in 1997.
- After playing for the Buccaneers in 2004, O'Dwyer was signed by the Green Bay Packers in 2005, but he was cut at the beginning of the season.
- He retired from the NFL on September 1, 2006.
- He lives in Tampa Bay & Chicago. O'Dwyer appeared in the Jon Favreau & Vince Vaughn movie Made with fellow NFL player Jason Fabini & future The Sopranos star Federico Castelluccio as doormen.
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