Tony Pittman

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Tony Pittman

Pittman in action at Beaver Stadium for the Penn State Nittany Lions
Born:	(1971-08-05) August 5, 1971 (age 53) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Career information
Position(s)	CB
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	178 lb (81 kg)
College	Penn State
Career highlights and awards
Second-team All-Big Ten (1994)

Charles Anthony Pittman (born August 5, 1971) is an American former college football player. He was a second-team All-Big Ten cornerback at Penn State after graduating from Phillips Academy in 1990. Pittman grew up in Erie, Pennsylvania and also attended McDowell High School, where he would have been in the 1989 graduation class had he not transferred to Phillips Academy.

Recruited out of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, Pittman was a member of Joe Paterno's 1990 recruiting class. Pittman led the Nittany Lions in interceptions in 1993 with five and started all twelve games at cornerback for the undefeated Rose Bowl championship team in 1994.

Pittman was the 1993 recipient of the Jim O'Hora Award. Each year, the award is presented to a defensive Penn State Nittany Lions football player for "exemplary conduct, loyalty, interest, attitude, and improvement" during spring practice each year.

Pittman's father Charlie Pittman starred as an All-American running back on the undefeated Penn State teams of 1968-1969.

Neither Tony Pittman nor Charlie Pittman ever lost a game they started while at Penn State. Their combined college records were 45-0-1. New York Giants general manager Ernie Accorsi noted, “it’s unprecedented; it’s hard to believe that record for a father and son at the same university—and the son played in the Big Ten—that is something mind-boggling.”

In 2007, he and his father Charliewrote Playing for Paterno, ISBN 1-60078-000-8, about their shared experiences as the first father/son to play for the coach.^[1]

Pittman and co-host Phil Collins (a former teammate) created, produced and hosted "The Penn State Football Podcast" from 2005 - 2013.^[2]

• "Lions' Pittman hopes to duplicate father's success", The Daily Collegian, September 19, 1994
• "Pittman NFF National Scholar-Athlete", footballfoundation.org
• "Pittman Selected to 1990's All Decade Team",NittanyAnthology.com
• Charles Anthony Pittman at Library of Congress, with 1 library catalog record
• https://www.pennlive.com/joehermitt/2014/09/penn_state_football_honors_und.html
• https://www.pennlive.com/sports/erry-2018/06/fdf89143ee260/a_penn_state_fathers_day_look.html
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A26bGnyN5AQ
• https://thefootballletter.com/tag/tony-pittman/