Greenway is married and has four daughters. He played college football at Iowa, and was drafted by the Vikings in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft. The foundation foots the bill for a day of fun activities, tickets and food at a fun getaway location like the Kalahari Waterpark or Mall of America.Subscribe to our email NewsletterChad’s Locker is an electronics hub that provides access to iPads, laptops, Leap Frog Readers, DVDs, games and other electronics to hospitalized children and their families. He attended Mt. Chad Greenway was breezing dry-eyed toward the end of Tuesday’s 25-minute retirement speech when the now-former Vikings linebacker was forced to pause … Coach Mike Zimmer, General Manager Rick Spielman, safety Harrison Smith and Vikings greats Bud Grant, Carl Eller, Paul Krause and Scott Studwell were among the many looking on as Greenway praised his mom for “the example she continues to give us” by continuing to run the family farm two years after Alan lost his battle with cancer.© 2020 StarTribune. The mothers are served gourmet dishes and receive a few special gifts to take home.In 2008, Greenway established his charitable foundation, Chad Greenway’s Lead the Way Foundation.
He said his “No. Vernon, South Dakota. Freshmen at Iowa Chad Greenway attends the University of Iowa for football. I told him I was going to play pro ball. I never took the easy way out. And he looked at me like I was crazy.“But I’ll never forget. The foundation has three signature programs, touching the lives of nearly 375,000 people in the Twin Cities.Chad Greenway is a former NFL linebacker who spent his entire 11-year career with the Minnesota Vikings.
“Hold on.”Photo: David Joles/Star TribuneChad Greenway was breezing dry-eyed toward the end of Tuesday’s 25-minute retirement speech when the now-former Vikings linebacker was forced to pause 19 seconds and then 10 more to compose himself.Greenway does have an interest in coaching. Fighting off his emotions, he had to thank his mom, Julie, and his late father, Alan, for what they meant to his career, his marriage to Jenni, his fatherhood to young daughters Maddyn, Beckett, Blakely and Carsyn, and, well, an entire life that began 34 years ago on the family farm in Mount Vernon, S.D.On the field, only Studwell (1,928), Matt Blair (1,404) and Jeff Siemon (1,375) finished with more tackles as a Viking. “I never took a day off.
I’m so proud to carry the name that he gave me and hold it to a high standard. Off the field, Greenway used his Lead the Way Foundation to win Vikings Community Man of the Year four times.