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Victor Cruz
Fast Facts
Full Name:
Victor Michael Cruz
Birth date:
November 11, 1986
Relationship Status:
Single
Background
Victor Michael Cruz was born on November 11, 1988, in Paterson, New Jersey. His father, Mike Walker was an African American firefighter and his mother is Puerto Rican. He has three other siblings, Andrea, Ebony, and Malik. He attended Paterson Catholic High School where he played wide receiver and defensive back. Cruz credits his success to his coach Andrew Slome. Cruz caught 42 passes and scored 19 touchdowns, earning himself All-State honors and his team was undefeated. Later, he attended Bridgton Academy, an all-male college preparatory. There, he put up 47 catches for 869 yards and eight touchdowns in a single season.
Cruz attended the University of Massachusetts but struggled to maintain his studies while playing football. His grades suffered and he was not eligible to play football at the university until 2007 due to his poor academic record. Despite not joining the football team until his third year at U.Mass, Cruz had 131 catches and
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Victor Cruz The wide receiver for the New York Giants has become an All-Pro in the fashion world
Before he was an All-Pro wide receiver for the New York Giants, before he did his now world-famous salsa dance in the end zone of the Super Bowl on his way to a world championship, before he became the athlete that every menswear designer wanted seated at the front row of their fashion shows, Victor Cruz was a kid from Paterson, NJ who wasn’t entirely sure where life was going to take him.
So when Cruz arrived in Milan this past January for Men’s Fashion Week as a guest of Calvin Klein—an invitation reserved for the fashion elite, he suddenly realized how far he had actually come.
“Here I am walking the streets of Milan,” Cruz says, “a kid from Paterson, where guys don’t even make it out of their own town. And it’s a different world. I see people wearing completely different clothing. What we would call a (fashion) risk here in the US, they wear it every day. It was inspiring."
As a star athlete of African-American and Puerto Rican heritage, in perhaps the most diverse ci
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Victor Cruz
American football player (born 1986)
For other people named Victor Cruz, see Victor Cruz (disambiguation).
American football player
Victor Michael Cruz (born November 11, 1986) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL), spending seven seasons with the New York Giants. He played college football at UMass, and signed with the Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2010. With New York, he won Super Bowl XLVI over the New England Patriots, and made the 2012 Pro Bowl.
Early life
Cruz was born in Paterson, New Jersey, on November 11, 1986, to Blanca Cruz and Michael Walker, a firefighter. His father was African American and his mother is Puerto Rican. Cruz's father died by suicide in 2007.[1]
Cruz attended Paterson Catholic High School in Paterson.[2] He completed a post-graduate semester at Bridgton Academy in North Bridgton, Maine. Cruz put up 47 catches for 869 yards and eight touchdowns in his single season at Bridgton Academy. At Paterson Catholic, Victor played
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