APTER Bringing up a Legend ussell Wilson was born in Cincinnati Ohio on November 29 1988 But his story begins in Richmond Virginia where he grew up in a tight knit family that was both athletic and educated All it takes is one look at Wilson's family and it's easy to see where he got his athletic ability and his intelligence His grandfather Harrison B Wilson Jr was a star athlete at Kentucky State University and later became the president of Norfolk State University Wilson's father Harrison B Wilson Ill attended Dartmouth College and later met his wife Tammy at the University of Virginia School of Law While at Dartmouth Harrison Ill played football and baseball and he later made the San Diego Chargers preseason team as a wide receiver Athleticism especially in football ives within the Wilson family At the age of four a young Russell Wilson began playing football with his older brother Harrison
Bringing Up a Legend Like the rest of his family Wilson realized the importance of education and made time for both his studies and athletics A Family Affair QUICK FACT From a young age Wilson was bred to Wilson s grandfather Harrison play the game of football Russell and B Wilson Jr competed in his brother would play with their father football basketball baseball on the grass at the Collegiate School a and track at Kentucky State school where Russell would eventually University He made a living as a become an All State player Harrison IV professor and basketball coach credits those Collegiate School days with II before serving as president of their father for helping Russell develop his Norfolk State University for more throwing skills Harrison IV was quite an than 20 years athlete himself playing both football and I baseball at the University of
RUSSELL WILSON SUPER BOWL SENSATION 18 as Wilson and his brother Harrison IV credit their father with helping them develop their throw ing skills In addition to playing football with his son Wilson's father would test young Russell on different aspects of the game and why he made decisions in certain situations something that has helped to shape Wilson into the smart and attentive player that he is today As part of the preparation Wilson's dad would pretend to be a TV reporter and ask his son questions which is reflected today in Wilson's ability to handle the media during press conferences Wilson's father embodied what a role model should be and those qualities were instilled in
Bringing Up a Legend XLVIII XLVIN Wilson carries himself extremely well during press conferences thanks to his father who used to act as a television reporter and quiz his son LV III RUSSELL WILSON XLVIII Russell became a devout Christian C at the age of 14 after he had a dream QUICK FACT in which his father died and Jesus told I him You need to find out more about Wilson's father Harrison B me for of Unfortunately Wilson part II Ill stint in Wilson had a short the his dream became reality a few years NFL playing as a wide receiver later when his father died of diabetes for the San Diego Chargers in 2010 After Wilson lost his father during the 1980 preseason he would write Dad on the tape on his wrists before every college football game in which he played to remind himself whom he was playing for
