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This is an original watercolor painting of the 2005 Penn State Nittany Lions uniform worn by #31 Paul Posluszny.
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This is an original, one-of-a-kind watercolor painting of the 2005 Penn State Nittany Lions uniform worn by #31 Paul Posluszny and was used in the creation of this Penn State Nittany Lions uniform evolution print and thousands of Penn State products that have been sold across North America. This original piece of art was painted by artist Steve Houston for Maple Leaf Productions Ltd.
Some History
This painting honors the 2005 Pennsylvania State University football team and #31, worn by Paul Posluszny. The 2005 team, coached by the legendary Joe Paterno (in his 40th season as the Nittany Lions head coach) went 11-1. The 2005 team played Florida State in the FedEx Orange Bowl on January 3, 2006 - highlighting a meeting of major colleges two most victorious coaches: the Nittany Lions Joe Paterno and the Seminoles Bobby Bowden. An audience of 77,773 would witness Paterno putting an exclamation point on his 40th season - with Penn State winning the contest 26-23.Paul Posluszny was an Outside Linebacker for Pennsylvania State University. At the end of his college career, Pauls multitude of achievements included:
Penn State's career tackle leader with 372
1st Nittany Lion two-time captain since 1968-69
1st Nittany Lion to lead the team in tackles 3 times & post 3 100+ tackle seasons
13th Nittany Lion and 1st Linebacker to be voted as a two-time All-American
2nd two-time winner of the Bednarik Award - as the nations top defensive player
2005 winner & 2006 runner-up of the Butkus Award - as the nations premier Linebacker
two-time finalist for the Lombardi Award
five-time Big Ten Defensive Player-of-the-Week - a Conference record
Following his college career at Penn State, Paul was drafted by the NFL's Buffalo Bills. A summary of his NFL career can be found at:
http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerlist.htm?lt=p
Here is what our friends at Wikipedia have to say about Paul Posluszny:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Posluszny
