Clint Didier

Clint Didier

Didier in 2010.
No. 86, 80
Position:	Tight end
Personal information
Date of birth:	(1959-04-04) April 4, 1959
Place of birth:	Connell, Washington
Height:
Weight:
Career information
High school:	Connell (WA)
College:	Portland State
NFL draft:	1981 / Round: 12 / Pick: 314
Career history
Washington Redskins (1981–1987) Green Bay Packers (1988–1989)
Career highlights and awards
2× Super Bowl Champion (XVII, XXII)
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

Clint Bradley Didier (born April 4, 1959) is a former professional American football player. He was a tight end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins from 1982 to 1987 and for the Green Bay Packers from 1988 to 1989. He was inducted into the Portland State Football Hall of Fame in 2000, and into the Central Washington Football Hall of Fame in 2002. Today, he owns a farm in Central Washington, and is a perennial candidate for political office in Washington state.

He was a candidate for the United States Senate in the U.S. state of Washington in the 2010 mid-term elections. He then ran unsuccessfully for Public Lands Commissioner in 2012. He was also a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in Washington's 4th congressional district in 2014.

Pro football career

Didier won two Super Bowl rings as a member of the Redskins, in Super Bowl XVII and Super Bowl XXII. He was also the Redskins' second leading receiver in Super Bowl XVIII, catching five passes for 65 yards in their 38-9 loss. He scored a touchdown in Super Bowl XXII. He finished his NFL career with 141 receptions for 1,923 yards and 21 touchdowns in 105 games.

High school football coaching career

Didier is currently the co-head football coach, along with Wayne Riner, at Connell High School in Connell, Washington. He has been very successful, leading the Eagles to the finals four years, winning the division 1A state championship in 2002 and 2009, and getting runners-up in 2006 and 2007.

2010 candidacy for U.S. Senate

Main article: United States Senate election in Washington, 2010

Didier has become active in the Tea Party protests and officially announced his run for U.S. Senate as a Republican against Democratic incumbent Patty Murray.

During the campaign against Dino Rossi, Didier was endorsed by outside political figures such as former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and former Congressman Ron Paul. He finished third in Washington's top-two primary, getting 12.76% of the vote.

Positions

Didier does not believe people should rely on government handouts. He has said that businesses should be allowed to fail in the free market and social programs for the poor should be slashed.

Didier advocates a non-interventionist foreign policy, similar to that of Ron Paul. Didier says: "I subscribe to Jefferson’s view, and favor a non-interventionist philosophy. We need to stop trying to police the world and telling other nations how to manage their affairs. It is depleting our wealth and draining our national spirit. America is a republic; therefore let's stop trying to spread 'democracy.'"

External links

• Clint Didier for Senate