SEATTLE (AP) -Former Seattle Seahawks offensive lineman Frank Beede has been named the NFL’s teacher of the year.
The league announced Wednesday it had honored the former Seahawk guard, who played five seasons before retiring in 2000, with its annual award recognizing a former NFL player who is now a professional teacher.
Beede told The Associated Press in a phone interview minutes after he received the award inside the cafeteria at Freedom High School in Oakley, Calif., that he had no idea he was even nominated. His principal called him to the school for a meeting Wednesday, then told the 10th-grade world history instructor “by the way, you are the NFL’s teacher of the year.”
He says the Seahawks will honor him by having him raise their “12th Man” flag representing their fans at the Aug. 14 home preseason game against Tennessee.
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