Mark Rypien Bio, Family, Career, Wife, Net Worth, Measurements

Mark Rypien is a former American football player who played as a quarterback. He had played 14 seasons in the National Football League and then retired in 2006. He started playing at Washington State University and was later drafted by the Washington Redskins in the draft of the NFL in 1986. Prior to his actual retirement in 1983, he nearly retired due to injury.

Additionally, he had played with nine teams including Washington Redskins (1986-93), Philadelphia Eagles (1996), Indianapolis Colts (2001), Seattle Seahawks (2002), and retired with Rocheseter Raiders (2006). Additionally, he played in four games in his final NFL season with the Indianapolis Colts, although he did not play between 1998 and 2000 as he rebounded in the league. Want to know more about the former football player, then keep scrolling.

MARK RYPIEN: BIOGRAPHY, FAMILY, CAREER

The former footballer was born on October 2, 1962 as Mark Robert Rypien in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. In 1965, when he was three years old, his family moved to the United States and settled in Spokane, Washington. But he did not reveal any information about his parents or siblings to the media. Moreover, he has an American nationality and belongs to an unknown ethnicity.

From an early age, he was very interested in practicing different sports, including golf. He became a three-sport star athlete at Shadle Park High School. Subsequently, Washington State University accepted him with a football scholarship. During this time, he joined the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. In the early 80s, he suffered a knee injury during spring drills in 1982 which made him redshirt which almost made him decide to quit football.

In the Senior Bowl, the Washington Redskins selected him in the sixth round of the 1986 NFL Draft, the 146th overall pick and eighth quarterback selected. Playing with several NFL teams, he became the first Canadian-born quarterback of the two, he started in the NFL and was named Super Bowl MVP.

MARK RYPIEN: PERSONAL LIFE AND WIFE

Speaking about his personal life, he married twice and also divorced. He had first married his first wife Annette Rypien. They married in the late 1980s after dating for many years. Their wedding took place in a private ceremony in the presence of their relatives. The couple had welcomed three children: Angela Rypien, Ambre Rypien and Andrew Rypien.

Additionally, his daughter Angela is an American Quarterback in the Legends Football League. Sadly, her son Andrew Rypien died of an inoperable brain tumor at the age of two. Additionally, he and his first wife Annette divorced in 2000. He later remarried his second wife Danielle but no details related to their marriage or meeting. Apart from that, he suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy and had weird behaviors from time to time.

On June 30, 2019, he was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence and charged with fourth-degree assault. The trained QB was arrested after his wife was spotted struggling to catch her breath at the scene. Following this, his wife began to defend her husband and insisted that he suffered from concussions.

MARK RYPIEN: NET WORTH AND SOCIAL MEDIA PROFILES

Regarding his income, he has maintained a good income from his former professional football player. He has an estimated net worth of $4 million. During his career, Mark said he earned a total of $11.7 million in salary and was also named Super Bowl MVP in Super Bowl XXVI in January 1992. According to sources, he earned nearly $12 million. dollars over 14 NFL seasons.

He is quite active on different social media platforms with unverified accounts. On Instagram, he goes through the account @rypienmark with more than 1.5k followers. He has a @mark_rypien Twitter account with over 1.3k followers.

MARK RYPIEN: BODY MEASUREMENTS

The former quarterback has a decent body type that has unknown chest or waist body measurements. His body is 6 feet 4 inches or 1.93 meters tall and his weight is unknown. He has light blue eye color and silvery white hair color.