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Mary Anne and Don Shula
Former Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula died on Monday, Might Four on the age of 90. Shula was a longtime NFL coach who holds probably the most common season and whole wins within the league’s historical past and likewise holds the file of being the one head coach to ever lead an undefeated NFL group — the 1972 Dolphins.
The Miami Dolphins posted about his dying on Twitter:
Shula is survived by his spouse, Mary Anne, and his 5 youngsters, Dave, Donna, Sharon, Anne and Mike. Right here’s what it is advisable to find out about Shula’s spouse of 26 years, Mary Anne Stephens:
The Two Married on October 16, 1993, After Having Each Been Beforehand Married
Mary Anne Stephens and Don Shula married on October 16, 1993. The 2 met at a New 12 months’s Day get together in 1992 on Indian Creek Island, Florida, at golfer Ray Floyd’s dwelling. They began relationship that spring, in accordance with the South Florida Solar-Sentinel. Each of them had been married beforehand. In Mary Anne’s case, Shula grew to become her 4th husband, and Shula was a widower after his first spouse, Dorothy Bartish, died of breast most cancers in 1991.
Shula was 63 once they married and Mary Anne was 48, and the ceremony was small and personal, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Miami Seaside. The marriage wasn’t publicized and the small print had been personal till the final minute. Based on an article on the time, Carl Taseff, an assistant coach for the Dolphins, mentioned: “Good for him. I figured he’d get married sooner, however I’m completely happy for him.”
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