ANAHEIM ASSEMBLYMEMBER AVELINO Valencia is a former tight end for San Jose State who tried out for the NFL. Before entering politics, he was a community college football coach.
“The benefit that football has had in particular to my life, I cannot put a monetary amount on it,” he told his colleagues on the Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism Committee.
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