Victor Cruz

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Biography

Dominican Republic baseball player

  • Primary profession
  • Producer·director·writer
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 24 December 1957
  • Place of birth
  • Santiago de Cuba
  • Death date
  • 2004-09-26
  • Death age
  • 47
  • Place of death
  • Santo Domingo
  • Residence
  • Berlin
  • Education
  • Paterson Catholic High School
  • Knows language
  • Spanish language
  • Member of
  • Texas Rangers

Music

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

Appeared in The Sopranos episode: "All Happy Families." He and series star Edie Falco are both graduates of the acting program at SUNY Purchase.

Hosted a radio show called The Victor Cruz Morning Show every Mon-Fri 9am - 12pm.

Directed his first short film, "La Operacion" (or "The Operation" in English) which premiered at the New York International Latino Film Festival in New York City in July 2009.

Participated in ABCs 2008 Diversity Showcase in New York City.

Professional football player. Wide receiver with the New York Giants, 2010-2016.

The Thoroughbred racehorse Kid Cruz, who finished 8th in the 2014 Preakness Stakes, is named for him.

[13 February 2017] Released by the New York Giants.

He was a Cuban singer, bassist and composer, considered a pioneer of Cuban and Latin American music in Germany.

Quotes

[on writing the SAT 5 or 6 times to qualify for a football scholarship],That was just a dreadful, dreadful test for me, even though passing,meant so much. I had to pass to play football in college and keep,achieving my dreams.

It is funny what a year can do. .

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