Wade Manning
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Meadville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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| Position | Wide receiver / Defensive back | ||||
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| Born | July 25, 1955 Meadville, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||
| Listed weight | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||
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| High school | Shaker Heights (OH) | ||||
| College | Ohio State (baseball) | ||||
| NFL draft | 1979: undrafted | ||||
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Wade Ronald Arthur Manning (born July 27, 1955) is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos. He played college baseball for the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Manning attended Shaker Heights High School where he played baseball and football. He was an outstanding baseball player that was selected by the Cleveland Indians. In football he played as a safety.
In his first year out of high school he worked as a clerk and draftsman for an engineering firm. The next year he studied at John Carroll University. He then transferred to Ohio State University on an engineering scholarship.
He walked-on and eventually earned a scholarship to play for the baseball team. His position was center field and as a senior he registered a .325 batting average, 6 home runs (led the team) and a school record 23-out-of-25 stolen bases. He finished his college career with 44 stolen bases. He was selected in the 30th round of the 1976 MLB Amateur Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates.