Bob Glauber
Glauber has been Newsday's national football columnist since 1992. He was Newsday's football writer covering the Jets and
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Roman Oben enjoyed a terrific NFL career that spanned 12 seasons and included a Super Bowl championship. But being a pro athlete, no less a left tackle, wasn’t his first choice growing up in Washington, D.C. after his family had moved from his native Cameroon.
“I wanted to be the Fonz,” Oben said, referring to the famed “Happy Days” TV show character Arthur Fonzarelli, played by Henry Winkler. “He was my hero.