Manning Family and Professional Football

Success has a story, and such is the case of the Mannings family and professional football. Its the story of the father Archie Manning and Olivia Manning, and their three sons Cooper Manning, Peyton Manning, and Eli Manning.

Cooper Manning was born to Archie Manning and Olivia Manning in March 6, 1974 as their first child. He is the oldest son of former professional football player Archie Manning, and the brother of former professional football player Peyton Manning and current New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning. He played football for Isidore Newman School as a wide receiver and had a breakout year his senior year of high school with his brother Peyton Manning throwing all of the passes.

During the weeks leading up to the Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, Cooper Manning hosted his own segment on The Dan Patrick Show, titled "Manning on the Street". On September 13, 2015, Manning joined the broadcast team of Fox NFL Kickoff. Cooper Manning is a partner of Scotia Howard Weil, an energy investment boutique with offices in Houston and New Orleans. The firm holds an annual Energy Conference that attracts representatives for top-level investors, public energy companies, private energy companies, private equity firms, and other commercial lenders from around the world.



Peyton Williams Manning (born March 24, 1976) is a former American football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). A five-time league MVP, he played for the Indianapolis Colts for 14 seasons between 1998 and 2011, and then with the Denver Broncos for four seasons from 2012 to 2015. Manning is a two-time Super Bowl winner (XLI and 50), and also appeared in the game two other times, becoming the only quarterback to start the Super Bowl for two different franchises more than once each and the only starting quarterback to win a Super Bowl with two different franchises. He is a son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and older brother of New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning. Manning is the first and only quarterback to achieve 200 career wins (regular and postseason), his five NFL MVP awards are a league record, he was the most valuable player of Super Bowl XLI, was named to a record 14 Pro Bowls, is the NFL's all-time leader in passing yards (71,940) and touchdown passes (539), and 14 record 4,000-yard passing seasons (NFL record).

Peyton Manning played college football for the University of Tennessee, leading the Tennessee Volunteers to the 1997 SEC Championship in his senior season. He was chosen by the Indianapolis Colts with the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft. Manning's playing career and statistics have ranked him among the greatest quarterbacks of all-time. From 1998 to 2010, he led the Indianapolis Colts to eight (seven AFC South and one AFC East) division championships, two AFC championships, and a Super Bowl championship (XLI).

Elisha Nelson "Eli" Manning was born on January 3, 1981. He is an American football quarterback for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He is the son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and the younger brother of former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning. Manning played college football at the University of Mississippi after attending prep school at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans. He was drafted as the first overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers and immediately traded to the New York Giants, who in return gave up a package highlighted by fourth overall selection Philip Rivers.

Manning holds Giants franchise records for most passing yards, touchdown passes and completed passes in a career, and the NFL record for most fourth-quarter touchdown passes in a season. He led the Giants to victory in Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI, defeating the New England Patriots in both games. Manning was named Most Valuable Player in each Super Bowl, becoming one of only five football players to have two or more Super Bowl MVP rings (Bart Starr and Terry Bradshaw have two, while Joe Montana and Tom Brady have three Super Bowl MVP rings). He is the only quarterback in NFL history to throw for more than 4,900 yards and win the Super Bowl in the same season. Manning is also currently the active iron man for consecutive starts by a quarterback. Often cited as a game manager with statistics significantly lower than his brother Peyton, they each have two Super Bowl rings. Eli is the third quarterback in NFL history with at least 44,000 career yards, 290 touchdowns, four Pro Bowl appearances and two Super Bowl championships, joining John Elway and Tom Brady. Brother Peyton became the fourth quarterback to join the club after winning his second championship in February 2016.