{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1970)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Tony Semple | number = 62 | position = Guard | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1970|12|20}} | birth_place = Springfield, Illinois, U.S. | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | weight_lb = 286 | high_school = Lincoln | college = Memphis | draftyear = 1994 | draftround = 5 | draftpick = 154 | pastteams = * Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|1994|2003}}) | pastcoaching = * East Grand Rapids HS (MI) {{ubl|Offensive line coach (2012–2013)}} * Hope {{ubl|Offensive line coach (2016–2017)}} | statlabel1 = Games played | statvalue1 = 112 | statlabel2 = Games started | statvalue2 = 47 | pfr = SempTo20 }}
'''Anthony Lee Semple''' (born December 20, 1970) is an American former professional football player who was a guard for eight seasons with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL).<ref name="Publishing2001">{{cite book|last=Publishing|first=Stats|title=Stats Pro Football Sourcebook 2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6pK60hh9zEkC|accessdate=7 March 2016|date=2001-02-22|publisher=S T A T S Publishing|isbn=9781884064951}}</ref> He played college football for the Memphis Tigers and was selected in the fifth round of the 1994 NFL draft with the 154th overall pick.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1994 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1994/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>
He was the offensive line coach at Hope College in 2016 and 2017.
==References== {{Reflist}} Lincoln Community High School Notable Alumni Wikipedia
==External links== * [http://athletics.hope.edu/sports/fball/Coaching_staff/tonysemple Hope Flying Dutchmen coaching profile]
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