Obed Ariri

**Obed Chukwuma Ariri** (an haife shi a ranar 4 ga Afrilu, 1956) ɗan Najeriya ne tsohon ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Amurka a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa don Tampa Bay Buccaneers da Washington Redskins. Ya kuma taka leda a Hukumar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Amurka don Tarayyar Washington da kuma a cikin Gasar Kwallon Kafa ta Arena don Miami Hooters.

## Farkon rayuwa
An haifi Ariri a Najeriya, kuma sunansa na tsakiya Chukwuma na nufin "Allah kadai Ya sani". Ya zama ƙwararren ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa kuma kocin ƙwallon ƙafa na jami'ar Clemson Ibrahim M. Ibrahim ya duba shi. Bayan ya kalli yadda yake buga wasa a Najeriya, Ibrahim ya ba Ariri gurbin karatun ƙwallon ƙafa na Clemson nan take.  An bambanta shi a matsayin dan Najeriya na farko da ya fara taka leda a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa. 

## Farkon aiki
Ariri ya yi rajista a Clemson a cikin 1977 lokacin da kocin kwallon kafa na Clemson Charlie Pell ke matukar bukatar bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida. Dr. Ibrahim ya kyale Ariri ya gwada sai idan ya amince ya ci gaba da buga kwallo. Pell ya yarda, kuma Ariri ya ci gaba da ƙusa kowane ƙoƙari don haka ya tabbatar da matsayinsa na dan wasan Tigers. An canza karatunsa zuwa ƙwallon ƙafa kuma Pell ya nace cewa Obed ya manta game da ƙwallon ƙafa. Ariri bai taba buga kwallon kafa ba har sai ya kasance a Clemson.

Ya shahara sosai a harabar jami'ar a lokacin Babban shekararsa har aka yi "Obed Ariri don Gasar Heisman".

A cikin 1979 an ba Ariri izinin yin wasa a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta NCAA Division I na 1979 a Tampa Stadium a Tampa, Florida. Tigers sun yi rashin nasara da ci 3–2 zuwa Jami'ar Kudancin Illinois Edwardsville. Ayyukan Ariri a lokacin wasan ya haifar da tayin aiki tare da Chicago Sting na Arewacin Amirka Soccer League, inda ya yi wasanni huɗu a lokacin 1980 kakar. 

## Sana'ar sana'a
An tsara Ariri a zagaye na bakwai na 1981 NFL Draft ta Baltimore Colts amma an yanke shi daga ƙungiyar kwanaki kafin kakar wasa. Ya kasance kan jerin sunayen farko na USFL's Washington Federals amma bai dawwama duk lokacin ba saboda rashin daidaito da rashin aiki. Tampa Bay Buccaneers sun sami Obed a cikin farkon kakar 1984 amma an yi watsi da su kafin yanke karshe. Bayan bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida Bill Capece a wasan farko na Buccaneer na karshe, an dauki Ariri hayar a lokacin farkon kakar wasa kuma shi ne dan wasansu na yau da kullun a waccan kakar, amma an sake shi a sansanin horo na 1985. Abokan wasansa sun yi masa lakabi da "Automatic African". 

* 1983 - Tarayyar Tarayya ( USFL )
* 1984 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers
* 1987 - Washington Redskins (dan wasan maye gurbin)
* 1994 - Miami Hooters (Kwallon kafa na Arena)

## Girmamawa

* Saita rikodin harbin NCAA guda 6 kuma an ɗaura wani 3
* Buccaneer na farko don bugun (3) yadi 40 da burin filin wasa
* 1977 Ya Yi burin filin mafi tsayi a tarihin Clemson akan Wake Forest (yadi 57)
* 1978 Ya Yi burin filin mafi tsayi a tarihin Gator Bowl (yadi 47)
* 1980 NCAA 1st Team Duk Ba-Amurke
* 1998 An shigar da shi cikin Clemson Hall of Fame

## Gado
Matashin dan wasan kwallon kafa na Najeriya Donald Igwebuike ya yiwa Ariri temako a Najeriya. Ariri ya ƙarfafa Igwebuike ya halarci Clemson kuma ya ƙarfafa shi ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa. Matashin dan wasan ya halarci Clemson kuma Ariri ya kula da shi. Bayan kammala karatunsa Ariri har ma ya karfafawa Koci Danny Ford kwarin gwiwar baiwa Igwebuike damar buga kwallo a kungiyar kwallon kafa. Igwebuike ba kawai ya sanya kungiyar ba, ya ci gaba zuwa NFL kuma ya doke Ariri a bugun fanareti a Tampa Bay. 

Bayan wasansa ya ƙare, Ariri ya zauna a yankin Tampa Bay, yana tuki taksi a St. Petersburg, Florida. 

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