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Aldon Smith

Aldon Smith, American football player

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Born
September 25, 1989
Age in 2026
37
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1989

About Aldon Smith

Aldon Jacarus Smith is an American former professional football player in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Missouri Tigers and was selected by the San Francisco 49ers with the seventh overall pick in the 2011 NFL draft. Smith was a first-team All-Pro and a Pro Bowl selection as an outside linebacker with the 49ers in 2012. He also played defensive end for the Oakland Raiders and Dallas Cowboys. Smith was named the Big 12 Defensive Freshman of the Year and a first-team Freshman All-American. Prior to the 2011 NFL draft, Smith was projected to be selected in the mid-late first round by mock draft analysis.

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Aldon Smith timeline

  1. Prior to the 2011 NFL draft, Smith was projected to be selected in the mid-late first round by mock draft analysis.
  2. Smith was a first-team All-Pro and a Pro Bowl selection as an outside linebacker with the 49ers in 2012.

The world when Aldon Smith was born

Aldon Smith was born in 1989. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1989

  • #1 song"Look Away" – Chicago
  • Top movieDriving Miss Daisy
  • Top TV showRoseanne
  • Best-selling bookThe Joy Luck Club – Amy Tan

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentSan Francisco earthquake interrupts the World Series
  • Top headlineFall of the Berlin Wall signals end of the Cold War
  • Technology milestoneWorld Wide Web invented by Tim Berners-Lee
  • Defining fadGame Boy
  • Notable inventionGame Boy
  • World population5.19 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGeorge H.W. Bush
  • Sports championOakland Athletics (World Series)
  • Also wonDetroit Pistons (NBA)
  • U.S. population246.8M

1989 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Aldon Smith's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19892026
Gas$1.02$3.45/gal
Average home$93,100$435,000
Average income$34,213$67,500
Minimum wage$3.35$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$3.97$11.95
Postage stamp$0.25$0.73
Population246.8M341 million

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