Researching Danny Villa
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 20 people with the Villa surname? In that year Villa was ranked number 3559 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Danny means "Form of DANIEL - God is my judge" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Danny Villa on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Danny Villa and the Villa Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Villa Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Villa family tree.
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Villa Forums
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Danny Villa. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Danny Villa
Danny Villa
Daniel A. Villa (born September 21, 1964) is a former American football guard who played twelve professional seasons in the National Football League for the New England Patriots, Phoenix Cardinals, Kansas City Chiefs, and Carolina Panthers. Villa played college football at Arizona State University.
Villa was born in Nogales, Arizona and is of Mexican descent.
Danny Villa was a first team All American and PAC-10 selection in 1986. Villa was one of the major reasons Arizona State averaged more than 200 yards rushing per game for 17 consecutive contests in 1985 and 1986. Villa was named honorable mention All-PAC 10 in 1985. After not starting a game in 1984 and being moved from quick tackle to strong guard in spring practice then moved back again. Villa played very well against a tough Arkansas rush defense in the 1985 Holiday Bowl. He performed in the 1987 East-West Shrine Game and Senior Bowl. While playing at Arizona State Danny Villa wore number 73
Villa was the athletic director at Walpole High School in Walpole, Massachusetts. He also served as the head coach of the Walpole Rebels, the Walpole high school football team.
On December 27, 2008, Villa was arrested in Tucson, Arizona for charges of child rape that absolutely occurred while he was coaching in Massachusetts. On August 26, 2009, he pleaded guilty in court to three counts of rape of a child and two counts of enticing a child. He was sentenced to two years on the first and second rape indictments with 2 years concurrent on the enticing indictments. According to a press release from Norfolk County District Attorney William Keating, he was sentenced to "7 years' probation on the third rape indictment with conditions of probation that he must register as a sex offender, submit to GPS monitoring while on probation, have no contact with the victim or the victim's family and he cannot work with any children under the age of 16. Judge Chernoff also ordered an 'exclusion zone' around every school in the Commonwealth, meaning that Villa cannot set foot in any school in Massachusetts while on probation."
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