text: how many years has archie manning played fottball? plus the number of years his sons who play professional football check out the below timeline by brian nichols time line may 1949- archie manning was born in drew, mississippi.   december 1966- manning signed with the university of ole miss   1967- drafted to play baseball in the major leagues   may 1967- manning graduated from drew high school   1968- his father buddy committed suicide   april 1971- manning was drafted by new orleans saints as the 2nd pick   may 1971- archie graduated from ole miss university in oxford, mississippi   may 1971- he married oliviawilliams   october 1974- cooper manning was born   1976- peyton manning was born   1978- won most valuable player in the nfl   1981- eli manning was born   1985- arch retired from the nfl   1988- he received the new orleans outstanding sports citizen   1992- voted mississippi's all-time athlete   1992- son cooper graduated from high school   1992- cooper played with the ole miss rebels   1993- cooper's career was cut short by a spinal cord injury   1994- he received the spirit of good sports award from the national sportscasters and sportswriters association   1994- his mother sis died at the age of 94   1998- son peyton graduated from the university of tennessee   1999- son peyton was drafted to the nfl by the indianapolis colts   2000-his son eli graduated from high school   2000-son eli played with the ole miss rebels from oxford, mississippi   2001-archie is a tv analyst for cbs