The really sad part of this is that he was a HISTORY teacher. This is an exerpt from his biography.

Majored in History at Marist College (Poughkeepsie, New York), earning his B.A. in 1971.
He was given an honorary Doctorate of Letters from the school in 2000.
O'Reilly received his M.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Boston University in 1975.
Earned his M.A. in Public Administration from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1995.

The film rights to his novel, Those Who Trespass, were bought by actor/director, Mel Gibson.

Politically, he has always claimed he is a registered independent on "The O'Reilly Factor" (1996). But, it was later revealed that O'Reilly was actually a registered Republican in Nassau County from 1994 to 2000. O'Reilly re-registered as an independent soon after.

During his career, he has been a reporter/anchor in: Boston, Miami, Scranton, Dallas, Denver, Portland (Oregon), Hartford, New York City, and Los Angeles. He has also covered wars in the Falkland Islands, El Salvador, Northern Ireland, and Israel/Palestine.

Names "Rainy Night in Georgia" by Brook Benton as his all-time favorite song. He also enjoys the music of Luther Vandross, Joe Cocker , The Doors, The Rolling Stones and Earth Wind & Fire.

While at Marist, he claimed to have played quarterback, punter, and kicker on the varsity football team, but Marist did not have a varsity football team until after he graduated. He also was a semi-professional baseball pitcher with the New York Monarchs, and was the goalie on his high school hockey team.

He was a high school teacher from 1971-1973 after graduating from Marist. He taught both History and English at Monsignor Edward Pace High School, a Jesuit school in Opalocka, Florida, located in North Miami-Dade. He also assisted with the school's baseball team.
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