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Terry Bradshaw
Terry Bradshaw 1948- American football player The Steel Curtain. Franco Harris. Lynn Swann . Mean Joe Greene . These names are all indelibly imprinted in the psyches of football fans who lived through the early 1980s, as well as struck a special fear into the Dallas Cowboy fans who lost not... Read more |
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Tom Brady
Tom Brady (Thomas Edward Patrick Brady, Jr.), 1977-, American football player, b. San Mateo, Calif. He attended the Univ. of Michigan (1995-99), where he was co-starting quarterback (1998-99) and led the team to win the 1999 Orange Bowl. Drafted by the New England Patriots in 2000, Brady replaced... Read more |
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Paul Hornung
Paul Hornung 1935- American football player Star running back Paul Hornung led the great Green Bay Packer teams of the early 1960s to four National Football League (NFL) championships. One of the most versatile football players ever, in addition to being a tenacious rusher—especially within... Read more |
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Johnny Unitas
Johnny Unitas 1933-2002 American football player Ignored and overlooked in his early years, Johnny Unitas went on to become one of the greatest quarterbacks in football history. Unitas, whose passing ability earned him the nickname "the Golden Arm," led the winning team in what is widely... Read more |
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Eddie G. Robinson
Robinson, Eddie G.1919-2007 College football coach Until 2003, no coach in the history of college football had won more games than Eddie G. Robinson. In fact, with some 408 wins to his credit in a career that spanned five decades, Robinson's record took years to surpass. A dedicated and principled... Read more |
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Pete Rozelle
Pete Rozelle 1926-1996 American football commissioner For nearly three decades, Pete Rozelle guided professional football as the commissioner of the National Football League (NFL). Under his direction, pro football attained unprecedented popularity with the American public, as well as a level... Read more |
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Son of Man
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Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker1962— Football player, entrepreneur Herschel Walker was a standout running back in both collegiate and professional football. As a junior at the University of Georgia, the 6'1? 223-pound Walker won the Heisman Trophy, college football's highest honor, capping a collegiate career in... Read more |
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National Football League
National Football League 280 Park AvenueNew York, New York 10017U.S.A.(212) 450-2000Fax: (212) 681-7573Web site: http://www.nfl.com Not-for-Profit Organization Incorporated: 1920 as American Professional Football ConferenceEmployees: 400Sales: $2.44 billion (1998)NAIC: 111211 Sports Teams &... Read more |
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Treating football fever // Gridvid offers super antidote for Bears fans
...For Bears fans it ended...with the Super Bowl, and...also the man who occupied...pretending to be football players...Tossed out of football years ago...an inmate football squad to...semipro guard team, and ... |
 "The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)")
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Super Bowl parties have a way of ruining the game for football fans.(Sports)
...Watching the Super Bowl can be...reveals that fans of the losing team run a greater...among both men and women...talk at a football game - long...then, the Super Bowl inspires...want Cowboys owner Jerry ... |
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LEIWEKE: STADIUM COULD BE SUPER FOOTBALL: AEG EXECUTIVE IMAGINES AN NFL TEAM...
...field an NFL team starting in...host the 50th Super Bowl at the...stadium or football stadium or...to build a football stadium in...Industry. Before football fans begin a five...offseason, when owners and ... |
 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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Holmgren is riding high - and dry Seahawks coach able to avoid victory dunk,...
...championship teams, so he knows...trip to the Super Bowl as a...this Seahawks team and those Super Broncos teams. "These...s such a team. They never...game, team owner Paul Allen hoisted the ... |
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Owner of Atlanta football team seeks Super Bowl bid for city in 2009.
...Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank...lure the 2009 Super Bowl. On...the National Football League owners were in Atlanta...with other owners" to make...last time the football championship...with the 2007 ... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Football: Fans united in their outrage
...proclaimed its owner. "And he...all English football fans are supporters...dominated English football in the 1990s...Murdoch, the fans say, is not...the European super league. They...spin-off teams in Japan ... |
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Nostalgia for Football Fans
...eternal autumn of football memories...invites VCR owners to do the same...Strange but True Football Stories...oddities, and "Super Sundays: A...look at the team's first 50...devoted to football, with auto...real thinking ... |
 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Football fan of the cloth has a prayer for the dying; Ged Scott meets the...
...Mansley, man of the cloth...Chester City fan. It should...businessman owner tried to pull...by previous owners eight years...winning team and, when...preaching of fans like the Rev...predicament on Football ... |
 "Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH)")
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SUPER MOMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL HISTORY
...But the Super Bowl is something...majority of pro football fans who do not...National Football League and...American Football League on...American League team that is only...Steelers owner Art Rooney...the ... |
 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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AMERICAN FOOTBALL: JUST WIN BABY; SUPER BOWL XXXVII: ONLY TWO DAYS TO GO...
...The NFL's Men In Silver...down from owner Al Davis to their rowdy fans, the Raider...lost in the Super Bowl, but...Davis, whose football philosophy...back. The team's motto...any other team in the ... |
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