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19 unusual facts about American Football


Basketball positions

They are responsible for directing plays, making the position equivalent to that of play-making midfielder in association football, setter in volleyball, quarterback in American football, or center in ice hockey.

Bobbie E. Brown

He qualified as an expert with every weapon in army's arsenal and took up boxing and American football.

Bught

The sports fields are used as the home grounds for Inverness Blitz American football home games.

Charles H. Gerhardt

The younger Gerhardt attended the United States Military Academy at West Point where he earned a reputation as a skilled football, baseball and polo player.

Finger Lakes Falcons

The Finger Lakes Falcons are an independent women's football team based in the Finger Lakes area of New York and set to begin play for 2012.

Goodyear Silents

The Goodyear Silents were a semi-professional football team based in Akron, Ohio, composed of deaf players.

Ground game

In American football, an offensive strategy based on running the ball rather than relying on the forward pass

Jack Batton

Batton graduated in 1932 from Minden High School, where in the fall of 1931 he played football.

John F. Laboon

In 1942, he was a member of the All-East Football Team, and in 1943, "jumped ship" to lacrosse, where he was selected for the Intercollegiate National Championship Navy Lacrosse Team, defenseman on the All-American Lacrosse Squad, and participated in the North-South All-Star game.

Jules Yakapovich

Jules Yakapovich (1921–1993) was an American football coach.

KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl

The KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl is a series of football games, typically held on the first weekend of December, that determine the high school champions of the U.S. state of Kentucky.

Line Defense

The Line Defense was a defensive line play formation, in American football strategy, that was applied to basketball.

Milton Lewis

He attended Gainesville High School, where he was a stand-out athlete, leading the swimming and football teams.

Pere Marquette 1225

The children's book was written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg, who grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and as a child attended every home football game at Michigan State, next to which this engine was on static display.

Philip A. Payton, Jr.

Dr. Joseph Charles Price, founder of Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina, was a personal friend of Payton's father, and Payton attended the institution, but left after one year due to an injury sustained while playing football.

Pinky Babb

Julius Wistar "Pinky" Babb (born in Princeton, South Carolina) is one of the nation's most storied high school football coaches.

The Forward Pass

The Forward Pass, also known as To match tis doxis in Greece, is a 1929 black-and-white American football musical film directed by Edward F. Cline, starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Loretta Young.

Tingley Field

Eventually, the city redeveloped Tingley Field into a public park with softball and football fields.

WREC

In the fall of 2006, WREC assumed the broadcast rights for the football and basketball teams of the University of Memphis.


1970 Lubbock tornado

At about 9:35PM, a second and much more significant tornado touched down near the campus of Texas Tech University, snapping light poles at Jones Stadium, home of the Red Raider football team, then began to track northeast, carving a path of destruction that at its peak reached almost two miles in width right through the heart of the city.

2006 Denver Broncos season

Pittsburgh again, down by 11 nearly made it a 4-point game when WR Hines Ward leapt into the end zone, but fumbled from a John Lynch (American football) tackle, whereby the Broncos safety Curome Cox recovered the fumble.

Bob Schloredt

He played in the 1960 and 1961 Rose Bowls and is the first, of only four players (the others are Charles White, Ron Dayne, and Vince Young), to be twice named the Most Valuable Player.

Bob Shannon

Pro football player Dana Howard and baseball player Homer Bush, then a high school football star, are among those in the book.

Bruce Herron

In December 2012, Herron and former players Raymond Austin and Gerry Sullivan filed a lawsuit against the NFL over their handling of concussions.

Bruce Matthews

Bruce Matthews (American football), former NFL football player, currently coach for the Tennessee Titans

Bryce Brown

Brown, along with his brother Arthur, were named in a report from Yahoo! Sports alleging that student-athletes, coaches and administrators were aware and received impermissible benefits from an ex-booster Nevin Shapiro.

Buzz Bissinger

Bissinger is perhaps best known for his book Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream, which documents the 1988 season of the football team of Permian High School in Odessa, Texas.

Charles Dagnall

After his retirement from cricket, Dagnall attempted a career in American football with the Leicester Falcons, playing at quarterback.

Chasing the Bear

The recollection ends with Spenser going off to college in Boston on a football scholarship.

Chloe Sutton

Her father is a U.S. Air Force officer who was in the Pentagon at the time of the September 11 attacks and is a former football player who played for the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Chris Denari

Then he announced with Jeremy Leman and Tony Banks the Louisiana Tech at Illinois game in Champaign Illinois.

Chris Polian

He was the vice president and general manager of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League from 2009 to 2011.

Clay Matthews, Jr.

Clay and his brother Bruce competed with members of their family on the popular TV game show Family Feud, with Richard Dawson.

Dan Neal

Dan Neal (born August 30, 1949 in Corbin, Kentucky) is a former American Football player who played offensive line for eleven seasons between 1973 and 1983 for the Baltimore Colts and the Chicago Bears.

Dick Frahm

Herald Samuel Frahm (April 11, 1906 – October 19, 1977) was an American football halfback for the Staten Island Stapletons, the Boston Redskins, and the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League and the St. Louis/Kansas City Blues of the 1934 version of the American Football League.

Edd Hargett

Edward Eugene Hargett (born June 26, 1947 in Marietta, Texas) is a former American football quarterback for Texas A&M University who went on to play professionally for the NFL's New Orleans Saints and Houston Oilers.

Gary Zimmerman

Zimmerman joins Reggie White, Steve Young, Jim Kelly, Marv Levy, and Sid Gillman as former USFL league members who are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

George F. Veenker

In football, Veenker had responsibility for coaching the ends, including College Football Hall of Fame end, Bennie Oosterbaan.

Hal Lewis

Hal Lewis (American football, born 1944), American football player for the Denver Broncos, see List of American Football League players

Harlan Huckleby

Harlan Charles Huckleby (born December 30, 1957) is a former professional American football running back and kick returner who was drafted by the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL).

Jack Cassel

Jack's younger brother, Matt Cassel, is an American football player with the Minnesota Vikings, and his other younger brother, Justin Cassel, is a minor league baseball player in the farm system of the Chicago White Sox.

Jay Kordich

After three years in the United States Navy, he won a football scholarship to the University of Southern California and in 1949 was drafted by the Green Bay Packers.

Jeff Dellenbach

Jeffrey Alan Dellenbach (born February 14, 1963 in Wausau, Wisconsin) is a former American football center in the National Football League for the Miami Dolphins, New England Patriots, Green Bay Packers, and the Philadelphia Eagles.

Jim Kubiak

In 2005 he signed with the Georgia Force, on the first day of the AFL's free agency signing period, where he rejoined former teammates and coaches from Dallas, Offensive coordinator Steve Thonn, WR/LB Dialleo Burks and WR/DB Luke Leverson.

Joe Lombardi

In that Super Bowl, the Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts, then led by head coach Jim Caldwell, who later hired Lombardi after becoming the new head coach in Detroit in 2014.

Kenneth R. Shadrick

During his sophomore year in 1948, he developed an interest in American football and managed to make the school's team, though he was small for his age.

Kickers, Inc.

Created by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz, the series featured a group of former professional American football players for the fictional New York Smashers team who became a group of heroes for hire, calling themselves "Kickers Inc."

Le'Shai Maston

Le'Shai Edwoin Maston (born October 7, 1970) is a former American football running back in the National Football League and current head football coach at Providence Christian School of Dallas, Texas.

Lockhart Stadium

It was originally designed to host American football and track and field competitions for four local high schools: Fort Lauderdale High School, Stranahan High School, Northeast High School, and Dillard High School.

Mark Stepnoski

He signed with the University of Pittsburgh and became a four-year starter at offensive guard, helping clear the way for Craig Heyward and Curvin Richards to become two of the leading rushers in the nation.

Maurkice Pouncey

Pouncey entered the 2010 NFL Draft as the consensus No. 1 center available, ahead of Matt Tennant, J. D. Walton, and Eric Olsen.

Mike Mucitelli

During high school, Mucitelli practiced football, basketball and baseball and earned multiple honors within these sports.

Nate Burleson

After signing with the Lions, Burleson has given himself two nicknames; Nate "Touchdown" Burleson and "Recepticon," keeping with the Transformers-themed nickname "Megatron" established for fellow receiver Calvin Johnson.

Nicky Savoie

Nicky John Savoie (born on September 21, 1973 in Cut Off, Louisiana) is a former American football tight end who has a one year career in the National Football League.

Paul Schwegler

Paul Anthony Schwegler, born May 22, 1907 to immigrant parents from Germany and Russian Poland, was an American football defensive tackle.

Randy Hughes

Hughes played football at Tulsa Memorial High School, where he was chosen by the Tulsa World newspaper as the Prep Player of the Year, becoming the first defensive back to ever win the award.

Raymond Clayborn

Raymond DeWayne Clayborn (born January 2, 1955 in Fort Worth, Texas), is a former American Football cornerback who played for the New England Patriots (1977–1989) and Cleveland Browns (1990, 1991) in the NFL.

Remco van Eijden

His walk-on music at the Lakeside was the theme tune to NFL on Fox, which related to van Eijden being a huge American football fan, in particular the San Francisco 49ers.

Rodrigo Barnes

Rodrigo DeTriana Barnes (born February 10, 1950 in Waco, Texas) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League.

Ron Davenport

Ronald Donovan Davenport (born December 22, 1962 in Somerset, Bermuda) is a former professional American football fullback in the National Football League.

Ryan Castro

While attending East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU) to play NCAA Division II American football, he became involved in theater after taking acting classes with Erma Duricko.

Stamps, Arkansas

From 1948-1950, the former professional football player George Doherty coached at Stamps High School and turned a winless team into two district championships and a second-place finish statewide.

Stan Barnes

Born in Wisconsin, Barnes played high school football at San Diego High for Clarence "Nibs" Price, who encouraged his brightest players, starting with Barnes, to follow his path to Berkeley to play for the California Golden Bears under coach Andy Smith.

Super Agent

In each episode the sports agents were given assignments that allowed them to demonstrate their skills and talents as agents for Cody as he deliberated on which agent would ultimately be hired to manage his multi-million dollar American football career.

Tex Maule

Hamilton Prieleaux Bee Maule, commonly known as Tex Maule (May 19, 1915 in Ojus, Florida — May 16, 1981) was the lead American football writer for Sports Illustrated in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s.

The Barclays

Since the move to late August, the Barclays has traditionally closed CBS Sports' PGA Tour television schedule, due to the network's commitment to airing SEC College and NFL football, as well as the U.S. Open tennis tournament, during the fall months.

Vaughan Johnson

Vaughan Monroe Johnson (born March 24, 1962 in Morehead City, North Carolina) is a retired American football linebacker.