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8 unusual facts about Pro Bowl


Can I Go Now

In order to promote the single, Hewitt appeared on TV shows and events including ProBowl, The Orlando Jones Show and performing an acoustic version of the song on Sessions@AOL.

Doping in the United States

Starting the 2007 season, the new rule would prohibit any player testing positive for banned substances from being able to play in the Pro Bowl that year.

Intentional grounding

In the NFL Pro Bowl, intentional grounding is legal in order to make the game safer.

Kealoha

Featured at major venues throughout the world including the Nuyorican Poets Cafe (New York City), the Bowery Poetry Club (New York City), the Green Mill (Chicago), New Jersey Performing Arts Center (Planet Hip-Hop Festival), the Schiffbau (Zurich, Switzerland), the Rokerij (Amsterdam, Netherlands), the Bienal do Ibirapuera (São Paulo, Brazil), and the NFL Pro Bowl halftime show.

South Dayton, New York

Bill Bergey, retired National Football League player who made five Pro Bowls during his career, was born and raised in the village.

Takin' Back My Love

Iglesias and Ciara both performed the single for the first time at the 2009 Pro Bowl Half-time Show in Hawaii.

The Big Salad

Although the character of Major League Baseball catcher Steve Gendason is fictional, the National Football League player Bobby Hebert that George discusses with Julie is an actual former Pro Bowl quarterback.

You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown

He then comes in first and is cheered, only to learn that the organizers were unable to afford the original grand prize of Pro Bowl tickets.


1977 Pro Bowl

The 1977 Pro Bowl was the NFL's 27th annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1976 season.

1988 Pro Bowl

The 1988 Pro Bowl was the NFL's 38th annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1987 season.

Bernard Glieberman

He then signed former National Football League Pro Bowl defensive lineman Dexter Manley, who had been banned from the NFL for life due to cocaine abuse.

Clancy Barone

As a coach in the National Football League he has coached in the NFC Championship Game, The AFC Championship Game, three Pro Bowl Games (once as an Offensive Line Coach and twice as the Tight Ends Coach) and has been instrumental in the development of two of the top tight ends to ever play in the NFL: Alge Crumpler of the Atlanta Falcons and Antonio Gates of the San Diego Chargers.

DeAngelo Williams

Despite missing all of 3 games and most of 2 more due to injury, Williams managed to rush for 1,117 yards and 7 touchdowns on 216 carries, as well as receiving for 252 yards on 29 catches, earning himself a spot in the Pro Bowl.

Donovan Warren

Warren's godfather, former Pro Bowl defensive back Mark Carrier, is an assistant coach with the Jets.

Emmitt Thomas

On February 1, 2010 he was hired as the secondary coach of the Kansas City Chiefs where he had coached Pro Bowl players Eric Berry and Brandon Flowers.

J. R. Russell

He was re-signed to the Bucs' practice squad on November 30, 2005, and was competing for a spot on the opening day roster, along with former Arizona Cardinals Pro Bowler David Boston and rookie Maurice Stovall from Notre Dame.

Jason Witten

In 2004, Witten had 87 catches, eleventh most in history by a tight end and a Cowboys team record for the position, and was selected to his first Pro Bowl, becoming a part of the Cowboys franchise's legacy of great tight ends that includes: Jim Doran, Lee Folkins, Pettis Norman, Mike Ditka, Billy Joe DuPree, Jackie Smith, Doug Cosbie and Jay Novacek.

Josh Kline

By the end of the season, on the Patriots depth chart, he was listed as the second-team left guard behind starter and six-time Pro Bowl selection Mankins as well as second-team right guard behind Dan Connolly.

Josh Sitton

In 2010, he was named Offensive Lineman of the Year by the NFL Alumni Association and was selected as a Pro Bowl alternate.

Ken Norton, Jr.

From 2004-2009, he served as the linebacker coach for the Trojans; while at USC he helped recruit and develop NFL-bound linebackers such as NFL Pro Bowler Lofa Tatupu, Dallas Sartz, Keith Rivers, Brian Cushing, Kaluka Maiava, Clay Matthews III, and Rey Maualuga.

Lincoln Blue Tigers

Lemar Parrish, Former eight-time pro bowl NFL defensive back in the 1970s and early 1980s, and former head coach of the Blue Tiger football team from 2004 to 2009.

London Fletcher

Fletcher has been named a Pro Bowl alternate eleven times during his career and did not attend his first one until the 2010 Pro Bowl via replacing Jonathan Vilma; as a result, Fletcher called himself the NFL version of Susan Lucci, who won a Daytime Emmy in 1999 in her 19th attempt.

Maurkice Pouncey

He was drafted by the Steelers in the first round of the 2010 NFL Draft, and is a three-time Pro Bowl selection.

Raul Striker, Jr.

2014 will mark his twelfth season with the Marlins and his partner is Cookie Rojas and has been with the Marlins since 2003 and serves as an analyst for Univision Radio's coverage of the National Football League including the playoffs and the Pro Bowl.

Sam Cunningham

He is the older brother of former UNLV and NFL quarterback (and All-America punter and Pro Bowl quarterback) Randall Cunningham and uncle of Randall Cunningham II.

Ty Cobb Museum

Charter inductees are Cobb, 1943 American League (A.L.) MVP Spud Chandler, National Football League Pro Bowl lineman Tony Jones and College Football All-American quarterback Dee Dowis.

Will Payne

He played on Columbia University's football squad all four years, where he was a teammate of Marcellus Wiley, who went on to become a Pro Bowl defensive end in the NFL.


see also

Bill Khayat

His uncle Robert Khayat, the Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Mississippi, was a Pro Bowl kicker for the Washington Redskins and the recipient of the NFL’s Alumni Achievement Award and the National Football Foundation Distinguished American Award.

Cherryville, North Carolina

Jack Tatum (born in Cherryville, November 18, 1948), professional football player with the Oakland Raiders and Houston Oilers of the National Football League, three-time Pro Bowl selection and Super Bowl champion

Isaac Bruce

In 2001 the Rams returned to the Super Bowl, losing to the New England Patriots, and Bruce made the Pro Bowl for the fourth time, becoming only the third receiver in team history to earn three consecutive Pro Bowl invitations (Elroy Hirsch 1951-53, Jim Phillips 1960-62).

Jason Peters

He was the first Bills offensive lineman to make the Pro Bowl since Ruben Brown in 2003.

Lacey, Washington

NFL Washington Redskins Pro Bowl Fullback Mike Sellers graduated from North Thurston High School, and returns to Lacey in the off-season.

Rob Ryan

With Ryan as his position coach, cornerback Aeneas Williams earned two trips to the Pro Bowl in 1994 and 1995.

Summerville, South Carolina

A. J. Green, Second year and 2x NFL Pro Bowl Wide Receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals

Wayne State College

Byron Chamberlain was a seventh round draft pick of the Denver Broncos in 1995 and later became a Pro Bowl tight end with the Minnesota Vikings in 2001.