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20 unusual facts about Seattle Seahawks


Cambridge Elementary School

One of only four winners in Canada, Wedel brought Seattle Seahawks cornerback Marcus Trufant to school on April 1st 2010.

Christian Mohr

Five years later, Christian Mohr signed a two year contract with the Seattle Seahawks in 2005, despite never having played college football in the United States.

DeAngelo Hall

Hall would then record five tackles, five pass break-ups, and an interception in Week 12 against the Seattle Seahawks.

Houghton, Washington

The headquarters of the Seattle Seahawks were located in Houghton, near Northwest University until moving to new quarters in Renton in 2008.

John Spellman

Spellman supervised the controversial process of siting and building the Kingdome, the domed stadium that provided the first home for the Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Mariners, and initiated early efforts to deal with uncontrolled growth.

Mallory Holtman

The three also participated in a 12th man flag raising ceremony before the start of the August 22, 2009 pre season game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Denver Broncos NFL teams at Qwest Field in Seattle.

Martin Jenkins

After college, Jenkins briefly played professional football for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League.

Mindcrime at the Moore

The group performed that album and 1988's Operation: Mindcrime in their entirety, supported by a cast of actors and by the Seattle Seahawks Drumline.

Northwest Cable News

Fone Zone is a live call-in show which airs shortly after each Seattle Seahawks game ends on Sundays.

Porkchop Cash

Floyd Womack of the National Football League's Seattle Seahawks received the nickname "Pork Chop Womack" from his mother because she thought that her son looked like Porkchop Cash.

Rick Moffat

When the Alouettes returned CFL play to Montreal, Moffat worked with CJAD 800 broadcast legend Ted Blackman, former Seattle Seahawk and Toronto Argonaut Tommy Kane, as well as longtime Alouette all-star Tony Proudfoot, who would become Moffat's co-host in the booth until the 2008 season.

Ronald Coder

His son, Ron Coder later played football at Penn State and with the Seattle Seahawks.

Samuel Gutekunst

As a Free Agent,Samuel Gutekunst was assigned to the Seattle Seahawks in 2008 but missed training camp and the 2008 season after sustaining an injury to his lower back.

Schae Harrison

Prior to joining The Bold and the Beautiful, Harrison was a Seattle Seahawks cheerleader from 1983 to 1984.

Her innovative dance style and choreography led to a position with the NFL Seattle Seahawks' cheerleading-dance squad.

Seattle Majestics

The team has also had the distinction of entertaining the crowd at Qwest Field prior to the kickoff of the Seattle Seahawks and has been featured on ESPN.

Simon Fraser Clan

Former Clan wide receiver Victor Marshall was invited to the Seattle Seahawks rookie camp in May 2013 and earned a contract on May 13 to take part in Organized Team Activities and training camp as a tight end.

Sir Purr

On his page at the Panthers' web site, he describes his favorites snacks as "birds like falcons and eagles and seahawks.

Transition tag

Seattle Seahawks - Steve Hutchinson G (Signed with Minnesota Vikings)

The transition tag is currently at the center of a controversy regarding its potential usefulness in light of the contract offered by the Minnesota Vikings to Steve Hutchinson, an offensive guard who had received the transition tag following the 2005 season from the Seattle Seahawks.


1979 NBA Finals

Besides the Seattle Metropolitans victory in the Stanley Cup in 1917, this remained Seattle's only men's professional sports championship until the Seattle Seahawks won Super Bowl XLVIII.

1988 Kansas City Chiefs season

Bill Kenney opened the team’s initial two games at quarterback, but was replaced by DeBerg for the second half against Seattle.

Athletic conference

An extreme example of this occurred in the NFL in 2010 in regards to the Seattle Seahawks, who achieved a playoff position despite having a losing record (the only time this has happened in a non-strike season).

Carl Eller

After being traded with an eighth round pick to Seattle Seahawks for defensive tackle Steve Niehaus, Eller played his final season in 1979 with the Seattle Seahawks, where he ran his career total to 225 games.

Don Dufek, Sr.

Two of Dufek's sons were All-American football players for the Michigan Wolverines: Bill and Don Dufek, Jr. - who was one of the original members of the Seattle Seahawks.

Gale Gilbert

Gilbert was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 1985, beginning his career as the third-string quarterback behind Dave Krieg and Jim Zorn.

Jeff Horton

Horton was hired by Tim Brewster in January 2010, after Jedd Fisch left for an opportunity to be the quarterbacks coach for the Seattle Seahawks.

Jim McIngvale

Gallery Furniture, prompted by McIngvale, ran a promotion for Super Bowl XLVIII promising customers a full refund on any purchase of more than $6,000 if the Seattle Seahawks, selected as the team of choice by a coin toss, won the Super Bowl.

KBRC

Local Skagit County sports contests are broadcast, as well as professional teams such as the Seattle Seahawks, the Seattle Mariners.

Kevin Vickerson

Vickerson was traded to the Seattle Seahawks with Lendale White a fourth (111) and fifth (185) round pick in the 2010 NFL Draft for a fourth (104) and fifth (176) round pick in the 2010 NFL Draft.

Lawrence McCutcheon

Lawrence McCutcheon (born June 2, 1950, in Plainview, Texas) is a former American football running back for the Los Angeles Rams from 1972–1980, the Denver Broncos & Seattle Seahawks in 1980 and finished his playing career in 1981 with the Buffalo Bills, reuniting with his former Rams coach Chuck Knox.

Mass Transit Super Bowl

Mass Transit Super Bowl is a public transportation plan and marketing strategy conceived for Super Bowl XLVIII and Super Bowl Week, a series of events leading up to the football game on February 2, 2014 between the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks.

Million Dollar Game

Maddox lost his starting job to Ben Roethlisberger in 2005, and was released in 2006, however still became the first former XFL player to be a part of a Super Bowl champion after the Steelers won Super Bowl XL over the Seattle Seahawks.

Oklahoma Panhandle State University

Frank Beede, a former offensive lineman for the Seattle Seahawks; Beede played offensive line for the OPSU aggies football team 1995-1996

Ruston Webster

He was previously the interim general manager of the Seattle Seahawks after serving as the vice president of player personnel under general manager Tim Ruskell.

Vic Rowen

Rowen has had two of his assistant coaches go on to lead teams as head coach in Super Bowls: Andy Reid with the Philadelphia Eagles and Mike Holmgren with both the Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks.

Zone run

However, this blocking scheme came to prominence when used by the Denver Broncos, under offensive line coach Alex Gibbs (formerly the offensive line coach for the Seattle Seahawks), and head coach Mike Shanahan.