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Study reveals birth month impact on football careers

Because most football confederations use 1st January as an eligibility date for their youth squads, January-born players are almost one year ...

The Most Famous Football Player From Every State - Business Insider

The quarterback, who was born in New Orleans, spent his 18 NFL seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and the Denver Broncos, and he won the Super ...

NFL Birthdays

Downloadable list of birthdays for every NFL player.

How the NFL took over America in 100 years - ESPN

The NFL's roots can be traced to the northeast corner of Ohio, where football was nothing more than a competitive outlet for college athletes ...

1956: The Beginning | NFLPA

Legend has it that the NFL Players Association was born out of a simple demand: clean socks and jocks. Truth be told, pro football players wanted a little ...

What State Produces the Most NFL Players? - Action Network

We've ranked the best NFL-talent producing universities in Texas, California, Florida, North Carolina, and Alabama.

Jim Thorpe (1951) - Hall of Fame - National Football Foundation

Date of Birth: May 28, 1888. Place of Death: Lomita, CA Date of Death ... He played pro football 1915-28, major league baseball 1913-19, and witnesses ...

The Birth of the American Football League: A New Era in ... - YouTube

Join us on Daily Sports History as we explore the origins of the American Football League (AFL), founded in 1960 as a bold rival to the NFL.

The Birth of American Football: Its Origins, Inventors, and Name

Walter Camp was a student and football player at Yale from 1876 to 1881. He was a regular attendee at meetings of the Intercollegiate Football ...

Walter Payton - Stats, Death & Career - Biography (Bio.)

Birth Country · United States ; Gender · Male ; Best Known For · One of the greatest players in NFL history, Walter Payton earned nine Pro Bowl ...

The Birth of American Football - Playo Blog

History of American Football. The first ever game that was played was on the 6th of November, 1869 in New Jersey. The match was between the two colleges, ...

The jaw-dropping story behind an NFL coach's search for his family

With her parents' blessing, Briggs had decided that when the child was born, she would put him up for adoption. "My mother was still cleaning up ...

Oldest NFL Teams: Full list of the first NFL franchises - FOX Sports

The Arizona Cardinals are the oldest established team in the NFL. They were established in 1898 as an independent team and joined the NFL in its founding year ...

1st college football game ever was New Jersey vs. Rutgers in 1869

Rutgers and New Jersey (later known as Princeton) faced off in what is considered to be the first American football game ever played on Nov. 6, 1869.

History - Green Bay Packers

27, 1921, the year-old American Professional Football Association awarded a franchise to the Acme Packers of Green Bay during a league meeting in Chicago. The ...

Who Invented Football? A Closer Look at Walter Camp, the Father of ...

The first official game of American football was played in 1869 between Rutgers University and Princeton University. At the time, there was no ...

Troy Aikman (2008) - Hall of Fame - National Football Foundation

Place of Birth: West Covina, CA Date of ... Spending his entire career with the Cowboys, Aikman was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2006.

How to Be Eligible to Get Into the NFL (with Pictures) - wikiHow

Start training in or before high school so you can gain both experience and exposure. Once you get to college, your next step is to train for the NFL draft.

I mapped out the birthplace of every player in the Pro Football Hall of ...

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Hall of Fame set to honor Browns with 'A Legacy Unleashed' exhibit

The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton is preparing a limited time exhibit to honor the history of the Browns from their birth in 1946.