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30 unusual facts about National Football League


1971 Maryville 200

Abbreviation of the Cup Series schedule was the "order of the day" in the 1970s as the new sponsors wanted NASCAR to have a schedule that was structured closer to that of the National Football League.

1971 NSWRFL season

Under the guidance of revolutionary head-coach Jack Gibson who was in 1971 beginning to embrace the attitude and training methods used in the United States' National Football League, St. George in 1971 had reached the Grand Final in all three grades.

44th and Parkside Ballpark

(A similar club composed of players who worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad's "Panhandle Division" in Ohio would enter the National Football League as the Columbus Panhandles.)

Athletes' Performance

EXOS has trained 6 NFL overall #1 picks, 94 NFL first round draft picks and 459 total NFL draftees, 9 NBA first-round picks, World Cup heroes (US Women's Soccer and German Men's Soccer), and hosts of All-Stars across every major sport.

Borah High School

Cedric Minter, CFL & NFL running back, high school principal, class of 1977

Cass Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania

Harry Butsko is the only known Cass Twp resident to play football in the National Football League, playing for the Washington Redskins in 1963.

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

CJMT-DT

During the 2007 season, CJMT began airing NFL games, usually the alternate to whatever airs on Sportsnet and CKVU-DT.

DiskothiQ

The band released five albums between 1994 and 1999, including The Football Albums, a double album consisting of one song about each team in the NFL.

Edge coloring

Similar coloring techniques may also be used to schedule other sports pairings that are not all-play-all; for instance, in the National Football League, the pairs of teams that will play each other in a given year are determined, based on the teams' records from the previous year, and then an edge coloring algorithm is applied to the graph formed by the set of pairings in order to assign games to the weekends on which they are played.

Fox NFL Kickoff

Fox NFL Kickoff is an hour-long television program featuring news and analysis of the week's upcoming NFL games.

George S. Gaadt

He worked for the National Football League for twenty-five years as an Illustrator and Photographer.

Jennifer Gale

Gale claimed in 2008 that if elected to the Austin City Council she would get a National Football League team to move to Austin.

Jess Rodriguez

Jesse Rodriguez (August 7, 1901 – October 12, 1983) was a professional football player for the Buffalo Bisons of the National Football League.

John Madden Football '92

As in previous versions of the video game, there are no NFL or NFLPA licenses for authentic teams, player names, and stadia.

KODA

When the Houston Oilers were a National Football League team (they are now the Tennessee Titans), it was the flagship radio station for at least the 1986 season.

Meant for Each Other

The opening track, "To Me" was co-written by former NFL player, Mike Reid, who would later become a country artist in the early 1990s.

New Atlanta Falcons stadium

The New Falcons Stadium is the working title for a proposed retractable-roof, multi-purpose stadium in Atlanta, Georgia that will serve as the home of the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL).

NewsFutures

During the 2003-2004 National Football League season, the play-money predictions of NewsFutures were systematically compared to the real-money predictions of TradeSports (now Intrade) and found to be just as accurate.

Normal Park

They changed their name again, to "Chicago Cardinals", to avoid confusion after the National Football League fielded a team in Racine, Wisconsin.

Original Six

By 1963, when Rangers governor William M. Jennings first introduced to his peers the idea of expanding the NHL, other major sports leagues were growing: Major League Baseball and the National Football League were adding teams, while the American Football League was becoming an attractive alternative to the NFL.

Phoenix Christian Junior/Senior High School

Notable alumni include NFL quarterback Tim Rattay; Vonda Kay Van Dyke, 1965 Miss America; Steve Green, a gospel singer, University of Wyoming football letterman Jeff Smith, Anthony Stannard, and Sean Bowman, University of Arizona football letterman Aaron Huisman, Washington State University football letterman Jimmy Wilson, and Boise State University football letterman Kyle Gingg.

Playmakers

In Denmark, the show was broadcast on the TV2 ZULU who owned the license to NFL in Denmark at the time.

Rico Smith Jr.

(born January 14, 1969) is a former American college and professional football player who was receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons.

Rudder Middle School

Priest Holmes, NFL Running back who played for the Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens, attended Rudder Middle School from 1985 to 1988.

The Band That Wouldn't Die

When Baltimore was in the running for a National Football League franchise in the 1990s, Ziemann enlisted the band's help in convincing the Maryland General Assembly, the state legislature, to approve funding for a new football stadium.1

Trick bowling

More recently, the PBA brought trick bowling to the national spotlight by creating a trick bowling competition, similar to the All-Star games of other professional sports leagues, the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball, National Football League, and National Hockey League.

Underwater football

These include a 10-pound pool brick, a junior sized NFL-style football, and a junior sized basketball, all with negative buoyancy.

XEWW-AM

For a number of years, the station was the broadcast home of the San Diego Chargers National Football League team.

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The out-of-market team was carried because the son of station manager John Lynch was on scholarship with the team; the younger Lynch would go on to star in the National Football League.


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.

1994 Denver Broncos season

The 1994 Denver Broncos season was the team's 35th year in professional football and its 25th with the National Football League.

2010 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship

Baltimore, Maryland was selected as the host for the final and semifinals, which were held at M&T Bank Stadium, the home field of the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League.

Adam Crossett

Matthew Adam Crossett (born March 14, 1985 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American football punter/Kicker (American football) in the National Football League for the Indianapolis Colts.

Alvin Maxson

Alvin Earl Maxson (born November 12, 1951 in Beaumont, Texas) is a former American football running back in the National Football League.

Andre Royal

Andre Tierre Royal (born December 1, 1972 in Theodore, Alabama) is a former professional football player in the National Football League who played linebacker for five seasons for the Carolina Panthers and the Indianapolis Colts.

Björn Nittmo

Björn Arne Nittmo (born June 26, 1966 in Lomma, Sweden) is a retired American football placekicker, being the second Swedish-born player ever in the National Football League (behind only Ove Johansson, who briefly played in the NFL in 1976).

Bobby Crumpler

Bobby Crumpler (born April 23, 1965 in Newton Grove, North Carolina) is the assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League.

Booker Reese

Booker Reese (born September 20, 1959) is a former American Football defensive end who played four seasons for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Los Angeles Rams from 1982 to 1985 in the National Football League.

Bree Cuppoletti

Randolph Bruno "Bree" Cuppoletti (born June 19, 1910 – September 22, 1960) was a professional American football player who played guard for six seasons for the Chicago Cardinals and Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.

Dave Noble

After his college years, Noble played three seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and one in the American Football League (AFL), and was voted to the NFL All-Pro team in 1925.

Dawmont, West Virginia

Former National Football League player and University of Pittsburgh football coach Foge Fazio was born in Dawmont.

Doug Van Horn

Douglas Claydon Van Horn (born June 24, 1944 in Sedalia, Missouri) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions and New York Giants.

Football Friday

Football Friday is a fast-paced program that covers everything from college football to the National Football League and even high school football.

George Munday

George Munday (June 13, 1907 – October 1975) was a professional football player who played 4 seasons in the National Football League for the Cleveland Indians, New York Giants, Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Gunners.

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.

Joe Rutgens

Joseph Casimiere Rutgens (born January 26, 1939 in Cedar Point, Illinois) is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins.

KAHZ

Six years earlier, it was the local affiliate of the Phoenix Cardinals in that NFL team's first season in the desert Southwest.

Longport, New Jersey

Heinie Miller (1893–1964), football player who played in the early years of the National Football League for the Buffalo All-Americans and the Milwaukee Badgers.

Lorn Brown

Brown also turned his baritone voice toward work in the commercial voice-over field, narrating commercials for Budweiser beer, Ace Hardware, and the National Football League, among others.

Michael Bamiro

Michael Bamiro (born October 9, 1990) is an American football offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL).

Mike Westhoff

Mike Westhoff is the former special teams coach for the New York Jets of the National Football League.

Nate Menkin

Nate Menkin (born October 4, 1988) is an American football player for the Houston Texans of the National Football League.

Nolan Gottlieb

His father Stuart Gottlieb played four years as an offensive tackle with the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL.

Norris Division

As part of his shtick, ESPN's Chris Berman often refers to the National Football League's NFC North division (previously the NFC Central division) as the Norris Division or "NFC Norris" since the two divisions included teams from three of the same cities: Chicago, Detroit, and Minneapolis–St. Paul.

Pat Swilling

Patrick Travis Swilling (born October 25, 1964) is a former American football linebacker in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions, and Oakland Raiders, and a former delegate in the Louisiana House of Representatives.

Percy W. Griffiths

He played one professional season (1921) with the Canton Bulldogs of the National Football League.

Peter Hadhazy

Peter "Pete" Hadhazy (February 9, 1944- April 3, 2006), was an American football executive, who served as the General Manager of the Cleveland Browns from 1976-81 and also as an executive for the National Football League, the short-lived United States Football League and the World League of American Football.

Playmakers

Although the ratings were very high for ESPN—Playmakers was the highest-rated show on the network other than its Sunday night NFL and Saturday college football games—ESPN eventually canceled the series under pressure from the National Football League, who thought professional football was being negatively portrayed.

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.

Ralph Capron

He also played football in the American Professional Football Association (Later renamed the National Football League in 1922) with the Chicago Tigers in 1920.

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.

Scottish Claymores

The Claymores' first roster included five players sent to the club from the NFL, including quarterbacks Matt Blundin from the Kansas City Chiefs and Lee Williamson from the Houston Oilers; as with all World League teams, it included 7 "national" players, including wide-receiver Scott Couper.

Spec Sanders

Orban Eugene "Spec" Sanders (born January 26, 1919 in Temple, Oklahoma) was a former American football running back, quarterback, and punter in the All-America Football Conference and a defensive back in the National Football League for the New York Yanks.

Stanley Druckenmiller

In July 2008, Druckenmiller emerged as a potential investor in the Pittsburgh Steelers franchise of the National Football League.

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.

Tonawanda High School

The school's football field was at one time the home of the Tonawanda Kardex, a professional football team, who achieved fame by playing in just one game as a member of the National Football League in 1921.

Tropical Park Race Track

A major gambler from Cleveland, Ohio, Silberman was a former majority shareholder of the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League who had also owned Randall Park Race Track in North Randall, Ohio and the Painesville Raceway in Northfield, Ohio.

Trot Nixon

In football, as a senior, he broke school passing records held by former National Football League quarterbacks Sonny Jurgensen and Roman Gabriel.

Twan Russell

Twan Sanchez Russell (born April 25, 1974 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, the Miami Dolphins, and the Atlanta Falcons.

Ty Knott

Ty Knott is a former assistant coach in the National Football League and current defensive coordinator at the University of Minnesota Crookston

Tyrone Nix

He is the brother of Derrick Nix, a former Southern Miss star and former Southern Miss assistant coach as well as a former Atlanta Falcons assistant coach in the NFL.

Zygi Wilf

Zygmunt "Zygi" Wilf (born April 22, 1950) is the principal owner of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League.