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	Super Bowl [Definition]
		The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is the largest and most popular professional American football league in the world, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities.
		The game was played on February 1, 2004 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas, home of the host team Houston Texans (in its second season as the league's newest expansion team).
		Previous to the 1966 football season, American professional football's championship games were played for various league championships, and games were not played between league champions.
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	August 24 Events in History
		August 24, 1937 Republican offensive near Belchite Spain
		August 24, 1938 Virgil Trucks strikes out his 418th batter, highest season total in organized ball-for Andalusia in an Alabama-Florida League game
		August 24, 1981 Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life for Lennon's murder
	www.brainyhistory.com /days/august_24.html (1859 words)

	The Official Website of the Indianapolis Colts
		When Manning and James topped the NFL in their respective categories in 2000, it marked only the second time in NFL history (1937, Washington, QB-Sammy Baugh, RB-Cliff Battles) that one team had the passing and rushing champion.
		Manning, James and Harrison produced the feat again in 2003 and 2004 (and WRs-Reggie Wayne and Brandon Stokley joined the group, too), placing Indianapolis with its NFL-record fifth such offense.
		Manning’s 49 scoring passes broke the prior NFL record of Dan Marino (48, 1984), while his rating eclipsed the prior mark of Steve Young (112.8, 1994).
	www.colts.com /sub.cfm?page=coachbio&coach_id=10 (1281 words)

	Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		Mara’s extensive experience in organization, player personnel, trading and drafting helped produce 16 NFL/NFC divisional titles (two came after his induction into the Hall of Fame) and four NFL championships during his 68-season tenure that began with his graduation from Fordham in 1937.
		The son of the late Timothy J. Mara, who was the Giants founder and a charter member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Wellington Mara joined the Giants in 1937 as a part-time assistant to the president.
		With Mara’s extensive experience in organization, player personnel, trading and drafting, Giants won 16 divisional (including two after his induction), four NFL titles including two Super Bowls.
	www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=140 (397 words)

	Washington Redskins Tickets, Redskins Tickets, Washington Redskins Football Tickets, Washington Redskins Schedule
		The current team was officially organized in 1937 after the NFL approved a transfer of the Boston Redskins to Washington, D.C. Winning became the norm right away, as the Redskins captured a world title in their first season in Washington, defeating Chicago Bears 28-21 behind the stellar play of quarterback Sammy Baugh.
		No serious NFL fan is expecting Gibbs’ Redskins to struggle for a second consecutive season, which makes Redskins football tickets a hot commodity in the nation’s capital.
		Redskin.” For most who have had a chance to spend some time with the personable Green, the question of who is the greatest Washington Redskin to ever play is a fairly simple one.
	www.gotickets.com /sports/nfl/nfc/washington_redskins_1089173040.php (806 words)

	National Football League (NFL) History
		1n 1937 the Cleveland Rams are awarded an NFL franchise in the Western Division and the Boston Redskins moved to Washington.
		In 1950 the New York Bulldogs change their name to the New York Yanks, the Baltimore Colts folded after the season was over and the NFL realignes it's divisions.
		In 1943 the Cleveland Rams suspend operations and the Eagles and Steelers merge for one season to the Phil-Pitt Steagles.
	www.rauzulusstreet.com /football/profootball/nflhistory.htm (806 words)

	NFL INFO
		The Providence Steam Roller (1928 NFL Champions) drop out after the 1931 season.
		For instance, we know that Rock Island was in the Northwestern Football League in 1936, the Stapleton Buffaloes and Newark Tornadoes were in the American Association in 1936 and 1937.
		The St. Louis Gunners were in the Midwestern League in 1937.
	kitprice.net /football_server/standings/NFL/NFL_Info.htm (3214 words)

	The official site of the St. Louis Rams - Chronology
		Bob Waterfield, a third-round future draft choice in 1944 from UCLA joins team as T-formation quarterback and leads Rams to 9-1 season for first NFL West title.
		Bob Kelley, 'Voice of the Rams' since the club's beginning in 1937, dies in September.
		Waterfield becomes first player to receive unanimous vote for NFL Most Valuable Player award.
	www.stlouisrams.com /History/Chronology (4594 words)

	Premium Washington Redskins Football Tickets - Official Site For Washington Redskins Seats
		For all Washington Redskins tickets ordered during the off-season, the Redskins tickets will ship after being printed by the box office prior to the upcoming season.
		During the regular season, your Washington Redskins tickets will ship via Federal Express the same day that your Redskins ticket order is processed, unless otherwise noted.
		They play at Braves Field, home of the National League baseball team, and are called “The Braves.&; On July 8, 1933, The team moves to Fenway Park, home of the American League’s Boston Red Sox, and “The Braves&; become “The Redskins.” On Feb. 13, 1937, The Washington Redskins are officially born.
	www.exclusivetickets.com /nfl/washington-redskins-tickets.htm (598 words)

	Washington Redskins History
		Baugh knew who to throw the ball to by the end of that season, tossing TD passes of 55, 78 and 33 yards during the second half of a 28-21 victory over the Bears during the 1937 title game.
		Baugh clinched the NFL passing title and Battles the rushing crown, and, in what proved to be his final game in regular season, he had one of his finest days.
		Sammy was himself thinking of quitting pro football for baseball after his brilliant rookie season and Marshal1 was expending all of his efforts in trying to re-sign his ace passer.
	www.gprep.org /~sjochs/redskinshistory.htm (3293 words)

	Packers.com » Team » Players » Clarke Hinkle
		In 1937, Hinkle's best rushing season, he put together six consecutive games in which he scored a touchdown, a feat that has been bettered only by Don Hutson (twice) and Paul Hornung at seven straight games.
		Hinkle never gained more than 552 yards on the ground in any one season -- back when seasons were often as short as 11 games -- but his 3,860 career rushing yards still ranked sixth on the Packers' all-time list after Ahman Green moved up the charts with his record-breaking 2003 season.
		Member to two NFL Championship teams (1936, '39), Clarke Hinkle was one of the most versatile players in league history.
	www.packers.com /team/players/hinkle_clarke (404 words)

	Redskins Tickets - Redskins Ticket Center
		The Redskins have been playing NFL football in Washington since the 1937 season.
		Jeremiah Trotter anchored the Redskins defense in 2003 by recording a team high 115 tackles while also contributing sacks, tackles for loss, forced fumbles, and an interception, but in the off-season, he signed with the division rival Philadelphia Eagles.
		The Washington Redskins made news in the off-season when running back Clinton Portis was traded from Denver to Washington for cornerback Champ Bailey.
	www.getticketshere.com /nfl/redskins_tickets.htm (500 words)

	MSN Encarta - Bronko Nagurski
		Nagurski retired after the 1937 season to concentrate on professional wrestling.
		In 1943, when professional football teams were short of players because of World War II (1939-45), Nagurski returned to the Bears for one season and scored a touchdown in the Bears' championship victory against the Washington Redskins.
		Bronko Nagurski (1908-90), American professional football player who played for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL).
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761552154/Bronko_Nagurski.html (281 words)

	Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		Signing Edwards was a sensational move for the new team for Turk responded with nine superior seasons, winning All-NFL honors from major media outlets every year of his career except his last one.
		Edwards continued to stand out long after the Boston Redskins had become the Washington Redskins, but almost unbelievably, the seemingly indestructible Edwards was injured at a coin-tossing ceremony prior to a game against the New York Giants in the 1940 season.
		He stayed on with the Redskins first as an assistant coach and then as head coach until after the 1946 season.
	www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=62 (379 words)

	Strike
		1937 44-day sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint Mich ends
		1986 Mike Scott is 3rd NL pitcher to strike out 300 in a season (306)
		1995 Baseball exhibition season begins late due to strike
	www.brainyhistory.com /topics/s/strike.html (379 words)

	Hall of Famers - Giants.com
		Mara, whose entire lifetime has been dedicated to pro football, has helped the Giants produce 17 NFL/NFC divisional titles and six NFL championships during his 61-season tenure that began with his graduation from Fordham in 1937.
		As a rookie in 1981, he set the tone for his Hall of Fame career as he earned every defensive and rookie postseason honor possible.
		Mara and his father Tim, who was the founder of the Giants and a charter member of the Hall of Fame, are the first father and son to be accorded pro football's highest honor.
	www.giants.com /history/index.cfm?cont_id=72375 (379 words)

	Morton FC Directory at Linkcentre.com
		Firs Park saw the new Supporters Club flag make it's debut: The last day of the season saw a title decider at Morton, where our supporters were made most welcome in the Albert Hotel in Gourock, and back at Cappielow for the match: Next away matches: Stirling Albion (7/2/04) Bus leaves...
		Club: Queens Park FC Ground Capacity: 52,000 Record Attendance: 149,415, Scotland-England; 1937 Pitch...
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	linkcentre.com /sport/Football/Scottish-Football-Teams/Morton-FC/6.php (379 words)

	Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		Broken ankles twice endangered his pro football career and, in 1940, he won Most Valuable Player honors in the NFL even though he had suffered a broken left ankle in a summer baseball game that year.
		He joined the Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League, still really expecting to play out just one pro football season and then call it a career.
		Dodgers' No. 1 draftee in 1937, but signed Philadelphia Athletics baseball contract, expecting to play pro football briefly.
	www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=172 (379 words)

	NFL INFO
		Stapleton drops out of the NFL by the season's end.
		For instance, we know that Rock Island was in the Northwestern Football League in 1936, the Stapleton Buffaloes and Newark Tornadoes were in the American Association in 1936 and 1937.
		The Boston Bulldogs (aka Braves) were formed from the inactive Pottsville franchise, and the independent pro Stapleton Stapes of Staten Island took on parts of the inactive Brooklyn franchise and joined the NFL.
	kitprice.net /football_server/standings/NFL/NFL_Info.htm (379 words)

	Detroit Lions Site: Former Lion Byron White dead at 84
		White would go on to lead the NFL in rushing that season with 514 yards and five touchdowns in 12 games.
		White was a two-way star at the University of Colorado and was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in 1937.
		It was during his college career that White was dubbed âWhizzer,â a nickname he grew to detest.
	www.detroitlions.com /news/index.cfm?cont_id=105658 (349 words)

	Ballparks of the Negro Leagues and Barnstorming Black Baseball Teams
		These factors, along with the city's desire to build a single stadium that could house both the Reds and the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL led to the closure of Crosley and the mid-season move of the Reds in 1970 to Riverfront Stadium.
		The stadium structure was built in 1937 and the grandstand took its current shape by 1941.
		In 1995, $500,000 worth of improvements to the stadium were made, such as the installation of new seats, and upgrading the VIP section to include cup holders.
	www.nlbpa.com /ballparks.html (3647 words)

	CNNSI.com -- Baseball -- Boston Bees 1937 Fielding Stats
		Kick off the NFL Season with SI's Team Package!
		CNNSI.com -- Baseball -- Boston Bees 1937 Fielding Stats
	www.cnn.com /cnnsi/baseball/mlb/stats/alltime/fielding/bees/1937/e.html (3647 words)

	Baugh, Sammy -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		born March 17, 1914, Temple, Texas, U.S. byname of Samuel Adrian Baugh first outstanding quarterback in the history of American professional gridiron football, who led the National Football League (NFL) in forward passing in 6 of his 16 seasons (1937–52) with the Washington Redskins.
		In the summer of 1998, U.S. sports fans eagerly watched as professional baseball player Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs attempted to set a new record for the most home runs in a single season.
		The U.S. lyricist Sammy Cahn was an enormously prolific songwriter whose catchy lyrics and precise rhyming were the hallmark of such Academy award-winning songs as “Three Coins in the Fountain” (1954), “All the Way” (1957), “High Hopes” (1959), and “Call Me Irresponsible” (1963) and helped many of his other songs become enduring standards.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9013811?tocId=9013811&query=punt (813 words)

	Cincinnati Bengals Tickets Nfl Ticket - Buy Cheap Cincinnati Bengals Tickets
		The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team and one of four teams in the Northern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) of the National Football League (NFL).
		Cincinnati lost in the first round of the playoffs in both 1973 and 1975.
		In the Bengals' first season, running back Paul Robinson led the AFL in rushing and was named rookie of the year.
	www.onlineseats.com /nfl-tickets/cincinnati-bengals/index.asp (1007 words)

	FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
		The Rams football team, which is one of the NFL's oldest member clubs, was founded in 1937 as the Cleveland Rams franchise and moved to become the Los Angeles Rams in 1946.
		Licenses, which ranged in price from $250 to $4500, granted holders the right to acquire season tickets for home games in St. Louis at the new domed stadium under construction.
		Contrary to the plaintiff's claim, use of the "Rams" mark by one, or even several, college athletic teams does not establish a genuine issue as to the mark having become generic as it is defined by the statute because none of the collegiate parties using the mark produces the same product: a professional football team.
	laws.lp.findlaw.com /7th/982908.html (1007 words)

	NFL Nicknames
		The elder Bengals were members of the AFL in 1937, competed as an independent club in 1938, then played in a new AFL from 1939-41 before the league again folded.
		TITANS - The Houston Oilers, who played at the Astrodome from 1960-96, moved to Nashville for the 1997 season.
		BILLS - The nickname refers to William F. Cody, who was known as “Buffalo Bill.” Buffalo had a football team called the Bisons, but the city’s minor league baseball and hockey teams had the same name.
	www.geocities.com /theairborneagle/history_of_nfl_nicknames.htm (1007 words)

	Soldier Field Articles
		Soldier Field always has meant crowds, enormous crowds: crowds of 110,000 to 120,000 for Notre Dame football games of the Knute Rockne era; 115,000 for a high school football game in 1937; 150,000 for a wartime visit by President Roosevelt; 260,000 for a religious celebration in 1954.
		Dismissing the possibility that the Soldier Field reconstruction could be derailed by critics of the plan, a top Chicago Bears team official said today the $606 million overhaul is proceeding on schedule despite the recent delay starting the National Football League's 2001-02 season.
		Don Pierson covers the NFL for the Tribune.
	www.california.com /~csuppes/NFL/ChicagoBears/articles.htm (1007 words)

	Redskins had their day of infamy in 1940 - The Washington Times: Sports - December 06, 2004
		The still-struggling NFL was a mere two-division, 10-club entity in 1940; the Bears were both a charter member (as the Decatur Staleys in 1920) and its most dominant team.
		In 1940, Halas switched offensive formations from the single wing to the modernized T-formation, introduced the previous season by Clark Shaughnessy at Stanford.
		From 1932 to 1939, they compiled a 68-19-10 record, winning one title game and losing others to the New York Giants in 1934 and the Redskins in 1937.
	www.washtimes.com /sports/20041206-012620-4029r.htm (1007 words)

	NFL INFO
		For instance, we know that Rock Island was in the Northwestern Football League in 1936, the Stapleton Buffaloes and Newark Tornadoes were in the American Association in 1936 and 1937.
		The 1930 season: The original league schedule came on August 31 (or at least the Packer's schedule did).
		The Newark games in it after November 16 had to be cancelled: the Tornadoes dropped out by the 16th.
	kitprice.net /football_server/standings/NFL/NFL_Info.htm (1007 words)

	Encyclopedia: Music City Miracle
		The Music City Miracle is a famous, controversial play in the NFL Playoffs involving the Tennessee Titans and Buffalo Bills that took place on January 8, 2000 (following the 1999 regular season) in Nashville, Tennessee.
		Conference NFC Division West Year Founded 1937 Home Field Edward Jones Dome City St....
		In this Â‘newÂ’ city, the old fault line between centre and periphery has lost its meaning, to be increasingly replaced by a continuum of urban spaces and urbanised countryside, extending well beyond the cityÂ’s boundary.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Music-City-Miracle (1236 words)

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