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	Alpha Tau Omega: Famous Alumni
		He played eight NFL seasons as a two-way tackle, punter and kicker and was named to the NFL 1920's All-Decade Team.
		He had three 20 win seasons, capped by 22-9 for the Yankees in 1980 (to earn AL All-Star Team status) and was in three World Series.
		After three seasons as a TV analyst, he is currently San Francisco 49ers Director of Player Personnel.
	www.ato.org /av/gi_famous.shtml (4238 words)

	Pro Bowl - InfoSearchPoint.com
		The NFL revived the Pro Bowl in January 1951 as a contest between conference all-star teams: American vs National (1951-53), Eastern vs Western (1954-1970), and AFC vs NFC (since 1971).
		An all-NFL All-Star team provided the opposition over the next four seasons, but the game was cancelled after the 1942 game and season.
		Note the year of the game reflects the calendar year it was played, for example the 2003 Pro Bowl was played in February 2003 following the 2002 NFL season.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Pro_Bowl (212 words)

	Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		In the 1954 NFL championship game against Detroit, he intercepted two passes as the Browns buried the Lions, 56-10.
		Ford, who recovered 20 opponents' fumbles in nine NFL seasons, was a first- or second-team All-NFL pick seven times.
		A serious injury almost ended Ford's career in his first NFL season.
	www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=69 (387 words)

	Pro Bowl Game: NFL Football All Star Gala
		From 1954 through 1970 the teams represented the NFL's Eastern and Western Conferences and since the merger of the American Football League into the NFL the Pro Bowl has been played again by all-star teams from the American and National Football Conferences.
		The Pro Bowl game was formerly rotated among NFL stadiums just like the Super Bowl but since 1980 it has been played at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu.
		In 1940 and 1942 there were two games the first one in January was against the previous year's champion the second one was played in December against the newly crowned NFL champion.
	www.sportspool.com /football/pro_bowl (410 words)

	ESPN Classic - January Moments
		Coach Don Shula believes this team (12-2 in the regular season plus three postseason victories by at least 17 points) is superior to last year's squad, which has the only perfect season in NFL history.
		In his 13 seasons (only 11 full ones), he has won a record 10 scoring titles and his 31.5 average (29,277 points in 930 games) is the highest in NBA history.
		In 10 seasons in the NBA, he averaged 24.2 points and was named to five All-Star teams.
	www.espn.go.com /classic/moments/s/january.html (9771 words)

	1999 2004 Nfl Playoffs
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		The NFL owners have voted for the city of Tampa to host Super Bowl XLIII in 2009,...
	the-football-gift-zone.com /football-source/1999-2004-nfl-playoffs.html (9771 words)

	Pro Bowl - Psychology Central
		A postseason All-Star game between the new league champion and a team of professional all-stars was added to the NFL schedule in January 1939, at the end of the 1938 season.
		An all-NFL All-Star team and regular NFL franchise battled on the football field until the end of the 1942 season.
		The NFL revived the game in January 1951, after the 1950 pro football season.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Pro_Bowl (793 words)

	Fast Pitch Softball History
		At this point play was suspended as Detroit had qualified to play in the ASA World Tournament and it was agreed that the teams would meet in Fort Wayne at the start of the 1954 season and play the final and deciding game.
		On May 29, 1954 a four games series was held in which the 1st game would decide who was the 1953 NFL champion.
		Some of the teams in the NSL/NFL were the Zollner Pistons of Ft. Wayne-IN, Briggs Beautyware of Detroit-MI, Dow Chemical of Midland-MI, 720 Athletic Club from Columbus-OH, Joe Louis Punchers of Flint-MI and Dayfus Roofing from Windsor-Ontario, Canada.
	www.angelfire.com /sd/slopitch/fast.html (2564 words)

	Wildcats in the NFL
		A dash after a year, e.g.,'96-, indicates the player is on a current, regular season, 53-man roster (practice squad does not qualify for inclusion).
		To qualify, a player need not have played in a game, but must have been on an active roster during the regular season or the playoffs.
		He was the fourth player taken in the 1954 draft.
	kstatefootball.com /nfl.shtml (1037 words)

	Vince Ferragamo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ferragamo enjoyed his best statistical season in 1980 in which he threw for 30 touchdowns, tied for second most in the NFL.
		Vince Ferragamo (born April 24, 1954 in Torrance, California) was an American football quarterback from the late 1970s through the mid-1980s.
		Ferragamo played one season for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League for one year, 1981.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vince_Ferragamo (565 words)

	Otto Graham Passes Away
		He had three rushing touchdowns along with three passing touchdowns in the Browns’ 56-10 win over the Detroit Lions in the 1954 NFL Championship Game and had a pair of rushing and passing touchdowns in the Browns’ 38-14 win over the Los Angeles Rams in the 1955 NFL Championship Game.
		Graham also holds the club record for highest completion percentage in a season (64.73; 167-258 in 1953).
		Graham threw four touchdown passes in the Browns’ 30-28 win over the Los Angeles Rams in the 1950 NFL Championship Game.
	www.limaareabrownsbackers.org /ottograhamtribute.htm (518 words)

	The Official Website of the Indianapolis Colts
		These players helped the Colts open the 1953 NFL season with a 13-9 upset of the Chicago Bears in a game where Bert Rechichar set a then-NFL record with a 56-yard field goal.
		Ewbank would guide the Colts for the next nine seasons (the longest tenure of any Colts head coach) and lead the club to its first divisional and world championships.
		In 1954, the Colts hired Weeb Ewbank as head coach.
	www.colts.com /sub.cfm?page=history (1640 words)

	A&M's Pegram Named to Lou Groza Placekicker Award Watch List
		The Groza Award, which as been presented to the nation’s top placekicker for the past 12 seasons, was named for NFL Hall of Famer Lou Groza, who played 21 seasons with the Cleveland Browns.
		Nicknamed “The Toe,” Groza won four NFL Championships with the Browns and was named NFL Player of the Year in 1954.
		Pegram led the Aggies in scoring for the second straight season with 82 points.
	sports.tamu.edu /press/print.php?PRID=8511 (205 words)

	Blog of Death: Otto Graham
		Graham announced his retirement in 1954, but was talked into making a comeback just before the 1955 season opener.
		Named Most Valuable Player of the All-America Football Conference three times, Graham was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1965, and selected for the NFL's 75th anniversary team in 1994.
		After he left the NFL, Graham worked as the athletic director and football coach at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and as the general manager of the Washington Redskins.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000600.html (331 words)

	Encyclopedia: Walter Payton
		Walter Payton rushed for an incredible 16,726 yards, which places him second on the NFL all-time rushing list behind only Emmitt Smith.
		Walter Jerry Payton (July 25, 1954 â“ November 1, 1999) was an American football player who held the career record for most yards gained by a running back from 1984 until 2002 when Emmitt Smith broke his record.
		Conference NFC Division North Year Founded 1919 Home Field Soldier Field City Chicago, Illinois Team Colors Navy Blue, Orange, and White Head Coach Lovie Smith All-Time Record (W-L-T) (At Start of 2005 Season) 660-489-42 (not counting 1919 season) The Chicago Bears are a National Football...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Walter-Payton (331 words)

	BQB History
		Before the next season Thrower, who made the Bears team in 1953 as basically a “walk-on” was cut before the 1954 season.
		After his debut against the 49ers, Thrower never appeared in another NFL game.
		Willie Totten from Mississippi Valley State (Buffalo Bills 1987).
	www.geocities.com /bqb_site/bqbhist.htm (11596 words)

	History: NFL Draft Memories - Raymond Berry - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		Raymond Berry is the only member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selected in the 1954 NFL Draft.
		However, a few weeks later, he was named SMU's co-caption for the '54 season so he decided to stay and play one last season of the collegiate football.
		In hindsight, Raymond made a good decision as he became a starter and went on to be named All-SWC and played in the East-West Game.
	profootballhof.com /history/general/draft/memories/raymond_berry.jsp (362 words)

	Walter Payton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Payton retired from the Chicago Bears after the 1987 season and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio on July 31, 1993.
		After retirement, Payton dabbled in auto racing and was part of a group of investors that sought to bring an NFL team back to St.
		He was the NFL Player of the Year and National Football League Most Valuable Player in 1977, and again in 1985.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Walter_Payton (362 words)

	USATODAY.com - Roundup: Mississippi's Nichols wins Groza Award
		Groza won four NFL championships with Cleveland and was named player of the year in 1954.
		The award is named for NFL Hall of Fame kicker Lou "The Toe" Groza, who played 21 seasons with the Cleveland Browns.
		Nichols made 23 of his first 24 field-goal attempts this season, but was wide right on a 36-yarder against LSU that would tied the game at 17 with 4:15 left.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/college/football/2003-12-09-roundup_x.htm (596 words)

	Nichols wins Lou Groza Award
		Groza won four NFL championships with Cleveland and was named player of the year in 1954.
		The award is named for NFL Hall of Fame kicker Lou "The Toe" Groza, who played 21 seasons with the Cleveland Browns.
		Nichols made 23 of his first 24 field-goal attempts this season, but was wide right on a 36-yarder against LSU that would tied the game at 17 with 4:15 left.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/12/09/sports2258EST0541.DTL (596 words)

	Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		It was an awesomely effective style, as he became the first player in NFL history to rush for 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons, a feat he accomplished in 1953 and 1954.
		Perry, at 6-0 and 200 pounds was small for an NFL fullback.
		Joe Perry put Compton Junior College on the football map when he scored 22 touchdowns in one season.
	www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=175 (380 words)

	Paul Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brown was fired as coach after the 1962 season by the new majority owner Art Modell, who had purchased the club a year earlier and wanted more control of the team.
		The team, however, became a bigger draw than Cleveland's NFL franchise, the Rams, who had left town for Los Angeles in 1945.
		The Browns went on to appear in the next five consecutive title games, winning back-to-back titles in 1954 and 1955.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Paul_Brown (720 words)

	Articles - Canadian Football League
		However, fan interest in Canadian football, with the possible exception of the Stallions (largely because the Stallions were a top team), was sparse at best, with fans being driven away to see American college football or the NFL late in the season.
		After the admission of the expansion British Columbia Lions in 1954, the league remained stable with nine franchises from its 1958 inception until 1982 when the Montreal Alouettes folded and were subsequently replaced the same year by a new franchise named the Concordes.
		Football has been gaining in popularity in Quebec with the recent success of the Alouettes, and Quebec university football teams now lead the country in attendance and on the field, with Laval University, the University of Montreal and Concordia University consistently in the top ten in the country.
	www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Canadian_Football_League (1722 words)

	Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame
		He played professionally for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles (1953, 1956) and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League (1957) around a stint in the Army in 1954-55, during which time he was selected as an All-Army player.
		The Vols made a return trip to the Cotton Bowl after the 1952 season.
		Hall of Fame inductee and Vol tailback Hank Lauricella (elected 1981) followed Michels' lead for 881 yards rushing in 1951, a Vol record which stood for 21 years.
	tshf.net /inductees/michels.html (501 words)

	Home
		Under second year Head Coach Mike Price, UTEP will be making back-to-back bowl appearances for only the third time in school history, and the first time since 1954.
		“Over the past six years the bowl has built a reputation of providing college football fans with NFL caliber players and exciting high scoring football games.
		He has thrown for 2,171 yards and 24 touchdowns this season.
	www.gmacbowl.com (343 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 park was named Ruppert Stadium from 1938 to 1942, Blues Stadium from 1943 to 1954, and Municipal Stadium from 1955 to 1976.
		The stadium structure was built in 1937 and the grandstand took its current shape by 1941.
	www.nlbpa.com /ballparks.html (3647 words)

	Tickets/organization
		On October 6, 1953, construction of additional permanent seating was approved, increasing the capacity to 43, 394 for the 1954 baseball season.
		County Stadium also was the Milwaukee home of the NFL Packers, who now play all their games in Green Bay.
		The site of County Stadium was officially selected on January 11, 1949, with final construction beginning on October 19, 1950.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/baseball/sba/sba08st.htm (291 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.
		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.
		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.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9013811?tocId=9013811&query=punt (813 words)

	Bill "Bud" Black and the 1953-54 NBC Tournament BaseballLibrary.com
		Aton has authored a History of Professional Baseball in Springfield; written the biography for NFL Hall of Famer Leo Nomellini in the Scribners Encyclopedia of American Lives, and is currently writing a general history of baseball in Springfield, Mo.
		The following year, the NBC disallowed service teams from entering, so the three players joined the defending Missouri state semi-pro champions, Springfield Generals, at the 1954 NBC tournament and unexpectedly swept through the first six games, to again reach the finals against the Boeing Bombers.
		A wartime ball player, when he came up, Bill "Bud" Black played part of one season for Detroit in 1952 before entering the army in 1953.
	www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/submit/Aton_R.1.stm (813 words)

	Municipal Stadium (Kansas City) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It hosted the Kansas City Monarchs of the Negro Leagues, the Kansas City Athletics of the AL from 1955-1967, the Kansas City Royals of the AL from 1969-1972, and the Kansas City Chiefs of the AFL and NFL from 1963-1971.
		It also hosted the minor-league Kansas City Blues from 1925-1954.
		After the 1972 baseball season, Municipal was replaced by Kauffman Stadium for the Kansas City Royals and the adjacent Arrowhead Stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Municipal_Stadium_(Kansas_City) (760 words)

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