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	Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History
		Walsh gave up playing in the NFL because he needed to get a steady job in the off-season, and by 1955 he couldn't find one.
		When former Irish center Bill Walsh was hired to be an assistant football coach at Notre Dame in 1955, the university summarized his play from 1945 through 1948 in a press release:
		Bill Walsh's career illustrates the kind of quality people who were attracted to professional football during the postwar era.
	www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=billwalsh

	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

	2006 NFL Changes - NBC gets SNF - MNF moves to ESPN - ABC is out! - AVS Forum
		NBC first broadcast the NFL Championship Game in 1955.
		NBC was awarded the AFC package in 1970, an association that would continue through the 1997-98 season.
		NBC's long history with the NFL dates back 66 years to 1939 when NBC became the first network to televise an NFL game - Philadelphia Eagles vs. Brooklyn Dodgers game from Ebbets Field to the approximately 1,000 sets then in New York.
	www.avsforum.com /avs-vb/showthread.php?postid=5498594 (2662 words)

	Chicago Bears
		He was the first-team all NFL pick in 1955, 1956, 1959, and 1960 and second all-NFL in 1957 and 1961.
		When they won the NFL Western Conference championship in 1956, the Bears, with Jones as one of the key blockers, average 30 points and 206 yards rushing and scored 22 rushing touchdowns in a 12-game season.
		Although there was a host of standout guards in the NFL at the time, Stan was selected first- or second-team all-NFL by major wire services more times than any other at his position in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
	www.chicagobears.com /history/hof-jones.jsp (1848 words)

	Hockeychannel.com A Netsports Site
		In 1955, the AHL Board of Governors voted to name the trophy after John B. Sollenberger, a long-time contributor to the league as manager and president of the Hershey Bears and former Chairman of the Board of Governors.
		More than 6.6 million fans - an all-time league record - attended AHL games during the 2004-05 regular season, and 16 clubs will continue to vie for the league’s coveted championship trophy when the 2005 Calder Cup Playoffs get underway on Tuesday night.
		Marshall is also the AHL’s all-time leader in postseason scoring with 119 points in 112 Calder Cup Playoff games.
	netsports.hockeychannel.com /?c=hockeychannel&page=mlh/news/BRN3852517.htm (615 words)

	the futon critic - the web's best primetime television resource
		NBC first broadcast the NFL Championship Game in 1955.
		NBC televised the first Super Bowl in 1967, Super Bowl III between the Baltimore Colts and New York Jets, which led to the merger of the AFL and NFL, and has broadcast three of the most five watched Super Bowls in history.
		NBC was awarded the AFC package in 1970, an association that would continue through the 1997-98 season.
	www.thefutoncritic.com /cgi/pr.cgi?&id=20050418nbc01 (981 words)

	Kirk Ferentz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Offensive tackle Robert Gallery was that season's Outland Trophy winner; after the season, the Oakland Raiders chose him with the second overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft.
		Kirk Ferentz (born August 1, 1955, in Royal Oak, Michigan) is an American college football coach.
		Ferentz had to deal with injuries to the Hawkeyes' running backs and the death of his father, John, during the 2004 season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kirk_Ferentz (850 words)

	A Solution for Overtime in the NFL
		Overtime was introduced into the playoff rules in 1941, and added to the pre-season in 1955.
		: Twenty five games went into overtime this year during the regular season — that's 10% of the games, up from 17 games in 2001 and 13 in 2000.
		Eliminate overtime completely in regular season and pre-season games.
	www.contractbud.com /?article=apc_overtime&source=archive (1509 words)

	Eric Dickerson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dickerson, a two-time All-America choice at Southern Methodist, was selected in the first round of the 1983 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams, 2nd overall.
		Dickerson retired in 1993, with 15,411 combined rushing and recieving yards and was ranked the NFL's second all-time leading rusher at the time.
		In 1988, Dickerson, with 1,659 yards rushing, became the first Colt to lead the league in rushing since Alan Ameche in 1955.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eric_Dickerson (476 words)

	Doug Williams (football player) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Williams retired with a 6-8 record as Redskins starter, (9-8, counting playoffs) and a 37-42-1 record as a regular season starter (41-43-1, including 7 playoff starts.) He had 100 passing touchdowns, and 15 rushing touchdowns, in 88 NFL games.
		Doug Williams (born July 28, 1955 in Zachary, Louisiana) is a well-known American football quarterback.
		Williams would play one final season in 1989, as backup to Rypien, during his first Pro Bowl season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Doug_Williams_(football_player) (562 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)

	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)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Washington Redskins
		Lombardi led the team to a 7-5-2 record, their best since 1955, but died of cancer after the season ended.
		On the heels of Marshall's entry to the National Football League, and evidently influenced by his racial policies, the other NFL teams dropped all black players in 1933 and none signed blacks again until 1946.
		The city of Boston was awarded an NFL franchise in 1932, under the ownership of George Preston Marshall.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Washington_Redskins (1503 words)

	The Orange Mane - a Denver Broncos Fan Community - Crazy Legs Dies
		MADISON, Wis. - Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch, an NFL Hall of Famer and later the athletic director at the University of Wisconsin, died early Wednesday.
		With the inflation of receiving statistics in recent years, it's easy to forget about guys like "Crazy Legs" and Hutson who revolutioned the receiver position when passing was rare in the NFL.
		In 1953, Hirsch played himself in the biography “Crazy Legs, All American,” and went on to star in the movie “Unchained” in 1955 and “Zero Hour” in 1957.
	www.orangemane.com /BB/showthread.php?t=9601 (491 words)

	Phil Simms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Phil Simms (born November 3, 1955 in Lebanon, Kentucky) is a former quarterback for the New York Giants of the National Football League, and currently a television sportscaster for the CBS network.
		Simms grew up in Louisville and started his NFL career when drafted out of Morehead State University in the first round of the 1979 NFL Draft, by the New York Giants.
		In his 14 season with the Giants, Simms completed 2,576 out of 4,647 passes for 33,462 yards and 199 touchdowns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Phil_Simms (458 words)

	NFL Greatest Players - All Time greatest NFL Players
		When Motley retired after the 1953 season (he made a brief 1955 comeback with Pittsburgh), he had compiled an amazing 5.7-yard rushing average in the AAFC /NFL and his teams had won five league championships and lost in the title game three times.
		Marion Motley: His football destiny was charted at Canton, Ohio, in the 1930s and fulfilled many years later in the same city.
		Motley was a devastating force when he carried the ball on power sweeps or up the middle on his patented trap play.
	www.hollywoodsportsbook.com /nflgreats/mmotley.cfm (500 words)

	Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		Connor always played the game hard and clean and with exceptional effectiveness and he might have continued in a starring role for many years had not a knee injury cut short his career after the 1955 season.
		During his eight-year career (1948-1955) with the Bears, he was named to the All-NFL team at three different positions — offensive tackle, defensive tackle, and linebacker.
		Although George is remembered as one of the finest of the post-World War II tackles, it was as a linebacker that he made his biggest mark in the pro football world.
	www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=47 (500 words)

	Billy Sims - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Billy Sims (born September 18, 1955 in Missouri) is a former American NFL Pro Bowl, and college, football running back.
		Including the post-season Sims had 1,896 yards, a total yardage school record that stood until 2004 when freshman Adrian Peterson tallied up 1,925.
		His career ended abruptly midway through the 1984 season when he suffered a serious knee injury in a game against the Minnesota Vikings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Billy_Sims (505 words)

	AllSports (tm) Hall of Fame football coach Dan Devine dead at 77
		Devine coached 22 seasons at Arizona State, Missouri and Notre Dame, posting a 173-46-9 record, and also spent four seasons as coach of the NFL's Green Bay Packers, winning an NFC Central Division title in 1972.
		Devine became a head coach in 1955 when he was hired by Arizona State at the age of 31.
		Devine left for Missouri in 1958, beginning a 13-year stay in which the Tigers were 93-37-7 and never lost more than three games in a season.
	www.allsports.com /cgi-bin/showstory.cgi?story_id=30875 (397 words)

	Sun Herald Year in Review
		Shaw was the first pick in the NFL draft and started for the Colts in 1955, his rookie season.
		Shaw played seven seasons in the NFL and one in the fledgling American Football League.
		March 17 -- Cliff Barker, who played in the NBA with the old Indianapolis Olympians, after winning the NCAA championship as a member of Kentucky's ''Fabulous Five,'' died at age 77.
	www.sun-herald.com /yearend/sports/sp15.htm (10345 words)

	Steve Mariucci - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He is one of thirteen head coaches since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970 to lead his team to a division title in his first season.
		Steve Mariucci (born November 4, 1955) is a National Football League coach for the Detroit Lions.
		Mariucci established an NFL mark for consecutive wins by a rookie head coach with an 11-game winning streak.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Steve_Mariucci (279 words)

	St Louis Rams Tickets - Rams NFL Football - Rams Ticket Brokers
		The Cleveland Rams were founded in 1936 as a member of the American Football League (a different league from the AFL that later merged with the NFL).
		Knox led the Rams to five consecutive division crowns, recording a 54-15-1 regular-season win-loss-tie record from 1973 to 1977.
		The St. Louis Rams lost some steam after their 12-4 2003 season, dropping to 8-8 in 2004 under the command of quarterback Marc Bulger.
	www.coasttocoasttickets.com /nfl/rams_tickets.shtml (744 words)

	Doug Williams (football player) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Williams retired with a 6-8 record as Redskins starter, (9-8, counting playoffs) and a legendary 37-42-1 record as a regular season starter (41-43-1, including 7 playoff starts.) He had 100 passing touchdowns, and 15 rushing touchdowns, in 88 NFL games.
		Williams was the 17th overall pick of the 1978 draft, chosen by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
		Doug Williams (born July 28, 1955 in Zachary, Louisiana) is a legendary American football quarterback.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Doug_Williams_(football_player) (518 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)

	Carnell Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Williams entered the 2005 NFL Draft and was drafted with the 5th pick of the 1st round by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
		Williams rushed for 434 yards in his first three weeks, setting records as the first rookie running back to ever have three consecutive 100 yard games, and rushing for the most yards in the first three weeks of a career, a record previously held by Alan Ameche of the 1955 Baltimore Colts.
		Williams was also named rookie of the week for the first three weeks of the season and rookie of the month for September.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carnell_Williams (924 words)

	Smooth-running Cadillac: Williams' NFL success doesn't surprise mom, his former Etowah coaches
		He began his rookie season with three straight 100-yard games, recording 434 yards to break Alan Ameche's record of 410 in 1955.
		In addition, the league announced Monday that he is one of five finalists for the NFL rookie of the year award.
		Farmer, Williams' varsity football coach at Etowah High in Attalla, and Gray, his coach in seventh and eighth grade at Etowah Middle School, believe Williams was a once-in-a-lifetime athlete.
	www.decaturdaily.com /decaturdaily/sports/060110/success.shtml (770 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)

	Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History
		Billy Ray Barnes was a three time Pro Bowler, a world champion, and the second round pick of the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1957 NFL draft.
		Billy ended his playing career with the Vikings after the 1966 season with a 3.4 average for 3,421 yards and 29 touchdowns.
		Billy Ray also played third base on the 1955 National Championship Baseball Team.
	www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=barnes-b (3647 words)

	Baltimore Colts Homepage
		The Baltimore Colts record can be looked at in two separate phases or eras: The Rosenbloom years (1953-1971) vrs the Irsay years (1972-1983), or the Unitas years (1956-1972) vrs the non-Unitas years (1953-1955, 1973-1983).
		The folks in Baltimore put on a special banquet for the Baltimore Colts in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the 1958 NFL World Championship game which has come to be known as "The Greatest Game Ever Played." In that game the Colts beat the vaunted New York Giants in sudden death overtime.
		The 1949 season was a disaster for the Colts in which their record plummeted to 1-11..
	web.mountain.net /~niddk/Colts (3647 words)

	National & State Auction Listings - football set
		APBA FOOTBALL 1955 NFL SEASON SET COMPLETE MINT - $30.00
		Near Set (659/660) 1990 Score football mint - $1.99
		ROMANIA 1970 WORLD CUP FOOTBALL MEXICO SET of 4 MINT - $1.59
	www.nationalstate.com /football-set-s.html (1752 words)

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