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		CBS had telecast games of the old NFL since the 1956 season.
		Back then The NFL on CBS showed games of the National Football Conference, which was the result of the old NFL before the merger with the American Football League for the 1970 season.
		In November 2004, the NFL signed 6-year contracts with CBS Sports (USD 622.5 M per year) and Fox (USD 712.5 M per year) to continue broadcasting their respective AFC and NFC games from the 2006 to the 2011 seasons.
	www.usedaudiparts.com /search.php?title=The_NFL_Today (986 words)

	Sporting News, The: 1956 Ad
		And no game in the 1950s, in terms of pregame hype and its aftermath, set the stage better for the Colts-Giants epic than the Bears-Lions regular-season finale in 1956.
		Those Dumonts and Philcos may have been purchased to watch Studio One and Playhouse 90, but they were increasingly being tuned to the NFL on Sunday afternoons.
		The Bears were 8-2-1 and hungry; 10 years had passed since an NFL championship flag had flown over the Windy City.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n46_v221/ai_19996627 (1037 words)

	SI.com - NFL - League to earn $8 billion from CBS, Fox for Sunday afternoon games - Monday November 8, 2004 5:38PM
		CBS handled NFL games from 1956 through the 1970 merger, then took over the NFC until 1993, when Fox outbid CBS for that package.
		The NFL also can develop late-season prime-time satellite or cable packages of eight games, which would be televised on Thursdays and Saturdays.
		CBS will do the game on Feb. 4, 2007, and Fox will handle the game a year later.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /2004/football/nfl/11/08/bc.fbn.nfl.tv.ap/index.html (620 words)

	Chicago Bears
		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.
		He was the first-team all NFL pick in 1955, 1956, 1959, and 1960 and second all-NFL in 1957 and 1961.
		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)

	Washington Senators Cooperstown Collection !!!
		Such classics as Ted Williams managerial debut as a Senator vs the Yankees in 1969, Larsen 1956 perfect game, and the oldest known existing game on radio.
		Classic PLATE LOGO T-shirts from the PLATE logo line of the Washington Senators inaugural season in the Major Leagues.
		Cooperstown Santas for your favorite teams- Boston Braves- Washington Senators 1960.
	www.dugout-memories.com /coopwash.html (1848 words)

	Joe Montana Biography-ALLAuthentic.com Sports Memorabilia & Collectibles
		Joseph Clifford Montana (born on June 11, 1956 in New Eagle, Pennsylvania) is widely considered one of the best American football quarterbacks in the history of the NFL.
		Montana was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs in April, 1993, and spent his two final seasons with the Chiefs before retiring at the end of the 1994 season.
		His success is a combination of Bill Walsh 's highly successful West Coast Offense and Montana's uncanny ability to find the open man (often the third or fourth option).
	www.allauthentic.com /index.php?info=info_banners&view=banner_link&id=36 (1848 words)

	NFL Awards AFC to CBS
		With our already outstanding lineup of events, CBS Sports is now and will continue to be a year-round leader in sports television." CBS, which first began televising NFL regular season games in 1956, had broadcast the National Football Conference package from 1970 through 1993.
		Karmazin added, "The NFL contract allows CBS to maximize the synergies between its strong local distribution franchise, its strong affiliate group, and the Network." The CBS television negotiations were led by Sean McManus, President of CBS Sports.
		McManus said: "The NFL will enhance the entire CBS Sports franchise.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-06-1998/0000701355&EDATE= (487 words)

	Packers.com » News » Press Releases » 2004 » 11 » 08 » 1
		The NFL is the only sports league that delivers all of its games - regular-season and playoffs - on free, over-the-air television.
		CBS first began televising NFL games in 1956 and carried the NFC package from 1970 through 1993.
		The NFL will receive a combined $8 billion in rights fees for the Sunday afternoon AFC and NFC packages over the six-year term of the agreements.
	www.packers.com /news/releases/2004/11/08/1/index.phtml?printable=1 (454 words)

	August 10 Events in History
		August 10, 1956 23rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 26, All-Stars 0 (75,000)
		August 10, 1991 NFL sportscaster Paul Maquire suffers a heart attack at 53
		August 10, 1934 Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player
	www.brainyhistory.com /days/august_10.html (454 words)

	Packers.com » News » Press Releases » 2004 » 11 » 29 » 2
		-If Ahman Green gains 121 yards rushing, Henderson would break Howard Griffith's NFL record among fullbacks by blocking for a 1,000-yard rusher in a seventh overall season.
		-Can extend his streak of games with a TD pass to 36, the NFL's second-longest streak behind Johnny Unitas' 47-game stretch (1956-60), one of the most revered marks in sports history.
		TONIGHT: Brett Favre makes historic start No. 200 in his streak, longest ever by an NFL quarterback...The Packers, controllers of their own destiny as leaders of the NFC North, bid for a sixth straight win.
	www.packers.com /news/releases/2004/11/29/2 (454 words)

	Ozzie Newsome - Football Hall of Famers Sports Speakers Bureau
		Throughout his 13-season, 198-game NFL career with the Cleveland Browns from 1978 to 1990, Ozzie Newsome was a fixture at tight end, a true team leader in every respect, and one of only five players in Browns history to play in parts of three decades.
		Newsome, who was born March 16, 1956, in Muscle Shoals, Ala., was an All-America at the University of Alabama in 1977 and he became one of two first-round draft selections of the Browns a year later.
		Ozzie caught at least one pass in 150 consecutive games, the second longest streak in NFL annals at the time, a streak that ended in 1989.
	www.allamericanspeakers.com /speakerbio/Ozzie_Newsome.php (454 words)

	Frank Gifford
		Gifford's biggest season may have been 1956 as he won the Most Valuable award of the NFL and led the Giants to the NFL title over the Chicago Bears.
		Gifford began his NFL career with the New York Giants by playing both offense and defense rarity when platoon football became popular after World War II His career led him to eight Pro Bowl appearances and five trips to the Championship Game the forerunner of the Super Bowl.
		After his playing days ended Gifford became commentator mainly for NFL games on CBS.
	www.freeglossary.com /Frank_Gifford (371 words)

	National Football League
		CBS took over television coverage of the NFL in 1956, while in 1960 the American Football League was first covered by ABC.
		The current NFL television contract ends with the 2005 season, and negotiations for new contracts have already begun.
		For example, CBS' The NFL Today was the first pre-game show to have a female co-hostess, (Phyllis George); and NBC made history in the 1980s with announcerless football, one-announcer football, and even the first female play-by-play football announcer (which in its own way, set the mold for female sportscasters of today).
	www.free-download-soft.com /info/nfl.html (3601 words)

	HickokSports.com - Biography - Roosevelt Brown
		Brown was named outstanding lineman when the Giants beat the Chicago Bears 47-7 for the 1956 NFL title.
		In his 13 seasons with the Giants, he was an All-Pro 8 years in a row, from 1956 through 1963, and he played in 10 Pro Bowls.
		One of the first players from a predominantly black college to star in the NFL, and the first to enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Brown was a Little All-American tackle at Morgan State College in 1952.
	www.hickoksports.com /biograph/brownros.shtml (3601 words)

	Wofford College in the News
		Richardson today still holds school records for receiving yards in a game - 241 vs. Newberry in 1956 - and touchdown catches in a game, season and career.
		The Baltimore Colts were impressed enough to make Richardson a 13th-round draft pick and, in his rookie season, Richardson caught a touchdown pass from legendary quarterback Johnny Unitas in the NFL championship game.
		Finally, after six years, Richardson, Charlotte public-relations whiz Max Muhleman and future Panthers general manager Mike McCormack flew to Chicago to learn the Carolina Panthers were, by a unanimous vote of NFL owners, a reality.
	www.wofford.edu /woffordInTheNews/content.asp?id=15 (3601 words)

	Frank Gifford - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gifford's biggest season may have been 1956, as he won the Most Valuable Player award of the NFL, and led the Giants to the NFL title over the Chicago Bears.
		After his playing days ended, Gifford became a commentator mainly for NFL games on CBS.
		Frank Newton Gifford (born August 16, 1930 in Santa Monica, California) was an American football player and one of the better-known American sports commentators in the latter part of the 20th century who made the transition from an athlete to broadcasting.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Frank_Gifford (3601 words)

	Johnny Unitas: Simply, the best - Former Colts QB was the 'ultimate triggerman'
		Unitas captured back-to-back NFL titles in 1958-59 as a young quarterback and won a Super Bowl in the 1970 season as an old one.
		Unitas, who had undergone emergency triple by-pass surgery in March 1993, retired in 1973 after 18 NFL seasons, the first 17 of which he spent with the Colts.
		Unitas' NFL career was one of the game's legendary stories during the 1950s and 1960s, when the game emerged as a rival to baseball in the country's national sports consciousness.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/749285/posts (3619 words)

	Forrest Gregg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gregg's most successful season as a head coach was in 1981, when he coached the Bengals to a 12-4 regular season record and they went on to defeat the San Diego Chargers 27-7 in the AFC championship game (known as the Freezer Bowl), earning them a trip to the Super Bowl.
		Despite his small size (6-4, 249 pounds) for an offensive lineman, Gregg was a key player on the Packers dynasty that won several NFL championships and 2 Super Bowls in the 1960s, and finished his career winning another super bowl ring with the Dallas Cowboys in 1971.
		Gregg earned an "iron-man" tag by playing in a then league record 188 consecutive games from 1956 until 1971.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Forrest_Gregg (501 words)

	Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
		Forrest earned an "iron-man" tag by playing in a then league record 188 consecutive games from 1956 until 1971, his final season which he spent with the Super Bowl bound Dallas Cowboys.
		A native Texan, Forrest starred in college at Southern Methodist and was the Green Bay Packers' No. 2 draft pick in 1956.
		During the 15 seasons that he played in the National Football League, Forrest Gregg could have been described as one of the best ever to play his position in the history of the game.
	www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=81 (355 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.
		Michels' tenure at Tennessee coincided with the final three years of the coaching career of Gen. Robert R. Neyland, Vol mentor from 1926-52 and 1956 College Football Hall of Fame inductee.
	tshf.net /inductees/michels.html (501 words)

	Stadiums of the NFL-Lambeau Field-Green Bay Packers
		Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers for more than 40 years is one of the NFL’s most historical stadiums.
		In 1956, a bond was approved allowing construction of a new football stadium in Green Bay.
		Over its 40 years of existence, Lambeau Field has been the site of many historical moments including the first NFL Championship game in Green Bay in 1961and the "Ice Bowl" in December of 1967, when the temperature was 13 degrees below zero.
	www.stadiumsofnfl.com /nfc/LambeauField.htm (579 words)

	Longhorns will have throwback look in opener
		An Oklahoma spokesman said the Sooners, who wore throwbacks in 2003 to honor their 1956 national championship team, were resistant to the idea of changing from their crimson helmets to white helmets in the middle of the season.
		For instance, the NFL's Buffalo Bills plan to wear uniforms that honor the franchise's 1965 AFL championship team in three games this season.
		The throwback phenomenon has created a multimillion dollar industry that continues to expand, thanks to the popularity of old-style uniforms and also the convenience of online shopping.
	statesman.com /horns/content/sports/stories/longhorns/08/18TEXFOOT.html (875 words)

	ipedia.com: Green Bay Packers Article
		No matter how good or poor the season, Lambeau Field has been a sellout every game for years, and the Packers have one of the longest waiting lists for season tickets in the NFL.
		In 1956 area voters approved the construction of a new stadium, which would later be called Lambeau Field.
		Formerly known as: Home stadium: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin Uni...
	www.ipedia.com /green_bay_packers.html (604 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.
		The Giants 1956 Championship team not only consisted of players that would eventually find their way to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but it also had a Hall of Fame coaching staff.
	www.giants.com /history/index.cfm?cont_id=72375 (604 words)

	Lenny Moore
		Moore was the NFL rookie of the year in 1956.
		Three times he averaged at least 7 yards per carry in a season, and twice he averaged more than 20 yards per catch.
		He would go on to be a five-time all-pro, helping Baltimore to three Western Conference titles and two NFL championships.
	lhs.lidgerwood.k12.nd.us /LHS/ColinBrownlee/HTML/LennyMoore.html (604 words)

	TSN Presents - Football's 100 Greatest Players
		Moore, who was called "Spats" because of the way he taped his high-top shoes, enjoyed his best season in 1958, when he totaled 1,536 rushing-receiving yards and 14 touchdowns for the NFL-champion Colts.
		That was the magic of Lenny Moore, who bobbed, dipped, weaved and twisted his way through NFL defenses for 12 successful seasons.
		The speedy Rocket was a master of deception, whether taking a handoff or catching a pass from Baltimore quarterback Johnny Unitas -- a combination that cut a swath through the team's record books from 1956 through '67.
	www.sportingnews.com /nfl/100/71.html (604 words)

	MSN Encarta - Hornung, Paul Vernon
		Hornung, a quarterback, won All-American honors—awarded each year to the best amateur athlete in the United States—in 1955 and 1956, and won the Heisman Trophy as the nation's best college football player in 1956.
		Hornung's first two seasons with the Packers were unremarkable, but his performance improved dramatically after Vince Lombardi became head coach in 1959.
		Hornung was first pick in the NFL's 1957 draft and was chosen by the Green Bay Packers, for whom he played his entire career.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576951/Paul_Hornung.html (604 words)

	Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History
		In 1956, Webster, Gifford, Chuck Conerly, and the great Giant DEE-fense won the NFL championship in a 47-7 rout of the Chicago Bears.
		In ten seasons, he played in six championship games, though 1956 saw the only New York victory.
		New York had one more winning season under Webster, but it collapsed completely in 1973.
	www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=alwebster (604 words)

	kenneth washington
		Washington and UCLA teammate Woody Strode became the first blacks to play in the NFL, Washington played for the Los Angeles rams.
		He brought national prominence to UCLA football, leading the bruins in 1939 to their first undefeated season and topping the nation in offense with 1,394 yards.
		He led the NFL in 1947 in rushing with 7.4 yards per attempt, gaining 444 yards in 60 carries (Ashe, 1988).
	www.wvu.edu /~physed/blacksports/kwashing.htm (190 words)

	Green Bay Packers
		No matter how good or poor the season, Lambeau Field has been a sellout every game for years, and the Packers have one of the longest waiting lists for season tickets in the NFL.
		In 1956 area voters approved the construction of a new stadium, which would later be called Lambeau Field.
		Curly Lambeau, the team's founder, solicted funds for uniforms from his employer, the Indian Packing Company.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/g/gr/green_bay_packers.html (190 words)

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