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  National Football League - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Draft picks continue, in the order from the weakest team to the strongest team, and once all teams have picked one player, they all pick again starting with the weakest team.
Critics of the salary cap note that the driving reason for the cap was to maximize the profitability of the NFL teams, and limit the power of NFL players to command the high salaries they are said to deserve in exchange for bringing in large numbers of paying fans to the stadiums.
Although the NFL in 2004 is dominated at virtually every position by African-American athletes, that was not always the case.
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 Encyclopedia: Anthony Muñoz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Michael Anthony Muñoz (born August 19, 1958 in Ontario, California) is a Hispanic American football player who played for the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL from 1980 to 1992.
He was drafted by the Bengals out of the University of Southern California, where a series of injuries had limited his play, with the third pick in the first round of the 1980 NFL Draft.
NFL logo 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.
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 Encyclopedia: Indianapolis Colts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
After the NFL merged with the AFL in 1970, the Colts moved to the American Football Conference (AFC) and won the AFC championship against the Oakland Raiders 27-17.
He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens out of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the fourth round (105th pick overall) of the...
James was drafted by the Colts out of the University of Miami with the fourth pick in the first round of the 1999...
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 NFL History Guide
NFL Football History is just that, history from the start, through the 60's, 70's 80's and 90's.
In 1946 the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was established as a rival to the NFL.
In 1989 the threat of a lawsuit caused the NFL to change its original policy and allow college underclassmen to enter the draft.
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 NFL - Information
The NFL is one of the major professional sports leagues of North America.
The NFL's greatest spurt in popularity came in the 1960s and 1970s, after the 1958 NFL championship game which went into overtime, and with the merger of the rival American Football League (1960-1969) which introduced major on- and off-the-field innovations that were eventually adopted by the NFL.
Although the NFL in 2004 is well-represented at virtually every position by African-American athletes, that was not always the case.
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 JS Online: Weblog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Although Campbell hardly showed that first year that he was NFL quarterback material, the Packers never conceded that they might have wasted a draft pick.
Drafted in the fifth round by Tampa Bay in 1979, Fusina threw five passes in three years.
Bosco, a third-round draft pick in 1986, missed his rookie year after shoulder surgery and still wasn't able to throw the ball with any velocity.
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The team's kickoff return leader both years including the sixth-most in a single season (22 in 1990), he was drafted in the second round by the New York Giants in the 1992 NFL Draft.
Hawkins was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1966, and he was a top NFL wide receiver until injuries shortened his career.
He was drafted by the NFL's Baltimore Colts in the fourth round, 84th player overall, in the 1982 draft.
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 JS Online: Packers in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
One of the most versatile players in NFL annals, he was tough, bruising runner, fine blocker, good receiver and excellent placekicker as well as shrewd, hard-hitting linebacker.
Drafted No. 2 in 1956, Gregg was named All-Pro eight times (including All-Pro at both Guard and Tackle in 1965) and nine times to the Pro Bowl.
Won NFL title in 1962 with nine thefts and also captured a league punt return crown in 1961 with a 16.1 average.
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 NFL Legacy - NFL History and NFL Hall of Fame   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In 1933, NFL officials adopted rules specifically for the NFL and discontinued the use of collegiate rules.
A halfback by the name of Jay Berwanger holds the distinction of being the very first NFL draft pick and the first Heismann Trophy winner.
The penalty flag was first used in the NFL in a game between the Green Bay Packers and the Boston Yanks.
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 College Sporting News
I was a first-round NFL draft choice who played with the Los Angeles Rams (1963 through 1965) before going to the Canadian Football League with Edmonton (1967).
I was a first-round draft choice who played in the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1948 before becoming a prominent Kansas City bank official.
I was a fifth-round draft choice of the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1984 NBA draft.
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 Johnny Unitas
He’d been cut the year before by the Pittsburgh Steelers, who waited until the ninth round of the 1955 NFL draft to choose the former walk-on at the University of Louisville.
One of my favorite NFL personalities, Art Donovan, Hall-of-Fame defensive tackle and a teammate of Johnny U., remembers Unitas to be the boss, to be in total command on the field.
But he’ll always be remembered for his leadership in the 1958 NFL Championship Game against the New York Giants, in which he engineered a heart-pounding drive in the final two minutes to force overtime, then completed three consecutive passes in the extra period to set up Ameche’s score.
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 Detroit Lions (1937-Present)
After a decade in which the Lions were consistently among the worst teams in the NFL the Lions rises back up to the NFL elites with a solid nucleus led by star QB Bobby Layne.
Coming of their 3 consecutive trips to the NFL Championship Game the Lions experience a year of injury and frustration and fall into the cellar of the Western Conference with a woeful 3-9 record.
In the NFL Championship played in front of a 55,263 fans at Briggs Stadium the Lions take apart the Browns 59-14 to claim their 4th NFL Championship, and 3rd of the decade.
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 WyomingAthletics.com : General Releases :: University of Wyoming : Official Athletic Site
Donahue was drafted in the 4th round of the 1991 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers.
Fantetti was drafted in the second round of the 1979 NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions.
Clark was drafted in the second round of the NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics.
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 Sports Gambling Sites - Indianapolis Colts History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Piloted by quarterbacks Johnny Unitas and Earl Morrall, the Colts captured four NFL championships from 1958 to 1971.
A year later the AAFC folded and the Colts joined the NFL, but after two consecutive seasons with 1-11 win-loss records, the franchise was dissolved.
Baltimore’s overtime defeat of the New York Giants in the 1958 NFL Championship Game is regarded as one of the greatest NFL contests ever played.
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 Cleveland Browns (1946-1995, 1999-Present)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Going into the NFL most experts thought the Browns would be exposed as benefiting from a weaker league, but the Browns proved that they could dominate any league in their inaugural NFL campaign.
Led by NFL MVP QB Otto Graham the Browns waltz through the first 11 games of the season undefeated, in the process of claiming their 4th straight Conference Title.
The NFL had taken up battles with owners who were attempting to relocate before, only to come up the loser in court.
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 General Releases :: The University of Southern California Trojans - Official Athletic Site
The event was emceed by Frank Gifford of ABC-TV, the former USC All American and NFL star footballer who is a member of the USC Athletic Hall of Fame 1994 charter class.
After being the No. 1 pick in the 1977 NFL draft (selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers), Bell played 6 years in the NFL with the Bucs and the San Diego Chargers.
He was the No. 1 pick of the 1968 NFL draft and then starred 14 seasons (1968-81) with the Minnesota Vikings (he also was with the Rams in 1982).
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 Indianapolis Colts Football Bet on NFL - NFL Point Spread and Football Betting for the Indianpolis Colts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
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 NFL.com - Baltimore Ravens Team News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Berry was joined at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen by NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue, Baltimore Ravens coach Brian Billick and players Ray Lewis, Peter Boulware and Michael McCrary.
He set 22 NFL passing records, was named MVP of the NFL three times and was selected for the Pro Bowl 10 times.
NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.
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 IMG Speakers -Speakers Bureau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
A linebacker coach when he began his NFL coaching career with Oakland in 1967, Madden became the head coach in 1969 at age 33, the youngest head coach in the American Football League.
Madden started on both the offensive and defensive lines as a player for California Polytechnic College at San Luis Obispo in 1957 and 1958 and was voted to the All-Conference team.
The Philadelphia Eagles selected him in the 21st round of the 1958 NFL draft, but a knee injury in his rookie season prematurely ended his career.
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 Gator Football in the NFL Draft
Minneapolis subsequently withdrew from the league in lieu of receiving an NFL franchise.
*Franchise was a member of the All-American Football Conference that merged with the NFL in 1950.
The AAFC held its own separate draft from 1947-49.
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 Indianapolis Colts Merchandise, Colts Gift Store   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Colts captured four NFL championships between 1958 to 1971.
During the next decade, Baltimore was the dominant power in the NFL as Unitas continued to lead the team.
In 1969 the NFL and the AFL merged and the Colts, and the other former AFL teams, became the American Football Conference of the NFL.
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 DraftHistory.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In the past 15 NFL drafts there have been 33 Quarterbacks taken in the first round of the draft.
So I generated a list of all colleges that have had one, and only one, quarterback drafted, figuring that it is very unlikely that any Division III team had two quarterbacks drafted.
The Plain Dealer reported today that it is customary for NFL teams that have Hall of Fame inductees to purchase an add in the Hall of Fame program congratulating the player.
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 Ace Davis' Cleveland Browns weblog
I also realized that it probably won't be Drew Henson, based on the fact that his agent is the same as Tim Couch's, and Carmen Policy was clearly peeved that their negotiations with Couch were soured by the leaking of the Browns' initial contract offer last week.
As for a developmental, long-term pick, I wouldn't mind seeing the Browns draft someone like Bowling Green's Josh Harris (son of former Bengal LB M.L. Harris), an Ohioan already accustomed to the orange and brown.
Davis, the first pick of the 1963 draft, the successor to Jim Brown at Syracuse and his heir apparent in Cleveland as well, died of leukemia without playing a down in the pros.
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 Top 100 Players - 41 Mike Ditka   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The player: At 6-3 and 225 pounds, he was impossible to stop in the passing game leading the Panthers in receiving for three years with a quickness that also made him an unstoppable defensive lineman.
From 1958 to 1960, Ditka made 45 catches for 730 yards and 7 touchdowns.
As the first player selected, and 5th overall, by the Chicago Bears in the 1961 NFL draft, he caught 56 passes for 1,076 yards and 12 touchdowns to win the NFL's rookie of the year award.
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 active.gaming bios   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In 1957 and 1958, he was both an offensive and defensive tackle at California Polytechnic College and a catcher on the baseball team.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Arts degree and was picked by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 21st round of the 1958 NFL draft.
Before Madden NFL Football came around, sports games were in a pretty sorry shape.
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 HickokSports.com - Biography - Gino Marchetti
One of the few defensive linemen ever to be named player of the year, Marchetti was voted the best defensive end of the NFL's first 50 years in a 1969 poll of sportswriters.
He attended Modesto Junior College and the University of San Francisco and was chosen by the New York Yanks in the second round of the 1952 NFL draft.
When the Colts won the 1958 NFL championship, Marchetti was named player of the year by the Associated Press.
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 Don Maynard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Named to the American Football League's all-time team as a wide receiver in 1969, he recorded 633 receptions for 11,834 yards and 88 touchdowns in a 15-year career that began with the New York Giants in 1958 and concluded with a brief fling with the 1973 St. Louis Cardinals.
The rest of his career was spent with the AFL's New York franchise, which was known as the Titans from 1960-62 and became the Jets in 1963.
He played only the 1958 season with the NFL club before moving to Hamilton in the Canadian Football League in 1959.
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 Whither the Fridge? - The evolution of the NFL fatso. By Josh Levin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In the first week of this NFL season, mammoth Bills defensive tackle Sam Adams leaped a few inches and engulfed a short pass from Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.
It's often said that pro football came of age when Johnny Unitas led the Baltimore Colts to a 23-17 overtime victory over the Giants in the 1958 NFL championship game.
In the 2003 NFL Draft, five of the first 13 players selected were defensive tackles in excess of 300 pounds—and all can supposedly rush the passer.
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 Blog of Death: April 2004 Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Pat Tillman was entering his fourth NFL season when terrorists hijacked several planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field on Sept. 11, 2001.
Lawrence McGrew, the former NFL linebacker who was once the victim of identity theft, died on April 2.
During the second round of the 1980 draft, he was selected by the New England Patriots as an outside linebacker.
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 2003 Indianapolis Colts History - Schedule - Information - Tickets
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