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 MSN Encarta - Don Shula
Shula, Don, born in 1930, American professional football coach and player, who in 1993 became the winningest coach in the history of the National Football League (NFL).
Shula also won two Super Bowls (1973,1974) as coach of the Miami Dolphins, whom he guided from 1970 to 1995.
Shula was hired as an assistant coach for the Detroit Lions in 1960 and in 1963 became head coach for the Colts.
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 Speakers Platform Speakers Bureau: Don Shula, Speaker On: Motivation, Team Building, Athletics / Sports
Don Shula was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in July 1997.
Shula's record as head coach of the Dolphins (1970-1995) and before that as head coach of the Baltimore Colts (1963-1970) is unmatched in National Football League history.
The Don Shula Foundation, formed primarily to assist breast cancer research, was established as a tribute to his late wife, Dorothy.
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 AllRefer.com - Don Shula (Sports, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Don Shula (Donald Francis Shula)[shOO´lu] Pronunciation Key, 1930–;, American football coach, b.
A player at John Carroll Univ. and from 1951 to 1957 with the Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Colts, and Washington Redskins of the National Football League, he coached at the universities of Virginia and Kentucky before becoming (1960) an assistant coach with the NFL's Detroit Lions.
When Shula retired from the Dolphins in 1996, he had coached 328 regular-season and 347 total victories, both professional football records.
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 www.miamidolphins.co.uk - The UK's Miami Dolphins Fansite - Don Shula   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Don Shula’s record as head coach of the Baltimore Colts from 1963 to 1969 and the Miami Dolphins from 1970 to 1995 is unmatched in NFL history.
Shula’s team reached the playoffs 20 times in 33 years and his teams won at least 10 games 21 times.
Shula, who was born January 4, 1930, in Grand River, Ohio, played college football at John Carroll University in Cleveland and then became one of two rookies on Coach Paul Brown’s 1951 Cleveland Browns team.
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 Encyclopedia: Don Shula   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Shula was the 1993 Sportsman of the Year
On October 2, 1994, Don and David Shula became the first father and son to coach against each other.
Mike Shula is currently the head coach at his alma mater, The University of Alabama.
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 The All-Star Agency - Don Shula
Don Shula is pro football's winningest coach, a successful businessman, and a community leader.
Shula coached in the NFL for 33 years and finished with a career record of 347 wins, 173 losses, and 6 ties.
Shula's record as head coach of the Dolphins (1970-96) and the Baltimore Colts (1963-69) is unmatched in National Football League history.
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Don Shula's Golf Club located in the heart of Miami lakes is only 14 miles north of Miami international Airport and 18 miles from the beach.
Don Shula is the former head coach of the Miami Dolphins Football Team.
Retired in 1996, Don Shula's holds with 347 wins, the record for the coach with the most wins in NFL history and is the only coach to lead a team to a undefeated season...the 1972 perfect season.
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 Sporting News, The: Goodbye, Kingfish - retirement of Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula - includes article on former NFL ...
Come ride with Shula on his players, shoulders one last time enjoy the wonderment of where he has been and what he has meant and why pro football isn't quite the same today as it was yesterday.
Shula surely was the last on-field god left from an era that defined the NFL vaulted the league into elite status and turned the game into an American triumph.
In Don Shula's list of his top 10 career highlights, two suprisingly are defeats -- the loss to Oakland in the 1974 playoffs that ended the Dolphins' championship reign and the classic overtime loss to San Diego in the 1981 playoffs.
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 MiamiDolphins.com: History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Shula’s record as head coach of the Dolphins (1970-95) and before that as head coach of the Baltimore Colts (1963-69) is unmatched in National Football League history.
Shula and Halas are the only NFL coaches to win 300 or more career games, as Shula recorded his 300th career win on September 22, 1991, with a 16-13 triumph over Green Bay in just his 29th year as an NFL head coach, as compared to 36 seasons for Halas to accomplish that feat.
Shula’s other son Mike, 38, rejoined the Dolphins in 2000 after serving the four previous seasons as the offensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers; he also spent the 1991-92 seasons as a coaches’; assistant under his father in Miami.
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 SOHH.com Global Forum - Don Shula on the Patriots
MIAMI (AP) Don Shula knows what it takes to achieve a perfect season, and he says the New England Patriots have a chance to do it.
Shula has phoned embattled Miami coach Dave Wannstedt to offer encouragement and notes that the unexpected retirement of Ricky Williams and a wave of injuries have contributions to Miami's woes.
While Shula will be cheering Sunday for Miami, he said characterizations of the 1972 Dolphins celebrating each year when the last unbeaten team loses have been overblown.
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 NFL.com: NFL - HOF: Don Shula   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Don Shula jumped from his desk, tossed open the door of his office, and threw me out.
The dichotomy of the two Shulas was striking-the screaming coach and the saintly altar boy were one man.
That was Don Shula's mission — to be the best, to win within the rules.
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 St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Don Shula
Don Shula is the winningest coach in National Football League (NFL) history.
Shula is best known for his thirty-three seasons as a head coach, eight with the Baltimore Colts (1960-1969) and twenty-five with the Miami Dolphins (1970-1995).
Shula took the Colts to the Super Bowl in 1969, and the Dolphins in 1972, 1973, 1974, 1983, and 1985.
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 Don Shula
Miami Lakes, FL The son of an Hungarian immigrant, Don Shula was raised in Paineville, Ohio.
About his many successes, Shula says, “You have to have goals and be willing to do the work that is necessary and to make the sacrifices that are necessary to achieve those goals.” Shula was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1997.
The author of Everyone’s a Coach, Don Shula is a regular motivational speaker.
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 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Don Shula
Mike Shula, a former Crimson Tide quarterback and son of NFL winningest coach Don Shula who was then a Miami Dolphins quarterback coach, was hired to replace Price days after the firing.
Shula, a former Alabama quarterback and the son of the NFL coaching legend Don Shula, evened his three-year record at 15-15.
Dolphins coach Don Shula, who was known for his demanding style, made it clear in his first meeting with Marino that he expected him to play early.
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 Don Shula Biography
Don Shula, the coach with the most wins in National Football League history retired after 1995 season.
Shula may be remembered best for coaching the only undefeated team in NFL history.
On July 26, 1997, Don Shula capped an illustrious career when he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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 MSN Encarta - Sidebar - Football with Don Shula
Football is a dynamic and complex game, and when a play begins, things happen quickly on the field.
Don Shula, longtime coach of the Miami Dolphins, helps decipher the sport.
He describes how teams prepare for a game, and he then introduces the player positions and the common formations in which they align.
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 Nasdaq MarketSite Event - Don Shula, Pro Football Hall-of-Famer - 04/22/2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Don Shula is most recognized for leading the Miami Dolphins, as head coach, to two Super Bowl victories and a perfect season.
Don Shula coached for 33 years in the National Football League compiling 347 career victories; more wins than any other coach in the history of the NFL.
Coach Shula was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1997.
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 Don Shula       Capitol City Speakers Bureau
Don Shula is pro football's winningest coach, a successful businessman and a community leader who will motivate your group to put forth their best effort.
He also advanced to the Super Bowl with the Dolphins in 1982 and 1984, as well as in 1968 as head coach of the Colts.
In addition, along with Ken Blanchard, in 1995 Shula co-authored "Everyone's A Coach," a highly acclaimed book that outlines the application of their managerial philosophies for business and personal success.
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 The Sporting News: The jaw of life in Miami. (Don Shula) (Column) @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
If we wonder how Don Shula puts up with the trash he sees and hears in pro football these days, it might be instructive to recall a summer long ago when Paul Brown's stern vision fell on a rookie defensive back who in a Cleveland training camp had hammered down the mighty runner Marion Motley.
From 1963 to today, 188 other NFL coaches have been hired and fired and Shula is still there, his jaw still square, a man still on fire.
Only 33 then, Shula would move the Colts from an 8-6 record that season to 12-2 the next, a season ending with a 27-0 loss to Cleveland in the NFL championship game.
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 Don Shula
The club also set a record with a 32-2 record over two seasons.
In 1983 the Dolphins drafted Dan Marino; with Marino as quarterback and Shula as coach, Marino set scores of passing records.
After his second Super Bowl title in 1973, it was believed Shula would win several more championships; but he failed in 11 trips to the playoffs before his retirement after the 1995 season.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/d/do/don_shula.html   (550 words)

  
 Don Shula
Don Shula - Shula, Don (Donald Francis Shula), 1930–, American football coach, b.
Shula, Don - Shula, Don (Donald Francis) football Birthplace: Grand River, Ohio Born: 1/4/30 Information...
Unnecessary roughness: legendary coach Don Shula resigns under heavy pressure in Miami.
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 USATODAY.com - Marino finally gets a ring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
When Don Shula headed for the gloom of the Miami Dolphins dressing room after Super Bowl XVII, he had seen enough of John Riggins, the Washington Redskins power back.
Shula's personal pick was Mike Charles, a run-stopper from Syracuse.
So Shula made the greatest draft pick of his 33-year coaching career, taking Marino, the kid with the shaggy hair that curled about his ears, the searching blue eyes and that great arm.
www.usatoday.com /sports/football/columnist/forbes/2005-08-04-forbes-hall_x.htm   (1490 words)

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