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 National Football League - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch
The league was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, which adopted the name "National Football League" in 1922.
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.
The American Football League's Denver Broncos were the first modern team to have a black starting quarterback, Marlin Briscoe, in 1968; and the American Football League's Buffalo Bills were the first to have a black starting quarterback, James Harris, in 1969.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /national_football_league.htm

  
 Football Hall of Fame - Football Hall of Fame - Football Hall of Fame
Thus pro football made its debut more than 100 years ago in comparatively obscure surroundings that could not possibly have provided the slightest clue to the world-wide popularity the sport would be destined to enjoy, particularly in the waning decades of pro football's first century.
The Allegheny football team, founded in 1890, and the Pittsburgh team, founded a year later, already were heated rivals when they met in the first of two games in the 1892 season and wound up in a 6-6 tie.
Since football players were supposed to be amateurs, these practices were questioned by the Amateur Athletic Union but for every tactic declared illegal, a new one was developed.
www.frctix.com /nfl/football-hall-of-fame.htm

  
 Pro Football Hall of Fame - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is actually the National Football League's Hall of Fame.
The American Professional Football Association, which was later renamed to the National Football League, was founded in Canton.
The Canton Bulldogs was a successful NFL team during the first few years of the league.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pro_Football_Hall_of_Fame

  
 Hall of Fame
Individuals are selected to the BCAFL Hall of Fame in recognition of major contributions to British University American football.
The BCAFL Hall of Fame was officially launched in 1997 after several months of consultation and research to help decide the most suitable initial entrants who were to form the Founding Class.
These may have been at the team, League, Association, or national level, and can have been made as an administrator, coach, player, or a combination of these areas.
www.bcafl.org /halloffame

  
 Nashville Dream Women's Football Team
In 1989 Simonds was inducted in the National Touch Football League Hall of Fame and was selected as Coach of the year in the KWFFL 2 years.
The National Women's Football Association, the world's largest full contact women's football league, is pleased to announce the signing of the first female Head Coach in the league!
The league website, www.womensfootballcentral.com, receives almost 2 million hits a month (according to webtrends).
www.nashvilledream.com /CY001/CY210.asp?id=6

  
 Rugby League Hall of Fame
The Rugby League Hall of Fame was inaugurated in 1988 - the first national sporting Hall of Fame to be established in the UK.
The Rugby Football League may be inducting a new Hall of Famer this year.
The George Hotel in Huddersfield, where the game was born out of a split from the Rugby Football Union in 1895, is now its spiritual home once more, with the opening of the closest the game has had to a national museum.
www.rlhalloffame.org.uk

  
 MAC TO MILLENNIUM: Letter N
National Football League (NFL) Hall of Fame-two Terrapins have been inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame--Randy White (Dallas Cowboys) and Stan Jones (Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins)
National Football League (NFL) coaches--three Terrapins and three former University of Maryland head coaches have gone on to head coaching positions in the National Football League, players Dick Modzelewski, Dick Nolan, and Ron Waller, and coaches Bobby Ross, Lou Saban, and Clark Shaughnessy
National Humanities Medal-President Bill Clinton awarded a National Humanities Medal to art professor emeritus David C. Driskell at D.A.R. Constitution Hall on December 20, 2000.
www.lib.umd.edu /ARCV/macmil/letn.html

  
 Fantasy Football Bookmarks
All Hall of Fame enshrinees are presented at the very top of each category.
Fantasy Football Bookmarks is not in any way associated with the National Football League, any NFL Team or any NFLPA member.
League members individually and as a group often want coffee cups, hats, t-shirts etc. with their own logo or league logo embossed on it.
www.ffbookmarks.com

  
 Notre Dame And Michigan Revisit Rivalry This Weekend :: Irish face another road-game challenge at Michigan Stadium, game scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 10, 12 noon (EDT).
The award, now in its 14th year, is named for National Football League (NFL) Hall-of-Fame kicker Lou Groza, who played 21 seasons with the Cleveland Browns.
The football program's second-best semester GPA of the past 12 years came in the spring of `02 (2.90), followed by a 2.80 in the spring of `01 and a 2.69 in the fall of `01.
The Notre Dame football program's top six semester GPAs since `92 were all posted in the seven semesters prior to the fall of `04, including the three semesters from fall of `02 to fall of `03 (2.84 in fall of `02, 2.79 in spring of `03 and 2.82 in fall of `03).
www.fansonly.com /schools/nd/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/090605aaa.html

  
 American Football League Contributors
American Football League Hall of Fame who was not actively involved with the league or its reporting: he was 15 years old when the AFL ceased to be.
Like Felser and McDonough, in his service on the pro football hall of fame board of selectors, he lent strong support to the candidacy of AFL players, enhanced by his first-hand knowledge of their accomplishments.
One of the banes of the early existence of the American Football League was misleading media coverage.
www.conigliofamily.com /AFLcontributors.htm

  
 The National Conference for Community and Justice
The Pro Football League Hall of Fame is to be commended for its election of Fritz Pollard, the first African-American to serve as both head coach and quarterback during an eight-year career in Akron, Ohio, to the class of February 2005.
The induction of Fritz Pollard to the NFL Hall of Fame is an honor befitting a man ahead of his time and reminds those of us at work through leadership development programs, education, research and public policy that our work is not yet done.
On behalf of the 37 regional offices nationwide, volunteers and staff of The National Conference of Community and Justice (NCCJ) we salute this long overdue recognition of the man who broke the color barrier in this All-American game.
www.nccj.org /nccj/nccj.nsf/subarticleall/443?opendocument

  
 DefenseLINK News: Three-Time War Vet, Former Player, Delivers NFL Game Ball
CANTON, Ohio, Aug. 10, 2004— A retired Marine who served in three wars and played professional football for four years delivered the game ball to the field here Aug. 9 for the National Football League's annual Hall of Fame Game.
Retired Col. Ralph Heywood delivered the game ball to the field Aug. 9 for the National Football League's Hall of Fame game in Canton, Ohio.
He was then drafted by the Chicago Rockets, an All-America Football Conference team, and then moved to the NFL's Detroit Lions in 1947.
www.defenselink.mil /news/Aug2004/n08102004_2004081001.html

  
 National Football League - CBS SportsLine.com
CANTON, Ohio (AP) - John Madden, a legendary coach and one of the NFL's best-known television personalities, was named a finalist on Wednesday for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, along with former Dallas Cowboys offensive tackle Rayfield Wright.
But he has gained even more fame as an analyst on NFL telecasts and more recently for the football video game that bears his name.
The two, chosen by the Hall's seniors committee, will be joined by 13 other candidates from the modern era.
cbs.sportsline.com /nfl/story/8768879

  
 AFA Semi Pro Football Hall of Fame
The American Football Association announced today the names of those former semi-pro football players, coaches, executives and officials that will be honored with enshrinement into the national associations Semi-Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday, June 4th in Chicago.
As part of the American Football Association’s “Silver Anniversary” celebration in Chicago the AFA will host a semi-pro football ‘Convention/Seminar/Trade Show’ on Saturday morning and afternoon June 4th prior to their 25th annual Hall of Fame Induction Dinner.
Of the 39 new inductees to be honored by the AFA national association this year, 14 acquired their semi-pro reputations on football fields in Illinois while another 5 gained their peer popularity in Wisconsin.
www.eteamz.com /minorleaguehalloffame

  
 Coed Naked Football Hall of Fame at gottahave.com - spirit
This football shirt was first available for sale in the spring of 1996.
Charlotte 49ers football - The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
This football shirt was the first style available for sale at gottahave.com in 1995.
gottahave.com /hall/football

  
 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE HALL OF FAME
He was always fascinated by the place, but for all the time Takeo Spikes spent living in Ohio, he never set foot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Hall of Fame: Anything can have one these days (San Francisco Chronicle)
He wanted to wait until the time was right, when his father was in town, so they could make the trip to Canton together, like so many fathers and so many sons.
hadisentosa.com /football/NATIONAL-FOOTBALL-LEAGUE-HALL-OF-FAME.html

  
 Steve Young isn't a Hall of Fame lock?
Louis Post-Dispatch and a Pro Football Hall of Fame voter, posted on his online message board this week that Steve Young is not a lock for enshrinement.
Hall of Fame voters often discuss a candidate’s “peak years” when debating their worth.
However even the lack of longevity is difficult to use as a counter-argument when considering that Roger Staubach was only a starter for eight years and he is in the Hall of Fame.
www.devaskarsports.com /national_football_league/steveyounghalloffame0604.html

  
 Chicago Bears, A.J. Feeley, Bryan Gilmore, Carl Ford, National Football League, Miami Dolphins - CBS SportsLine.com
Orton's strong outing -- 7-for-11 for 175 yards -- and Bradley's Hall of Fame game record 131 yards on five receptions spoiled the debut of Nick Saban as an NFL coach and Williams' return to the Miami lineup.
The real excitement was provided by Kyle Orton and Mark Bradley as they rallied Chicago to a 27-24 victory over the Miami Dolphins in the Hall of Fame game Monday night.
Zack Abron ran it in from the 4, disappointing all the Dolphins fans wearing No. 13 jerseys in the crowd of 22,292.
cbs.sportsline.com /nfl/story/8718318

  
 Houston Texans, Tony Boselli, Mark Brunell, Kevin Bentley, National Football League, Jacksonville Jaguars, Cleveland Browns - CBS SportsLine.com
In five years, it will be time for the Pro Football Hall of Fame to do the right thing.
"The Hall of Fame and things like that are out of my control," said Boselli, who plans to work in the ministry of his church and help his wife raise their four children.
Boyer is one of those veterans who gives his all year in and year out, which is why he has lasted nine years in the league.
www.sportsline.com /nfl/story/6484565

  
 USATODAY.com - Modell deserves a place in Hall
Along with Pete Rozelle, he helped lay the foundation that became the bedrock of league fortunes and for years was a driving force in TV negotiations.
We know the main argument against Modell: He is a hypocrite who callously ripped the hearts out of some of the most committed football fans on the planet to save his family's place at a financial feast.
He was an integral, driving force behind the league's decision to equally divvy up television revenue among franchises.
www.usatoday.com /sports/columnist/saraceno/2003-12-26-saraceno_x.htm

  
 Spinal Muscular Atrophy - SMA
A former defensive lineman for the Oakland Raiders and a member of the National Football League's Hall of Fame, Howie Long will join the fight against spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a crippling neuromuscular disease that is the number-one inherited cause of death of children under two.
Howie Long was inducted into the National Football League's Hall of Fame on July 29, 2000 in Canton, Ohio.
He became the third youngest player ever to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and became one of only seven Defensive Ends voted into the Hall of Fame in the history of professional football.
www.fightsma.com /rnews/howielong.asp

  
 Ike in the News
For complete coverage of the ceremony, including a multimedia retrospective of his outstanding professional career as a San Francisco 49er, go the National Football League Hall of Fame.
On Saturday, July 29, 2000, Ronnie Lott, class of 1977 became the first Eisenhower High School alumni to be inducted into the National Football League Hall of Fame.
www.rialto.k12.ca.us /Eisenhower/news_00-01/lott.html

  
 Military News - Veteran News: Hall of Fame Quarterback, NASCAR Driver Visit Pentagon
National Guard soldiers have a presence on the streets of Mississippi.
Nearly 30,000 National Guard troops from across America left their families and their civilian jobs during the week after Hurricane Katrina became the biggest national calamity since terrorists struck the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
The 38,000 National Guard troops and almost 13,000 active-component forces in the region are working feverishly to wrap up search-and-rescue operations and get the hurricane victims to safety.
www.militaryconnections.com /news_story.cfm?textnewsid=501

  
 Total Football II : The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (Total Football, 2nd Ed)
This nearly inexhaustible wealth of gridiron material was provided by the NFL staff, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the Pro Football Researchers Association, as well as by the game's foremost writers and historians.
The heart of Total Football is the Player Register with statistics provided by the Elias Sports Bureau, the NFL's official statistician since 1961, Bob Carroll and David Neft.
For Total Football they supplemented their research by contacting hundreds of former players and more than 400 colleges and universities.
www.historyuniverse.com /bookstore1/0062701746AMUS122709.shtml

  
 Kennedy Sailors Join Super Bowl Festivities
Klinkenburg said his father is a big Oakland Raiders fan, and the chance to meet the Hall of Fame linebacker was a dream come true.
Seaman Drew Gretz said he was glad to have the opportunity to meet the Hall of Famers and former NFL players.
Former Pittsburgh Steelers Wide Receiver and Hall or Fame player Lynn Swann said he was thrilled with the opportunity to give back in a small way to the men and women who serve.
www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=16970

  
 National Football League keeps Cleveland Browns debut in Ohio; new date for the 1999 AFC-NFC Hall of Fame Game featuring the Cleveland Browns vs Dallas Cowboys will be Aug 9 and will be televised on ABC's "Monday Night Football" (in CLENIX)
National Football League keeps Cleveland Browns debut in Ohio; new date for the 1999 AFC-NFC Hall of Fame Game featuring the Cleveland Browns vs Dallas Cowboys will be Aug 9 and will be televised on ABC's "Monday Night Football"
National Football League keeps Cleveland Browns debut in Ohio; new date for the 1999 AFC-NFC Hall of Fame Game featuring the Cleveland Browns vs Dallas Cowboys will be Aug 9 and will be televised on ABC's "Monday Night Football" (in CLENIX)
www-catalog.cpl.org /CLENIX/ACV-5715

  
 Colgate's John Frieser Wins National Football Foundation And College Hall of Fame Postgraduate Scholarship :: Raider Tight End Becomes Fourth Patriot League Recipient In League History
He is the fourth Patriot League player to earn the award, joining 2000 National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame inductee RB Gordie Lockbaum of Holy Cross (1987), WR Jack Lavalette of Holy Cross (1990) and Bucknell WR David Berardinelli (1992).
He will be recognized at The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame's 46th Annual Awards Dinner on December 9, at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.
Also being honored at the dinner will be the 2003 College Football Hall of Fame class, which will share the dais with the student-athletes.
www.fansonly.com /schools/patr/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/102903aab.html

  
 Home Page - Pro Football Hall of Fame
The Steelers were involved in one of the most famous plays in National Football League history.
Do not duplicate in any form without permission of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The Tennessee Titans franchise started as the Houston Oilers in the American Football League in 1960.
www.profootballhof.com

  
 SignOnSanDiego National Football League -- Hall of Fame Thumbnails
CANTON, Ohio &; Thumbnail sketches of the seven inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday:
Director of football operations, Montreal Alouettes (CFL), 1985.
Selected by Houston in the first round (8th player overall) of 1982 NFL draft.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/nfl/20010802-0848-fbn-halloffa.html

  
 Jerry Kramer for NFL Hall of Fame
If the idea of the Hall of Fame is to highight the all-time best, then it makes no sense that Kramer is not included.
After all, the HOF exists for the fans to admire the league's greatest players.
YOUR letters to the Halls' Senior Committee may be the key in swaying the voters to induct the Packer legend.
www.cheddarheadpackhouston.com /jkforhof.html

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