Football player
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'Football Player' refers to athletes playing the American sport Football. Currently focused on players in the NFL (National Football League), but college athletes could be added.
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| Bill Walsh |
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William Ernest "Bill" Walsh (November 30 1931 – July 30 2007) was an American head football coach of the San Francisco 49ers and Stanford University, during which time he popularized the West Coast Offense. Walsh went 102-63-1 with the 49ers,...
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| Bert Bell |
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DeBenneville "Bert" Bell (February 25, 1895 – October 11, 1959) was co-founder of the Philadelphia Eagles, co-owner and coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers and commissioner of the National Football League from 1946 until his death.
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| Johnny Unitas |
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John Constantine "Johnny" Unitas (May 7, 1933 – September 11, 2002), nicknamed The Golden Arm and often called Johnny U, was a professional American football player in the 1950s through the 1970s, spending the majority of his career with the...
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| Jack Kemp |
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Person | Quarterback |
Jack French Kemp, Jr. (born July 13, 1935) is an American politician and former professional American football player. In the 1996 election, Kemp was Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole's running mate for Vice President. He had previously...
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| Byron White |
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Person | Running back |
Byron Raymond White (June 8, 1917 – April 15, 2002) won fame both as a football running back and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed to the court by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, he served until his...
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| Jim Thorpe |
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Person | Running back |
Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk) from Oklahoma: Wa-Tho-Huk) (May 28, 1888 – March 28, 1953) was an American athlete. Considered one of the most versatile athletes in modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and...
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| Terry Bradshaw |
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Person | Quarterback |
Terry Paxton Bradshaw (born September 2, 1948) is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League (NFL). He is currently a football analyst and co-host of FOX NFL Sunday. In a six-year span, he won...
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| Eddie George | Person | Running back |
Edward Nathan George, Jr. (born September 24, 1973) is a former American football running back of the NFL. He played for the Tennessee Titans both in Tennessee and in Houston when the franchise was known as the Houston Oilers, and spent his final...
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| Bronko Nagurski | Person | Running back |
Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski (November 3, 1908 – January 7, 1990) was an American football player of Polish- Ukrainian origin. He was also a famous professional wrestler, being one of the first football players to succeed as a professional wrestler....
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| William Perry | Person | Defensive tackle |
William Perry (born December 16, 1962 in Aiken, South Carolina) is a former professional American football player and brother of former professional football player Michael Dean Perry. He is best known for his years as a defensive lineman for the...
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| Randy White | Person | Linebacker |
Randy Lee White (born January 15, 1953 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an American football player. He attended the University of Maryland from 1971-1974, and played professionally for the Dallas Cowboys from 1975-1988. He is a member of both the...
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| Curly Lambeau |
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Person | Running back |
Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau (April 9, 1898 – June 1, 1965) was the founder, a player, and the first coach of the Green Bay Packers professional football team.
Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun formed the Packers in 1919 while Lambeau was working as...
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| Emmitt Smith |
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Person | Running back |
Emmitt James Smith III (born May 15 1969 in Pensacola, Florida) is a former American football player, who played for the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals. Smith is a three time Super Bowl champion and the NFL's all time rushing leader, a record...
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| Sid Gillman | Person | Tight end |
Sidney "Sid" Gillman (October 26, 1911 - January 3, 2003) was an American football coach and innovator. Gillman's insistence on stretching the football field by throwing deep downfield passes, instead of short passes to running back or wide receiver...
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| Jim McMahon |
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Person | Quarterback |
James Robert "Jim" McMahon (born August 21, 1959 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is a former American football player, playing collegiately at Brigham Young University and later in the professional ranks with the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers.
It...
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| O. J. Simpson |
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Person | Running back |
''Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson (born July 9, 1947), also known by his nickname, The Juice, is a retired American football player, actor, spokesman and broadcaster, who earned infamy for having been tried for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown...
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| Barry Sanders | Person | Running back |
Barry David Sanders (born ) is a Hall of Fame and Heisman Trophy winning American football running back who spent all of his professional career with the Detroit Lions in the NFL. Sanders is best known for being one of the most prolific running...
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| Jeff Garcia |
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Jeffrey Jason Garcia (born February 24, 1970 in Gilroy, California) is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. Garcia's professional career began in the CFL before signing with the San Francisco...
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| Doug Flutie | Person | Quarterback |
Douglas Richard Flutie (born October 23, 1962) is a retired American football and Canadian football quarterback. Flutie played college football at Boston College, and played professionally in the National Football League, Canadian Football League,...
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| Tom Landry |
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Person | Cornerback |
Thomas Wade Landry (September 11, 1924 – February 12, 2000) was an American football player and coach. He is legendary for his successes as the coach of the Dallas Cowboys. He is ranked as one of the greatest and most innovative coaches in NFL...
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| Bob Lilly | Person | Defensive tackle |
Bob Lilly (born July 26, 1939) is a former American football player in the NFL and photographer. He is considered one of the greatest defensive linemen in NFL history.
A two-time All-Southwest Conference pick and a consensus All-American while at...
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| Warren Moon |
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Person | Quarterback |
Harold Warren Moon (born November 18, 1956 in Los Angeles, California) is a former American and Canadian football quarterback who played for the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos and the National Football League's Houston Oilers, Minnesota...
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| Bob Sapp |
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Person | Offensive Lineman |
Robert Malcolm Sapp aka Bob "The Beast" Sapp (born September 22 1974) is an American kickboxer, mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and former world champion professional wrestler and former professional American Football player. Sapp currently has an...
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| Fritz Pollard | Person | Running back |
Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard (January 27, 1894 – May 11, 1986) was the first African American head coach in the National Football League (NFL). Pollard along with Bobby Marshall were the first two African American players in the NFL in 1920....
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| Dan Marino |
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Person | Quarterback |
Daniel Constantine Marino, Jr. (born September 15, 1961 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an Italian-American Hall of Fame quarterback who played for the Miami Dolphins in the National Football League. The last quarterback of the legendary Quarterback...
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| Jay Berwanger | Person | Running back |
John Jay Berwanger (March 19, 1914 - June 26, 2002) was an American football running back born in Dubuque, Iowa. He was the first winner of the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy in 1935 (the following year, though, the award was renamed the Heisman...
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| Tex Schramm | Person |
Texas Earnest Schramm, Jr. (June 2, 1920 - July 15, 2003) was the original president and general manager of the U.S. National Football League's Dallas Cowboys franchise. Schramm became the head of the Dallas Cowboys when the former expansion team...
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| Fran Tarkenton |
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Person | Quarterback |
Francis Asbury Tarkenton (born February 3, 1940) is a former American football player, TV personality, and computer software executive.
He is best known for his years with the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, as well as a commentator on...
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| Alan Page | Person | Defensive tackle |
Alan Cedric Page (born August 7, 1945 in Canton, Ohio) is a jurist and former professional American football player. He graduated from Canton Central Catholic High School in 1964, received his B.A. in political science from the University of Notre...
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| Jim Finks | Person | Quarterback |
Jim Finks (August 31, 1927 - May 8, 1994) was an American sports executive, primarily for American football.
Jim Finks was born in St. Louis, Missouri, attended high school in Salem, Illinois, and attended college at the University of Tulsa. After...
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