Bob Golic was a longtime professional football player in the National Football League. He began his career with the New England Patriots in 1979, but attained star status after joining the Cleveland Browns in 1982. He would finish his career with the Los Angeles Raiders, where he played from 1989 to 1992 before moving on [...]
Categories: In The Movies, Player Facts |
Tags: Bob Golic, Browns, Defensive Linemen, In The Movies | 
No Comments »
Joe Kapp was a popular American and Canadian football player who spent most of his professional career with the BC Lions of the CFL and the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL. He had a very successful college football career that saw him quarterback the University of California to the 1959 Rose Bowl. Joe Kapp made [...]
Categories: In The Movies, Player Facts |
Tags: BC Lions, In The Movies, Joe Kapp, Quarterbacks, Vikings | No Comments »
Fran Tarkenton is one of the best quarterbacks to ever play in the NFL. He came to the league in 1961 with the Minnesota Vikings in their first year in football. He spent the first six years of his career with the Vikings before being traded to the New York Giants in 1967. He then [...]
Categories: In The Movies, Player Facts |
Tags: Fran Tarkenton, In The Movies, Vikings | No Comments »
Dick Butkus is an NFL legend and one of the most famous linebackers ever to play the game of football. He played nine seasons, from 1965 to 1973 with the Chicago Bears and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979. He was one of the most feared defensive players in the [...]
Categories: In The Movies, Player Facts |
Tags: Bears, Dick Butkus, In The Movies | No Comments »
Lawrence Taylor revolutionized the way the position of outside linebacker is played in the National Football League. From 1981 to 1993, the original LT roamed the defensive side of the field for the New York Giants and created havoc wherever he seemed to go. He was controversial in his antics and his off the field [...]
Categories: In The Movies, Player Facts |
Tags: Giants, In The Movies, Lawrence Taylor | No Comments »
O.J. Simpson is a very famous person, or infamous depending on your view of the man. Before he was convicted of kidnapping and acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, he was a great football player and top celebrity. During his football playing days, O.J. Simpson was [...]
Categories: In The Movies, Player Facts |
No Comments »
Few athletes can lay a claim to even approaching the popularity that Bo Jackson achieved during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The star athlete excelled on both the football and baseball fields and hist two-sport superstardom took the world by storm. Soon there were “Bo Knows…” this and “Bo Knows…” that commercials and advertisements [...]
Categories: In The Movies, Player Facts |
Tags: Bo Jackson, Raiders | No Comments »
Joe Namath was easily one of the most popular players in the old American Football League. His notoriety expanded after guaranteeing that the AFL‘s New York Jets would beat the NFL‘s Baltimore Colts in their upcoming Super Bowl III match-up. This popularity translated into other areas of his professional life as he would go on [...]
Categories: In The Movies, Player Facts |
Tags: Jets, Joe Namath | No Comments »
John Madden is in the Pro Football for his coaching career in the NFL and is also one of the most well known and beloved football commentators in history. Madden played college football at the College of San Mateo and also California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. He was drafted in the [...]
Categories: Coach Facts, In The Movies |
Tags: Broadcasters, John Madden, Raiders | No Comments »
Alex Karras played twelve seasons on the defensive line for the Detroit Lions. Before that he was an Outland Trophy winner at the University of Iowa. He also finished second in the race for the Heisman trophy during his senior year at Iowa, quite an accomplishment for a defensive lineman. Karras had an interesting career [...]
Categories: In The Movies, Player Facts |
Tags: Alex Karras, Lions, Movies | No Comments »
John Matuszak was a longtime NFL defensive end, most famously playing for the 1970s Oakland Raiders teams. Matuszak also spent time on the rosters of the Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs. He retired from the game at the age of 31 and immediately began his second career as an actor. He would pass away [...]
Categories: In The Movies |
Tags: Movies, Raiders | No Comments »
Many people know Howie Long as the longtime defensive end for the Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders. During his 13 year career he was an eight time Pro Bowler and was made a member of the 1980s All-Decade Team. He also owns a Super Bowl ring thanks to the Raiders’ 1984 victory over the Washington [...]
Categories: In The Movies, Player Facts |
Tags: Howie Long, Movies, Raiders | No Comments »
Most football fans know that Jim Brown is simply one of the best football players to ever play the game. In his nine seasons in the league, he led the league in rushing eight times. Though his career was relatively brief, he held most major career rushing records at the time of his retirement and [...]
Categories: In The Movies |
Tags: Browns, Jim Brown, Movies | No Comments »
Terry Bradshaw in the Movies Terry Bradshaw, besides being a Hall of Fame quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers and an NFL commentator, also has been active in television and the movies. Here is a look at his film career. 1978 – Hooper 1981 – Cannonball Run 1981 – The Stockers (TV Movie) 1985 – Hardcastle [...]
Categories: In The Movies, Player Facts |
Tags: Movies, Terry Bradshaw | No Comments »
