Posts belonging to Category Little Known Facts
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Lynn Swann played nine seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and over the years became famous for dramatic big plays. He was a major contributor to the Steelers teams that won four Super Bowls during their dynasty, and went down in history as a true fan favorite. He has gone on to do everything from broadcast [...]
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Tags: Interesting Facts, Lynn Swann, Steelers, Wide Receivers | 
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Playing in multiple professional football leagues is not an uncommon thing to do. In the late 1940s and into the 1950s, there are a great many players that played in the All American Football Conference (AAFC) and the National Football League. In the 1960s and 1970s, there are a lot of players that spent time [...]
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Tags: AAFC, AFL, Ben Agajanian, Hardy Brown, NFL | No Comments »
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Brett Favre has put together one of the best and most interesting NFL careers of nearly everyone that came before him. He was not the highest rated quarterback prospect coming out of college and spent his first season in the pros as a backup for the Atlanta Falcons. After a trade that brought him to [...]
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Larry Fitzgerald was highly touted as one of the best wide receivers in college football during his days at the University of Pittsburgh. Many players come into the pros and never live up to the billing they received in high school. This was definitely not the case with Fitzgerald as he developed into one of [...]
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Tags: Brian St. Pierre, Cardinals, John Navarre, Josh McCown, Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald, Matt Leinart, Shaun King, Wide Receivers | No Comments »
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Only two players in the history of the NFL have ever scored 20 or more touchdowns during their rookie season in the league. To dominate like this during a player’s first season playing at the highest level is something that is fairly incredible. In 1983, Eric Dickerson burst onto the scene out of Southern Methodist [...]
Categories: Little Known Facts, The Record Book |
Tags: Bears, Eric Dickerson, Gale Sayers, Rams, Record Book, Rookies, Running Backs | No Comments »
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Today we’re taking a look at what players have thrown the most interceptions in their last year in the league. To make sure that we don’t include anyone who just played one or two years in the league, we’ll add the stipulation that the list will only include quarterbacks who had the last season of [...]
Categories: Little Known Facts, The Record Book |
Tags: Bobby Hebert, Brian Sipe, Fran Tarkenton, Interceptions, Quarterbacks, Record Book, Vikings, Y.A. Tittle | No Comments »
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It is rare these days for a player, no matter how good they are, to play their entire career with just one NFL team. With that in mind, we’re looking today at which wide receivers on the All-Time Top 50 Career Receiving Yards list (through the 2008 season) played their entire careers with just one [...]
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Tags: Amani Toomer, Andre Rison, Chad Johnson, Charley Taylor, Fred Biletnikoff, Hines Ward, Little Known Info, Mark Duper, Marvin Harrison, Michael Irvin, Ochocinco, Raymond Berry, Rod Smith, Steve Largent, Wide Receivers | No Comments »
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One of the more exciting plays in football can often be the two point conversion. This is because, many times either the game is on the line or a very important scoring opportunity will be influenced by whether the play succeeds or fails. After a touchdown is scored, it is immediately time for the extra [...]
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Tags: Record Book, The Rulebook, Two Point Conversions | 2 Comments »
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With the way professional football is these days, it is very hard to imagine there being too many one team quarterbacks anymore. Here we are going to look at the All-Time Top 50 quarterbacks (through the 2008 season), in terms of passing yardage gained, and see who on the list spent their entire careers with [...]
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Tags: Dan Fouts, Dan Marino, Donovan McNabb, John Brodie, John Elway, Ken Anderson, Little Known Info, Peyton Manning, Phil Simms, Quarterbacks, Steve Grogan, Terry Bradshaw, Tom Brady, Troy Aikman | No Comments »
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Gallaudet University is located in Washington D.C. and is largely known as a school for the deaf and hard of hearing. The university does offer a football program, and it was in the early days of football in the late 1800s that the team began a practice that continues to this day. It seems that [...]
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Staying with one team for an entire NFL career is not always feasible, especially in the modern era. We’re going to look at what kickers who appear on the Top 50 All-Time Field Goals Made List spent their entire career with just one team. How many kickers in the All-Time Top 50 played their whole [...]
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Tags: Don Cockroft, Fred Cox, Jason Hanson, Jim Bakken, John Carney, Kickers, Little Known Info, Lou Groza, Pat Leahy, Phil Dawson, Sebastian Janikowski | No Comments »
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Here’s a quick look at something that should turn out to be interesting. Today we’re looking at the Top 50 running backs of all time (through the 2008 season), in terms of career rushing yards, who played their entire career with one team. It is extremely rare for modern players to spend their entire careers [...]
Categories: Little Known Facts, The Record Book |
Tags: Barry Sanders, Freeman McNeill, Jim Brown, LaDainian Tomlinson, Leroy Kelly, Little Known Info, Rodney Hampton, Running Backs, Terrell Davis, Terry Allen, Tiki Barber, Walter Payton | No Comments »
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Dick LeBeau has been an assistant coach in the NFL for more than 30 years. He is credited with being one of the soundest defensive minds in the NFL today and has left his mark on the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ defense off and on over the last decade or more. Many people aren’t aware that LeBeau [...]
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Tags: Assistant Coaches, Bengals, Dick LeBeau, Head Coaches, Little Known Info, Steelers | No Comments »
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Little Known Facts: Floyd Little Floyd Little is one of the all time great running backs, not just of the Denver Broncos, but also representing both the AFL and NFL too. Here is a look at some little known info about this great player. -Floyd Little stood just five feet ten inches tall and weighed [...]
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