Today in American Football History
Sub-Topics: NFL
Historical Events
Results 1 - 9 of 9
1899-01-07 - Walter Camp publishes his 1st All-American football team in Collier's
1937-09-10 - 2nd American Football League plays 1st game (LA 21, Pittsburgh 0)
1940-09-15 - 3rd American Football League plays 1st game (Milw 14, Columbus 2)
1946-09-06 - All-American Football Conference plays 1st game (Clev 44, Miami 0)
1950-03-03 - 3 months as National-American Football League takes back NFL name
1960-09-09 - 4th American Football League plays 1st game (Denver 13, Boston 10)
1991-02-24 - End of World League of American Football's (WLAF) 1st draft
1991-03-23 - 1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 & Mont beats Birmingham 20-5
1998-01-22 - World League of American Football becomes NFL East
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 100 of 448
1859-04-07 - Walter Camp, Ct, father of American football (Yale)
1895-09-15 - Charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (d. 1974)
1899-03-28 - Buck Shaw, American football coach (d. 1977)
1909-08-22 - Mel Hein, American football player (d. 1992)
1911-10-26 - Sid Gilman, American football player (d. 2003)
1915-12-29 - Bill Osmanski, American football player (d. 1996)
1919-03-31 - Frank Akins, American football player (d. 1993)
1920-06-02 - Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (d. 2003)
1925-06-05 - Art Donovan, American football star
1926-12-21 - Joe Paterno, American football coach
1927-01-01 - Doak Walker, American football star (d. 1998)
1929-02-03 - Ken Shipp, American football coach
1929-02-28 - Hayden Fry, American football coach
1929-04-01 - Bo Schembechler, American football coach (d. 2006)
1929-05-07 - Babe Parilli, American football player
1929-11-08 - Bobby Bowden, American football coach
1930-01-17 - Eddie LeBaron, American football player
1931-02-18 - Bob St. Clair, American football player
1932-01-01 - Jackie Parker, American football player (d. 2006)
1932-07-16 - Max McGee, American football player (d. 2007)
1932-07-21 - Ernie Warlick, American football player
1932-10-20 - Rosey Brown, American football player (d. 2004)
1935-05-25 - Cookie Gilchrist, American football player
1937-09-19 - Abner Haynes, American football player
1938-03-04 - Don Perkins, American football player
1938-08-22 - Paul Maguire, American football commentator
1938-09-22 - Gene Mingo, American football player
1939-06-22 - Don Matthews, American football coach in the CFL
1939-07-05 - Booker Edgerson, American football player
1939-07-18 - Jerry Moore, American football coach
1940-01-22 - George Seifert, American football coach
1940-02-02 - Wayne Fontes, American football coach
1940-02-15 - John Hadl, American football player
1940-11-25 - Joe Gibbs, American football coach
1941-03-28 - Jim Turner, American football player
1941-04-27 - Lee Roy Jordan, American football player
1941-08-20 - Rich Brooks, American football coach
1941-12-30 - Mel Renfro, American football player
1942-01-25 - Carl Eller, American football player
1943-09-23 - Marty Schottenheimer, American football coach
1945-04-13 - Bob Kalsu, American football player (d. 1970)
1945-08-23 - Rayfield Wright, American football player
1945-11-25 - George Webster, American football player (d. 2007)
1946-02-09 - Vince Papale, American football player
1946-05-03 - Norm Chow, American football coach
1946-07-16 - Ron Yary, American football player
1946-08-09 - Jim Kiick, American football player
1946-08-25 - Charlie Sanders, American football player
1946-09-08 - L.C. Greenwood, American football player
1946-09-18 - Otis Sistrunk, American football player
1946-09-24 - "Mean" Joe Greene, American football player
1946-10-14 - James Robert "Radio" Kennedy, American football coach
1946-11-20 - Greg Cook, American football player
1947-01-05 - Mercury Morris, American football player
1947-08-19 - Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (d. 2007)
1947-12-05 - Jim Plunkett, American football player
1948-09-10 - Charlie Waters, American football player
1948-12-23 - Jack Ham, American football player (Steelers)
1949-10-19 - Lynn Dickey, American football player
1950-09-01 - Phillip Fulmer, American football coach
1951-11-17 - Butch Davis, American football coach
1952-01-27 - "White Shoes" Johnson, American football player
1952-03-18 - Mike Webster, American football player (d. 2002)
1952-07-08 - Jack Lambert, American football player
1952-08-24 - Mike Shanahan, American football coach
1952-11-10 - Gerry DiNardo, American football coach
1953-11-26 - Harry Carson, American football player
1954-02-28 - Brian Billick, American football coach
1954-04-28 - Ron Zook, American Football Coach
1954-05-27 - Jackie Slater, American football player
1954-09-18 - Tommy Tuberville, American football coach
1955-03-07 - Tommy Kramer, American football player
1955-05-26 - Wesley Walker, American football player
1955-10-06 - Tony Dungy, American football coach
1956-02-03 - John Jefferson, American football player
1956-03-09 - Mark Dantonio, Michigan State University American football coach
1956-06-23 - Tony Hill, American football player
1956-06-27 - Brad Childress, American football coach
1956-07-31 - Bill Callahan, American football coach
1956-08-26 - Mark Mangino, American football coach
1956-10-16 - Johnny Chavis, American football coach
1956-11-29 - Eric Laakso, American football player
1957-04-08 - Fred Smerlas, American football player
1957-05-08 - Bill Cowher, American football coach
1957-10-26 - Bob Golic, American football player
1958-05-08 - Lovie Smith, American football coach
1958-09-23 - Marvin Lewis, American football coach
1960-02-13 - Gary Patterson, American football coach
1960-02-14 - Jim Kelly, American football player
1960-09-09 - Bob Stoops, American football coach
1960-10-13 - Tim Brewster, American football coach
1960-11-27 - Ken O'Brien, American football player
1961-02-25 - Todd Blackledge, American football player
1961-03-10 - Bobby Petrino, American football coach
1961-08-15 - Gary Kubiak, American football coach
1961-08-16 - Christian Okoye, American football player
1963-04-03 - Jack Del Rio, American football coach
1963-05-24 - Rich Rodriguez, American football coach
1963-12-18 - Karl Dorrell, American football coach
1963-12-29 - Sean Payton, American football coach
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 79 of 79
1920-12-14 - George Gipp, American football player (b. 1895)
1925-03-14 - Walter Camp, father of American football, dies at 65
1936-10-03 - John Heisman, American football coach (b. 1869)
1963-05-10 - Gene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb, American football player (b. 1931)
1963-05-18 - Ernie Davis, American football player (b. 1939)
1970-06-16 - Brian Piccolo, American football player (b. 1943)
1970-07-21 - Bob Kalsu, American football player (b. 1945)
1971-04-15 - Dan Reeves, American football team owner (b. 1912)
1973-03-26 - Johnny Drake, American football player (b. 1916)
1974-04-21 - Charles "Chic" Harley, American football player (b. 1895)
1983-03-25 - Bob Waterfield, American football player (b. 1920)
1983-05-02 - Norm Van Brocklin, American football star (b. 1926)
1986-05-11 - Fritz Pollard, American football player (b. 1894)
1987-04-03 - Tom Sestak, American football player (b. 1936)
1990-03-15 - Tom Harmon, American football player and broadcaster (b. 1919)
1998-03-08 - Ray Nitschke, American football player (b. 1936)
1998-07-05 - Sid Luckman, American football player (b. 1916)
1998-09-27 - Doak Walker, American football player (b. 1927)
2000-01-04 - Tom Fears, American football player (b. 1922)
2000-02-08 - Derrick Thomas, American football player (b. 1967)
2000-02-12 - Tom Landry, American football coach (b. 1924)
2001-08-01 - Korey Stringer, American football player (b. 1974)
2002-01-29 - Dick "Night Train" Lane, American football player (b. 1928)
2002-04-15 - Byron "Whizzer" White, American football player and U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1917)
2002-04-18 - Wahoo McDaniel, American football player and professional wrestler (b. 1938)
2002-05-09 - Dan Devine, American football coach (b. 1924)
2002-06-26 - Jay Berwanger, American football player (b. 1914)
2002-09-11 - Johnny Unitas, American football player (b. 1933)
2003-01-03 - Sid Gillman, American football coach (b. 1911)
2003-02-20 - Harry Jacunski, American football player
2003-07-15 - Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (b. 1920)
2003-08-26 - Jim Wacker, American football coach (b. 1937)
2003-12-17 - Otto Graham, American football player (b. 1921)
2004-01-28 - Elroy Hirsch, American football player (b. 1923)
2004-04-22 - Pat Tillman, American football player and U.S. Army Ranger (killed in action) (b. 1976)
2004-06-09 - Rosey Brown, American football player (b. 1932)
2004-12-26 - Reggie White, American football player (b. 1961)
2005-03-16 - Todd Bell, American football player (b. 1958)
2005-04-10 - Al Lucas, American football player (b. 1978)
2005-04-18 - Sam Mills, American football player (b. 1959)
2005-07-04 - Hank Stram, American football coach (b. 1923)
2005-08-05 - Jim O'Hora, American football coach (b. 1915)
2005-08-20 - Thomas Herrion, American football player (b. 1981)
2005-09-13 - Toni Fritsch, Austrian football and American football player (b. 1945)
2005-11-16 - Robert Tisch, American football team owner (b. 1926)
2005-11-23 - Frank Gatski, American football player (b. 1919)
2005-12-07 - Bud Carson, American football player and coach (b. 1931)
2005-12-15 - Darrell Russell, American football player (b. 1976)
2006-02-01 - Dick Bass, American football player (b. 1937)
2006-02-16 - Ernie Stautner, German-born American football player (b. 1925)
2006-03-30 - Red Hickey, American football coach (b. 1917)
2006-05-27 - Craig Heyward, American football player (b. 1966)
2006-06-29 - Randy Walker, American football coach (b. 1954)
2006-09-08 - Erk Russell, American football coach (b. 1923)
2006-11-07 - Bryan Pata, American football defensive tackle (University of Miami) (murdered) (b. 1981)
2006-11-17 - Bo Schembechler, American football coach (b. 1929)
2006-11-20 - Andre Waters, American football player (b. 1962)
2007-01-01 - Darrent Williams, American football player (b. 1982)
2007-01-06 - Mario Danelo, American football player (b. 1985)
2007-02-24 - Lamar Lundy, American football player (b. 1935)
2007-02-24 - Damien Nash, American football player (b. 1982)
2007-03-10 - Ernie Ladd, American football player and professional wrestler (b. 1938)
2007-04-03 - Eddie Robinson, American football coach (b. 1919)
2007-04-05 - Darryl Stingley, American football player (b. 1951)
2007-04-30 - Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)
2007-05-28 - Marquise Hill, American football player (b. 1982)
2007-06-19 - Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (b. 1947)
2007-07-30 - Bill Walsh, American football coach (b. 1931)
2007-10-02 - Tex Coulter, American football player (b. 1924)
2007-10-20 - Max McGee, American football player (b. 1932)
2007-11-26 - Sean Taylor, American Football Player (b. 1983)
2007-11-27 - Bill Willis, American football player (b. 1921)
2007-11-27 - Sean Taylor, American football player (b. 1983)
2007-12-31 - Tony Elliott, American football player (b. 1959)
2008-01-17 - Ernie Holmes, American football player (b. 1948)
2008-01-18 - Georgia Frontiere, American football team owner (b. 1927)
2008-03-26 - Heath Benedict, American Football Player (b. 1983)
2008-07-04 - Terrence Kiel, American Football Player (b. 1980)
2008-08-20 - Gene Upshaw, American football player and union leader (b. 1945)
