Brief Biography Of Jim Smith: Early American Football

Emmit Smith and Bo Jackson broke many records. Emmit holds the most career rushing yards in

Walter Camp founded American football in 1869. He is known as the “Father of American Football." Camp developed rule changes that cast the foundation of modern American Football. The sport started to rise and many people wanted to play or watch football. Steroids and concussions where main problems that are associated with football. Anabolic Steroids retain protein like the hormone testosterone to help build muscle. For football players, steroids are tempting because of the fast results in gaining weight and muscle in short amounts of time.

He has size, speed, and hands of an elite receiver. During his time at Ohio State he proved to be a reliable target in crunch time situations. His biggest strengths are his incredible speed off of the line of scrimmage, rate of acceleration, ability to catch the ball in traffic, and out-jump opposing defensive backs.

The career of Ben Roethlisberger 35, has been a journey to say the least. He entered the league out of Miami, OH as the eleventh pick in the 2004 NFL draft. He was not lauded like the two quarterbacks drafted before him. Eli Manning 36, who was drafted with the first overall pick by the San Diego Chargers, but traded to the New York Giants. The Giants who have won two super bowls with Manning one in 2008 and the other in 2012 won’t complain at all for the small amount they had to trade to acquire Manning. They traded Phillip Rivers 35, who was drafted with the fourth overall pick that same year, a third-round pick in 2004 which turned into Nate Kaeding, a 2005 first rounded pick which turned into Shawne Merriman, and a 2005 fifth round pick

To become a quarterback in the National Football League, a man must have strength, accuracy, focus, and determination. Not having any of those skills, a man will not be selected to the National Football League. One man who possesses those skills is Tom Brady. Since he has learned to play the sport, he has develop his skills to be able to successfully compete with others in the National Football League.

As a Qb Joe Montana was known to be one of the best Qb’s in History! By quarterbacking his team to four Super Bowl victories.

If you break 200 you might as well be the best receiver in the world, of NFL. Jerry Rice had racked in more touchdowns than Emmitt Smith. Emmitt was a phenomenal running back for the Dallas Cowboys, hitting 175 touchdowns in his career. Jerry has the most touchdowns in NFL history, with Emmitt Smith, at second, and Ladainian Tomlinson at third. Emmitt Smith is an elite running back that was in the NFL and for someone, anyone to have more and better stats than him is very difficult.

One game he had the flu and scored the most touchdowns and won. He also scored 110 touchdowns ,caught 492 passes for 4,538 yards,and 15 touchdowns. Also had 16,726 yards in the NFL. Emmitt Smith Broke Walter’s record. Emmitt broke his yards in 4th quarter 11 yards.

“Tom!”, “Mike!”, “Tedy!” Squashed in a crowd of hundreds of people, being prodded forward by my mom, I was overwhelmed by the noise, the air of excitement,everyone hoping for the same thing, an autograph from a Patriots player. I held out my football and hoped someone would grab it and sign it. One player grabbed it, but I didn’t know who because I was anxiously looking at the ground. Mike Vrabel, the huge linebacker, realized the instant he saw me that I was shy and nervous. He got my attention, looked me in the eye and said, “Can you say, Mr. Vrabel, will you please sign my ball?”He was trying to help me get over my fear and ask for a signature. I wished that it was that easy.

During the 1920s America was in a state of economic success, so many Americans had more free time and more money to do activities during this free time. Sports became very popular due to mass media. Athletes became American sports heroes that many fantisized about, and admired. Babe Ruth was a baseball player known to hit hundreds of home runs. Jack Dempsey was a boxer known for being a world class heavyweight champion from 1919-1926. Red Grange was college football player nicknamed the Galloping Ghost, because he was very agile and could outmaneuver opposing players. Bobby Jones was the best golfer of the 1920s. Bill Tilden and Helen Wills were the best tennis players of the 1920s. Lastly, Gertrude Ederle was a swimmer that broke the world

In “When Theodore Roosevelt Saved Football,” Bruce Watson (2011) was trying to express the influence that Roosevelt had on the way college football was played in 1905 and still stands to how it is played today. While Roosevelt was serving his first term in office, 45 athletes died when playing the sport at either their high school or college football fields due to the fact that the rules and the uniforms of the game were much more casual than they are today. Before he became involved with the sport there were pro and anti-football groups developing at the nation’s leading football colleges; Yale, Princeton, and Harvard. After that, Roosevelt had heard that the sport was becoming endangered by the magazine McClure. Then shortly after, Roosevelt’s

Walter Payton receives the handoff and the Soldier Field crowd of over 60,000 jump to their feet. Payton breaks free from the first defender and finds an opening. The 50, the 40, the 30, the 20, Walter Payton just has one more man to beat. As the last defender dives to push Walter Payton out of bounds, he leaps for the pylon. TOUCHDOWN! The Bears take the lead as the clock ticks down late in the 4th quarter. Throughout Walter Payton’s career, he has been gaining people's respect with his hall of fame talents on the field, but also with what he has done off the field. Walter Payton is highly respected for being one of, if not the greatest football player to ever live, but Payton is most influential for not just being a great athlete, but by

When he was In Youth Football league his speed, strength ,and smarts helped him stand out . When he started high school Andrew soon became a star player. He was great at throwing long passes and avoiding tackles. As a result, scouts from top colleges began closely watching him.

In the mid-late 1800s, the US was in an awkward place where finally, for an extended period of time, they were not at war with anyone. Americans could go home and not have to worry about sending their boys off to the army or navy in order to preserve their nation. However it was strange due to the fact that Americans did not yet have an identity, a true American culture. The free time given to them was met with revelation and the realization of things needing to be created in the US not only to serve as something to do and look forward to but also a social event and get together. Things like baseball started to really catch a flame, however more was needed to bring the country together, something more exciting. Finally, a man named Walter Camp

The history of football is interesting as well as exciting, from the first forms of the game ever played, to the multi million dollar organizations of today. The game continues to evolve and change with the times.