Clay Mathew's Sr.: A Career In Professional Sports

His teammate, Brian Baschnagel, insisted that Payton could play any position. Then he hesitated: "I guess at 5-10, 202 pounds, his size might limit him at defensive tackle. The most incredible thing I ever saw was the time he threw me a 50-yard touchdown pass. He was literally going down and he had to whip the ball that far sidearm."

Pat Tillman was born on November 6,1976 in Fremont California ( wikipedia ). He had two brothers, went to school in Leland High School in San Jose, California ( wikipedia ). “He led his team to the Central Coast Division I Football Championship” (Bio) while he played in high school.”His talent landed him a scholarship to Arizona State University” (Bio). Tilman won many awards like MVP, and defensive player of the year he also achieved in the classroom too. “Tillman was selected in 1988 by the Arizona Cardinals in the NFL draft” (Bio). “Loyal to his team, Tillman turned down a lucrative contract with the St. Louis Rams to stay with the Cardinals in 2001.”(Bio)

and basketball. He practiced for hours to hopefully some day become a great basketball player. After high school he went to North Carolina for college, He played basketball there and won the NCAA championship. After

Michael first year in the NFL was great he was the starter right tackle. Not only was the year good for him but the team as well. In December, he was named NFL rookie of the month. The team made it to AFC- divisional round but the Indianapolis Colts ended their season on their way to the super bowl. Before the season ended they had some big wins like the season opener against the Redskins which they won 34-24 or the game against the Chargers and the browns. There biggest win

His former wife, Pam, tells how he took a knife and slashed all his football pictures” (Mihoces). He died September of 2002 and the narrator of a Frontline special on his life said, “The news that day would start a chain of events that would threaten to forever change the way America sees the game of football,"(Mihoces). His brain was examined to find out more about his disabilities and their relation to football.

Walter Payton, running back for the dominant 1985 Chicago Bears team that went 15-1 and won the Superbowl, is one of the best running backs in NFL history. Walter Payton was also known for his philanthropy off the field, earning him the nickname “Sweetness”. There is now an award given out every year called the Walter Payton Man of the Year Award, which recognizes players for their charitable contributions off the field as well as their excellence on the field. The last recipient of this award was Thomas Davis, a Carolina Panthers linebacker. Walter “Sweetness” Payton died in 1999 of cancer. He was one of the most influential athletes in history, not just due to his ability on the field, but also because of his persona. Stats, influence on the game, and persona off the field are how a player’s influence should be measured. The three most influential quarterbacks of the last twenty five years of the twentieth century are Warren Moon, Joe Montana, and Jim Kelly.

He attended the University of California (first to earn varsity letters in 4 sports) however due to financial needs he did not earn his degree.

So in the 1987 draft the raiders chose him with their seventh round pick. The owner of the raiders seemed to take a liking in Jackson's baseball career so he offered him a contract that would allow him to pursue baseball but also have to work part-time in football after each MLB season. During the 1990 NFL season he rushed for 698 yards in 10 games and earned himself a Pro Bowl selection. But an injury also came with all of those accomplishments as he suffered a hip injury that the treatment couldn’t help. That spring the Royals released him and he was later acquired the the White Sox. He was able to play 23 games before his hip had deteriorated so much that he had to have it replaced.

Mike Webster was a center for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and played for 17 years. He set the record for 220 games played with the Steelers. The center on a team is the person who always gets hit every play and most of the hits are to the head. Mike Webster helped the Steelers go to 4 out of their 6 super bowls and he went to 9 pro bowls. He got hit so many times that he got a problem with his brain called (CTE) which is a brain disease that a lot of athletes get with a history of concussions. Mike Webster thought that a few head injuries would do nothing, but later on in life that came back on him. Mike struggled from a lot of things, like depression, money, and health. After his depression and loss of money he also lost his home.

When Terrell Davis was a senior at Lincoln High school his coaches gave him a chance at fullback. He played other positions including kicker. He led his team to a 12-2 record. After his graduation he went on to play football at Long Beach State University. His brother, Reggie

Gregg Bingham was born on March 13th, 1951 in Evanston, Illinois just 12 miles north from the city of Chicago. Bingham played tight end at Gordon Tech High School, (now known as DePaul College Prep) but soon changed to a defensive lineman later because the position fit him more. Bingham unlike most people at the school, started on varsity his freshman year. Bingham was a brilliant student and was offered scholarships by many Ivy League schools, such as Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Dartmouth and others. But the reason Bingham chose Purdue over all these Ivy League schools was that when he visited the campus he asked a woman at the front counter where the Coke machine was. The woman started to explain but then showed the machine to him. He was impressed that this woman took her time to show him this Coke machine, and she did not even know that he had received a scholarship offer for football from the university!

In the Mike Webster Sports Injury Series articles, the details of Mike Webster and his condition surrounded the fact that he was the face of football for seventeen years. Webster had missed special events because of football, and upon retiring began to miss events because of his health (Garber). In his prime, he was rich, in shape, and he did what he loved. He sustained many injuries during

Introduction and conclusion The chance of getting into the NFL is about 2 percent. One person who beat these odds is Jerry Rice. Jerry Rice is one of the best NFL players.1)First we will talk about Jerry Rice’s Background, where he came from and so forth, 2)than we will talk about his accomplishments, 3)and lastly we will talk about how he has impacted the community.

His Freshmen year of City College, he averaged 10 yards when he received the ball. By Sophomore year, he was given recognition by 50 colleges. in the Spring of 1967, he enrolled at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles as a Junior and soon became college football's leading rusher. His Senior year, he ended with carrying the ball thirty-five times and gained

In the book entitled Out of Their League, David Meggyesy describes his life as a football player from high school through his days with the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). Born in 1941, Meggyesy was raised in a low-income household in Solon, Ohio. Like many athletes from impoverished backgrounds, he was able to use the game of football to better himself though both a full scholarship to Syracuse University and financial stability with the Cardinals. During his career, however, Meggyesy became increasingly disillusioned with the game of football and how its athletes were subject to tremendous physical and psychological turmoil from those in