Pro Football Hall of Fame

grew up in a crowded lower-middle class home, filled with eight children in a “predominantly white neighborhood” (Carroll 9) (Foster 52). Although he was small, Pollard was “much faster than other children his age,” so he began playing high school football, despite his size. He hoped that like his inspiration, Jack Johnson, he could also succeed as a “black athlete in the white-dominated athletic world” (Carroll 26 - 28). Johnson had overcome racial boundaries to become the heavyweight boxing champion

Originally Posted by Gino Marchetti When you go through training in the Army, sometimes you think, "Geez, I wish I could go home and quit." But you can't quit. You're there, and no way in the world can you leave. I took that mindset and put it toward football. I can remember, as a player at the University of San Francisco, we trained in Corning, Calif., one time. Those were two of the worst months of my life. It was 113 degrees, and I kept saying, "I don't need this." I was on the verge of quitting,

Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics. In the 1990's Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls would rule, winning six championships in eight years. In the 2000's, many international players started joining and being very successful in the NBA. The Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts holds 180 players, 100

From the beginning of the decade extraordinary athletes had emerged from approximately every sport - with football being a huge impact on that era. Football had been played for years, with the first ever game being recorded on November 6, 1869 between Rutgers University and Princeton University, with the game taking place at Rutgers in Brunswick, New Jersey (Scott, 3). American football surfaced in the 1880’s being a spinoff of rugby created by yale student, Walter Camp (Hallas, 1). This is where

Clint Murchison, Jr. and Bedford Wynne were awarded a National Football League (NFL) expansion franchise on January 28, 1960, located in Dallas, TX. At the annual meeting, they purchased the team for $600,000 (Bohls 1). They were given the status of a “swing team” meaning that they would play every other team in the league their first season of play. They were displaced in the Western Division Standings. Murchison’s and Wynne’s next moved was to high their front office personnel which were: Tex

Barry Sanders: GOAT In a Very short-lived career, Barry sanders changed the game of football forever. Standing only five feet, eight inches tall, Barry didn’t let his size keep him from doing what he loved. With Sanders being that little it made him and even more lethal opponent to the defense. Sanders was always doubted, ever since high school. The coaches would always tell him he was too little to play football past the high school level. Barry decided that he would prove all the doubters wrong

Despite a long history of success, the Broncos have been vastly under-represented in the NFL Hall of Fame. Although, there are four former Broncos in the Hall of Fame, there are teams that have had much less success that have more players in the Hall. As Michael Jaycox at Mile High Sports once stated: “There are five franchises with over 20 Hall of Famers, eight with over 15, and 14 with over 10; yet, the Broncos can muster just four.”[1] This goes to show that there seems to be some bias against

season data is gathered to determine who the best overall players in the NFL are. The data gathering is done by a group named Pro Football Focus. The data is categorized by grading, statistics, and schematic context. The NFL is blossoming with new stars and still retains the presence of many present day "legends" of the game. In honor of the upcoming 2017 NFL season Pro Football Focus (PFF) has released a list of top players from 2016. I have chosen to present the top ten player from the 2016 NFL season

recognized the importance of the day. It was the day that the Allegheny Athletic Association football team defeated the Pittsburgh Athletic Club. The game in itself was not a momentous event. But one of the circumstances of the game did make it a never to be forgotten moment in sports history – one of the AAA players, William (Pudge) Heffelfinger, was openly paid $500 to play the game. Because of this pro football made its entrance more than 100 years ago in comparatively concealed surroundings that could

wrongdoings, these people should be rewarded and recognized for providing their sports with all of the glory they possibly could. For example, in the case of Pete Rose, some believe that he has served his time and should be voted into the MLB Hall of Fame due to the fact that he shattered records during his playing years. However, others do not think this way: they stay true to their belief that Rose should not be given such an honor due to the fact that he bet on the games. Clearly, this is