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Ralph Sazio Ralph Joseph Sazio ( July 22 , 1922 – September 25 , 2008 ) is a former football player , assistant coach , head coach general manager and team president for the Hamilton Tiger - Cats . He also served as president of the Toronto Argonauts . He is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame ( 1998 ) as a builder . Sazio was born in Avellino , Italy and played high school football at Columbia High School in Maplewood , New Jersey . He played college football at the College of William and Mary and played for the AAFC ' s Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948 . Career . Ralph Sazio was a mainstay of the Canadian Football League ' s Hamilton Tiger - Cats as a player , assistant coach , head coach , general manager and team president . His major contribution was as the Tiger - cats ' head coach from 1963 to 1967 , winning three Grey Cup championships during that span . He retired from coaching in 1967 as the most successful Tiger - Cat head coach to date in terms of championships ( 3 ) and winning percentage . He later served as Toronto Argonauts team president from 1981 to 1990 . He was elected to the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1998 in the builder category .
Carl Beck Carl Linnwood Beck was a professional football player from Harrisburg , Pennsylvania . After attending high school , Beck attended the West Virginia University , Bucknell University and Lafayette College . He made his professional debut in the National Football League in 1921 with the Buffalo All - Americans . He played for the All - Americans for 1 year , before leaving the NFL . He later returned to the NFL in 1925 as star with both the Pottsville Maroons and the Frankford Yellow Jackets . When he wasn ' t playing football , Beck worked as a police officer for the Harrisburg Police Department . High school . Beck attended Harrisburg Tech , located on Walnut Street . The school closed after the 1925 - 26 school year . In 1918 and 1919 Beck helped the Tech Maroons win back - to - back state championships in football . In 1919 Beck and the Maroons won the high school national championship . At halfback Beck score 34 touchdowns , many on long runs . He is still considered one of the greatest running backs ever developed in Pennsylvania . Beck totalled an amazing 445 points in his three years of high school . He scored six touchdowns in each of three games , and five in four more . He returned four kickoffs for touchdownss . In one 1919 game , Beck scored four touchdowns in the first seven minutes . Buffalo All - Americans . Professionally he played in the American Professional Football Association , later known as the National Football League , for the Buffalo All - Americans . Pottsville Maroons . In 1922 , the then - independent Pottsville Maroons attracted the sponsorship of several area businessmen . These men upgraded the club by luring talented pro players such as Benny Boynton , Stan Cofall and Beck to the team . In 1924 Beck helped the Maroons win the 1924 Anthracite League champuionship . This move placed Carl with his brother , Clarence , on the Maroons team . In 1925 the Maroons entered the NFL . That year Carl played on the Maroons team that won the 1925 NFL Championship , before it was stripped from the team due to a disputed rules violation . Bethlehem Bears . In 1926 played for the Bethlehem Bears of the Eastern League of Professional Football . While with the Bears , Beck scored a touchdown in a game against Clifton Heights Black & Orange for a 10 - 0 Bears win . However he and several other Bears players were mysteriously absent from the very next game against the Shenandoah Red Jackets . This move was supposedly a walk - out . As a result manager , Gyp Downey , tried to ban all of the involved players from playing in the league . However he withdrew his motion the very next week and the players returned to the team . In a game against the Gilberton Catamounts Carl tackled Gilberton ' s halfback , future - Hall of Famer , Fritz Pollard , in the open field , to preserve a 9 - 0 win for the Bears . The Bethlehem would finish the season in second place . Beck went on to receive first team All - Eastern League honors in 1926 . While he only scored two touchdowns , including one in non - league play , for the Bears , his strong running ability was a key component of the team ' s success .
Joe Thomas ( American football executive ) Joe Thomas was a former National Football League ( NFL ) general manager and also served as the head coach of the Baltimore Colts for part of the 1974 season . Thomas was director of player personnel for the Minnesota Vikings and the Miami Dolphins in the 1960s , staying with the latter until after the 1971 season , when he was fired by team owner Joe Robbie . Prior to the next campaign , he arranged for Robert Irsay to purchase the Los Angeles Rams for $ 19 million before exchanging them for Carroll Rosenbloom ' s Baltimore Colts in the most bizarre transaction in NFL history . As a result of this deal , Thomas became general manager of the Colts . After a 5 – 9 – 0 finish in 1972 , the first losing record in sixteen years , Thomas began rebuilding the team , albeit controversially . It all started on January 22 , 1973 when Johnny Unitas was traded to the San Diego Chargers . During the next ten days , Tom Matte would follow Unitas to San Diego , Bill Curry was sent to the Houston Oilers , Billy Newsome to the New Orleans Saints , Norm Bulaich to the Philadelphia Eagles and Jerry Logan to the Rams . By the end of 1976 , he had had five different head coaches in his five - year tenure , having fired Super Bowl V - winning coach Don McCafferty after just five games in 1972 . then following him with John Sandusky , Howard Schnellenberger . Thomas himself , and Ted Marchibroda . When he targeted Marchibroda next , despite two straight Colts playoff seasons , Irsay had had enough and fired Thomas . Thomas then was hired as GM of the San Francisco 49ers in 1977 by new owner Eddie DeBartolo at the recommendation of Al Davis and immediately fired head coach Monte Clark . The 49ers went 7 - 23 in Thomas ' two seasons with the franchise , and his biggest trade , a series of 5 high draft picks for O . J . Simpson , was a colossal bust , as Simpson proved to be washed up . Thomas also fired two more head coaches , Ken Meyer and Pete McCulley , and Thomas ' third hire , Fred O ' Connor , was fired along with Thomas at the end of the 1978 season . Fortunately for the 49ers , the new GM / head coach , Bill Walsh , targeted a quarterback in the third round named Joe Montana , and the two of them restored San Francisco ' s franchise from the lows under Thomas .
Maury Buford Maury Anthony Buford ( born February 18 , 1960 in Mount Pleasant , Texas ) was an American football punter in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers , the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants . Buford attended Texas Tech and was selected by the Chargers in the 1982 NFL Draft . He won a Super Bowl ring as a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XX . He was also a member of the " Shuffling Crew Band " in the video The Super Bowl Shuffle , " playing " cowbell . During Super Bowl XLIV , Buford joined other members of the 1985 Chicago Bears in resurrecting the Super Bowl Shuffle in a Boost Mobile commercial . He now lives in the Dallas / Ft . Worth area and is the owner of Buford Roofing , Inc . He is a licensed insurance adjuster in the State of Texas where he provides residential and commercial roofing services .
2005 Oakland Raiders season The 2005 Oakland Raiders season was their 46th in the league . They were unable to improve upon their previous season ' s output of 5 – 11 , instead only going 4 – 12 . The team finished the season on a six game losing streak .
1974 NFL season The 1974 NFL season was the 55th regular season of the National Football League . The season ended with Super Bowl IX when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Minnesota Vikings . Major rule changes . The following changes were adopted to add tempo and action to the game ( and to help counter the proposed changes announced by the World Football League to their games ) : Division races . Starting in 1970 , and until 2002 , there were three divisions ( Eastern , Central and Western ) in each conference . The winners of each division , and a fourth " wild card " team based on the best non - division winner , qualified for the playoffs . The tiebreaker rules were changed to start with head - to - head competition , followed by division records , common opponents records , and conference play . National Football Conference American Football Conference Final standings . " W = Wins , L = Losses , T = Ties , PCT = Winning Percentage , PF = Points For , PA = Points Against " " - clinched wild card berth , - clinched division title "
Francis E . Sweeney Francis Edward Sweeney , Sr . ( January 24 , 1934 – April 10 , 2011 ) was an American politician and jurist of the Ohio Democratic party . He served as a justice on the Ohio Supreme Court from 1993 to 2004 . He was barred from running for a third term in 2004 because of his age . While on the court , he formed a majority coalition with fellow Democrat Alice Robie Resnick and Republicans Paul Pfeifer and Andrew Douglas . He earned his Juris Doctor from Cleveland - Marshall College of Law in 1963 . Sweeney , played defensive tackle for Xavier as well as in the Canadian Football League and his grandsons ( Connor , Zack and Jake ) play college football .
Chris Bauman Chris Bauman ( born September 5 , 1984 in Brandon , Manitoba ) is a Canadian football wide receiver - slotback for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League . He was drafted first overall by the Hamilton Tiger - Cats in the 2007 CFL Draft and spent four seasons with the team before joining the Eskimos . He played CIS football for the Regina Rams and was the first player from the University of Regina to be selected first overall in the CFL Draft . Amateur career . Bauman played four seasons for the University of Regina Rams in the CIS . Prior to playing for the Rams , he suited up for the Winnipeg Rifles of the Canadian Junior Football League in 2003 and played football at Vincent Massey High School in Brandon . Professional career . Bauman was the first overall pick of the 2007 CFL Draft . During his rookie season in the CFL , he had 30 receptions for 370 yards . On February 1 , 2011 , Bauman was released by the Tiger - Cats , two weeks before he was set to become a free agent . Soon after , he signed with the Edmonton Eskimos and spent one year with them before being released on January 12 , 2012 . Bauman was then signed by the Calgary Stampeders on January 19 , 2012 .
Bob Johnson ( American football ) Robert Douglas Johnson ( born August 19 , 1946 ) is a former American football center who played 12 seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals , first in the American Football League , and then in the National Football League . College career . Johnson played college football at the University of Tennessee , where he was the first recruit of Tennessee coach Doug Dickey . He was named both All - Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) and All - American in 1966 and again in 1967 . He earned the Jacobs Trophy , given to the SEC ' s best blocker , and he was named the SEC ' s Most Outstanding Lineman by the Birmingham Touchdown Club . Johnson finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy voting as a center . Also in 1967 , he was named an Academic All - American and was vice president of his class while earning a degree in industrial engineering . In 1989 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame . Professional career . He was the first player chosen by the Bengals in their initial season . He was the second pick overall in the draft , preceded by future Hall of Famer Ron Yary . He was the second highest - drafted center ever selected in an NFL Draft , after Ki Aldrich in 1939 . He was an AFL All - Star in 1968 . Johnson was the last original Bengal to retire , after the 1978 season . His uniform number 54 was retired by the team , and remains the only number the team has retired . However , he came out of retirement in 1979 when Bengals center Blair Bush suffered a knee injury and the Bengals asked Johnson to return as a long snapper on punts , field goals and extra points . Following his retirement as a player , Johnson worked as a color analyst on Bengals radio from 1981 to 1985 .
2008 Marion Mayhem season The 2008 Marion Mayhem season was the 3rd season for the American Continental Indoor Football League franchise . Finishing with a 7 - 5 record in 2008 , the Mayhem were eliminated from the 2008 CIFL playoffs . The Mayhem players had already turned in their equipment for the year when it was announced that the defending CIFL champion Rochester Raiders ( 12 - 0 ) had been suspended by the league and had to forfeit their playoff spot . The Mayhem were invited to replace the former champs in the CIFL Atlantic Conference Western Division playoffs where they would face their conference foe Saginaw . The Mayhem gathered their players back together and headed to Saginaw to face the Sting . The playoff game went down to the wire where a goal - line stand by the Saginaw defense with only seconds left on the clock ended the Mayhem ' s season . The final score Sting 41 - Mayhem 34 .
Jesse Riggs Jesse Bright Riggs ( February 3 , 1870 – March 9 , 1945 ) was an All - American football player . Riggs played for the Princeton University football team from 1888 to 1891 . He was an All - American in 1890 and captain of the 1891 Princeton football team . Biography . A native of Baltimore , Maryland , Riggs was the son of Lawrason Riggs , a well - known banker of Baltimore , Maryland . The family had founded and operated Riggs Bank , which financed Samuel Morse ' s invention of the telegraph in 1845 and lent $ 16 million to the United States to fund the Mexican - American War . Riggs enrolled at Princeton University where he played at the halfback and right guard positions from 1888 to 1891 . He was selected to the 1890 College Football All - America Team . In December 1890 , the members of the Princeton team elected Riggs as the captain of the 1891 football team . However , Riggs resigned the position before the 1891 season started . Riggs had become embroiled in a controversy over the increasing level of violence in football . The 1890 Princeton – Yale game was marked by instances of players throwing punches and fighting . Yale ' s captain Churh showed deep scratches on his face and accused Riggs of sriking his fingernails into Church ' s face and saying , " Now I have you . I ' ll just do you . " Another Yale player said , " The most striking part to my mind was the disgraceful language used by Riggs , and also the dirty work he indulged in . " Nonetheless , Riggs ' ruthless behavior led Princeton to an impressive record that season . Riggs was married in October 1893 to Charlotte M . Symington ( c . 1870 - 1938 ) . Riggs ' younger brother , Dudley Riggs followed him to Princeton , where he , too , became an All - American football player . In September 1893 , a newspaper account compared Dudley to Jesse : " Another new man that gives much promise is a brother of the great Jesse Riggs , ' 92 . This one ' s name is Dudley and he weighs 185 pounds — not bad to begin with . It is said he is another Jesse , built like him , a football fighter of his spirit and just as tricky as the big guard . . . " In 1965 , Riggs was nominated for the College Football Hall of Fame , but did not receive a sufficient percentage of the vote for induction .
Chuck Walker Charles David " Chuck " Walker ( born August 10 , 1941 in Uniontown , Pennsylvania ) was a defensive tackle who played 12 seasons in the National Football League for the St . Louis Cardinals and the Atlanta Falcons . Walker attended Duke University . He was a consistent starter for both teams during the course of his career earning Pro Bowl honors in 1966 . He was a key defensive contributor during the Falcons first ever winning season in 1973 . Chuck is father to Bryan Walker , a standout on the Southeast Missouri State University football team in the late 90 ' s . He holds many non - football related records within the town of Cape Girardeau , Missouri . Bryan ' s most noteworthy accomplishments are due to his relationship with his then teammate Jason " Debo " DeWolf .
List of National Football League head coaches This is a list of head coach es who have coached for a National Football League team since 1920 , when the league was founded . This list also includes coaches in the American Football League , which merged with the NFL in 1970 , during its separate existence from 1960 to 1969 . The history and records of the AFL were incorporated into the NFL .
Dwayne Blakley Dwayne David Blakley ( born August 10 , 1979 ) is an American football tight end who is currently a free agent . He played professionally for the Atlanta Falcons in the National Football League . Early life . Blakley was born in Saint Joseph , Missouri . He attended Central High School ( Saint Joseph , Missouri ) in St . Joseph , and graduated in 1997 . Blakley played college football at the University of Missouri . Professional career . Blakley was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2002 . He played for the Atlanta Falcons from 2004 to 2007 .
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2001 New York Jets season The 2001 New York Jets season was the 42nd season for the team , and the 32nd in the National Football League . The team tried to improve upon its 9 – 7 record from 2000 . Under new head coach Herman Edwards , the team finished 10 – 6 and qualified for the final Wild Card position in the American Football Conference . They lost in the Wild Card round to the Oakland Raiders , 38 – 24 . Schedule . Regular season . In the wake of the September 11th attacks , The Jets ' players made a unanimous vote to not play against the Oakland Raiders in Week 2 . This game was made up on January 6th , 2002 .
Garden State Bowl The Garden State Bowl was an annual post - season college football bowl game played at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford , New Jersey , from 1978 to 1981 . Freezing temperatures and a lack of successful local college teams contributed to its demise . Effects . After the demise of the Garden State Bowl following the 1981 game , the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority , which operated and scheduled events at Giants Stadium , decided to host a game in the beginning of the season , rather than the end . This led to the formation of the Kickoff Classic , which was held either the last week of August or the first week of September every year for 20 seasons .
Derrick Johnson Derrick " DJ " O ’ Hara Johnson ( born November 22 , 1982 ) is an American football linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League ( NFL ) . He played college football for the University of Texas and earned consensus All - American honors twice . The Chiefs chose him in the first round ( 15th overall ) of the 2005 NFL Draft , and he ' s a 3 time Pro Bowler . Early years . Johnson was born in Waco , Texas . He attended Waco High School , and played for the Waco Lions high school football team . He registered 170 tackles ( 103 unassisted ) , 21 . 0 stops for loss , 6 . 0 quarterback sacks , five forced fumbles and two interceptions , including one returned for a touchdown as a senior . Johnson produced a career - high 30 tackles and four forced fumbles in a single game . He earned " Parade " magazine high school All - America and first - team All - Texas Class 5A honors following both his junior and senior seasons , and played in the first - ever U . S . Army All - American Bowl on December 30 , 2000 . College career . Johnson enrolled in the University of Texas at Austin , and played for coach Mack Brown ' s Texas Longhorns football team from 2001 to 2004 and became one of the most dominant linebackers in Longhorns history . Johnson was a first - team All - Big 12 selection in 2002 , 2003 and 2004 , a consensus first - team All - American in 2003 , and unanimous first - team All - American in 2004 . Following his senior season , he was also recognized as the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year , and received the Dick Butkus Award and Bronko Nagurski Trophy . The Texas Longhorns finished 11 – 1 , and defeated the Michigan Wolverines 38 – 37 in the 2005 Rose Bowl . Professional career . 2005 NFL Draft . Johnson was drafted 15th overall by the Kansas City Chiefs . After a month - long holdout by Johnson , he was signed by the Chiefs to a five - year deal worth $ 10 . 4 million . He joined Derrick Thomas and Percy Snow as the third Butkus Award winner to play for the Chiefs . Kansas City Chiefs . Johnson started every game for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2005 , becoming the first Chiefs linebacker in 20 years to start all 16 games of his rookie campaign . He was subsequently awarded the Mack Lee Hill Award by the Chiefs ( presented to the most outstanding rookie ) . In Week 17 of the 2009 NFL season , Johnson had an NFL - record tying two interceptions returned for touchdowns . November , 2010 - received a five - year contract extension . The total value of the deal was $ 34 million ; $ 15 million of that in guaranteed money . Following a stellar 2011 NFL season , Johnson was named to his first Pro Bowl and was also named 1st team All - Pro . Personal . His older brother , Dwight played defensive tackle at Baylor University ( ’ 96 - 99 ) and in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles ( 2000 ) and the New York Giants ( 2002 ) . Johnson ' s apartment in Kansas City was featured on a 2006 episode of " MTV Cribs " .
Regan Upshaw Regan Charles Upshaw ( born August 12 , 1975 in Berrien Springs , Michigan ) is a retired American football lineman who played in the National Football League between 1996 and 2004 . He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round of the 1996 NFL Draft out of the University of California , Berkeley . In high school , Upshaw played for the Pittsburg Pirates ( Pittsburg , California ) , helping defeat the previously undefeated De La Salle in the 1991 NCS championship game played at the Oakland Coliseum . The final score was 35 - 27 . This was the last defeat De La Salle suffered before setting a national high school record of 151 straight victories . Upshaw , who did not play football until his sophomore year at Pittsburg , was a Parade All - America as a senior . He chose the University of California and by his junior year was named All - America . The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected him with the 12th pick overall in the 1996 NFL draft . He later played for the Jacksonville Jaguars , Oakland Raiders , Washington Redskins , and New York Giants .