Today in American Football History
Sub-Topics: American Football Championships - American Football Coaches - American Football Hall of Fame - American Football Leagues - American Football Players - College Football - NFL Teams
Events in Sport
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
Birthdays in Sport
Results 1 - 54 of 54
1859-04-07 - Walter Camp, Ct, father of American football (Yale)
1899-03-28 - Buck Shaw, American football coach (d. 1977)
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)
1929-11-08 - Bobby Bowden, American football coach
1938-08-22 - Paul Maguire, American football commentator
1939-06-22 - Don Matthews, American football coach in the CFL
1939-07-18 - Jerry Moore, American football coach
1940-01-22 - George Seifert, American football coach
1940-02-02 - Wayne Fontes, American football coach
1940-11-25 - Joe Gibbs, American football coach
1941-08-20 - Rich Brooks, American football coach
1943-09-23 - Marty Schottenheimer, American football coach
1946-05-03 - Norm Chow, American football coach
1946-10-14 - James Robert "Radio" Kennedy, American football coach
1947-08-19 - Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (d. 2007)
1950-09-01 - Phillip Fulmer, American football coach
1951-11-17 - Butch Davis, American football coach
1952-08-24 - Mike Shanahan, American football coach
1952-11-10 - Gerry DiNardo, American football coach
1954-02-28 - Brian Billick, American football coach
1954-04-28 - Ron Zook, American Football Coach
1954-09-18 - Tommy Tuberville, American football coach
1955-10-06 - Tony Dungy, American football coach
1956-03-09 - Mark Dantonio, Michigan State University American football coach
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
1957-05-08 - Bill Cowher, American football coach
1958-05-08 - Lovie Smith, American football coach
1958-09-23 - Marvin Lewis, American football coach
1960-02-13 - Gary Patterson, American football coach
1960-09-09 - Bob Stoops, American football coach
1960-10-13 - Tim Brewster, American football coach
1961-03-10 - Bobby Petrino, American football coach
1961-08-15 - Gary Kubiak, American football coach
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
1964-07-10 - Urban Meyer, American football coach
1966-06-01 - Greg Schiano, American football coach
1967-12-13 - Bo Pelini, American football coach
1969-08-19 - Kirk Herbstreit, American football analyst (College GameDay)
1975-06-04 - Henry Burris, American Football Quarterback
1980-08-18 - Jeremy Shockey, American football Tight End
1981-06-17 - Kyle Boller, American football quarterback
1984-04-25 - Andre' Woodson, American football quarterback
Deaths in Sport
Results 1 - 23 of 23
1925-03-14 - Walter Camp, father of American football, dies at 65
1936-10-03 - John Heisman, American football coach (b. 1869)
1971-04-15 - Dan Reeves, American football team owner (b. 1912)
1983-05-02 - Norm Van Brocklin, American football star (b. 1926)
2000-02-12 - Tom Landry, American football coach (b. 1924)
2002-05-09 - Dan Devine, American football coach (b. 1924)
2003-01-03 - Sid Gillman, American football coach (b. 1911)
2003-07-15 - Tex Schramm, American football team president and general manager (b. 1920)
2003-08-26 - Jim Wacker, American football coach (b. 1937)
2005-07-04 - Hank Stram, American football coach (b. 1923)
2005-08-05 - Jim O'Hora, American football coach (b. 1915)
2005-11-16 - Robert Tisch, American football team owner (b. 1926)
2006-03-30 - Red Hickey, American football coach (b. 1917)
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)
2007-04-03 - Eddie Robinson, American football coach (b. 1919)
2007-06-19 - Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (b. 1947)
2007-07-30 - Bill Walsh, American football coach (b. 1931)
2008-01-18 - Georgia Frontiere, American football team owner (b. 1927)
2008-10-20 - Gene Hickerson, American football Hall of Famer (b. 1935)
2009-04-13 - Bruce Snyder, American football coach (b. 1940)
