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Athletes in Action/Bart Starr Award Bart Starr, former quarterback of the Green Bay Packers and namesake of the award League National Football League Awarded for Outstanding character and leadership Nickname Bart Starr Award Sponsored by Athletes in Action History First award Steve Largent, WR Tooltip Wide receiver, 1989 Most recent Cameron Jordan, DE Tooltip Defensive end, 2025 Website ...
Kalsu was one of two professional football players killed in action during the Vietnam War along with Don Steinbrunner, a former Cleveland Brown player who died on July 20, 1967. Kalsu and Steinbrunner were the first professional players to be killed in action since Al Blozis of the New York Football Giants died during World War II in 1945.
Willie Thrower was a back-up quarterback who saw some action in the 1950s for the Chicago Bears. In 1954, running back Joe Perry of the San Francisco 49ers became the first Black player to be recognized as NFL Most Valuable Player, when United Press International named him pro football's player of the year. [41]
List of All-America Football Conference players; Current team rosters: List of current American Football Conference players; List of current National Football Conference players; List of foreign NFL players; List of NFL players in the Olympics; List of NFL players by games played; List of NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy; List ...
In all, 14 players in their final year of eligibility are on the top line of the depth chart at their offensive or defensive position. Quarterback Alan Bowman is one of those 14, and while the ...
In football, there will always be next week.' 'In combat, when you're in harm's way, there might not be a tomorrow. In football, there will always be next week.'
Three alumni are recipients of college football's Heisman Trophy: Doc Blanchard (class of 1947), Glenn Davis (class of 1947), and Pete Dawkins (class of 1959). Bob Mischak (class of 1954) was named No. 7 on NFL.com's list of Top Ten All Time NFL Players from service academies and was a 3x Super Bowl winner. (Note – There are at least 2 others ...
He joined the Vandals football team in 2006, seeing action in a backup role as a redshirt freshman under head coach Dennis Erickson. As a sophomore in 2007, he started all 12 games at left guard, and became an impact player on the line for the struggling Vandals, under first-year head coach Robb Akey.