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The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players was a ten-part television series that set out to determine the top 100 greatest NFL players of all time. It was presented by the NFL Network in 2010. The series was based on a list of the top 100 National Football League players of all time, as compiled by a "blue-ribbon" panel assembled by the NFL Network ...
Brandon Vaughn Burlsworth (September 20, 1976 – April 28, 1999) was an American football player who was an offensive lineman of the Arkansas Razorbacks football team from 1995 to 1998. He initially joined the team as a walk-on , eventually earning a scholarship and would later become an All-American .
After the team arrived back in South Bend, he posed the four players, dressed in their uniforms, on the backs of four horses from a livery stable in town. The wire services picked up the now-famous photo, and the legendary status of the Four Horsemen was assured. [6] "At the time, I didn't realize the impact it would have," Crowley said later.
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 ...
Thorpe was a third-team All-American in 1908 [26] and a first-team All-American in 1911 and 1912. [5] Football was – and remained – Thorpe's favorite sport. [ 27 ] He did not compete in track and field in 1910 or 1911, [ 28 ] although this turned out to be the sport in which he gained his greatest fame.
Tackle Vic Halligan was named Nebraska's first All-American in 1914. The following year end Guy Chamberlin became a consensus All-American, one who appears on over half of All-America lists from recognized selectors. Thirteen Cornhuskers have been named an All-American multiple times, most recently offensive lineman Aaron Taylor. From 1963 to ...
Details of the history of black players in professional American football depend on the professional football league considered, which includes the National Football League (NFL); the American Football League (AFL), a rival league from 1960 through 1969 which eventually merged with the NFL; and the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), which existed from 1946 to 1949.
UPI deemed Butkus college football's Lineman of the Year for 1964, [14] and he was named the player of the year by the American Football Coaches Association and The Sporting News. [15] For the second consecutive season he was deemed the Illini's most valuable player. He was chosen for the 1964 All-America team by five of the six major selectors.