Football

Preface    

African Americans (College)  

African Americans (Professional)   

Agents     

All-America Football Conference    

American Football League (<SC>i, ii, iii</SC>) 

American Indians 

Apparel    

Arctic Football  

Arena Football   

AstroTurf  

Autry, Carlos Alan (b. 1952) 

Baugh, Samuel Adrian (Slingin’ Sammy, the Texas Tornado) (1914<EN>2008)

Bednarik, Charles Philip (Concrete Charlie) (b. 1925)

Belichick, William Stephen (b. 1952)     

Big Hit    

Black College Football 

Bowden, Robert Cleckler (Bobby) (b. 1929)

Bowl Games 

Bradshaw, Terry Paxton (b. 1948)   

Brady, Thomas Edward, Jr. (b. 1977)

Brown, James Nathaniel (b. 1936)   

Brown, Johnny Mack (the Dothan Antelope) (1904<EN>1974)    

Brown, Paul Eugene (1908<EN>1991)  

Bryant, Paul William (Bear) (1913<EN>1983)     

Camp, Walter Chauncey (the Father of American Football) (1859<EN>1925) 

Canadian Football League     

Canton Bulldogs  

Carlisle Indian Industrial School  

Celebrations     

Cheating   

Cheerleaders     

Coin Toss  

Commercials and Advertisements     

Commissioners    

Concussions

Cosell, Howard William (1918<EN>1995)    

Crime

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders  

Davis, Allen (Al) (b. 1929)  

Davis, Ernie (the Elmira Express) (1939<EN>1963)     

Disabilities     

Ditka, Michael Keller, Jr. (Iron Mike, Da Coach) (b. 1939) 

Dogfighting

Downtown Athletic Club 

Draft

Drive, The 

Dropkick   

Education  

Eliot, Charles William (1834<EN>1926)    

Elway, John Albert (b. 1960) 

Equipment  

Extreme Football 

Eyeglasses 

Falwell, Jerry Lamon (1933<EN>2007)

Fantasy Football 

Favre, Brett Lorenzo (b. 1969)     

Films

Fitzgerald, F. (Francis) Scott Key (1896<EN>1940)    

Flag Football    

Flying Wedge     

Forward Pass     

Four Horsemen of Notre Dame  

Gambling   

Gangs and Street Violence    

Gibbs, Joe Jackson (b. 1940) 

Gifford, Frank Newton (the Giffer) (b. 1930)   

Gipp, George (the Gipper) (1895<EN>1920) 

Globalism  

Golden Dome

Graham, Otto Everett, Jr. (Automatic Otto) (1921<EN>2003)  

Grambling State University   

Grandfathers     

Grange, Harold Edward (Red, the Galloping Ghost) (1903<EN>1991)  

Greene, Charles Edward Joseph (Mean Joe) (b. 1946)   

Gridiron   

Gun Violence     

“Hail Mary” Pass 

Halas, George Stanley (Papa Bear) (1895<EN>1983)     

Hall of Fame (College) 

Hall of Fame (Professional)  

Hay, Ralph E. (1891<EN>1944) 

Hayes, Wayne Woodrow (Woody) (1913<EN>1987)    

Heffelfinger, William W. (Pudge) (1867<EN>1954)

Heisman, John William (1869<EN>1936)     

Heisman Trophy   

Hirsch, Elroy Leon (Crazylegs) (1923<EN>2004)  

Hnida, Katharine Anne (Katie) (b. 1981)  

Holy Roller

Hornung, Paul Vernon (the Golden Boy) (b. 1935)

Hudson, Donald Edward (b. 1929)    

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy  

Ice Bowl   

Immaculate Reception   

Instant Replay   

Internet   

Ivy League 

Jackson, Vincent Edward (Bo) (b. 1962)   

Jewelry (Bling)  

Katrina (Hurricane)    

Kennedy, John F., Assassination of 

Kerouac, Jack (Jean Louis Lebris de Kerouac) (1922<EN>1969)

Kickoffs   

Korean War 

Labor-Management Relations   

Landry, Thomas Wade (1924<EN>2)    

Language   

Leahy, Francis William (Frank) (1908<EN>1973)  

Literature 

Little Rock Central Tigers   

Lombardi, Vincent Thomas (1913<EN>1970)  

Madden, John Earl (b. 1936)  

Magazines  

Manning, Peyton Williams (b. 1976) 

Marino, Daniel Constantine, Jr. (b. 1961)

Marshall University Air Tragedy    

Mascots and Team Names 

McNally, John Victor (Johnny Blood, the Vagabond Halfback) (1903<EN>1985)    

Middle Age 

Montana, Joseph Clifford (the Comeback Kid, Joe Cool) (b. 1956)  

Moss, Randy Gene (b. 1977)   

Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside   

Music

Nagurski, Bronislaw (Bronko) (1908<EN>1990)    

Namath, Joseph William (Joe Willie, Broadway Joe) (b. 1943)

Newspapers 

Newsreels  

<SC>nfl</SC> Junior Player Development   

Nicknames  

Obesity    

Officials (Zebras)     

Ohio League

Olsen, Merlin Jay (b. 1940)  

Oorang Indians   

Page, Alan Cedric (b. 1945)  

Parcells, Duane Charles (Bill, the Big Tuna) (b. 1941)     

Parseghian, Ara Raoul (b. 1923)    

Paterno, Joseph Vincent (JoPa) (b. 1926) 

Payton, Walter Jerry (Sweetness) (1954<EN>1999)

Perfection 

Perry, William Anthony (the Refrigerator, the Fridge) (b. 1962)  

Plimpton, George Ames (1927<EN>2003)     

Poe, Edgar Allan (1809<EN>1849)    

Politicians

Pollard, Frederick Douglass (Fritz) (1894<EN>1986)   

Pop Warner Little Scholars   

Practice Squad   

Presidents of the United States    

Professional Football Origins

Punt, Pass & Kick

Purdue’s Golden Girl   

Quarterback

Radio

Radio Helmet     

Religion   

Retirement 

Rice, Grantland (1880<EN>1954)     

Rice, Jerry Lee (World) (b. 1962)  

Rivalries  

Robeson, Paul Leroy Bustill (1898<EN>1976)     

Robinson, Eddie Gay (1919<EN>2007) 

Rockne, Knute Kenneth (1888<EN>1931)     

Rooney Rule

Rugby

Saban, Nick Lou (b. 1951)    

Sanders, Barry David (b. 1968)     

Sanders, Deion Luwynn (Neon Deion, Prime Time) (b. 1967)   

Sayers, Gale Eugene (b. 1943)

Scouts     

September 11 Terrorist Attacks     

Sexuality  

Shotgun Formation

Shula, Donald Francis (b. 1930)    

Simpson, Orenthal James (O.J., the Juice) (b. 1947)  

Six-Man (Eight- and Nine-Man) Football   

Stagg, Amos Alonzo (the Grand Old Man of the Midway) (1862<EN>1965)    

Substance Abuse  

Subway Alumni    

Suicide    

Super Bowl 

Tailgating 

Text Messaging/Instant Messaging   

Thanksgiving     

Thorpe, James Francis (Wa-Tho-Huk) (1888<EN>1953)    

Tillman, Patrick Daniel (1976<EN>2004)   

Title <SC>ix</SC>

Tittle, Yelberton Abraham (Y.A.) (b. 1926)     

Tomlinson, LaDainian (<SC>lt</SC>) (b. 1979)   

Touch Football   

Trades     

Trading Cards    

Triple Crown     

Unitas, John Constantine (Johnny U, the Golden Arm) (1933<EN>2002)     

United States Football League

Upshaw, Eugene Thurman, Jr. (1945<EN>2008)     

Vietnam War

Walker, Ewell Doak, Jr. (the Doaker, Dynamite Doak, Dauntless Doak) (1927<EN>1998) 

Walsh, William Ernest (the Genius) (1931<EN>2007)    

Ward, Arch (the Cecil B. de Mille of Sports) (1896<EN>1955)

Warner, Glen Scobey (Pop) (1871<EN>1954) 

Wheaties   

White, Byron Raymond (Whizzer) (1917<EN>2002)  

White, Reginald Howard (Reggie, the Minister of Defense) (1961<EN>2004)

Wild Card  

Wildfires  

Williams, Errick Lynne, Jr. (Ricky) (b. 1977)  

Wine 

Women Players    

World Football League  

World War <SC>i</SC>   

World War <SC>ii</SC>  

X’s and O’s

Yost, Fielding Harris (Hurry Up) (1871<EN>1946)

Young, Jon Steven (Steve) (b. 1961)

Zero 

Index