Preface
African Americans (College)
African Americans (Professional)
Agents
All-America Football Conference
American Football League (<SC>i, ii, iii</SC>)
American Football League (<SC>iv</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
Friday Night Lights Gambling
Gangs and Street Violence
Gibbs, Joe Jackson (b. 1940)
Gifford, Frank Newton (the Giffer) (b. 1930)
Gil Thorp 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)
Greatest Game
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
Monday Night Football 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)
Peanuts 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
Tank McNamara Taylor, Lawrence Julius (b. 1959) Television Broadcasting 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
Touchdown Jesus
Trades
Trading Cards
Trick Plays
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
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