Football timeline
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Jim Thorpe is Born
Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe is considered one of the most versatile athletes in modern sports. He won Olympic gold medals in the 1912... Read more
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First Asian Country Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) at the 1938 FIFA World Cup
Indonesia, under the name Dutch East Indies, was the first Asian team to participate in the World Cup when they qualified to the 1938 tournament. A... Read more
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Jackie Robinson plays for the Honolulu Bears
Jackie Robinson went to Hawaii in the fall of 1941 to join a semiprofessional, racially integrated football team, the Honolulu Bears. On weekends... Read more
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The Cleveland Browns Are Founded
The Cleveland Browns were founded in 1944 by owner Arthur 'Mickey' McBride and head coach (and Ohio coaching legend) Paul Brown and started play in... Read more
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The All-America Football Conference Is Founded
The All-America Football Conference (AAFC) was a professional American football league that challenged the established National Football League... Read more
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Burnden Park Disaster
On 9th March 1946 Bolton Wanderers played Stoke City in a FA Cup tie. Over 80,000 people entered the Burnden Park ground before the club closed the... Read more
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The AAFC and NFL Agree to Merge
On December 9, 1949, two days before the AAFC title game, the two leagues made peace. Three AAFC teams were admitted to the NFL: the Cleveland... Read more
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Amos Alonzo Stagg Announces His Retirement
On September 16, 1960, college football coach Amos Alonzo Stagg (1862-1965), then ninety-eight years old, announced his retirement after seventy... Read more
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Pro Football Hall of Fame Opens
Wooded parkland was donated from the city and a civic fund-raising campaign had, by February 8, 1962, acquired pledges totaling $378,026.... Read more
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Ian Wright Is Born
Ian Edward Wright, MBE (born 3 November 1963 in Woolwich, London) is an English former professional footballer, turned television and radio... Read more
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New Orleans Saints awarded NFL's sixteenth franchise
The National Football League awarded its 16th franchise to New Orleans on November 1, 1966. Appropriately, it was All Saints Day. In mid-December,... Read more
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Super Bowl I - Packers 35, Chiefs 10
The First AFL-NFL World Championship Game in professional American football, later known as Super Bowl I and referred to in some contemporary... Read more
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Super Bowl III - Jets16, Colts 7
Super Bowl III was the third AFL-NFL Championship Game in professional American football, but the first to officially bear the name "Super Bowl"... Read more
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Super Bowl VI - Cowboys 24, Dolphins 3
Super Bowl VI was an American football game played on January 16, 1972, at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National Football... Read more
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Franco Harris Makes The "Immaculate Reception"
The Immaculate Reception is the nickname given to one of the most famous plays in the history of American football. It occurred in the AFC... Read more
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Super Bowl VII - Dolphins 14, Redskins 7
Super Bowl VII was an American football game played on January 14, 1973, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California, to decide... Read more
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Super Bowl VIII - Dolphins 24, Vikings 7
Super Bowl VIII was a professional American football game played on January 13, 1974 at Rice Stadium. in Houston, Texas to decide the National... Read more
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Super Bowl IX - Steelers 16, Vikings 6
Super Bowl IX was an American football game played on January 12, 1975 at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National Football... Read more
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Super Bowl X - Steelers 21, Cowboys 17
Super Bowl X was an American football game played on January 18, 1976 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida to decide the National Football League... Read more
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Super Bowl XII - Cowboys 27, Broncos 10
Super Bowl XII was an American football game played on January 15, 1978 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National... Read more
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Super Bowl XIII - Steelers 35, Cowboys 31
Super Bowl XIII was an American football game played on January 21, 1979 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida to decide the National Football... Read more
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Super Bowl XIV - Steelers 31, Rams 19
Super Bowl XIV was an American football game played on January 20, 1980 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California to decide the National Football... Read more
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Michael Vick is born
Michael Dwayne Vick (born June 26, 1980, in Newport News, Virginia) is a professional American football quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles of... Read more
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Super Bowl XV - Raiders 27, Eagles 10
Super Bowl XV was an American football game played on January 25, 1981 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana to decide the National... Read more
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Dwight Clark Makes "The Catch" of a Joe Montana Pass to Win the NFC Championship Game
The Catch refers to the winning touchdown reception by Dwight Clark off a Joe Montana pass in the January 10, 1982, NFC Championship Game between... Read more