Football coach
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'Football Coach' refers to coaches of the American sport Football. Currently focused on coaches in the NFL (National Football League), but college coaches could be added.
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| Bill Walsh |
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William Ernest "Bill" Walsh (November 30 1931 – July 30 2007) was an American head football coach of the San Francisco 49ers and Stanford University, during which time he popularized the West Coast Offense. Walsh went 102-63-1 with the 49ers,...
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| Bert Bell |
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DeBenneville "Bert" Bell (February 25, 1895 – October 11, 1959) was co-founder of the Philadelphia Eagles, co-owner and coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers and commissioner of the National Football League from 1946 until his death.
Bell grew up in a...
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| Jim Thorpe |
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Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe (Sac and Fox (Sauk) from Oklahoma: Wa-Tho-Huk) (May 28 1888 – March 28 1953) was an American athlete. Considered one of the most versatile athletes in modern sports, he won Olympic gold medals in the pentathlon and...
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| Curly Lambeau |
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Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau (April 9, 1898 – June 1, 1965) was the founder, a player, and the first coach of the Green Bay Packers professional football team.
Lambeau and George Whitney Calhoun formed the Packers in 1919 while Lambeau was working as...
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| Sid Gillman | Person |
Sidney "Sid" Gillman (October 26, 1911 - January 3, 2003) was an American football coach and innovator. Gillman's insistence on stretching the football field by throwing deep downfield passes, instead of short passes to running back or wide receiver...
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| Tom Landry |
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Thomas Wade Landry (September 11, 1924 – February 12, 2000) was an American football player and coach. He is legendary for his successes as the coach of the Dallas Cowboys. He is ranked as one of the greatest and most innovative coaches in NFL...
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| Fritz Pollard | Person |
Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard (January 27, 1894 – May 11, 1986) was the first African American head coach in the National Football League (NFL). Pollard along with Bobby Marshall were the first two African American players in the NFL in 1920....
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| Jay Berwanger | Person |
John Jay Berwanger (March 19, 1914 - June 26, 2002) was an American football player born in Dubuque, Iowa. He was the first winner of the Downtown Athletic Club Trophy in 1935 (the following year, though, the award was renamed the Heisman Trophy)....
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| Jim Finks | Person |
Jim Finks (August 31, 1927 - May 8, 1994) was an American sports executive, primarily for American football.
Jim Finks was born in St. Louis, Missouri and attended the University of Tulsa. After being selected as a 12th-round pick of the Pittsburgh...
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| Mike Ditka |
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Michael Keller Ditka, Jr. (born October 18, 1939, in Carnegie, Pennsylvania) also known as Iron Mike Ditka or Da Coach, is a former American football NFL player, television commentator, and coach. Ditka coached the Chicago Bears for 11 years and New...
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| Bill Parcells |
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Bill Parcells (born Duane Charles Parcells August 22, 1941 in Englewood, New Jersey is the current Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He is also a former American football head...
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| Tom Flores | Person |
Thomas R. "Tom" Flores (born March 21, 1937 in Fresno, California) is a retired American football quarterback and coach. Flores and Mike Ditka are the only two people to win Super Bowl as a player, an assistant coach and a head coach. He is...
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| Al Davis |
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Allen "Al" Davis (born July 4, 1929 in Brockton, Massachusetts) is an American football executive, who currently serves as the owner (formal title: president of the general partner) of the NFL's Oakland Raiders.
Born into a wealthy Jewish family,...
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| Hank Stram | Person |
Henry Louis Stram (January 3, 1923 – July 4, 2005), was an American Football coach. He is best known for his 14-year tenure with the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League. Stram won three AFL Championships (more than any other coach in...
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| Lamar Hunt |
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Lamar Hunt (August 2, 1932 – December 13, 2006) was an American sportsman and promoter of American football, soccer, tennis, basketball, and ice hockey in the United States and an inductee of the first three sports' halls of fame. He was one of the...
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| Amos Alonzo Stagg |
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Amos Alonzo Stagg (August 16 1862 – March 17 1965) was an American collegiate coach in multiple sports, primarily football, and an overall athletic pioneer. He was born in West Orange, New Jersey, and attended Phillips Exeter Academy. Playing at...
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| Ralph C. Wilson Jr. |
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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. (born october 17, 1918, in Columbus, Ohio) is the founder, owner and president of the NFL's Buffalo Bills. He was one of the founding owners of the American Football League, the league that the NFL merged with in 1970.
Wilson...
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| Harry Jacunski | Person |
Harry Jacunski (October 20, 1915 - February 20, 2003) was an National Football League player and college football coach for over 40 years.
Jacunski was an All-state center on the New Britain High School 1934 basketball team and played football with...
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| Raymond Berry | Person |
Raymond Emmett Berry (born February 27, 1933 in Corpus Christi, Texas) was an American football wide receiver. He played for the Baltimore Colts during their two NFL championship wins. He later had a career in coaching, highlighted by his trip to...
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| Lou Saban | Person |
Louis Henry Saban (born October 13, 1921), a football coach in the American Football League, played college football at Indiana University where he was named All-Big Ten as a quarterback one year and All-Big Ten as a fullback in another. He began...
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| Otto Graham | Person |
Otto Everett Graham Jr. (December 6, 1921 - December 17, 2003) was an American professional football and basketball player who played for the Cleveland Browns in both the AAFC and NFL, as well as the Rochester Royals in the NBL.
Born in Waukegan,...
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| Weeb Ewbank |
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Wilbur "Weeb" Ewbank (May 6, 1907 - November 17, 1998) was an American professional football coach.
He was born in Richmond, Indiana, and lived there through high school. He then attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he played...
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| Joe Gibbs |
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Joe Jackson Gibbs (born November 25, 1940) is a Hall of Fame American football coach and NASCAR Championship team owner. He was the 20th and 26th head coach in the history of the Washington Redskins. Well known for his long hours and work ethic, Joe...
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| Paul Brown |
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Paul Eugene Brown (September 7, 1908 - August 5, 1991) was a coach in American football and a major figure in the development of the National Football League. A seminal figure in football history, Brown is considered the "father of the modern...
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| Walter A. Gordon | Person |
Walter A. Gordon (1894–1976) was the first African American to receive a doctorate of law from UC Berkeley's Boalt Hall law school. He had an extremely long and varied career where he served as a police officer, lawyer, assistant football coach,...
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| George Halas | Person |
George Stanley Halas, Sr. (February 2 1895 - October 31 1983), nicknamed "Papa Bear" and "Mr. Everything", was an American player, coach, owner and pioneer in professional football and the iconic longtime leader of the NFL's Chicago Bears.
Halas,...
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| Don Shula |
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Donald Francis Shula (born January 4, 1930 in Grand River, Ohio) is an American former professional football coach for the National Football League. He is best known as coach of the Miami Dolphins, the team he led to two Super Bowl victories, and to...
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| Elmer Layden | Person |
Elmer Francis Layden (May 4, 1903 – June 30, 1973) served as Commissioner of the National Football League and as head football coach at University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
Layden was born in Davenport, Iowa, where he attended...
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| Maurice Clarett |
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Maurice Edward Clarett (born October 29, 1983 in Youngstown, Ohio) is an inmate at Toledo Correctional Institution and a former American football player. During his freshman year at Ohio State University, he was considered one of the best college...
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| Frank Howard | Person |
Frank J. Howard (March 25, 1909 - January 26, 1996) was an American college football player and coach. He played college football for Alabama and was a teammate of legendary coach Bear Bryant. After a career-ending injury, Howard joined the staff at...
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