He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings. During Jamel’s career he broke all of Randy Moss’s records. Jamel led his team to three super bowl championships. He was once again inducted into the Hall of Fame and until this day is the best wide receiver that ever walked the face of the Earth. After Jamel’s 15 year football career he retired.
I have made this page in honor of the greatest (in my opinion) QB of all time, who lead his team to 4 Super Bowl Championships and boasts 3 Super Bowl MVP's. Joe Montana was born in New Eagle and raised in Monogahela (outskirts of Pittsburgh in West Pennsylvania). From day one he had a winning spirit, in all sports he played. When he was young his father used to play sports with him. In football they would work on his accuracy
Is Nick worth it? Some say that Nick Saban is arguably the best coach in college football and some even say he is the best coach or professional coach of our time. Former Alabama quarterback, Greg McElroy tweeted after Nick Saban's contract extension recently that is was “worth every penny”. There are currently 17 former Alabama players on the NFL active rosters that have been coached by Nick Saban
By next season already he was just throwing guys across the mat like rag dolls. Minnesota fans loved him, they held signs up that said “Brockfast of Champions,” it showed his neck and bicep measurements. (Rippel 35) Lesnar’s record was 22-0 when they came to face Iowa, there rival. At this match he lost to Wes Hand, later at the Big Ten Championships he beat Wes Hand. All he said after this match was “A W is a W.” After this he was headed to St.Louis for the NCAA Championships.
Our Very Special Guest Speaker Today, opening day of the 1947 Major League Baseball season, is a momentous and historic occasion. Today, we have as our speaker someone who has forever transformed the game in a way unlike any other player in history ever has or ever will. Born in 1919, Cairo, Georgia, the youngest of five children, he, like his older brother, Mack, demonstrated tremendous athletic ability from a very early age. This was a family of sharecroppers; when his father left the family, the single parent mother moved her five children to Pasadena, California when he was only one year old. Living in poverty, in his early childhood he initially joined a local gang; fortunately, a good friend persuaded him to quit the gang.
One of the most prominent leaders of all time in the sports world is the great Vincent Thomas Lombardi. Vince Lombardi demonstrated the most crucial traits of an excellent leader. Vince Lombardi was a man of perseverance, integrity, and inspiration. Vince Lombardi’s perseverance was demonstrated throughout his involvement in the sport of football. His famous job of being the Green Bay Packer’s head coach did not come easy.
Tony has broken many milestones in his career, including being the first coach to beat all 32 NFL teams at least once, the youngest assistant coach in NFL history at age 25, and the first African-American coach to win a Super Bowl. After this last feat, Tony used the stage to profess his faith and share his testimony to millions of viewers. His memoir “Quiet Strength,” was published shortly after Super Bowl XLI where he continued to share his faith and his
Knight was given the nickname, “The General” by Dick Vitale because the he was highly educated in military history. Indiana reached the Final Four in 1973, losing to UCLA. In 1976, the Hoosiers were undefeated at 32-0 and won championship, beating Michigan 86-68 in the title game. Knight’s Hoosiers also won championships in 1981. When Indiana won the 1979 NIT championships, Knight led the U.S. national team to a gold metal in the Olympic Games as coach of the Michael Jordan team.
Mantle always talked warmly about his father saying, “He was the bravest man he ever knew.” As a young boy, Mickey played football, basketball, and baseball. While playing football Mickey got kicked in the leg and the wound turned to osteomyelitis, a crippling disease that would have been incurable a few years earlier, but luckily his leg was saved with the newly found drug,
Jackie was at it again with sports and became the first UCLA Bruin to letter in four sports and was one of four black players on the football team making it the most integrated team in the nation. Competing in track and field he won the 1940 NCAA Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship in the long jump with a 24’10.5” jump. Surprisingly, his “worst sport” at UCLA was baseball where he hit a pathetic .097 on the season after going 4-4 in the season opener where he stole home twice, a reoccurring them throughout his career. During his time at UCLA he met his future wife, Rachel Isum, a freshman at the time who knew about Robinson due to his athletic prowess and accomplishments at Pasadena Junior College. Much to the dismay of his mother, Jackie left UCLA during the spring semester of his senior year and fell just short of graduating.