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94 Cards in this Set
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Brooks Robinson
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Symbolized the greatness of the orioles that has since been squandered
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Pete Rose
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revitalized baseball in the 70s, all time major league leader for hits, nicknamed the "hit king": gambled adn banned from the league
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Sandy Koufax
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greatest pitcher ever for a short time, scatter arm, youngest man ever inducted into Hall of Fame
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Joe Morgan
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greatest 2nd baseman of all time played for Reds, MVP of national league 1975-1976
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Tom Seaver
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great pitcher, highest hall of fame % votes, NY Mets world series victory 1969
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Bob Gibson
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greatest season ever of any pitcher with a low ERA, pitched cardinals to world series twice
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Reggie Jackson
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Mr. October, came through in teh late season, won 1977 world series for Yankee one of the most famous Yankees of all time
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Jim Rice
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one of the forgotten palyers, carer fell out early, played for Red SOx
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Dale Murphy
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led the braves during the 80s, short career
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Frank Howard
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Capital Punisher, played for Senators, most feared home run hitter
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Eddie Murphy
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Steady Eddie, one of thebest players for the orioles, most consistent player of alltiem, hit 500th home run
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Cal Ripken
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had over 500 homeruns, one of the best players for hte Orioles, been the MVP, one of the greatest shortstops of all time
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Mark McGuire
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broke Roger Marris' single season home run record with 70 homeruns then hit 65 the next year then his knees fell apart and he retired, played for cardinals
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Sammy Sosa
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hit his 600th homerun with the Rangers
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Barry Bonds
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holds all time slugging record with 863 hits over Babe Ruths 857, plays for giants
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Roger Clemens
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has 300 game winners, plays for Yankees
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Greg Maddux
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has 300 game winners, is still going stronog, plays for Padres
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Pedro Martinez
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blew out his shoulder last year, NY mets
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Miguel Tejada
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shortstop for Orioles, 2002 American league MVL, 2004/2005 American League silver slugger
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Ken Griffey Jr
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right fielder for reds, gold glove 90-99 american league
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Alex Rodriquez
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3rd for Yankess, 2002-2003 gold glove for shortstop, 2003 and 2005 AL MVP, ranks 1st in AL homeruns, most highly paid player in the league
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Derek Jeter
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shortstop for Yankees, 96 AL rokie of the year, all star game mvp, gold glove, hank aaron award, silver slugger
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Randy Johnson
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diamondbacks starting pitcher, Cy Young award in 95, 99-02, 2001 world series MVP
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Curt Schilling
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red sox starting pitcher
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Albert Puljols
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first baseman for cardinals, nl rookie of the year, siver slugger, mvp, gold glove
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Ryan Howard
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1st baseman for phillies, nl rookie of hte year in 05, 2nd in nl for homeruns and rbis, 3rd for base on balls 4th slugging average
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Josh Beckett
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starting pitcher for red sock, 2003 world series mvp, ranks 1st in al for wins
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Fausto Carmona
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starting pitcher for Indians, 2nd in AL for wins, 2nd in ERA
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David Ortiz
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designated hitter for Red Sox
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Manny Ramirez
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lest fielder for red sox 2005 world series MVP
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Ichiro Suzuki
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center fielder for marineres, 2001 was AL mvp and rookie of the year, 2nd in Al batting average
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Matt Holliday
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left fielder for rockies, 1st in NL for batting average, 1st for rbis
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Prince Fielder
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hit 50 homeruns this season for the Brewers
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Dead Ball Era
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1970-1920, lack of homeruns because the baseball was hard to hit for long distances. ty coob, cy young, walter johnson, joe jackson, honus roger, christy mattweson
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Black Sox Scandal
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1919: 8 members of the Chicago White Sox threw the 1919 world series, after this a baseball commissioner was appointed
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Impact of Babe Ruth
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1920=1940: rescued major league baseball and made the homerun a major aspect of the game, greatest player of all time and one of hte greatest left handed pitchers of al time
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Impact of Jessie Robinson
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1947-1970
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Ty Cobb
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Hall of Fame player that is regarded as the best player during hte Dead Ball era ,set 90 major league records during his career, stills holds ighest career battng average
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Walter Johnson
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greatest pitcher Washington Senators ever had
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Lou Gehrig
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had all time record for consecutive games, deid at age of 37 from Lou Gehrig's Disease
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Rogers Hornsby
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hall of fame player, nicknamed the Rjah, spent most of his career with teh Browns and the Cardinals, 2nd highest career batting average
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Jimmie Foxx
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career ended prematurly from alcohol abuse, played for as and the red sox
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Lefty Grove
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greatest lef thanded pitchers for the a's pitched when homeruns werent as plentiful, had lowest ERA (earned run average) of all pitchers
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Ted Williams
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gave up yearsto serve his country, may have matched babe ruth, ast hitter to hit over .400 (hit .406 in 41)
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Joe Dimaggio
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greatest Yankee player for many years, sll time major league recrod where he got a hit (56 games)
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Stan Musial
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great player, played for cardinals, 3 time mvp
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Willie Mays
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"5 tool player" , played for yankees then giants then mets, mvp 2, say hey kid and godfather
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Mickey Mantle
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prone to inuries, alcoholic, 52 hr ins in 1956, in 1961 roger maris broke his record
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Yogi Berra
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greatest catcher of all time, was a yankee and a great hitter
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Roy Campanella
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black player, nicknamed campy, mostly catcher, paralyzed in a car accident in 58
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Frank Robinson
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MVP for reds in 1940, first AA baseballs manager (indians, giants, orioles, nationals)
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Hank Aaron
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homerun king of class and dignity, finished with the brewers, upset that barry bonds broke his homerun record
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Walter camp
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Inventor of Football, known as the father of american football
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Amos Stagg
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Inn hall of fame as a coach and a player, pioneer of football
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Knute Rockne
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greatest head coach, coached ND was also a great football player, killd in a plane crash
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John Heisman
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prominent football player and coach, trophy named after him
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Harold Grange
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nicknamed red, pleyed for bears and ui, pro and college hall of famer
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Paul Bear Bryant
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Head coach of UA
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Bud Wilkinson
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Coach for UO and footbal player, broadcaster and politician
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Eddie Robinson
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coach for an all black college, never received the credit he deserved
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Joe Paterno
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head coach for Penn State since 1966 has won more games and been to more owls than any other coach
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Woody Hayes
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Ohio State coach got fired bc of his temper when he hit a clemson fan at a game
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Bobby Bowden
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coach for FSU, led FSu to the BCS game 2 and has been to 12 acc championship games
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Bruce Smith
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one of VT's greatest palyers, plays for bills and holds record for most qb sacks with 200
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Beamer
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started coachign at techin 1988, built up the tea,
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1995 sugar bowl team
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went to a major bowl and beat texas 28-10
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1999 National Championship Game
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Lost to FSU
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George Halas
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nicknamed Papa Bear leader of Chicago Bears
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George Preston Marshall
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Owned redskins until i1960, was known for trying to keep the team all white
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Paul Brown
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major figure in teh development of teh nfl, played at OSU then transferred to miami,, coach browns adn bengals
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Art Rooney
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founder adn owner of the steelers
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Bert Bell
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was around when NFL first became known as a big league coached eagles and steelers
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Pete Rozelle
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took over for Bert Bell in NFL position and got hte league signed with major tv stations such as nbc and abc and started MNF
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Art Modell
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Cleveland Coach, then moved to coach baltimore raiders
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Vince Lombardi
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one of the most successful coaches in American History, really changed the green bay packers, also coached the redskins for a year
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George Allen
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head coach for the redskins, LA Rams, Chicago Blitz, and Arizona Wranglers
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Bill Walsh
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coached 49ers to 4 superbowl wins
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Don Shula
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best known for when he coached the Miami Dolphins but also coached teh Baltimore Colts
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Robert "antichrist" irsay
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longtime owner of the baltimore colts moved them to indianapolis
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Bronco Nagurski
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first NFLl superstar for the bears, played running back and rushed for 1,000 yards
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Sammy Baugh
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played both qb adn punter for redskins and won 2 superbowls
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Sid Luckman
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played qb for the bears adn was hte best ever retired in 1947 and set a record at the time for throwing 24 touchdowns passes in a 10 game season, threw 7 passing tds in one ga,e which is still tied for the record today
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Steve van Buren
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greatest Eagle player of all time as voted by the city, was a rusher
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Marion Motley
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was one of teh NFL's first great black stars, played for browns adn steelers
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Joe Perry
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first great rb in teh NFL palyed for 49ers
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YA Tittle
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qb for 49ers and the Giants who he led to hte championship game but he lost set what was then an NFL record by throwing 36 td passes in one season, broken by dan marino
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Jim Brown
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9 year rushing back for browns and was considered one of the best of all time
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Johnny Unitas
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greatest qb of all time. led hte baltimore colts to 2 titles and nicknamed the golden arm, holds record for most pro bowl appearances (10) by a qb
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Paul Hornung
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the best all around player of the 1960s, won heisman
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Joe Montana
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one of the greatest qbs of all time, won 4 superbowls for the 49ers
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Roger Staubach
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greatest payer of all time for navy, led the cowboys to 2 superbowls
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John Elway
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lost 4 superbowls and won 2 with the broncos, only qb to have started in 5 superbowls
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O.J. Simpson
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was first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season, was a running back for the bulls and 49ers acquitted of double murder in 1995
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Walter Payton
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one of hte most profiic runnign bakcs in teh history of football, a nine time pro bowl selection, once held the leagues record for most career rushing yards, played for hte bears, fdied of a rare liver disease, wrote a book called never die easy
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