Football

Football

Football, also called American Football, is a team sport consisting of two teams each of which can have 11 players on the field at any given time.

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Ralph C. Wilson, Jr.

Sports; Football

The founder, owner and president of 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, and is the last of the ...

David Abraham Sonny Werblin

Sports; Football

A prominent entertainment industry executive and sports impresario who was an owner of the New York Jets, Chairman of Madison Square Gardens, and who built and managed the Meadowlands Sports Complex.

Taitusi "Deuce" Lutui

Sports; Football

A Tongan-born Guard for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Southern California, and received All-American honors. He was ...

The head coach for the National Football League's San Diego Chargers. He also has served as head coach of the Washington Redskins and the Oakland Raiders, and as offensive coordinator for the Dallas ...

Lloyd C. A. Judge Wells

Sports; Football

A Texas Southern University graduate, was the epitome of the American Football League's enlightened policies towards recruiting black athletes. Wells, while he was a sports photographer, accomplished ...

William Hallissey Billy Sullivan, Jr.

Sports; Football

An American businessman who owned the Boston Patriots franchise from their inception in the American Football League (AFL, 1960–1969) until their sale, as the New England Patriots of the NFL, to ...

Y. Charles Chet Soda

Sports; Football

An Oakland, California businessman who was the first general partner of the Oakland Raiders, an original franchise in the American Football League (AFL, 1960–1969). Soda's involvement in the team was ...