Answer: Charles Follis
Charles W. Follis (1875-1910) played college football at Wooster College in Ohio. In 1902 he became the first African-American professional football player (Shelby Blues). His death in 1910 ended his career. He also was a catcher in the Negro Baseball League for the Cuban Giants. One of his college team mates was Branch Rickey, the manager who signed Jackie Robinson to the Dodgers.
From Quiz: History of American Football
Answer: Boston Braves
The club played as the Boston Braves from 1932 until 1937 when they relocated to the nation's capital and became the Washington Redskins.
From Quiz: NFL History and Geography
Answer: Garo Yepremian
Yepremian was a Miami Dolphin in 1971, and was there to experience the Dolphins' undefeated season in 1972, going all the way to the Super Bowl crown.
From Quiz: NFL Awards
Answer: Stapletons
The Stapletons played in the NFL from 1929 until 1932, their home stadium being Thompson's Stadium in Stapleton. Their best season was in 1930 when they finished 5-5-2. Hall of Fame halfback Ken Strong began his pro carrer with the Stapletons before joining the New York Giants in 1933.
From Quiz: Defunct NFL Teams
Answer: 1922
College football reigned supreme as a form of American entertainment during this time period. In 1920 the American Professional Football Association was formed. It changed its name to the National Football League in 1922.
From Quiz: Football Old School
Answer: Princeton and Rutgers
Rutgers and Princeton played the first college football game ever on November 6, 1869. The rules were similar to modern rugby rules.
From Quiz: Football Before the NFL
Answer: George Blanda
George retired after 26 years, playing in both the old AFL and the NFL, scoring a total of 2002 points.
From Quiz: NFL!
Answer: St. Louis Cardinals
Of course Joe Willy went on to have a brilliant carrier with the NY Jets. He ended his career with the L.A. Rams. He is famous for predicting a victory in the Jets first Super Bowl. They did win.
From Quiz: NFL Oldies but Goodies
Answer: Drew Bledsoe
This happened in a 26-20 overtime win over the Minnesota Vikings.
From Quiz: NFL: A Look Back
Answer: New York Jets
The New York Jets were originally called the Titans, but changed their name to the Jets in 1963.
From Quiz: NFL History
Answer: The American Professional Football Association
It was the basis of the National Footbal League.
From Quiz: Early NFL History
Answer: George Blanda
From Quiz: Football Legends and Events
Answer: San Francisco 49ers
From Quiz: Mixed Football Facts
Answer: 73-0
Bears vs. Redskins, 1940
From Quiz: Another Armchair Quarterback!
Answer: Pete Gogolak
Peter Kornel Gogolak was born in Hungary in 1942. He and his family came to the USA in 1956 after the Hungarian Revolt against the USSR. He played football for Cornell then kicked for the Buffalo Bills (1964-1965) and the New York Giants(1966-1974). He used the soccer style of kicking . That style allowed more of the foot to touch the ball giving more distance and accuracy. He was successful with 173 of 294 field goal attempts. His younger brother, Charles, kicked for Princeton University and the Washington Redskins and the New England Patriots. Today it is hard to find a place kicker who does not use this style.
From Quiz: History of American Football
Answer: Los Angeles Rams
The Cleveland Rams won the NFL Championship (equivalent of the Super Bowl) on a snowy December day in 1945, beating the Washington Redskins by one point at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. They relocated to Los Angeles for the 1946 season, possibly the only pro sports franchise to relocate as reigning champions. The vacancy they left on the shores of Lake Erie got filled by the Cleveland Browns, a team comprised mainly of navy vets who had played for Coach Paul Brown at Great Lakes Naval Station during WW2, and became the dominant entry in the new "outlaw league," the All America Football Conference (AAFC). But the Rams became Hollywood's darlings out on the coast.
From Quiz: NFL History and Geography
Answer: Arizona Cardinals
The Cardinals spent their first 40 seasons (1920-1959) in Chicago, and rivaled the Bears much of that time. That includes the 1944 season, during which the Cardinals merged with the Pittsburgh Steelers, to account for loss of personnel to fight in World War II. The Cardinals and the Bears played each other every Thanksgiving between 1922 and 1933, and they each played other teams on Thanksgiving in 1934 and 1935.
From Quiz: I Like Turkey With My Football!
Answer: Andy Reid
The NFL Coach of the Year Award is actually named the "Earle 'Greasy' Neale Award". It was first presented in 1989 to Chuck Noll of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Reid won his first in 2000 with the Philadelphia Eagles, then again in 2004 with the Eagles. Tony Dungee was the next coach to win it twice. Tony did it in 1997 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, then again with the Colts in 2005.
From Quiz: NFL Awards
Answer: Frankford Yellow Jackets
The Yellow Jackets were based in the Philadelphia suburb of Frankford from 1924 until 1931, winning the league championship in 1926. The franchise was bought by Bert Bell and Lud Wray who created a new team, the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles are regarded as a separate team from the Yellow Jackets by the NFL. However, they did wear the same yellow and blue colors as their predecessors for a throwback game vs Detroit in 2007.
From Quiz: Defunct NFL Teams
Answer: Yellow
Also known as throwing a flag, the yellow marker is tossed onto the field when a penalty needs to be assessed.
From Quiz: Football Old School
Answer: Barry Sanders
Sanders played limited duty in the first two games of the season, then became unstoppable. He rushed for 2053 yards in the season, and retired with 15,269 over 10 seasons. Barry also had 99 rushing touchdowns.
From Quiz: NFL Stuffings #5
Answer: Walter Camp
Camp became involved with football at the 1876 Massasoit convention, where the first set of rules for football were written.
From Quiz: Football Before the NFL
Answer: Dallas Texans
When the old AFL formed in 1960, Houston had trouble supporting the team, so in 1963, the owner was given permission to move to Kansas City where he changed the name as well.
From Quiz: NFL!
Answer: Jack Tatum
This bad boy was a ferocious hitter! Tatum was a defensive back for the Oakland Raiders.
From Quiz: NFL Oldies but Goodies
Answer: Set a NFL record with a 104 yard fumble return.
Tatum's score helped the Raiders to a 20-14 win. Six years later, in one of the league's greatest tragedies, Tatum hit Patriots wide receiver Darryl Stingley as he fell to the ground and paralyzed him. Though Tatum was known for "dirty play", this hit appeared to be clean. No one in the 20th century intercepted more than four passes in one game. Jerry Twyman was my 10th grade biology teacher and was never a coach for the Packers.
From Quiz: NFL: A Look Back
Answer: Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs came into the AFL as the Dallas Texans, but changed their name to the Chiefs in 1963, when they moved to Kansas City.
From Quiz: NFL History
Answer: Oorang Indians
Jim Thorpe formed the team. While hunting with a friend, they hatched an idea to sell his friends large stock of Airedale dogs by showing them off at halftime. Later, when the dogs were sold, they showed Indian dances.
From Quiz: Early NFL History
Answer: Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys beat the Miami Dolphins 24-3 in Super Bowl VI in 1972.
From Quiz: Football - The NFC
Answer: 73 points
The Redskins had a bad day on their own turf and got shut out by the Bears in the 1940 NFL Championship.
From Quiz: Pro Football History
Answer: Jerry Rice
From Quiz: Mixed Football Facts
Answer: All American Football Conference
The AAFC merged with the NFL in 1950.
From Quiz: Another Armchair Quarterback!
Answer: He formed the first fantasy football league
He was a limited partner in the Oakland Raiders. The Raiders of 1962 were not very good and owners and fans would dream of whom they would like on their team. In a NYC hotel Winkerbach created GOPPPL-the Greater Oakland Pigskin Prognosticators League-the first fantasy football league. It had its first draft in August 1963 with just eight participants. Today there are many fantasy football leagues and they involve literally thousands of people and many millions of dollars.
From Quiz: History of American Football
Answer: Racine, Wisconsin
The club began in Chicago, and were originally known as the Racine Cardinals, because their home field, Normal Park was on Racine Avenue in Chicago. They eventually moved to Comiskey Park and were universally known as the Chicago Cardinals, and then to St Louis where they were the St Louis Football Cardinals. Eventually they landed in Arizona where they are now playing their home games in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, Arizona. They never called Racine, Wisconsin their home.
From Quiz: NFL History and Geography
Answer: Chicago Bears
The Lions hosted the Bears in five straight Thanksgiving games between 1934 and 1938. The Lions won three of the five contests. The Bears' other victory in the short series occurred Thanksgiving, 1937, when Chicago won 13-0.
In 1939 and 1940, the NFL only had one Thanksgiving game, a rivalry game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Philadelphia won both games (17-14 in 1939, 7-0 in 1940). Due to World War II, the next Thanksgiving game wouldn't be played until 1945.
From Quiz: I Like Turkey With My Football!
Answer: Jim Brown
Brown was a well-documented Cleveland Brown in his nine seasons from 1957-1965. Jim led the league in every season of play except for 1962. He won the MVP Award three times in his nine seasons also. Brown retired with 12,312 rushing yards, averaging 1368 yards per season overall.
From Quiz: NFL Awards
Answer: Los Angeles Buccaneers
The Buccaneers team was stocked mainly by players from Californian colleges, which was their only connection with L.A. They finished with a 6-3-1 record in their only season in the league. The other three teams offered as possible answers never existed.
From Quiz: Defunct NFL Teams
Answer: Chicago Bears
Red Grange played football for the Chicago Bears as well as baseball for the New York Yankees. He was multi-talented and drew record breaking crowds.
From Quiz: Football Old School
Answer: Ed 'Too Tall' Jones
The big Jones fought six times, all against no-name boxers. He retired from boxing and came back to the Cowboys in 1980 and played for 10 more seasons. His three Pro Bowl selections came after his return to the Cowboys.
From Quiz: NFL Stuffings #5
Answer: William Heffelfinger
Former Yale All-American guard William Heffelfinger was paid to play in a game on November 12, 1892.
From Quiz: Football Before the NFL
