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1. I guess that I had a BAD GRUNT because I was the head coach of a NFL team for 18 seasons, went to four Super Bowls, but I just couldn't win even one. Who am I?

Answer: Bud Grant

Grant had the helm of the Minnesota Vikings from 1967-1985, and he took them to four Super Bowls but just couldn't come up with a win. Prior to his NFL endeavors, Bud was a member of the 1950 basketball Minneapolis Lakers led by the great George Mikan. The Lakers took the Championship Series four games to two against the Syracuse Nationals.

2. This player had his OZ TUNA HYMN ON when he became the first career Cincinnati Bengal to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Who was this offensive tackle?

Answer: Anthony Munoz

Munoz was a offensive tackle who played his entire career from 1980-1992 for the Bengals. He made the Pro Bowl 11 times in his career. Anthony also caught seven passes for 18 yards and four touchdowns. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1998.

3. It could have been said that he was a HOT ARM GOAT because he was the very first Pro Bowl MVP in 1951. Who was this Hall of Fame quarterback?

Answer: Otto Graham

Otto Graham was a Cleveland Brown from 1946-1955. The 1951 Pro Bowl was his second appearance, and he took the very first MVP Award. He took the Browns to a 11-1 record in the season in 1951. Five times in his career, Otto led the league in passing yards. He was a 1965 NFL Hall of Fame inductee.

4. They had no LONG BALD TUCSON players, but they were first NFL team in history to go undefeated in a season. Which team was this?

Answer: Canton Bulldogs

In 1922, the first season of the NFL, the Bulldogs went 10-0-2 to win the NFL Championship. Seven of Canton's wins were by shutout. The team allowed only 15 points scored against them in the entire season. The Rochester Jeffersons, Evansville Crimson Giants, Columbus Panhandles, and Hammond Pros all went winless in the NFLs first season.

5. He didn't need NO MIRANDA rights because in 2007, quarterback Brett Favre set a new career passing yard mark when he threw his 61,362nd passing yard. Whose career passing yardage record did Brett break?

Answer: Dan Marino

Dan was a career Miami Dolphin from 1983-1999. He set a season passing record in 1984 when he threw for 5084 yards. Marino was a nine-time Pro Bowler, and was not jinxed with his jersey number 13.

6. I could have been a SOMALI LUDWIG and played piano, and still nobody would have noticed me. I enjoyed a five-season run by quarterbacking the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I was the first African-American quarterback to throw for over 3000 yards in a season. In 1987, I was also the first African-American QB to start a Super Bowl game with the Redskins. I won that Super Bowl MVP too. Who am I?

Answer: Doug Williams

Super Bowl XXII saw the Redskins and QB Doug Williams defeat the Broncos, 42-10. Doug never made the Pro Bowl, even though he threw for over 3300 yards in two different seasons. Williams played his first five seasons with Tampa Bay, then his final four with the Redskins.

7. I did have a LUNCH LOCK because all my players would eat my sack lunch behind by back. They all thought that I was rich because I was the first coach in history to take a team to win four Super Bowls victories. Who am I?

Answer: Chuck Noll

Noll was the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers for an amazing 23 seasons. From his beginning season in 1969 going 1-13, he turned it around many times, and beginning in his fourth season, the Steelers ran a streak of 13 seasons without having a losing season. Chuck took the Steelers, also via QB Terry Bradshaw, running back Franco Harris, and receiver Lynn Swann, to Super Bowls IX, X, XIII, and XIV.

8. This player wore A BROCCOLI PIN on his jersey, and in the late 1960s, Chicago Bears' running back Gale Sayers ran beside him, and as a best friend in life to him also. Who was Gale's friend and teammate who was diagnosed with cancer after the 1969 season?

Answer: Brian Piccolo

Brian was only in his fourth season in the NFL, and all with the Bears. Piccolo also had 58 receptions in his career, all complimenting the number 40 of Sayers. A later movie named, "Brian's Song", was in the hearts of every football fan and player which starred Billy Dee Williams and James Caan. Brian Piccolo died at the age of 26 in 1970.

9. Like a WELSH ELK ARCHER, which USFL New Jersey Generals running back set a professional football record when he rushed for 2411 yards in 1985, then was a Dallas Cowboy in the following season?

Answer: Herschel Walker

A feat probably never to be duplicated in any professional football league with his 2411 yards in a season, Herschel was then scooped up by the Cowboys in 1986. He was a Cowboy from 1986-1989, and rushed for almost 3400 yards with over 1200 receiving yards in those four seasons. From there, he played with the Vikings, Eagles, and Giants. He retired as a Cowboy in 1997.

10. Without A NOBLE DAGGER, throwing 30 interceptions in a season is not what a quarterback wants to be remembered for. Which 'old-timer' quarterback who made his name with the Raiders by wearing the number 16, was the first to throw 30 interceptions in a season twice, before he joined the Raiders?

Answer: George Blanda

Blanda did it not once but twice with the Houston Oilers. He threw 42 in 1962, then added 30 in 1965. Although with his 42 interceptions in 1962, George somehow still made the Pro Bowl. Following the 1965 season, he found himself in a Raider uniform for nine seasons. He never threw more than six in a season again. George retired in 1975 after an exhausting 27 seasons.

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NFL Mixed Anagrams Trivia Quiz

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