backs of all-time and was a huge part of the team's success. Not only did the Bears have Walter Payton and Matt Suhey as a major offensive force, but they also had a passing combination that could not be stopped. This combination consisted of pro bowl quarterback Jim McMahon and former Olympian Willie Gault at wide receiver. McMahon was called the "Punky QB" because of his cockiness. This cockiness made him great while playing on the '85 Bears team. However, most quarterbacks would never think
Walter Payton In 1954 Walter Payton, a star, was born in Columbia, Mississippi. His parents Edward and Alyne Payton had three children, Eddie, Walter, and Pam Payton. When Walter was a kid he always loved to go outdoors. He always loved to go fishing, play football with his friends, and exploring the woods that he lived by. Walter spent his first three years of playing football at an all-black school named John Jefferson high. After he had finished High School the options for a black athlete in
was mostly about Jim McMahon's 1985 football season. McMahon was the quarterback for the Chicago Bears. He started eleven times out of the thirteen games he played in. McMahon emerged as one of the NFL's top quarterbacks while earning his first Pro Bowl appearance. He averaged 64% completion the first five weeks before injury had began at San Francisco on October 17, 1985. He threw a career high 15 touchdown passes. He threw 9 of them in the first four games. McMahon led the team with a 5.4 yard rushing
On September 17, 1920, the Bears joined the National Football League. The franchise fee was only $100. The Bears have the most players who have been elected for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. They have won nine NFL championships including Super Bowl XX. The Bears are one of only 2 teams who are charter members of the National Football League still in existence today. They were the first team to buy a player from another team in 1922(Pro Football Hall of Fame). There were some pretty athletic
championship. Throughout the 1920s the league struggled to ... ... middle of paper ... ...Saints who beat the Indianapolis Colts. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers to capture Super Bowl XLV. The New York Giants went on to win Super Bowl XLVI over the New England Patriots. Last years Super Bowl was between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers. The Ravens won in a nail biter, which included a blackout during the third quarter. The NFL is continuing to grow in popularity
around the world tune in to watch one of the most exhilarating events in sports unfold--the Super Bowl. The one-game, winner-take-all contest for supremacy in the National Football League has grown into more than just a football game opposing the best teams of the NFL. It has become the premier event for new television advertising. With half of the ten, all-time most watched television events having been Super Bowls; networks are able to sell precious seconds of airtime to large companies for millions
support its cause. All you have to do is have your organizational flag football team participate in USFFD Super Bowls. So far, there have been fifteen USFFD Super Bowls and they've been in location all across the country including New York, California, Washington D.C., New Jersey, Tennessee, Canada, Texas and Ohio. Super Bowl 16 is going to take place in Austin, Texas and Super Bowl 17 will be in Madison, Wisconsin. It's really easy to become a member because all you have to do is call the
The Effect of the Instant Replay on NFL Officials The NFL can vote to keep instant replay out of the game every year, but the owners will never get rid of it. That's because like it or not, the NFL has instant replay. It comes courtesy of television and Jumbotron. And it's leaving the leagues officials vulnerable to widespread and immediate second-guessing from fans, coaches and players a net inside every stadium. The officials, in a matter speaking, are left working without. Seemingly on
starter on defense (Thornley 19). Florida State University is located 350 miles from Deion’s home town but even so his mom Connie Knight never missed a single home game (Thornley 20). During his football career with Florida they went to the Gator Bowl. During this game he made six tackles and intercepted a pass to (Thornley 21). Deion also played baseball at Florida State University (Thornley 21). During Deion’s first year in coll... ... middle of paper ... ...g on. Deion is the greatest
Popularity of Soccer Around the World I am going to talk about the most popular sport in the world: football. Now, you may be having visions of huge quarterbacks, dressed up in their padding and helmets, parading down the field during the Super Bowl. But the other kind of football, the football the rest of the world knows, has no padding or helmets. This other football is known in America as soccer. In more than 175 countries across the globe, football, or soccer, rates as the number 1 national