In 1956 this Giants halfback & future "Monday Night Football" announcer was the NFL's Most Valuable Player
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Pro Football Hall of Famer Frank Gifford dies at 84 - Irondequoit Post  Aug 9, 2015 ... Gifford was the NFL's Most Valuable Player in 1956 when he led the ... Gifford was the centerpiece of a Giants offense that went to five NFL ... ABC's "Monday Night Football," at first as a play-by-play announcer and then as an analyst. .... and preparedness by PayScale Inc. and Future Workplace indicated...
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Frank Gifford, Star for Giants and in the Broadcast Booth, Dies at 84 ...  Aug 9, 2015 ... Frank Gifford, Giants Icon and Broadcaster, Dies at 84 ... As the play-by-play man of ABC's Monday Night Football, Gifford, with his low-key ... Bears in 1956, the same year Gifford was named the league's most valuable player. ... Bednarik, the Eagles' rough linebacker and a future Hall of Famer himself.
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Frank Gifford, Hall of Fame player, 'Monday Night Football ...  Aug 9, 2015 ... New York Giants halfback Frank Gifford (right), rookie and former ... He was an eight-time Pro Bowler and played in five NFL championship games with the team, with ... His best season came in 1956 when he was Most Valuable Player ... 1971 as the play-play announcer on ABC's Monday Night Football,...
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1963 NFL Championship Game - Wikipedia  The 1963 National Football League Championship Game was the 31st annual championship game, played on December 29 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois.
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Frank Gifford - Wikipedia  Francis Newton Gifford (August 16, 1930  August 9, 2015) was an American football player and television sports commentator. ... Position: Halfback, wide receiver ... Gifford won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award in 1956, the same season he ... replaced Keith Jackson as Monday Night Football's play-by-play announcer,...
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National Football League Most Valuable Player Award - Wikipedia  The National Football League Most Valuable Player Award (NFL MVP) is an award given by ... Jim Brown, Johnny Unitas, and Brett Favre were named MVP three times, while ... no AP story about NFL or AFL awards moved across the AP wires in 1960, ..... "Cam Newton named NFL's MVP on eve of Super Bowl appearance".
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Ray Lewis named to Super Bowl 50 Golden Team on 15th ...  Jan 28, 2016 ... FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2001, file photo, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis smiles after defeating the New York Giants 34-7 and being named the MVP of Super Bowl XXXV in Tampa, Fla. ... and Lewis was named one of two inside linebackers alongside Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Famer Jack Lambert.
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Pete Rozelle - Wikipedia  Alvin Ray "Pete" Rozelle was the commissioner of the National Football League for nearly thirty years, from January 1960 to November 1989, when he retired from office. He is credited with making the NFL into one of the most successful sports .... In 1970, Rozelle proposed his concept, Monday Night Football, to Roone...
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And the Least Deserving Player in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Is ...  Jun 8, 2012 ... This is the bio of the least deserving player in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Paul Hornung (Green Bay Packers halfback, 1957-1966).
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Frank Gifford - Wikipedia  Francis Newton Gifford (August 16, 1930  August 9, 2015) was an American football player ... Gifford won the NFL Most Valuable Player Award in 1956, the same season he ... known for his work on ABC's Monday Night Football, Wide World of Sports ... He was married to television host Kathie Lee Gifford from 1986 until his...
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Dan Reeves Remembers the Ice Bowl: 1967 Cowboys-Packers NFL ...  Jan 9, 2015 ... Cowboys halfback Dan Reeves, whose 50-yard touchdown pass to teammate Lance ... sneak by Bart Starr, is considered one of the greatest NFL games of all time. ... With history front and center in advance of the so-called Ice Bowl 2, we ... to have spawned the Frozen Tundra moniker for Lambeau Field.
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National Football League Most Valuable Player Award - Wikipedia  The National Football League Most Valuable Player Award (NFL MVP) is an award given by various entities to the American football player who is considered most valuable to his team in the National Football League (NFL). ... Manning is also the only player to win the MVP with more than one team (4 with the Colts, 1 with...
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San Francisco 49ers (1946-Present) - The Sports E-Cyclopedia  Jul 22, 2002 ... San Francisco 49ers Team History. ... Named in recognition of the pioneering and adventurous spirit of the 1849 gold .... 16 Joe Montana QB 1979-1992 ... 6.5 yards per carry; Quarterback Frankie Albert threw for 2,104 yards and 29 ... 1961: The Success of Coach Red Hickey's shotgun amazed the football...
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Super Bowl 2016 by Missoulian - issuu  Feb 6, 2016 ... MVP: Jim Plunkett, QB, Raiders The game: Plunkett tossed three touchdown passes and Rod Martin picked off a Super Bowl-record three...
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1966 Green Bay Packers season - Wikipedia  Two weeks later, the Packers recorded a 3510 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the inaugural AFL-NFL Championship Game, retroactively known as Super Bowl I. Quarterback Starr was named the league's most valuable player (MVP) in 1966.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL - Army Heroes Return To Salute Red Blaik ...  Oct 1, 1995 ... Fifty years after winning the second of three consecutive national ... Bennie Davis, a tackle on Army's unbeaten 1948 and 1949 teams, laid a ... The 6-foot, 210-pound Blanchard led the nation in scoring in 1945 and played linebacker. ... Davis, who Blaik called the greatest running back he had ever seen,...
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NFL Z-Score All-Decade Team: 1960s - Baltimore Sports and Life  Check out our review of the 1950s. ... Four new franchises were born into the NFL in the 60's. ... Of the #1 ranked most above average players in a season according to ... 8. Lenny Moore, RB, Baltimore Colts, 1960  sRBZ: 2.4787  Like Morrison, ... He led the league in receptions (74), far and away in yards (1298, no one...
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The Oral History of Joe Theismann's Broken Leg - Washingtonian  But Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylorthe most terrifying pass rusher of his ... cable packages and DVRs and TV-when-you-want-it, Monday Night Football was a ... Joe Theismann, Redskins quarterback: All of a sudden, I heard, out to the left, ... What you don't want to do is take a piece of dirt and pull it back up into the...
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You're never too old - ESPN.com  Signature Game January 30, 2000 - At 63, Dick Vermeil became the oldest head coach to win a Super Bowl when the St. Louis Rams beat the Tennessee Titans...
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Backflip With Chip, Sep 21 1970, Monday Night Football Debuts  Sep 21, 2012 ... On this date, Sep 21, 1970,NFL Monday Night Football made its debut on ABC-TV. Now women would have to hold one-way conversations...
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Football Archives - Prince Marketing Group  A player who revolutionized the game of football, Lawrence Taylor was born February 4, 1959 is a Hall of Fame linebacker who spent his entire career with the New ... As President & CEO of Emmitt Smith Enterprises, Inc., Smith leads a team of ... Harry Carson's 13-year stint with the New York Football Giants is one of the...