Who started free agency in football?
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Free agency is a human/workers right the in USA.  Was not started by football players, and no one person has been given credit for it.  The term began to be used in in the NFL in 1992/93 season, when the players were able to collectively get it into a collective bargaining agreement with the club owners.  Anyone not drafted, or under contract is considered a free agent, there are two types restricted and un-restricted.  Here is a link that describes it in some detail.
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For baseball players I think it was either Nolan Ryan or Ricky Henderson. Not too sure though.  I know that Albert Belle got the first $10 million per year contract.
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Here's a quickie quiz for all pro football fanatics. Who was the first outside linebacker in pro football history? A - Tony Dearing B - Dick Farrell C - John Alexander D - Dale Musil. \n\nIf you answered C, you must have been conversing into the wee hours of the morning with the inimitable John Alexander, who turned 87 on July 4. Alexander resides in Metuchen, New Jersey, and played for the Giants in 1926. He is believed to be the oldest living Giant. He made pro football history on October 1, 1922, while playing the outside linebacker position for the Milwaukee Badgers against the Chicago Cardinals. The Cardinals won the fierce defensive battle, 3-0. A report on the game said Alexander played well, but the tall easterner seemed to be out of condition because of his strenuous and tiring experiment. John admits being a little tired, but not out of shape. \n\n"I did get a little tired, but I was in shape," said Alexander about the linebacker experience. "Some people don't believe I did it first, but I did and I have the proof." \n\nJohn says he decided to make the historic move to give himself a little more leeway on the field. He moved one step back and was one yard outside of the defensive end. Alexander has mountains of newspaper clippings, mostly photostatic copies of articles from many papers, including the Newark Star-Eagle, and Newark Evening News and the Staten Island Advance. \n\nAlexander, who played at 6-3, 248 (everyone was listed at 210 if they weighed more so they wouldn't intimidate the opposing team) has been featured in the magazine Legends, produced by the NFL Alumni Association, and the Professional Football Researchers Association newsletter in recent issues. \n\n"I keep everything," said John. "I enjoy going back and reading about the old days. I still get letters from some of the people that saw me play way back then." \n\nJohn played his college ball at Rutgers and his high school ball at Newark's South Side High (now Shabazz). He lettered at Rutgers in 1919 while a younger John Alexander lettered from 1973-76. The two made connections recently which pleased both men. \n\nAlexander's exploits gave former Giant coach Steve Owen an idea for his famed "umbrella defense," a long standby of the Giants and another reason to believe that Alexander was the first outside linebacker. \n\nJohn also had a hand in the Giants' debut in the NFL. John gathered 12 of his "pals" to face the tough Gothamites on September 27, 1925. The pickup players called themselves the Red Jackets. They faced the Giants at Newark's Dreamland Park (in the Weequahic section of town). The game drew more than 3,500 fans and the Jackets displayed a tough defense, but fell to the Giants, 3-0. The Red Jackets, who did nothing more than a few exercises before the game, had held their own against the Giants and earned $50 for their efforts. Alexander made many outstanding tackles which stopped some long runs by the Giants. John played for Orange that year and it beat the Giants for the Eastern pro football title. \n\nAlexander also played offensive tackle in the days of the 60-minute man. The most money he earned as a pro for each game was $100 because the team was allotted $1,800. While with the Milwaukee club, Alexander played with two black legends in Rutgers -- grad Paul Robeson and Brown University All-American Fritz Pollard. "Those two guys were so good, but they had to take so much grief. Robeson asked for $200 and threatened not to play if he didn't get it. He got it because people wanted to see him play. He helped a lot of us get more money." \n\nAlexander talked about how Robeson and Pollard had to stay in separate facilities after games. "Despite all the trouble they went through, they played great in every game. They were fantastic." \n\nThe players supplied their own uniforms, food and lodging and everything else except their
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It was Pudge Heffelfinger .  http://www.nfl.com/history/chronology/1869-1910
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Yahoo is one of the best free leagues.  \nThey offer live drafts and real time stat tracker during the game.  \nYahoo Plus is not free, but is  very good, however, terrible prizes for winning the league.  They now give out plaques to the winners of the league.  In the past they gave out your choice of NFL team jersey.\n\nCBS sports & NFL.com free leagues are ok.  \nThey have nfl analysis giving you information on players each week\nEspn leagues are ok -pay leagues a little better.  They use to give out t-shirts and trophy to winners.  Good before game time information.  Open chat on Thursdays durning the season.  You can ask the Espn sports associate football questions about your team players.  "who to start'\nUSA Today offer this service for free every Thursday\nFox leagues are ok - they also have a chart each week on who to start and sit\n\nThe Sporting News legue is ok, however the pay league is very good.  Lots of information and updates on players before game time.   Very good information about your team players durning the week. You will get a newsletter on what players to start and sit each week.\nAll leagues offer live drafts if you join early, except The Sporting News.  \nIf joining a free league, I would go with Yahoo.  "The Best" You can always get football information from espn, the sporting news, nfl.com and cbs sports.com\nIf joining a pay league, I would go with CBS or The Sporting News.  \nI hope this help
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No, he isn't a free agent. The Packers signed him to a 1 year extension for the 2006-2007 season.
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first superbowl for patriots was in 1986 (85 season) and the qb was Tony Eason\nTHATS IT I'M DONE!
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Hands down HERMAN EDWARDS!\n\n\nFor more on the NFL.....http://factipedia.com/sportsblogs/
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History of Football \n From Mary Bellis,\nYour Guide to Inventors.\nFREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now! \n\nAmerican football was started in 1879 with rules instituted by Walter Camp.\nDerived from the English game of rugby, American football was started in 1879 with rules instituted by Walter Camp, player and coach at Yale University.\n\nWalter Camp\nWalter Camp was born April 17, 1859, in New Haven, Connecticut. He attended Yale from 1876 to 1882, where he studied medicine and business. Walter Camp was an author, athletic director, chairman of the board of the New Haven Clock Company, and director of the Peck Brothers Company. He was general athletic director and head advisory football coach at Yale University from 1888-1914, and chairman of the Yale football committee from 1888-1912. Camp played football at Yale and helped evolve the rules of the game away from Rugby and Soccer rules into the rules of American Football as we know them today.\nOne precursor to Walter Camp's influence was William Ebb Ellis, a student at the Rugby School in England. In 1823, Ellis was the first person noted for picking up the ball during the soccer game and running with it, thereby breaking and changing the rules. In 1876, at the Massosoit convention, the the first attempts at writing down the rules of American football were made. Walter Camp edited every American Football rulebook until his death in 1925.\n\nWalter Camp contibuted the following changes from Rugby and Soccer to American football: \n\none side retained undisputed possession of the ball, until that side gives up the ball as a result of its own violations \nthe line of scrimmage \n11 on a team instead of 15 \ncreated the quarter-back and center positions \nforward pass \nstandardized the scoring system, numerical scoring \ncreated the safety, interference, penalties, and the neutral zone \ntackling as low as the knee was permitted - 1888 \na touchdown increased in value to six points and field goals went down to three points - 1912\nThe NFL or the National Football League, was formed in 1920.
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asante samuel?? he started in '03 with the patriots
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The contemporary history of football spans more than 100 years. It all began in 1863 in England, when rugby football and association football branched off on their different courses and the world's first football association was founded - The Football Association in England.
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Al Davis coached the Raiders from 1963 to 1966 before becoming their owner.  Not sure if other owners have been players and/or coaches.
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The answer is Rod Smart only he is not a former player he is a current player. Last season he was with the Carolina Panthers. He was wore the He Hate Me moniker when he was in the ill fated Creation of Vince McMahon (of WWF/WWE Wrestling fame) called the XFL (Extreme Football League). The XFL never went beyond it's inaugural season.
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I know a football player Steve Knight however.  He played for the University of Maine and was one of the states all-time leading rushers.  He may have played semi-pro or been invited to NFL training camps.
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First NFL completion was to\nhimself, the quarterback snaring his own deflected aerial for minus-7 yards in contest at Tampa Bay Sept. 13, 1992
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No he was a free agent when his contact ended and the Colts did not put the franchise tag on him. However the market is not good for him and he might still end up on the colts.
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Super Bowl I debuted in 1967.