who was the first packer to do the lambuea leap?
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Who brought up the traditional Lambeau Leap? - T.J. (Muskego, WI)\nAlthough the Lambeau Leap has become a recognized tradition in Green Bay, not mentioned as often how the celebratory jump into the stands came about. That's probably related to the fact that wasn't an offensive player who invented the move, but a safety: LeRoy Butler.\n\nButler's original Lambeau Leap occurred Dec. 26, 1993, against the Los Angeles Raiders. On the play, Butler caused running back Randy Jordan to fumble. Defensive end Reggie White picked up the loose ball, but after running 10 yards, lateralled it back to Butler, who sprinted the remaining 25 yards for a Packers score.\n\nAfter crossing the goal line, Butler simply continued through the end zone and launched himself into the arms of Packers fans in the south bleachers.\n\nThat noted, wide receiver Robert Brooks is credited as the player who popularized Butler's spontaneous leap into Lambeau tradition.\n\nWho was the first African-American to play for the Green Bay Packers? -- Ronald (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)\nNine games into the 1950 season, receiver Robert 'Bob' Mann became the first African-American player to suit up for the Green Bay Packers in an NFL game. Mann, a former All-Big 10 player while at Michigan, had already played two NFL seasons with the Detroit Lions and was coming off a 1949 season in which he caught 66 passes for 1,014 yards and four touchdowns.\n\nMann finished off the final three games of 1950 making six catches for 89 yards and one touchdown. Beyond that, he played three full seasons in Green Bay, his best being 1951 when he made 50 receptions for 696 yards and eight touchdowns. In 1954, Mann played in two games with no receptions.\n\nWhile Mann was the first to make the Packers' official roster, African-Americans Jim Clark (running back) and Jim Thomas (offensive lineman) were brought into Packers camp prior to Mann, but did not make the team.\nMann wore No. 31 through the 1951 season. In 1952 he became the first Packer to ever wear No. 87, which was his through the end of his playing career in 1954.
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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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None so far, but Mike Holmgrem can be the first ever if his 'Hawks defeat the Steelers, because he already won it all with the Packers. But I don't think he will beat the Steelers.
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Making it as the first Major League Baseball player
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The first known African-American to play pro football was Charles Follis, with the Shelby Athletic Club in 1902.\n\nAs far as the NFL as we know it today.\nFirst African-American NFL Player - March 21, 1946\nThe Los Angeles Rams signed halfback Kenny Washington to an NFL contract.
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The dropkick was used in the nfl, in fact it was very popular in the nfl untill the 1940's. The last dropkick was made on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2006 when Doug Flutie, of the New England Patriots, drop-kicked an extra point during the fourth quarter of their 28-26 loss to the Miami Dolphins at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. It was the first successfull dropkick since Dec. 21, 1941 when Ray "Scooter" McLean converted for the Chicago Bears to beat the New York Giants 37-9 in the NFL championship game.
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By double click do you mean the hitch kick?? There was an american sprinter/long jumper called Jesse Owens from ohio who, in 1935 set a world record of 8.13m, it stood for 25 years before being broken again. I think the hitch kick just evovled, it is adopted and modified by every male jumper and selected females (however they tend to employ the hang technique).
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In 1930, the US stunned Belgium in their opening match in the Centenario stadium, Montevedio, winning 3-0. The first goal was scored by Bart McGhee in the 40th minute off a rebound from the crossbar after a Gonsalves shot. McGhee's goal was actually the second goal to be scored in World Cup history, just behind that of Frenchman Lucien Laurent.
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Levi Meyerle hit it in 1876
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Jim Thorpe -- scored 25 TDs and won the national championship.  Also won 2 gold medals that year.
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In 1967... "The Oakland Raiders selected defensive tackle Richard Sligh in the 10th round. Although his pro career lasted just eight games, the 7'0" Sligh holds the distinction of being the tallest person ever to play pro football."
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Lambeau Field...nuff said!
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i think Mike Vanderjagt is the best/most accurate kicker... \n\nVanderjagt has the highest field goal accuracy rate in NFL history (217-of-245 kicks, 87.5 percent) and holds the record for making 42 straight.\n\nIn the pre-professional era that Botha played in, being paid to play rugby was always a controversial subject. Despite being handsomely paid "under the table", Botha was of the opinion that he could earn more in professional sport and thus he travelled to the United States in 1983 on the invitation of the American Football team the Dallas Cowboys in order to try out as a placekicker. This move was not successful, however, and he returned to South Africa to continue his Rugby career.\n\nGary Anderson (born July 16, 1959 in Parys, Orange Free State, South Africa) is currently the NFL's career points scoring leader. He is also the first NFL kicker to have a "perfect season" successfully making every field goal and every PAT during regular season play.\n\nAfter graduating from Syracuse University. He was drafted as a placekicker by the Buffalo Bills in 1982 but was cut before the season began. He then signed as a free agent with the Pittsburgh Steelers and spent the following 12 seasons in Pittsburgh.\n\nFor the 1995 season, Anderson signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Eagles. Anderson spent the 1997 season as a member of the San Francisco 49ers. Then, in 1998, Anderson signed with the Minnesota Vikings and converted all 35 of his attempted field goals and all 59 extra points in regular season play. However after making all of his field goal and points after touchdowns during the entire season, he missed a crucial kick in the 4th quarter against the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game.\n\nAnderson stayed with the Vikings until the 2003 season, when he joined the Tennessee Titans out of retirement as a replacement for the injured Joe Nedney after the first game of the season. After that season, Anderson again retired and turned down offers from several teams to come kick for them. When Nedney went down with another season-ending injury after the start of the 2004 season, Anderson again agreed to unretire for the Titans.\n\nAnderson currently resides in Canmore, Alberta, Canada and operates a fly fishing charter business called Perfect Season.
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One about the 1967 packer season is Instant Replay by Jerry Kramer, could be wrong on the author. He wrote another one, Distant Replay on their lives in the 70's and 80's, if it helps.
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The term "alley oop" derives from French allez-oop, the cry of a circus acrobat about to leap.  The "Official History of the NFL" book says that the term "Alley Oop" was first used to describe what is now known as the Hail Mary pass in football, but that eventually the term became used in basketballball. The NFL history book cites the origin of the term to the comic strip caveman, Alley Oop created by cartoonist V. T. Hamlin in the early 1930s, because sportscasters believed those throws looked like Alley Oop in action. Hamlin picked up the term "allez-oop" serving in the Army in France during WW I.
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West Auckland Town F.C. in 1909\n\nthanks for the trivia