Football History

Welcome to Today In Football History for Saturday, September 24, 2016.

On this day in history ..

1930 - Portsmouth beats Brooklyn in 1st NFL game played under floodlights
1972 - Jack Tatum, Oakland, returns a fumble 104 yds vs Green Bay (rec)
1972 - NY Jet Joe Namath passes for 6 touchdowns vs Balt Colt (44-34)
1973 - St Louis Cards Jim Bakken sets NFL record kicking 7 field goals
1977 - Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards
1991 - Deion Sanders, left Braves July 31 to report to NFL Falcons, returns

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1941 - John Mackey, NFL tight end (Baltimore Colts, San Diego Chargers)
1946 - "Mean" Joe Greene, NFL tackle (Pitts Steelers), Coke spokesman
1951 - Terry Metcalf, Seattle, NFL, CFL running back (St Louis, Toronto)
1967 - Roland Jansen, soccer player (Willem II)
1969 - Andrew Greene, NFL guard (Miami Dolphins, Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1969 - John Morton, WLAF WR (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 - Mario Cristobal, WLAF guard (Amsterdam Admirals)
1970 - Winfred Tubbs, NFL linebacker (NO Saints)
1972 - Jeff Hill, NFL wide receiver (Cin Bengals)
1974 - Matt McKeon, Florissant MO, soccer midfielder (Olympics-gold-96)

Famous deaths for this day ..

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