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Kevin Gallagher

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Heaven Birthday, Fulton Walker🕯️ Fulton was the first player to return a kickoff for a touchdown in Super Bowl history — 98 yards for the #Dolphins in Super Bowl XVII. #GoFins

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"CONCRETE CHARLIE" Born 100 Years Ago Today Heaven Birthday, Chuck Bednarik🕯️ A tribute to the #Eagles legend — the last of the true "60 Minute Men", playing both center and linebacker on a full-time basis. • PFHOF Class of 1967 • NFL 50th Anniversary Team, 75th Anniversary

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Heaven Birthday, Ollie Matson🕯️ On October 7, 1957, the future Pro Football Hall of Fame running back became the first Black #NFL player to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

Heaven Birthday, Ollie Matson🕯️

On October 7, 1957, the future Pro Football Hall of Fame running back became the first Black #NFL player to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated.
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Happy 52nd, Curtis Martin! Before his time with the Jets, Curtis spent three highly-productive seasons with the #Patriots. In their win over Pittsburgh in the 1996 AFC Divisional, Curtis scored three touchdowns, including a 78-yard jaunt through the Foxboro fog — the longest

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#Eagles legend Chuck Bednarik — "Concrete Charlie" — speaks of the #NFL in the 1950s. The Hall of Famer was the last of the true "60 Minute Men", playing both center and linebacker on a full-time basis. Bednarik, born 100 Years Ago Today #FlyEaglesFly

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Heaven Birthday, Ollie Matson🕯️ Versatile #NFL weapon of the 1950s The Olympic medal-winning sprinter was drafted by the Chicago #Cardinals third overall in 1952. Primarily a halfback and return man, Matson retired in 1966 ranked #2 all-time in career all-purpose yards. In

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THE GREAT QUARTERBACK LOUDSPEAKER EXPERIMENT September 14, 1980 After suffering a larynx injury the previous week, #49ers QB Steve DeBerg debuted a specially-designed, portable microphone-loudspeaker PA rig for voice amplification in a game against the Cardinals. DeBerg threw

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Happy 84th, Dave Robinson! PFHOF Class of 2013 Tremendous playmaking left linebacker for Lombardi's #Packers Green Bay's #1 pick in 1963, a three-time #NFL and two-time Super Bowl champion 1960s All-Decade Team Three-time First-Team All-Pro Three-time Pro Bowler #GoPackGo

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May 3, 1979 The #Chargers select Kellen Winslow in the first round. The University of Missouri product would go on to redefine and revolutionize the tight end position in the #NFL. From #SanDiego's electric "Air Coryell" offense to the PFHOF, Class of 1995. #BoltUp #MIZ

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In 1977, CBS did not have uniform opening theme music for all of its NFL game telecasts. As #StarWars fever swept the nation following the motion picture's release earlier in '77, CBS often used Meco's disco version of John Williams' "Star Wars Theme" as its opening theme and

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Heaven Birthday, "DeRo"🕯️ A Tribute to Al DeRogatis An All-Pro defensive lineman for the early-1950s #Giants, he later became the Giants' radio color analyst alongside Marty Glickman. Al was perhaps best known as NBC's distinguished color analyst alongside Curt Gowdy in the

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Heaven Birthday, Johnny U🕯️ Johnny Unitas A tribute to the #Baltimore quarterback's masterful performance in the 1958 NFL Championship #Colts-Giants overtime thriller The first "sudden death" overtime game in #NFL history The day when professional football truly came of age

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"JOHNNY U" A Longform Birthday Tribute to the Legendary #Baltimore #Colts Icon John Constantine Unitas Born May 7, 1933 From the sandlot to the #NFL mountaintop

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Happy 66th, Ronnie Lott! The #49ers legend's first career pro interception came in Week 4 of 1981 — a pick-six against the Saints at Candlestick. As a rookie, Lott would lead the NFL in pick-sixes with three in 1981. He is #FTTB's all-time career interceptions leader with 51,