- Andre Tippett
Andre Bernard Tippett (born December 27, 1959, in Birmingham, Alabama), is a former American football linebacker who played for the New England Patriots of the NFL. He went to the University of Iowa, where he was an All-American.
- Art Monk
James Arthur "Art" Monk (born December 5, 1957, in White Plains, New York), is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League. Nicknamed "Quiet Man" or simply "#81" for his humble and professional demeanor, he played collegiately at Syracuse University as a receiver and running back. The Washington Redskins drafted Monk in 1980 and converted him to flanker, a position that he pioneered as a member of Coach Joe Gibbs' innovative offense.
- Lawrence Taylor
Lawrence Julius Taylor (born February 4, 1959, in Williamsburg, Virginia), commonly referred to as LT, is a retired Hall of Fame American football player. Taylor played his entire professional career as a linebacker for the New York Giants in the National Football League (NFL). He is often considered to be one of the greatest defensive players in the history of football, and has been called the greatest defensive player of all time by media members, …
- Gary Zimmerman
Gary Wayne Zimmerman (born December 13, 1961 in Fullerton, California) is a former American football offensive lineman in the NFL. Zimmerman played for the Minnesota Vikings from 1986-1992, and for the Denver Broncos from 1993-1997. He attended the University of Oregon and was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 2002. Before his NFL career Zimmerman played with the Los Angeles Express of the USFL from 1984-1985 where he was introduced to coach Russ A. Molzahn.
- Russ Grimm
Russ Grimm (born May 2, 1959 in Scottdale, Pennsylvania) was an American football Pro Bowl guard for the Washington Redskins of the NFL. He was also an All-American center at the University of Pittsburgh Grimm played 11 seasons for the Redskins and was a first team selection to the NFL 1980s All-Decade Team. He is currently the assistant head coach and offensive line coach for the Arizona Cardinals. Grimm will be featured in the upcoming video game All-Pro Football 2K8.
- Jerry Rice
Jerry Lee Rice (born October 13, 1962 in Crawford, Mississippi) is a former football wide receiver in the NFL. Rice is widely regarded among the greatest wide receivers in NFL history, consistently showing exceptional performance and strong work ethic on and off of the field. Rice was selected to the Pro Bowl 13 times (1986-1996, 1998, 2002) in his 20 NFL seasons. He won three Super Bowl rings as a member of the San Francisco 49ers.
- Bill Walsh
William Ernest Walsh (born November 30, 1931) is a former American football head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and Stanford University. The inventor of the West Coast Offense, he is widely considered one of the most brilliant and innovative football minds to ever coach. He has a home in Pacific Grove, California.
- Joe Montana
Joseph Clifford "Joe" Montana, Jr., (born June 11 1956 in New Eagle, Pennsylvania), nicknamed "Joe Cool" and "The Comeback Kid", is a retired American football player whose professional career in the National Football League (NFL) spanned the late 1970s through the early 1990s. Montana started his NFL career in 1979 with the San Francisco 49ers, where he played quarterback (QB) for the next 14 seasons.
- Richard Dent
Richard Lamar Dent (born December 13 1960) is a former American football defensive end who played primarily for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. He was the MVP of Super Bowl XX. He was the first defensive lineman to win the award since 1978.
- Ronnie Lott
Ronald Mandel "Ronnie" Lott (born May 8, 1959) is a former American football player who starred as a cornerback, free safety and strong safety in college football and the NFL. He is most well known for his hard hits on opposing players, rivaling fellow safeties Steve Atwater and Jack Tatum as the hardest hitter of all time. A Pro Bowler at both cornerback and safety, Lott is widely considered one of the best defensive backs in NFL history.
- Walter Payton
Walter Jerry Payton was an American football running back for the Chicago Bears. Payton, a Pro Football Hall of Fame member, distinguished himself as one of the National Football League’s most productive and memorable players. He also set many rushing records during his professional and collegiate career. After a standout career at Jackson State University, The Bears drafted Payton with the fourth overall selection in the 1975 NFL Draft.
- Reggie White
Reginald Howard "Reggie" White (December 19, 1961 - December 26, 2004) was a professional American football player. He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee and attended Howard School. Nicknamed the "Minister of Defense", a dual reference to his football prowess and his Evangelical Christian ordination, White is one of the all-time leaders in sacks in NFL history. He was married to the former Sara Copeland, with whom he had two children, Jeremy and Jecolia.
- John Hannah
John Allen "Hog" Hannah is an American former football left guard who played for the New England Patriots (1973–1985). He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1991, and Sports Illustrated magazine dubbed him, on its Aug. 3, 1981, cover, "The Best Offensive Lineman of All Time."
- Mike Singletary
Michael Singletary (born October 9, 1958 in Houston, Texas) is a former linebacker in American football who played his entire career for the Chicago Bears in the NFL, after starring in college at Baylor University, whose team is also known as the Bears. While with the Bears, Singletary was known as "The Heart of the Defense" for the Monsters of the Midway in the mid-1980s. His nickname is Samurai Mike.
- Jack Lambert
John Harold "Jack" Lambert (July 8, 1952, Mantua, Ohio, United States) is a former NFL linebacker in American football. He played football with Kent State, winning two-year All-Mid-American Conference linebacker honors. He won four Super Bowls with the Pittsburgh Steelers and established himself as one of the best linebackers in the history of the NFL.
- Ted Hendricks
Theodore (Ted) Paul Hendricks (born November 1, 1947 in Guatemala City, Guatemala) was an American football linebacker for the 1968 to 1973 Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts), 1974 Green Bay Packers and the 1975 to 1983 Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders.
- Bruce Smith
Bruce Smith (born June 18, 1963 in Norfolk, Virginia) is a former NFL football player who currently holds the NFL record for most career quarterback sacks with 200. He was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He was named in honor of his fathers' idol, Bruce Brewington.
- Eric Dickerson
Eric Demetric Dickerson (born September 2 1960 in Sealy, Texas) is a former professional running back in the National Football League (NFL) who in his career played for the Los Angeles Rams, Indianapolis Colts, Los Angeles Raiders, and Atlanta Falcons.
- Steve Largent
Stephen Michael Largent, born September 28, 1954 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a retired football player, enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and a former U.S. Congressman, having served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Oklahoma from 1994 until 2002.
- James Lofton
James David Lofton (Born July 5, 1956, at Fort Ord, Monterey, California) is a current American Football coach for the San Diego Chargers and former wide receiver who played for the Green Bay Packers (1978-1986), Los Angeles Raiders (1987-1988), the Buffalo Bills (1989-1992), Los Angeles Rams (1993) and Philadelphia Eagles (1993). He was also the NCAA champion in the long jump in 1978 while attending Stanford University.
- Mike Haynes
Michael James Haynes (born July 1, 1953 in Denison, Texas) is an American former National Football League cornerback who played for the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Raiders. Haynes relied on his speed, quickness and range to become both a premier defensive back and an outstanding punt return specialist.
- Howie Long
Howard Michael "Howie" Long (born January 6, 1960 in Somerville, Massachusetts) is a former American football player who played as a defensive end, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2000. Long has been married since June 27, 1982, to the former Diane Addonizio and they have three sons, one of whom, Christopher, plays football at the University of Virginia. The family resides in Charlottesville, Virginia.
- Mel Blount
Melvin Cornell Blount (born April 10, 1948 in Vidalia, Georgia) was a five-time All Pro-Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers and is considered one of the greatest defensive backs to ever play in the NFL. His physical style of play made him one of the most feared defensive backs in the game at a time when the pass interference rule did not exist.
- Mike Webster
Michael Lewis Webster (March 18, 1952 - September 24, 2002) was an American football player who played center in the National Football League from 1974 to 1990. He played his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Kansas City Chiefs. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. "Iron Mike" anchored the Steelers offensive line in their dynasty era and is considered by some as the best center in NFL history.
- Dan Fouts
Daniel Francis Fouts (born June 10 1951 in San Francisco, California) was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers from 1973 through 1987, and is famous for being one of the most prolific quarterbacks of the Super Bowl Era.
- Joe Jacoby
Joe Jacoby (born July 6, 1959 in Louisville, Kentucky) was an American football offensive lineman for the NFL's Washington Redskins from 1981 to his retirement in 1993. He won three Super Bowl rings and four National Football Conference championships during his tenure.
- Deron Cherry
Deron Leigh Cherry (born September 12, 1959) is a former professional American football strong safety who played for the Kansas City Chiefs from 1981 to 1991. A six-time Pro Bowl selection in his 11 years with the Chiefs, Cherry intercepted 50 passes in his career for 688 yards and one touchdown. He was a 5 time All-Pro in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1988. He was also a five time 1st team All-AFC and two time 2nd team All-AFC selection.
- Carl Banks
Carl E. Banks (born August 29, 1962 in Flint, Michigan) is a former American football linebacker who played for three teams from 1984 to 1995, the New York Giants, the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Browns in the NFL. He made the Pro Bowl in 1987, had 39.5 career quarterback sacks, and was a member of the NFL's 1980's All-Decade Team. He attended Michigan State University and was the 3rd overall pick in the 1984 NFL draft.
- Kenny Easley
Kenny Mason Easley Jr. (born January 15, 1959) is a former American football strong safety who played seven seasons for the Seattle Seahawks from 1981 to 1987 in the National Football League. He is considered as one of the greatest Seahawks players of all-time and one of the greatest safeties in NFL history. Easley played college football at UCLA and was drafted in the first round of the 1981 NFL Draft.
- Kellen Winslow
Kellen Boswell Winslow (born 1957 in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in East St. Louis, Illinois) is a former professional American football tight end with the University of Missouri and the San Diego Chargers.
- Lee Roy Selmon
Lee Roy Selmon (born October 20, 1954 in Eufaula, Oklahoma) is a former NFL football defensive lineman and the first member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame (Steve Young, who began his career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but is most famous as a member of the San Francisco 49ers, was inducted in 2005). He is the youngest of nine children of Lucious and Jessie Selmon, raised on a farm at Eufaula, Oklahoma.
- John Riggins
Robert John Riggins (born August 4, 1949 in Seneca, Kansas) is a former American football running back in the NFL, playing from 1971-1985. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992.
- Gary Anderson
Gary Anderson (born July 16, 1959 in Parys, Free State, South Africa) is a former American football placekicker. He was the first NFL kicker to have a "perfect season," successfully making every field goal and every PAT during regular season play.
- Lester Hayes
Lester Hayes was a professional American football player for the National Football League Oakland/LA Raiders. Hayes was commonly referred to as "Lester the Molester" (a nickname he detested) and "the Judge." A big Star Wars fan, during pregame interviews for Super Bowl XVIII he declared himself the "only true Jedi" in the NFL. He was known for his "bump and run" coverage style, and for using Stickum™ before it was banned in a rule bearing his name.
- Eddie Murray
Edward Peter "Eddie" Murray (born August 29, 1956 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a retired American football kicker. Murray was signed out of the Tulane University by the Detroit Lions. He would play for the Lions, as well as the Kansas City Chiefs, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, Minnesota Vikings and Washington Redskins. Murray was named MVP of the 1981 Pro Bowl. On January 30, 1994 he kicked three field goals in Super Bowl XXVIII, …
- Randy White
Randy Lee White (born January 15, 1953 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an American football player. He attended the University of Maryland from 1971-1974, and played professionally for the Dallas Cowboys from 1975-1988. He is a member of both the college and professional football halls of fame.
- Morten Andersen
Morten Andersen (born August 19, 1960, in Copenhagen, Denmark) is an American football placekicker who played for the Atlanta Falcons in 2006 and is currently a free agent. He has enjoyed a long career as one of the NFL's most prolific kickers. At age 46, he is the oldest player in the NFL, and is seven months older than current Falcons head coach Bobby Petrino. On December 16, 2006, Andersen passed Gary Anderson to become the all-time leading scorer in NFL history.
- Mike Munchak
Michael Anthony Munchak (born March 6 1960, Scranton, Pennsylvania) is a former American Football guard who played for the Houston Oilers. Munchak was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2001. He is currently the Tennessee Titans offensive line coach. The street running in front of Scranton High School is named for him. Munchak played college football for Penn State University, earning his Bachelor of Science in Business Logistics in 1982.
- Dan Hampton
Daniel Oliver Hampton (Born September 19, 1957 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is a retired Hall of Fame American football defensive tackle who played twelve seasons for the Chicago Bears from 1979 to 1990 in the National Football League. The son of Robert and Joan Hampton.
- Bill Fralic
Bill Fralic (born October 31, 1962, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former professional American football offensive guard in the NFL. He played for the University of Pittsburgh Panthers in College and the Atlanta Falcons for most of his career in the NFL but also wrestled at "WrestleMania 2". He is currently the color commentator for University of Pittsburgh Panthers radio network for Football and concurrently operates Bill Fralic Insurance Services out of Atlanta, …