- Steve Young
Jon Steven Young (born October 11 1961 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA), is a former quarterback for the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Los Angeles Express of the short-lived United States Football League. He was named the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XXIX, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005, the first left-handed quarterback to be so honored.
- John Madden
John Earl Madden (born April 10, 1936) is a former National Football League player, head coach, and a Pro Football Hall-of-Famer. Madden is perhaps best known for his nearly three-decade career as a color commentator for various broadcasting networks. He was part of the iconic CBS and later Fox broadcasting duo, along with Pat Summerall in the 1980s and 1990s. He was also the last color commentator for Monday Night Football before it moved to ESPN in 2006.
- John Madden
John Earl Madden is a former American National Football League player, head coach, and a Pro Football Hall-of-Famer. Madden is perhaps best known for his nearly three-decade career as a color commentator for various broadcasting networks. He was part of the iconic CBS and later Fox broadcasting duo, along with Pat Summerall in the 1980s and 1990s. He was also the last color commentator for Monday Night Football before it moved to ESPN in 2006.
- Jim Brown
Jim Brown (born February 17, 1936) is an American former professional football player who has also made his mark as an actor and social activist. He is best known for his exceptional and record-setting nine-year career as a running back for the NFL Cleveland Browns from 1957 to 1965. He is universally acclaimed as one of the best running backs of all time, and in 2002 was named by "The Sporting News" as the greatest professional football player ever.
- Troy Aikman
Troy Kenneth Aikman (born November 21, 1966 in West Covina, California, USA) is a former American football quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League, and currently a television sportscaster for the Fox network. He is also a joint owner of the NASCAR Nextel Cup racing team, Hall of Fame Racing, along with fellow former Cowboys quarterback, Roger Staubach. He is considered one of the best NFL quarterbacks of his era, …
- Al Davis
Allen "Al" Davis (born July 4, 1929 in Brockton, Massachusetts) is a jewish American football executive, who currently serves as the president and managing general partner of the NFL's Oakland Raiders.
- Barry Sanders
Barry Sanders (born July 16, 1968) is a Hall of Fame and Heisman Trophy winning American football running back who spent his entire professional career with the Detroit Lions of the NFL. Sanders is best known for being among the most prolific running backs in NFL history who notoriously cut his career short in its prime, leaving him just short of Walter Payton's all-time rushing record (since broken by Emmitt Smith).
- Michael Irvin
Michael Jerome Irvin (born March 5, 1966 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a former American football player for the Dallas Cowboys and former broadcaster for ESPN's "NFL Countdown". He is regarded as one of the most successful wide receivers in the history of the National Football League. Irvin was nicknamed "The Playmaker" due to his penchant for making big plays in big games during his college career.
- Dan Marino
Daniel Constantine Marino Jr. (born September 15, 1961 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) is a Hall of Fame quarterback who played for the Miami Dolphins in the National Football League. The last quarterback of the legendary Quarterback Class of 1983 to be taken, Marino holds or held almost every serious NFL passing record and, despite never being on a Super Bowl-winning team, …
- 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.
- 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.
- Jim Kelly
James Edward Kelly (born February 14, 1960 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was an American football quarterback for the Buffalo Bills. Kelly is considered one of the best quarterbacks in the history of the NFL and possibly the best quarterback to line up under center in the short history of the USFL. Kelly was drafted in the legendary draft of 1983, rated just behind John Elway on at least one NFL draft list.
- John Elway
John Albert Elway, Jr. (born June 28, 1960 in Port Angeles, Washington) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Denver Broncos from 1983 through 1998. He holds many college and some professional records, was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and is the only quarterback to have started in five Super Bowls.
- 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, …
- Joe Gibbs
Joe Jackson Gibbs (born November 25, 1940) is a Hall of Fame American football coach and NASCAR Championship team owner. He is the 20th and 26th head coach in the history of the Washington Redskins. Well known for his long hours and work ethic, Joe Gibbs put together championship teams with players who may have had mediocre careers if playing for other NFL teams. During his first stint in the National Football League, …
- 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.
- 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.
- Vince Lombardi
Vincent Thomas Lombardi (June 11, 1913 - September 3, 1970) was one of the most successful head coaches in the history of American football. He was the driving force of the Green Bay Packers from 1959 to 1967, leading them in the capture of five NFL championships during his 9 year tenure. Following a one-year retirement from coaching in 1968, he returned as head coach of the Washington Redskins for the 1969 season. He owns a 9-1 record in the post-season.
- 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.
- Chris Long
Christopher Howard Long (born March 28, 1985 in Santa Monica, California) is an American football defensive end for the Virginia Cavaliers. Chris is the son of Hall of Fame defensive end Howie Long.
- Warren Moon
Harold Warren Moon (born November 18, 1956 in Los Angeles, California) is a former American and Canadian football quarterback who played for the Canadian Football League's Edmonton Eskimos and the National Football League's Houston Oilers, Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks and Kansas City Chiefs. He is the only player ever to be enshrined by both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Bud Grant is also enshrined in both, but as a coach.
- Bruce Matthews
Bruce Rankin Matthews (born August 8 1961) is an American former NFL offensive lineman.
- Paul Brown
Paul Eugene Brown (September 7, 1908 - August 5, 1991) was an athletics coach of American football and a major figure in the development of the National Football League. A seminal figure in football history, Brown is considered the "father of the modern offense," with many claiming that he ranks as one of if not the greatest of football coaches in history.
- Jimmy Johnson
James Earl Johnson (born March 31, 1938 in Dallas, Texas) was an American football cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers. In 1994, he was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He played both offense and defense as a college football player at the UCLA. His brother is Rafer Johnson, an Olympic Decathlon Gold Medalist.
- Art Rooney
Arthur Joseph Rooney, Sr. (January 27, 1901 - August 25, 1988) was the founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers franchise in the National Football League. Rooney was a lifelong resident of the Pittsburgh area having been born and raised in the Pittsburgh suburb Coulterville. He graduated from Duquesne Prep, then went on to Duquesne University before founding the Pittsburgh Steelers. Rooney (nicknamed "The Chief") is a beloved figure in the city of Pittsburgh.
- Don Shula
Donald Francis Shula (born January 4, 1930 in Grand River, Ohio) is a former professional football coach for the National Football League. He is best known as coach of the Miami Dolphins, the team he led to two Super Bowl victories, and to the NFL's only undefeated Perfect Season in 1972. Shula was named 1993 Sportsman of the Year by "Sports Illustrated".
- 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.
- Mike Ditka
Michael Keller Ditka, Jr. (born October 18, 1939, in Carnegie, Pennsylvania) also known as Iron Mike Ditka or Da Coach, is a former American NFL player, television commentator, and coach. Ditka coached the Chicago Bears for 11 years. Ditka and Tom Flores are the only two people to win Super Bowls as a player, an assistant coach and a head coach; and was the only individual to participate in two Chicago Bears' championships, …
- 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.
- Johnny Unitas
John Constantine "Johnny" Unitas (May 7, 1933 - September 11, 2002) was a professional American football player in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. He was the National Football League's most valuable player in 1959, 1964 and 1967.
- George Allen
George Herbert Allen was an American football coach in the NFL and USFL.
- George Halas
George Stanley Halas (February 2 1895 - October 31 1983), nicknamed "Papa Bear" and "Mr. Everything", was an American player, coach, owner and pioneer in professional football and the iconic longtime leader of the NFL's Chicago Bears.
- Deacon Jones
David D. "Deacon" Jones (born December 9, 1938 in Eatonville, Florida) nicknamed "Secretary of Defense" is an American athlete and actor. Born in Eatonville, Florida, Jones played professional football and is considered to be one of the greatest defensive ends of all time. Jones specialized in quarterback sacks, a term attributed to him. An extremely durable player, Jones missed only six games of a possible 196 regular-season encounters in his 14 NFL seasons.
- Roger Staubach
Roger Thomas Staubach (born February 5, 1942) is a businessman, Heisman Trophy winner and former American professional football player where he was the quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys for most of the 1970s during their reign as America's Team. Staubach first achieved national attention when he was named the starting quarterback of the Navy football team in 1962.
- Mike Holmgren
Mike Holmgren is the head coach of the NFL 's Seattle Seahawks and was a Super Bowl winner as head coach of the Green Bay Packers . Holgren is scheduled to step down as the Seahawks coach at the conclusion of the 2008 season. ... Mike Holmgren coached at the high school level at various high schools in the San Jose, California area. He then moved on from San Jose to coach the at San Francisco State University.
- Joe Namath
Joseph William "Joe Willie" Namath (born May 31, 1943), also known as Broadway Joe, was an American football Hall of Fame quarterback in the American Football League and National Football League during the 1960s and 1970's. Namath played for the New York Jets for most of his career. He finished out his career with the Los Angeles Rams. Namath retired with a record of 77 wins, 108 losses and 3 ties.
- 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.
- Dan Rooney
Daniel M. Rooney (born July 20, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is the owner and chairman of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team in the National Football League (NFL). He is the son of team founder and former owner Art Rooney. Rooney was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000 for his great success as an owner.
- Bart Starr
Bryan Bartlett Starr (born January 9, 1934 in Montgomery, Alabama) is a former professional American football player and coach. Wearing #15, he was the quarterback for the Green Bay Packers (1956-1971) and the MVP of the first two Super Bowls. He earned four Pro Bowl selections and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977. The son of an Air Force NCO, Starr played High School football at Lanier High School in Montgomery, Alabama, …
- Gene Upshaw
Eugene Thurman Upshaw Jr. (born August 15, 1945 in Robstown, Texas) is a former football offensive guard who played for the Oakland Raiders in the American Football League and the NFL for sixteen years after graduating from Texas A&M University-Kingsville. He played in three Super Bowls in the 1967, 1976 and 1980 seasons. He also played in three AFL Championship Games, seven American Football Conference title games, one AFL All-Star game, and six NFL Pro Bowls.