In 1966, Robinson was hired as general manager for the short-lived Brooklyn Dodgers of the Continental Football League.

Soon afterwards he stepped down as Blackburn manager to become Director of Football at the club, before leaving altogether in 1996.

Dalglish went on to be appointed Director of Football at Celtic in 1999, and later manager, where he won the Scottish League Cup before an acrimonious departure the following year.

In 2001, Fulham took the First Division ( now Football League Championship ) under manager Jean Tigana, winning 100 points and scoring over 100 goals in the season.

The Chargers have six players and one coach enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio: wide receiver Lance Alworth ( 1962 – 1970 ), defensive end Fred Dean (–), quarterback Dan Fouts (–), head coach / general manager Sid Gillman ( 1960 – 1969, ), wide receiver Charlie Joiner (–), offensive lineman Ron Mix ( 1960 – 1969 ) and tight end Kellen Winslow (- 1987 ).

According to the official site of the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Barron Hilton agreed after his general manager, Frank Leahy picked the Chargers name when he purchased an AFL franchise for Los Angeles.

* Football manager Pat Fenlon

The Football Association ( FA ) appointed Winterbottom as England's national director of coaching and first manager of the national team in 1946.

Winterbottom was posthumously inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2005 in recognition of his contribution as a manager to the English game on a national level.

Jim Foster, a promotions manager with the National Football League, conceived the idea of indoor football while watching an indoor Association Football match at Madison Square Garden in 1981.

Leading the club for 34 years until 1954, Struth won more trophies than any manager in Scottish Football history, amassing 18 league championships, 10 Scottish Cup, 2 League Cups, 7 war-time championships, 19 Glasgow Cups, 17 Glasgow Merchant Charity Cups and other war-time honours.

* Danny Diver, former manager of East Stirlingshire Football CLub

After three matches under caretaker manager Dave Bassett and assistant Dennis Wise, George Burley was unveiled as the club's new head coach on 23 December to work alongside Clive Woodward, who was promoted from Performance Director to Director of Football.

Following the resignation of England manager Kevin Keegan after a home loss to Germany in October 2000, the Football Association specifically pursued Eriksson as his replacement.

On 3 June 2008, he was officially signed to become the manager of the Mexican national team against the advice of his closest business associates who warned of " deep divisions within the Mexican Football Federation " and an " underlying potential xenophobia among players and fans " and despite the mass protests by the Mexican fans that preceded his appointment.

* Football player / manager / pundit Ray Wilkins grew up in Hayes

* Jack Gotta, Canadian Football League player, coach, and general manager

He is known for being the owner and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League.

Rinus Michels, who played under Reynolds, later went on to become manager of Ajax himself and refined the concept into what is known today as " Total Football " ( Totaalvoetbal in Dutch ), using it in his training for the Ajax squad and the Netherlands national team in the 1970s.

* Charlie Duncan ( football manager ): Fraserburgh Football Club manager from 1984-2011.

He took over as manager of Wimbledon in January 1978, helping the Plough Lane side win their first promotion from the Football League Fourth Division in 1978 / 79, although they were relegated at the first attempt.

After returning as manager in 2009, on 10 November 2011 it was announced that Gradi had chosen to step down as manager, returning to his position as Director of Football.

* Australian Soccer Association, former name of Football Federation Australia

* Yutaka Akita ( 秋田豊, born 1970 ), former football player played in Japan National Football Team

* Syracuse Blitz, former Professional Indoor Football League team

* Boomer Esiason, former National Football League quarterback

Ditka worked for both the NFL on NBC and CBS's The NFL Today, and he currently works on ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown and provided Friday night analysis on the Bears on CBS 2 Chicago, the CBS Chicago affiliate, called " 2 on Football " with former CBS 2 Sports Director Mark Malone.

The Bengals were founded in as a member of the American Football League ( AFL ) by former Cleveland Browns head coach Paul Brown.

Notable natives of the city have included jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke and former National Football League running back Roger Craig.

Football legend, former FC Bayern President and DFB Vice-President, Franz Beckenbauer, on the other hand, showed his support for Stoiber by letting him join the German national football team on their flight home from Japan after the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

* Brendon Gale – former Australian Rules Footballer and is the current CEO of the Richmond Football Club

The nickname " Texans " was also used by the precursor of the NFL's present-day Kansas City Chiefs, the Dallas Texans, which was also the name of a former Arena Football League franchise.

In June 1999 he was appointed Director of Football at Celtic, with his former Liverpool signing John Barnes appointed as head coach.

* Paul Seal ( born 1952 ), a former American football tight end in the National Football League

* Jim Zorn ( born 1952 ), former National Football League quarterback and head coach

* June 24 – Ron Kramer, former National Football League tight end

* In Soho Square are Paul McCartney's office MPL Communications, and the former Football Association headquarters.

James Hird ( born 4 February 1973 ) is a former professional Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Before season 2008, the Archer-Hird Medal was created honouring Hird and former North Melbourne Football Club star Glenn Archer.

Wayne Carey ( born 27 May 1971 ) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne and Adelaide Football Clubs in the Australian Football League ( AFL ).

* James Cook ( Australian footballer ), former Australian Football League player

Van Basten was voted eighth in a poll organised by the French weekly magazine France Football consulting their former Ballon d ' Or winners to elect the Football Player of the Century.

* Bradford Park Avenue A. F. C., former Football League and non-league team from Bradford

The sport was invented in the early 1980s and patented by Foster, a former executive of the United States Football League and the National Football League.