The Falcons joined the NFL in 1965 as an expansion team, after the NFL offered then-owner Rankin Smith a franchise to keep him from joining the rival American Football League ( AFL ).

Aberdare Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team formed in 1890 which still play in Aberdare today at the Ynys Stadium.

In the 2005 – 06 season, Stanley, after winning against Woking with 3 matches to spare, secured a place back in the Football League and the town celebrated with a small parade and honours placed on senior executives of the team.

Some saw the 1891 team — the first sanctioned by the Rugby Football Union — as the English national team, though others referred to it as " the British Isles ".

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* Chicago Blitz, a United States Football League team in the 1980s

* Syracuse Blitz, former Professional Indoor Football League team

* Darwin Buffaloes, an Australian Rules Football team in Northern Territories, Australia

A reserves team has played in the Northern Conference of the North East Australian Football League since the competition was established in 2011.

* Columbus Lions, Southern Indoor Football League team

Supporters of English Premier League team Chelsea and Football League team Gillingham regularly sing songs about the vegetable and are famed for throwing celery during matches.

The team is a member of the North Division of the American Football Conference ( AFC ) of the National Football League ( NFL ).

The team was founded in the 1940s as a charter franchise in the All-America Football Conference ( AAFC ), with Paul Brown, the team's namesake and a pioneering figure in professional football, as its first coach.

Former Browns QB Otto Graham ( left, with head coach Paul Brown ), who led the Browns to 4 AAFC and 3 NFL Championships, and is a Pro Football Hall of Fame member. While the championship losses sowed bitterness among Cleveland fans who had grown accustomed to winning, the team continued to make progress.

Former Browns RB Jim Brown, who was a prominent member of the 1964 NFL Championship team, the team's all-time leader in rushing yards, and a Pro Football Hall of Fame member.

" Another Bengals team had existed in the city and played in three previous American Football Leagues from 1937 to 1942.

A photograph of the 1875 Tufts team which hangs in the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana commemorates this match as the generally accepted first intercollegiate football game between two US institutions.

Walter Camp, the " Father of American Football ", pictured here in 1878 as the captain of the Yale Football team

It was also the home stadium of the London Monarchs American Football team for the 1997 season.

Dave Garrett served as the Cowboys ' play-by-play announcer from 1995 – 97, when Brad Sham left the team and joined the Texas Rangers ' radio network team as well as broadcast Sunday Night Football on Westwood One.

Robert Lee " Bullet Bob " Hayes ( December 20, 1942 – September 18, 2002 ) was an Olympic sprinter turned American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys.

Hayes was enshrined in the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor in 2001 and was selected for induction in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in January 2009.

Hayes was close to being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004, but was denied the opportunity in the final round of decision making.

On August 8, 2009, Bob Hayes was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

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

* Gary Moeller-Former University of Michigan Football Head Coach and linebacker for Woody Hayes Ohio State Buckeyes

* 18 Bob Hayes, 59, National Football League Dallas Cowboys star, and Olympic games Hall of Fame member.

Hayes was a three-time winner of The College Football Coach of the Year Award, now known as the Paul " Bear " Bryant Award, and was " the subject of more varied and colorful anecdotal material than any other coach past or present, including fabled Knute Rockne ," according to biographer Jerry Brondfield.

( WBNS produced the Ohio State Football Coaches Shows when Hayes was OSU's head coach and continued to do so with former head coach Jim Tressel.

* St Kilda midfielder Lenny Hayes, who played for the Pennant Hills Demons in the NSW Football League.

He made his debut in November 1995, the season Hayes won promotion to the Football Conference.

He is the son of professional footballer George Wilkins and the brother of Graham George Wilkins ( born 28 June 1955 in Hillingdon ) former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a full back for Chelsea, Brentford and Southend United, former Brighton & Hove Albion manager and player Dean Wilkins, Stephen Wilkins, signed by Chelsea and Brentford, but did not make any first-team appearances for either team and he went on to play for a number of non-league teams, including Dagenham and Hayes.

* " Bullet " Bob Hayes ( 1942 – 2002 ), American sprinter and National Football League wide receiver

After winning the Isthmian League in 1996, Hayes had a six year stint in the Conference National, spanning from 1996 to 2002, and reached their highest league finish in 1999, ending the season just seven points away from promotion to the Football League, via a Conference championship.

While at Clemson, Ford defeated a number of coaches later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, including Joe Paterno, Tom Osborne, Barry Switzer, Bobby Bowden, Vince Dooley, and Woody Hayes.

At the beginning of the 2007 season, Lyon appointed Riewoldt Co-Captain of the St Kilda Football Club, along with Luke Ball and Lenny Hayes, both former captains themselves.

Bradley Pritchard was signed from non-league Hayes & Yeading United Football Club and has excelled in midfield, with Yann Kermorgant forming a formidable strike partnership alongside Wright-Phillips.

Donald Ross Hayes, Jr. ( born July 13, 1975 in Century, Florida ) is a former American football wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers and New England Patriots of the National Football League.

On May 31, 2006, Hayes signed with the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League and participated in their pre-season training camp.

Hayes won the Football League Trophy with them in 1994, but the following year he was released on a free transfer.

As of 2011 the Atlanta Falcons Executive Committee consisted of ten people: Arthur Blank, Owner and Chairman ; Rich McKay, President & CEO ; Thomas Dimitroff, General Manager ; Kim Shreckengost, Executive Vice President / Chief of Staff for AMB Group, LLC ; Greg Beadles, Senior Vice President-Chief Financial Officer ; Jim Smith, Chief Marketing Officer ; Danny Branch, Vice President of Information Technology ; Dave Cohen, Vice President of Sales and Service ; Reggie Roberts, Vice President of Football Communications and Tim Zulawski, VP of Sponsorship Sales and Service.

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* Boyles, Bob & Guido, Paul, 50 Years of College Football, 2007

; Harwich & Dovercourt Sailing Club ; Harwich, Dovercourt & Parkeston Swimming Club ; Harwich & Dovercourt Rugby Union Football Club ; Harwich & Dovercourt Cricket Club ; and Harwich Runners who with support from Harwich Swimming Club host the annual Harwich Triathlons.

* Harwich & Dovercourt Rugby Union Football Club

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The club joined the Birmingham & District Football Association in 1881 and became eligible for their first competition, the Birmingham Cup.

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A dual Premiership Captain at North Melbourne, four time North Melbourne Best & Fairest and seven time All-Australian, Carey, nicknamed " The King ", is generally considered to be one of the greatest players to have ever played Australian Football.

Tallangatta has an Australian rules football team competing in the Tallangatta & District Football League.

Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club is the city's professional football team.

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* How To Play Football William Rushton ( Margaret & Jack Hobbs, 1968 )

The town has an Australian rules football team ( Benalla Saints ) competing in the Goulburn Valley Football League and a team ( Benalla All Blacks ) competing in the Ovens & King Football League.

: Thank the Pro Football Hall of Fame, all the NFL teams and players, Florida A & M University, thank everyone who went to Matthew Gilbert High School, thank everyone in Jacksonville and Florida and everyone especially on the East Side of Jacksonville.

Men's: ( Fall ) Football, Cross Country, Soccer ,( Winter ) Basketball, Baseball, Track & Field.

Chingford Athletic Football Club was formed as recently as the summer of 2007 and have 2 teams playing in the Essex Olympian League, whilst 1 play in the feeder league to this, being the Ilford & District League.

Before the 2001 season began there was already question if Las Vegas could support a professional team due to past failed attempts with: Las Vegas Americans ( Soccer 1984-85 ), Las Vegas Dustdevils ( Soccer-CISL-1994-1995 ), Las Vegas Posse ( Football-CFL-1994 ) Las Vegas Quicksilvers ( Soccer-NASL-1976-1978 ), Las Vegas Seagulls ( Soccer-ASL-1979 ), Las Vegas Sting ( Football-Arena Football League-1994-1995 ) and Las Vegas Thunder ( IHL-1993-1999 ) The Outlaws were sponsored by Cox Communications, New York-New York Hotel & Casino, Station Casinos, PacifiCare Health Systems and Findlay Toyota.

* Kevin Sumlin, Football coach, Texas A & M Aggies football