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.

Former NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle joined the coin toss ceremony.

* Sean Salisbury ( born 1963 ), Former NFL and CFL quarterback

Former journeyman NFL punter Mark Royals also lives in Mathews.

* Michael Moore ( American football ) Former NFL Player

* Former NFL players Red Cochran and Jim Tolbert were born in Fairfield.

* Greg Taylor – Former NFL player

* Brian Smith – Former NFL player who played defensive end for the Denver Broncos in the early 1990s.

* Cortez Kennedy, Former NFL defensive lineman, Pro Football Hall of Fame ( Class of 2012 )

* Frank Murphy, Former NFL Football Player ( Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Houston Texans ).

* Todd Fordham, Former NFL offensive lineman

* Clay Shiver, Former NFL offensive lineman

Former NFL coach Bill Parcells played linebacker for Wichita State.

* Sam Ball, Former NFL player

* Garland Jean-Batiste, Former NFL football player.

* Randy McMillan -- Former NFL running back with the Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts.

* Scott Zolak-98. 5 Sports Hub Radio Personality, CBS Sports Football, Former NFL Quarterback.

* Marion Barber III, Former NFL running back

* Max Lane Former NFL offensive lineman, New England Patriots

* Former NFL tight end Jay Novacek attended Gothenburg High School.

* Ed Newman, Former NFL offensive guard who played for the Miami Dolphins

* Boomer Esiason: Former NFL quarterback ( Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals )

* Former NFL player Chester McGlockton, who played on the undefeated 1987 State 2A Champion WHS Wolfpack Football team.

* Robert Smith, Former NFL Football Player ( Minnesota Vikings )

Former Milan player Nils Liedholm was the manager at the time, with players such as Bruno Conti, Agostino Di Bartolomei, Roberto Pruzzo and Falcão.

* Sandy Alderson: Former General Manager of the Oakland Athletics, Alderson began focusing on sabermetric principles toward obtaining relatively undervalued players in 1995.

Former Essendon players such as Hird, Matthew Lloyd, and Scott Lucas, who had all taken up media roles since their retirements, were rumoured to be the subject of then-incumbent Essendon coach Matthew Knights's heated press conference following a win against St Kilda, in which Knights asserted that he and his players were now aware of certain people's position for or against him and the direction of the Essendon Football Club.

Former pupils of Monmouth School have included politicians Colin Moynihan and Derek Ezra ; international rugby players Eddie Butler and John Gwilliam ; and show jumper David Broome.

Former Feyenoord players return to De Kuip every year to play versus a team of Dutch celebrities.

Former world # 1 and five-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic | Novak Đoković is considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time.

Former Cincinnati Bengals offensive lineman Dave Lapham signed an unusual personal services contract ( rather than a traditional players ' contract ) with billionaire New Jersey Generals owner Donald Trump.

Former MLB players and coaches have also coached or managed in the Northern League including Terry Bevington, " Dirty " Al Gallagher, Jackie Hernández, Danny Jackson, Maury Wills, Tim Johnson, Ron Kittle, Hal Lanier, Darryl Motley, Matt Nokes, and Wayne Terwilliger.

Former players include Blair Mayne DSO, Phil Matthews and Nigel Carr, all former Ireland and British Lions players.

Former players for the Dutch Masters include Scott Garrelts, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants ( was supposed to pitch the opener in the 1989 World Series, but an earthquake had other ideas ); Mark Scheiwe, drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 1979 ( the same year Scott was drafted by the Giants ), but never making it to the big league because of injury ; and Ernie Westfield, who played in the Negro League and still represents them publicly.

Jackson was also the home of singers Carl Perkins and Luther Ingram ; game show host Wink Martindale ; football players Ed " Too Tall " Jones, Al Wilson, Trey Teague, and Jabari Greer ; pianist Joe Hunter ( one of the Funk Brothers studio band who played on many Motown hits in the 1960s ) the rock band Full Devil Jacket, American soul singer, songwriter and actress Lauren Pritchard, originating and playing the role of the 15-year-old runaway " Ilse " in the hit Broadway show Spring Awakening for two years, Former Miss Tennessee Allison Leigh Alderson DeMarcus, and American country music artist Whitney Duncan.

Former players include Munster Second Row Ian Nagle, who played juvenile rugby for Mallow and Ulster Prop Jerry Cronin, who played juvenile and Junior Rugby for the club.

Former football players Paolo Maldini and Pavel Nedvěd are ambidextrous from birth.

Former QMJHL players hold many of the Canadian Hockey League's career and single season offensive records.

Former Michigan State players in the National Hockey League include All Star Defensemen Duncan Keith, Rod Brind ' Amour, Anson Carter, Donald McSween, Adam Hall, John-Michael Liles, Justin Abdelkader, brothers Kelly Miller and Kip Miller, as well as their cousins, brothers Ryan Miller and Drew Miller.

Former Michigan State players in Major League Baseball include Hall of Fame inductee Robin Roberts, Kirk Gibson, Steve Garvey and Mark Mulder.

Former Kansas players Mark Turgeon and Tad Boyle, coaches of the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Colorado at Boulder respectively, played for Brown at Kansas.

Former Middlesbrough midfielder-turned pundit Robbie Mustoe named Kewell as one of the greatest players he had played against but questioned his consistency and attitude after his initial injuries.

Former Fry assistants or players who have taken over as head coach at a Division I-A college football programs include:

Former players include Wally Joyner, Devon White, Mark McLemore, Mark Grace, Greg Maddux, Joe Girardi, Plácido Polanco, Coco Crisp, Sam Fuld, Eric Patterson, Rafael Palmeiro, Albert Pujols, Sean Gallagher, Carmen Cali, Dan Haren, Yadier Molina, and Chris Duncan.

Former Salisbury City manager Tommy Widdrington was named as Sturrock's assistant manager while one of Sturrock's former players at Plymouth Argyle and Sheffield Wednesday, who served as captain at the latter, Graham Coughlan was soon appointed as a player-coach.

Former 49ers soccer players now playing in the MLS include Floyd Franks and Jon Busch.