Gannon attended Saint Joseph's Preparatory School and won three varsity letters each in football and crew, and twice in basketball.

As a sophomore, Gannon won the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division I-AA Rookie of the Year award in 1984.

For his senior season ( 1986 ), Gannon won Yankee Conference Offensive Player of the Year honors and was an honorable mention All-American selection.

Minnesota won despite Gannon completing less than half of his passes ( 6-for-13 ) and being sacked 7 times.

The following week against the Detroit Lions, Gannon rushed for a one-yard touchdown and passed for 147 yards completing 12 of 17 passes as the Vikings won 17-7.

During his early days at the club Gannon was criticised by supporters for his performances, but he soon won them over after moving from centre-half to become a goalscoring midfielder.

Gannon was later incensed with the FA when the same referee was allowed to take charge of the postponed fixture, which Rovers won 2 – 1.

* Rich Gannon — Former professional football player ; won NFL Most Valuable Player Award in the 2002 season, helping the Raiders advance to Super Bowl XXXVII ( 1983 )

Byrne, the first of six children, was born in Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland, the son of a cooper and soldier, Dan, and a hospital nurse from Galway, Eileen ( née Gannon ).

Gannon Hall, the science building and one of the first structures on campus, underwent an $ 8. 2 million renovation.

* Most Consecutive Games w / 300 + Yards Passing-6 ( Young was the first QB to do this in 1998 ; Kurt Warner ( 2000 ) and Rich Gannon ( 2002 ) have since tied the mark )

Gannon managed County to their first back to back wins in over 3 years – since his last stint as manager – with successive 1 – 0 victories over Wrexham and Darlington.

And, for the first time, Gannon was also ranked as a Top Up-and-Coming School.

* Terry Gannon, Monstrous Moonshine: The first twenty-five years, 2004, online

Also that year, Sr. Mary Ann Ida Gannon, BVM asked Sr. Mary Carol Frances Jegen, BVM to establish Mundelein College's first Theology Department.

Gannon exploded in his senior season, winning first team All-City as a punter and quarterback.

With the Delaware Fightin ' Blue Hens football team, Gannon first played as a punter before switching to quarterback in sophomore year.

Gannon started his first game in Week 4 ( September 30 ) of 1990 after Wade Wilson had torn thumb ligaments.

Gannon made the winning touchdown drive on a 56-yard trick play pass: first to Herschel Walker, who pitched back to Gannon, who made a deep pass to Anthony Carter for the touchdown.

Gannon played his first game of the year in Week 5 ( September 29 ) against the Denver Broncos, replacing Wade Wilson with 7: 20 left in the fourth quarter after Wilson threw three interceptions.

Gannon played his first game of 1993 in Week 5 ( October 4 ), a Monday night game, taking over for Cary Conklin against the Miami Dolphins and Dan Marino.

After taking most of his first 16 fights in either his native Florida or at the " Blue Horizon ", for his 11th fight he met veteran Rocky Gannon in Chester, West Virginia, on August 30, 1998.

Their first encounter with McQuown's men is without bloodshed, though the cowboys are humiliated and one of them, Johnny Gannon ( Richard Widmark ), stays behind.

Ed Jacobs ( played by Barney Phillips ), Officer Frank Smith ( played first by Herbert Ellis and then by Ben Alexander ), and finally his last partner Bill Gannon ( played by Harry Morgan ).

Oakland called only one running play in the first three quarters of the game, choosing to rely almost exclusively on the passing of 37-year old quarterback Rich Gannon.

Late in the first quarter, the Ravens had a great scoring opportunity when defensive back Robert Bailey intercepted a pass from Gannon at the Raiders 19-yard line.

Gannon first gained national attention during a presidential press conference on January 26, 2005, when he asked United States President George W. Bush a question that some in the press corps considered " so friendly it might have been planted " (" How are you going to work with Democratic leaders who seem to have divorced themselves from reality?

Knight had indicated that Gannon was his first choice for the job, and former Stockport players now at Brighton had shown their desire for Gannon to be given the job.

As speculation of a move to Hibernian came to nothing ( despite his being installed as the bookmaker's favourite ), Gannon instead was confirmed as manager of Scottish Premier League side Motherwell at the end of June 2009, two days before the club's Europa League first round qualifying tie against Llanelli of Wales.

Losing four of his first five games in charge, Gannon was forced to respond to criticism over his team selections and substitutions, and announced plans to expand the club's non-playing staff.

Gannon began his career as a backup for Wade Wilson.

After retiring from football before the 2005 season, Gannon began a career in sports broadcasting.

Gannon began his career with the Vikings as a backup to starting quarterback Wade Wilson.

Gannon began his management career at Dundalk, before becoming manager of Stockport County in December 2005.

Gannon began his playing career at Dundalk, but moved to English club Sheffield United in 1989.

Gannon began his basketball career at Joliet Catholic High School in Joliet, Illinois, ( where his father was a coach ) and also was a pitcher and shortstop on the baseball team.

Gannon would play 14 games in 1990 and start 12.

After a 2-7 start, Redskins coach Richie Petitbon announced he would bench Mark Rypien and start Rich Gannon once Gannon recovered from the injury.

Gannon led County to an impressive start to the season following their promotion, and they spent Christmas in the play-off places with the best away record in the division.

Gannon played four regular and one postseason games in his rookie season of 1987 and accumulated statistics for the Week 10 ( November 22 ) game, a 24-13 victory over the Atlanta Falcons.

In a Week 5 ( October 2 ), 7-24 loss to the Miami Dolphins, Gannon completed 7 of 15 passes for 90 yards but was sacked twice for 15.

Gannon took a knee in the Vikings ' Week 8 ( October 23 ) victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

In Week 10 ( November 6 ), Gannon was sacked for 7 yards and rushed for 15 yards in a 44-17 win over the Detroit Lions.

In the fourth quarter of the Week 5 ( October 4 ) home game against the Chicago Bears, Gannon led a Vikings rally from a 20-0 deficit to a 21-20 victory.

In Week 7 ( October 15 ), Gannon started against the Detroit Lions and completed 8 of 10 passes for 146 yards and two touchdowns for a 24-0 lead.

With Minnesota leading the NFC Central with an 8-3 record, Dennis Green benched Gannon in favor of Sean Salisbury following the Week 12 ( November 23 ) win over the Cleveland Browns.

In Week 12 ( November 21 ) against the Los Angeles Rams, Gannon completed 24 of 39 passes for 170 yards, was sacked three times for 11 yards, and rushed twice for 18 yards.

Gannon led the Redskins to a Week 14 ( December 5 ) victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 23-17, starting with a cumulative 17-0 lead by the third quarter.

In the Redskins ' 3-0 loss to the New York Jets in Week 15 ( December 12 ), Gannon was benched in the fourth quarter in favor of Mark Rypien, but the Redskins could not handle the Jets ' defense.

" During the Week 4 bye week, Ryan brought in free-agent QB Rich Gannon for a tryout, and pursued the 38-year-old former New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms, who was coming off torn labrum surgery and working for ESPN, ultimately deciding to stay retired when a deal could not be reached.

:* Gannon, Jack R. " The Week the World Heard Gallaudet ".