Following the takeover of English football club Aston Villa by MBNA Chairman Randy Lerner in August 2006 and as of September 19, 2006, General Krulak joined the board of Aston Villa as non-executive director, where he quickly earned the approval of the fans by taking the time to post on various Aston Villa messageboards.

Dino Zoff ( born February 28, 1942 in Mariano del Friuli ) is an Italian former football goalkeeper and is the oldest winner ever of the World Cup, which he earned as captain of the Italian team in the 1982 tournament in Spain, at the age of 40 years, 4 months and 13 days.

Lineker began his football career at Leicester City and became known as a prolific goalscorer ; despite failing to score in his first ten games, he finished as the First Division's joint top goalscorer in 1984 – 85 and earned his first England cap.

Sixteen years after the formation of the club and a mere three years after they were promoted to the highest level of Dutch football Feijenoord earned their first honours by capturing the national league championship in 1924.

He was small for his age but earned the starting running back position on his freshman football team.

The sports activities in vogue are football ( Drukstar is the popular team in Thimphu ), basketball, golf, Kwon do ( Bhutan earned a gold medal in this game in the South Asia Federation Games in 2004, squash, golf ( popular among the elite middle class ) and in recent years cricket.

In 1961, Murphy earned all-conference recognition as a halfback in football.

Lee Haney is a graduate of Southern Methodist University, where he earned a degree in Child Psychology and was a member of the football team.

The varsity football, basketball and soccer teams had earned CIF-southern California championship runs in the late 1990s and early 21st century.

Walled Lake Western High School is known mostly for its football team, which earned two state titles in a span of four years from 1996 to 1999.

Big Horn has also earned a reputation for competitive athletic teams, with several state championships in football, volleyball, and girls basketball in the last decade.

Waddle earned 62 caps for the England national football team between 1985 and 1991, and was a member of England's squad for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

After he had earned a law degree at the University of Kentucky in 1924, Scopes moved to Dayton where he took a job as the Rhea County High School's football coach, and occasionally filled in as substitute teacher when regular members of staff were off work.

Gillman was inducted as a coach into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1983 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989 --- the sole coach in the history of American football to have earned both honors.

Jones is one of a very small number of NFL owners who actually earned a significant level of success as a football player ( Jerry Richardson of the Carolina Panthers being another ).

However, he ended the season as the Footballer Of The Year and his future after football as an after-dinner speaker was marked by his speech at the awards ceremony, which earned him a standing ovation.

Under his leadership, Belhaven has added seven major buildings, a variety of new undergraduate academic majors and graduate programs, intercollegiate football, campuses in Memphis, Orlando, Houston, Chattanooga, and Atlanta, online programs, the " Christian Worldview Curriculum ", and earned national accreditation in all four of the major arts ( Music, Theater, Visual Arts, and Dance ).

He was awarded a varsity letter in football five times ; combined with the three letters he earned in hockey, his total was the most that could be earned at Princeton at the time.

In 2006, the Alamo Bowl featured the Texas Longhorns and the Iowa Hawkeyes in a game that earned a 6. 0 rating, making it the most-watched college football game in ESPN history as more than 8. 83 million viewers saw the telecast.

After five seasons playing tier III football, they earned promotion to the 2.

He attended New York University ( NYU ) on a football scholarship, and earned a degree in Fine Arts.

Iverson attended Bethel High School and was a dual-sport athlete ; he earned The Associated Press High School Player of the Year award in both football and basketball, and won the Division AAA Virginia State Championship in both sports.

There he played halfback in football, guard in basketball, and right field in baseball, all with more persistence than talent, but in an effort to uphold the family tradition of athleticism, he earned varsity letters in all three sports.

Born February 4, 1972, in South Bend, Indiana, Anderson played football at New Madrid County Central High School, where he earned the nickname " Earthquake ".

Rockne excelled as a football end while at the university, winning All-American honors in 1913.

Robeson won a scholarship to Rutgers University, where he was a football All-American and class valedictorian.

In 1907, the first formation on a football field was the " Block P " created by Paul Spotts Emrick, director of the Purdue All-American Marching Band.

* Warren Amling — All-American Ohio State football player, and 1945 Heisman Trophy finalist

White was an All-American football halfback for the Colorado Buffaloes of the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he acquired the nickname " Whizzer " from a newspaper columnist.

* Rex Kern, Football quarterback, Ohio State Buckeyes football 1968 National Championship team, All-American, College Football Hall of Fame ( 2007 ); played professionally as a defensive back for the NFL's Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Colts

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* Josh Jasper ( born 1987 ), All-American college American football placekicker

In 1976, Henderson graduated from Oakland Technical High School, where he played baseball, basketball and football, and was an All-American running back with a pair of 1, 000-yard rushing seasons.

Matthewson was selected to the Walter Camp All-American football team in 1900.

His mother, Helen ( née King ), was a department store buyer, and his father, Franklin Arthur Nolte, was a farmer's son who worked in irrigation pump sales, and who was an All-American football player at Iowa State University in 1934.

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Perry played college football for Clemson University, and was recognized as an All-American.

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* Dothan was the birthplace and childhood home of Johnny Mack Brown, an All-American football player at the University of Alabama and a Hollywood actor during the 1920s and ' 30's.

* Johnny Mack Brown ( September 1, 1904 – November 14, 1974 ) Born and raised in Dothan Alabama, was an All-American college football player and film actor originally billed as John Mack Brown at the height of his screen career.

In February 2011 Howard was selected as the top Academic All-American in the University category ( chosen from all twelve Academic All-America teams, including football ).

* Vern Huffman, All-American basketball and football player for Indiana University

* Vern Huffman, All-American basketball and football player for Indiana University

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* Gaynell Tinsley, consensus All-American football player at LSU, 1935 – 1935, and All-Pro with the Chicago Cardinals, 1937 – 1938

* Bob Carey, Athlete, former NFL First Round Draft Choice 1952 ; First Team All American in football 1951, All-American Shot Putter 1951, and three year basketball starter at Michigan State University 1950-1952.

* John Maulbetsch, All-American football halfback, played for Adrian College in 1911

* Bennie Oosterbaan – three-time University of Michigan All-American football player and head coach

* Billy Cannon, All-American football player, 1959 Heisman Trophy winner and 2008 inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and one of the American Football League's most celebrated players.