Starkie played locally with different bands including Ol ' Skydaddys, and Ram Band Strauks was drummer for Melbourne rock band The Sports, Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons, folk band The Bushwackers and the Ol ' Skydaddys.

* 8 Tommy Maddox QB ( UCLA ) Maddox, a former first round draft pick, played five seasons in the NFL seeing playing time with the Denver Broncos, St. Louis Rams, New York Giants, and Atlanta Falcons.

* Jessie Tuggle-former American football linebacker who played his entire career with the Atlanta Falcons ; played American football at Valdosta State University after graduating from Griffin High School

* Antwan Lake, NFL defensive end who has played with the Detroit Lions, Atlanta Falcons, and New Orleans Saints

* Major Everett-Running back in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles, Cleveland Browns and the Atlanta Falcons ; played high school ball at New Hebron High School and at Mississippi College.

Another player that went on to play for the NFL is Kevin Mathis, who played first for the Dallas Cowboys, then for the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints.

* Dave Scott ( born 1953 ), offensive lineman who played for the Atlanta Falcons.

It had seemed like a good pre-season matchup since the Falcons had played in the previous season's Super Bowl and the 49ers coming into the ' 99 season had posted 16 consecutive 10-win seasons ).

The hometown Washington Huskies played their 2005 season opener against the Air Force Falcons at the stadium in Tyrone Willingham's first game as head coach.

On January 17, 1999, the Falcons defeated the Vikings in the first NFC championship game played at the dome.

Their wide receiver / kick returner Roell Preston ( who previously played for the Atlanta Falcons, Green Bay Packers, Miami Dolphins, San Francisco 49ers, and Tennessee Titans ) held the distinction of being the only former Pro Bowler ( 1998 as a Packer ) to play in the XFL.

Alex Smith ( April 2, 1902 – November 29, 1963 ) was a British professional ice hockey defenceman who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators, Detroit Falcons, Boston Bruins and New York Americans, winning the Stanley Cup in 1927 with Ottawa.

He played college soccer for the Seattle Pacific University Falcons.

Elam also played for the Atlanta Falcons.

He played for the Atlanta Falcons for six seasons before serving time in prison for his involvement in an illegal dog fighting ring.

Born in Flint and raised in Lake Fenton, Michigan, Bloomfield received his bachelor's degree in Engineering Mechanics from the United States Air Force Academy, where he played Falcons football for coach Bill Parcells and was the team's captain.

Steve Herndon, a former offensive lineman for the NFL teams Atlanta Falcons and Denver Broncos, played football with Mathis during high school, according to an interview with Down-South. com.

* Michael Christopher " Mick " Luckhurst, 1958 –, a retired American football placekicker who played for the Atlanta Falcons was born in Redbourn.

The Midgets won the league title and played in the 1921 Memorial Cup against the Winnipeg Falcons.

Legace played for the Falcons in the mid-1990s.

Woodson also played an important role in Dom Capers ' defense in playoff victories against the Atlanta Falcons and Chicago Bears and started against the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 2011 Super Bowl.

Before making his NHL debut, Bélanger played with the Beauport Harfangs and Rimouski Océanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Fredericton Canadiens, Springfield Falcons and Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League and the Long Beach Ice Dogs of the International Hockey League.

Another noted Australian rock musician who became a long serving cast member was saxophonist Wilbur Wilde, who had previously played in Australian bands Ol ' 55 and Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons.

Boumedienne played three games with the Lightning, playing mainly with Lightning's farm team, Springfield Falcons.

With their first ever English Premiership title, they are only the 6th club to win the Premiership since its creation in 1997, joining the likes of Newcastle Falcons, London Wasps, Leicester Tigers, Sale Sharks and Saracens.

His first pick came in only his second game, as he intercepted Atlanta Falcons quarterback Doug Johnson.

Despite this relative success the Falcons finished their worst ever Premiership season with just 23 points ( 4 wins ), only escaping relegation thanks to the inferior points difference of Leeds Carnegie.

With the December 2008 demise of the Fresno Falcons only two of the original 1995 WCHL teams-the Alaska Aces and Bakersfield Condors-remain active in the ECHL.

In the 2008 – 09 season, the Saints finished eighth on the table and only losing one game at home to Newcastle Falcons.

During the 2008 / 09 Guinness Premiership regular season the Saints only lost at Franklin's Gardens on one occasion, to the Newcastle Falcons.

An injury suffered in training camp sidelined Berehowsky for most of the 2002 – 03 season, as he only appeared in seven games with Phoenix, and two with the Springfield Falcons of the AHL before becoming a free agent after the season.

However, Andy Booth was the only other Holden driver consistently in the top-ten, and the Falcons continued to dominate in general.

Hyundai and Kia have also been working with new FR based vehicles in the US, the Genesis Coupe and Sedan, the Equiss, and the new Kia Quoris Ford on the other hand seems to be moving away from FR based vehicles with the discontinuation of the Panther Platform, and soon the E-series the Mustang and Aussie Falcon are the only remaining FR vehicles in their lineup, at that the Falcons future is unclear.

Mora, who played for the University of Washington, later said he was only kidding during the interview, but was still fired by the Falcons at the end of the season.

The Pacific Southwest Hockey League was founded in 1969 and the Falcons were one of the league's staples, as the only franchise in the league that was present from its beginning, throughout to the 1995-96 merger that formed the West Coast Hockey League.

As of January 2012 Rotherham were the number one ranked team in Yorkshire, overtaking Leeds Carnegie and the third highest team in the North of England behind only Sale Sharks and the Newcastle Falcons

A new set of touring car regulations would be created that would later be renamed to V8Supercar, with entry limited to only V8-powered Ford Falcons and Holden Commodores ( with one exception for 1993 only ; weight limited normally aspirated Group A cars like the BMW M3 run by the works BMW team run by Tony Longhurst and Frank Gardner.

His only miss of the season came in a playoff game against the Atlanta Falcons where his missed kick sent the Falcons to Super Bowl XXXIII.

After the Falcons folded at the end of the 1999 season its only tenant was the Hunter Jaegers netball team who played in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy.

His 6 catches against the Falcons gave him 901 for his career, making him only the 12th NFL player of all time to surpass 900 career receptions.

With Norton at the helm as head coach, the Suns struggled during their debut season, but it only took five games before they recorded their first-ever NBL win, a victory over the Newcastle Falcons.

The Packers suffered their first home playoff loss as the Falcons forced five turnovers and limited Green Bay to only one touchdown.

The Broncos defense held the Miami Dolphins scoreless in the divisional playoffs, allowed only a touchdown as a result of a fumble on the one yard line against the New York Jets in the AFC Championship Game, and then allowed a single touchdown to the Atlanta Falcons in the 4th quarter of the Super Bowl after the outcome was secure.

In their first playoff game since the 2008 NFC Divisional round, they defeated the Atlanta Falcons 24-2, with the Falcons ' only points coming on a first quarter safety on Eli Manning.