List of American football players

This page will be divided into lists of current and retired players.

• List of current American football players
• List of retired American football players

• Lance Alworth (born 1940)
• Morten Andersen
• Gary Anderson
• Houston Antwine
• Fred Arbanas
• Bobby Bell
• Elvin Bethea
• Verlon Biggs
• Fred Biletnikoff
• George Blanda (born 1927)
• Terry Bradshaw
• Tom Brady
• Jim Brown
• Tim Brown
• Willie Brown
• Junious (Buck) Buchanan (1940-1992)
• Ed Budde
• Nick Buoniconti
• Chris Burford (born 1938)
• Ron Burton (1936-2003)
• Dick Butkus
• George (Butch) Byrd (born 1941)
• Billy Cannon
• Gino Cappelletti (born 1934)
• Wray Carlton
• Larry Csonka
• Daunte Culpepper
• Clem Daniels
• Len Dawson
• Tom Day
• Bob Dee
• Tom Dempsey
• Mike Ditka
• Elbert Dubenion (born 1933)
• Jim Dunaway
• Speedy Duncan
• Larry Eisenhauer
• Booker Edgerson
• John Elway
• Earl Faison
• Miller Farr (born 1943)
• Marshall Faulk
• Brett Favre
• Jim Finks
• Tom Flores (born 1937, first Hispanic quarterback in professional football, 1960.)
• Don Floyd (born 1938)
• Doug Flutie
• Jeff Garcia
• Larry Garron
• Eddie George
• Claude (Hoot) Gibson
• Frank Gifford
• Cookie Gilchrist (born 1935)
• Sid Gillman, (1911-2003)
• Austin (Goose) Gonsoulin (born 1938)
• Bud Grant
• Larry Grantham (born 1938)
• Dave Grayson (born 1939, all-time American Football League interception leader, 47)
• Maurice Greene, (born 1974)
• Bob Griese
• John Hadl (born 1940)
• Dante Hall
• Franco Harris
• Bob Hayes, (1942-2002)
• Abner Haynes (born 1937, Rookie of the Year 1960, MVP 1960, over 12,000 career all-purpose yards.)
• Wayne Hawkins
• Sherrill Headrick
• Charlie Hennigan (born 1935, first professional football player to catch more than 100 passes in a season (101, 1964).)
• Harlon Hill
• Winston Hill
• Priest Holmes
• E.J. Holub
• Paul Hornung
• Ken Houston
• Bobby Hunt
• Jim Hunt
• Harry Jacobs
• Rich Jackson
• Tom Jackson
• Bobby Jancik
• Charlie Joiner
• Brent Jones
• Deacon Jones
• Jevon Kearse
• Jim Kelly
• Jack Kemp (born 1936)
• Tommy Kramer
• Paul Krause
• Ernie Ladd
• Daryle Lamonica (born 1941)
• Willie Lanier
• Steve Largent
• Jacky Lee
• Jamal Lewis
• Ray Lewis
• Keith Lincoln (born 1939)
• Floyd Little (born 1942)
• James Lofton
• Howie Long
• Ronnie Lott
• Paul Lowe (born 1936)
• John Madden
• Paul Maguire (born 8/22/1938, played in six of ten American Football League championship games.)
• Peyton Manning
• Bill Mathis
• Don Maynard
• Jerry Mays (born 1939)
• Curtis McClinton (born 1939)
• Wahoo McDaniel
• Ron McDole (born 1939)
• Jim McMahon
• Donovan McNabb
• Steve McNair
• Gene Mingo (first black field goal kicker in professional football, 1960.)
• Ron Mix
• Warren Moon
• Joe Montana
• John Morris
• Bobby Joe Morrow
• Randy Moss
• Bronko Nagurski, (1908-1990), player with Chicago Bears
• Joe Namath (born 1943)
• Jim Nance
• Ross O'Hanley
• Terrell Owens
• Alan Page
• Vito (Babe) Parilli (born 1930)
• Walter Payton (1954-1999)
• William Perry ("the Refrigerator")
• Gerry Philbin (born 1941)
• Art Powell
• Ahmad Rashad
• Jerry Rice
• Johnny Robinson (born 1938)
• Paul Rochester
• Knute Kenneth Rockne, (1888-1931)
• George Saimes (born 1941)
• Barry Sanders
• Bob Sapp
• Warren Sapp
• Tom Sestak 1936-1987)
• Shannon Sharpe
• Billy Shaw (born 1938)
• Art Shell
• O. J. Simpson
• Mike Singletary
• Bruce Smith
• Bubba Smith
• Emmitt Smith
• Matt Snell (born 1941, 121 yds, td in 3rd World Championship game.)
• Roger Staubach
• Jan Stenerud
• Mike Stratton (born 1941, tackled Keith Lincoln with "the hit heard 'round the world".)
• Lynn Swann
• Walt Sweeney
• Bob Talamini
• Fran Tarkenton
• Lawrence Taylor
• Lionel Taylor (born 1935, first receiver with 100 catches in a season (1961))
• Otis Taylor (born 1942)
• Jim Thorpe
• Charlie Tolar (1937-2003)
• John Tracey
• Jim Turner
• Jim Tyrer
• Johnny Unitas, (1933-2002)
• Gene Upshaw
• Brian Urlacher
• Mike Vanderjagt
• Michael Vick
• Ernie Warlick (born 1932)
• Kurt Warner
• George Webster
• Reggie White
• Ricky Williams
• Jerrell Wilson
• Rod Woodson
• Ernie Wright
• Ron Yary
• Steve Young

See also:

• American Football League
• Pro Football Hall of Fame
• American_football

External Links:

• American Football League Website
• NFL Website