Mlk Day Trivia Question
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Help aid: though there have been 43 Presidents, there are only 38 names to choose from because 5 names have had multiple Presidents carry that name.
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Semi-appropriate for the 44th anniversary of the assasination of Martin Luther King (4/4/1968), and a variation on a theme:
Kind of two parts:
A. There have been 43 men to hold the Office of President of the United States, and there have been many thousands of men who have played in the NFL. But, Six of those Presidents have never had a single person with the same last name ever take an NFL field.
Name the 6 President with no NFL namesakes.
B. Six other Presidents have only had one single person with the same last name play in the NFL. Name those 6.
Semi-appropriate for the 44th anniversary of the assasination of Martin Luther King (4/4/1968), and a variation on a theme:
Kind of two parts:
A. There have been 43 men to hold the Office of President of the United States, and there have been many thousands of men who have played in the NFL. But, Six of those Presidents have never had a single person with the same last name ever take an NFL field.
Name the 6 President with no NFL namesakes.
I'm just shooting at the hip here. I'm gonna say Obama for sure, Taft, Garfield, Eisenhower, Van Buren, and Fillmore
B. Six other Presidents have only had one single person with the same last name play in the NFL. Name those 6.
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I'm just shooting at the hip here. I'm gonna say Obama for sure, Taft, Garfield, Eisenhower, Van Buren, and Fillmore
Check on Obama, Taft, Garfield, and Fillmore.
There are 2 others.
FYI, Steve Van Buren was a HOF RB with the Eagles. Plus there were a couple of other Van Buren's.
(though there is a WR with Seattle called Ben Obomanu..close)
I am giving credit for Eisenhower for Part B.
There was an Eisenhauer that did play. Though not exact, with a name like that, close is good enough.
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Andrew Jackson?
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Andrew Jackson?
Seriously? You think that no one with the last name of Jackson has ever played in the NFL? We are only going by last names.
There have been over 100 players with the last name Jackson play in the NFL. In fact, there have been 2 Andrew Jacksons. One is active, an OL with the Falcons.
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whoops, I thought we we're matching...
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I guess I'll go with Ronald Reagan...
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Semi-appropriate for the 44th anniversary of the assasination of Martin Luther King (4/4/1968), and a variation on a theme:
Kind of two parts:
A. There have been 43 men to hold the Office of President of the United States, and there have been many thousands of men who have played in the NFL. But, Six of those Presidents have never had a single person with the same last name ever take an NFL field.
Name the 6 President with no NFL namesakes.
B. Six other Presidents have only had one single person with the same last name play in the NFL. Name those 6.
Semi-appropriate for the 44th anniversary of the assasination of Martin Luther King (4/4/1968), and a variation on a theme:
Kind of two parts:
Answers:
A. There have been 43 men to hold the Office of President of the United States, and there have been many thousands of men who have played in the NFL. But, Six of those Presidents have never had a single person with the same last name ever take an NFL field.
Name the 6 President with no NFL namesakes.
There has never been a player in the NFL with the last names of:
Fillmore, Garfield, Taft, Coolidge, Truman, or Obama
(though, as mentioned there is an Obomanu)
B. Six other Presidents have only had one single person with the same last name play in the NFL. Name those 6.
There has been 1 Cleveland: Greg Cleveland DT Miami 1987
There has been 1 Roosevelt: Naman Roosevelt WR Buffalo 2010 to current
There has been 1 Eisenhauer (Eisenhower): Larry Eisenhauer DE several teams 1961-69
There has been 1 Reagan: Frank Reagan 1941-51 (also an Ed Reagen)
There has only been 1 Clinton: Charles Clinton DB Oilers 1987
If I said 6, I was wrong, there have been only 5. Here is the list of the other President names:
Washington: 58 players
Adams: about 50 players
Jefferson: 14 players
Madison: 2 players (Sam DB 1997-2008, Anthony DB 2006-current)
Monroe: 4 players (Carl, Eugene, Henry, Rodrick)
Jackson: over 100 players
Van Buren: 3 players including HOFer Steve (and Ebert and Courtney)
Harrison: 30 players
Tyler: 7 players, best known: Wendell Tyler
Polk: 3 players, Carlos, DaShon, Nick..active
Taylor: over 80 players
Pierce: 8 players
Buchanan: 9 players including HOFer Buck
Lincoln: 2 players Jeremy DB 1993-2000, Keith RB 1961-1968 AFL Chargers
Johnson: over 200 players
Grant: 27 players
Hayes: 29 players
Arthur: 2, Gary 1970-71, Mike 1991-96
McKinley: 4 players
Wilson: over 100 players
Harding: 2 players: Greg OG 1984-87, Roger 1945-49
Hoover: 3: Brad 2000-09, Houston 88-94, Melvin 82-87
Kennedy: 14 players
Nixon: 5 players
Carter: over 50 players
Ford: 20 players including HOFer Len
Bush: 10 players including Reggie
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