@the-gipper said:

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

@poeticg said:

I guess I'll go with Ronald Reagan...

Reagan fits under B...only 1 person with that name has played in the NFL. There are 5 others in that category. (4 since we already had IKE)

@poeticg said:

whoops, I thought we we're matching...

Six of those Presidents have never had a single person with the same last name ever take an NFL field.

No, just going by last name. Feel free to try again.

@poeticg said:

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.

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.

@the-gipper said:

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.