"Famous" Football players

[The Gipper]

Here is a list of "Famous Football Players" in that these are people that played in the NFL that bear the names of other famous people not in football. Here is the first half of the alphabet. It is certainly possible that you may not have heard of the football player , but most of the other names should be recognizable:

Karim (Kareem) Abdul-Jabbar... basketballer

John Adams... President

Sam Adams... historical figure

Tommie Agee... baseballer, Indians/Mets

Derek Anderson ....OSU/NBA basketballer

Mark Anthony....Cleopatras'/JLo's lovers

Neil Armstrong....moon man

Bill Bailey....won't you come home

Albert Bell(e)....basballer Indians

Tony Bennett...singer

Harold Blackmo(u)n...Supreme Ct. Justice

Paul Blair....baseballer Orioles

James Bond....spy

Bill Bradley....basketballer/Knicks/Senator/Prez. candidate

Ed Bradley...60 minutes

Lou Brock....baseballer/Cardinals

Bobby Brown....Musician??

Charlie Brown...cartoon character

Larry Brown...basketball coach

John Brown...Abolitionist....holder of Indians

Ed Burns....Kookie

Glen Campbell....CW musician

Leo Carroll...actor...Man from UNCLE/Topper

John(ny) Carson....TV host

Jimmie Carter...President

John(ny) Cash...Man in Black

Jeff Chandler...Actor...Cochise/other westerns

Gary Collins...Actor...talk show host

John Conner....savior of humanity per Terminator movies

Jim Corbett....."gentleman" boxer

Victor Cruz....baseballer...Indians for a bit

Richie Cunningham....Happy Days Character

Tony Curtis...actor...Dad of Jamie Lee

Dilly Dally....yes there was a guy by this name...a funster clearly

Jimmy Dean...CW musician, sausage king

Jack Dempsey....boxer

Tim Duncan...NBAer/Spurs

Dale Evans.....Roy Rogers wife...only one whose counterpart was female

Bob(by) Fisher....Chess King

Eddie Fisher....actor/singer/dad of Carrie

Henry Ford....automaker

George Foster....baseballer/Reds

Simon Fraser....explorer for Britain in 1500s

Glenn Frey....Eagle....not sure if counterpart played for the Eagles

Ben Gay....Ointment

Thomas Gibson...actor, Dharma and Greg/Criminal Minds

Paul Hogan...actor/Crocodile Dundee

Ron Howard....actor/director....Opie/Richie (already on list above)

Jeff Hunter...actor...Star Trek/King of Kings/The Searchers

Andrew Jackson...President

Jim Jackson...OSU/NBA basketballer

Joe Jackson....musician and shoeless baseball player

Mark Jackson....NBA player/coach

Michael Jackson...tee hee musician

Jesse James....Outlaw

Tommy James....he and Shondells...musicians

Andrew Johnson...President

Bill Johnson...downhill skier...gold medalist

Don Johnson....actor Miami Vice/Tin Cup

Jack Johnson....boxer

Michael Johnson....golden shoed track runner

Bobby Jones....golfer

David Jones....Monkee

Bob(by) Kennedy...assasinated politician

Billy (the) Kidd....Outlaw?

Jimmy Kimmel....late night host/comedian

Stephen King....author

John Law...actor Barbarella/The Russians are coming

Gary Lewis.....with Playboys....musicians (but no NFLer for Dad Jerry)

Jack Lord....5-0 dude

Rick Manning....baseballer/Indians

Billy Martin....baseball manager

George Martin....Beatle record producer

Steve Martin....comedian/banjoist

Mike McDonald.....musician, one time Doobie

John McGraw....baseball manager

William McKinley....President

John McLaughlin....TV political pundit

Bob McNamara....Vietnam era Secretary of Defense

Al Michaels....Sportscaster

Bill Miller.....former VP candidate (with Goldwater)

Marvin Mitchell.....baseball labor rep.

Dinty Moore.....that is what he was called.....for stew

Joe Morgan....baseballer Reds/Astros

Jack Morris....baseballer Twins/Tigers

Bill Murray.....comedian

Eddie Murray....baseballer Orioles/Indians

Mike Myers.....comedian.....slasher killer

[slowburn]

Do you come up with your list(s) via computer code?

[Browns149]

Looks like someone reads yahoo.com

[slowburn]

say it isn't so

[hoorta]

@the-gipper said:

Here is a list of "Famous Football Players" in that these are people that played in the NFL that bear the names of other famous people not in football. Here is the first half of the alphabet. It is certainly possible that you may not have heard of the football player , but most of the other names should be recognizable:

John McLaughlin....TV political pundit Also a mighty good guitar player by that name. You have too much free time on your hands Gip.

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John McLaughlin....TV political pundit Also a mighty good guitar player by that name. You have too much free time on your hands Gip.

I remember his band......The Mahavishnu Orchestra

[The Gipper]

@slowburn said:

Do you come up with your list(s) via computer code?

The list of all players that ever played in the NFL is on PFR.

[The Gipper]

@hoorta said:

@the-gipper said:

Here is a list of "Famous Football Players" in that these are people that played in the NFL that bear the names of other famous people not in football. Here is the first half of the alphabet. It is certainly possible that you may not have heard of the football player , but most of the other names should be recognizable:

John McLaughlin....TV political pundit Also a mighty good guitar player by that name. You have too much free time on your hands Gip.

Since Scarlett Johansen called and cancelled our date to have sex, I had a little spare time, yes.