The Gipper Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 Do you come up with your list(s) via computer code? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browns149 Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 Looks like someone reads yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hoorta Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowburn Posted December 21, 2013 Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted December 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted December 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2013 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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