Find out more about the greatest 20th Century American Football Players, including Peyton Manning, Brett Favre, O. J. Simpson, Cam Newton and Aaron Rodgers.
O. J. Simpson09 July 1947, American
Former American Football Player
Terry Crews30 July 1968, American
Actor, American Football Player
Russell Wilson29 November 1988, American
American Football Player
Randy Moss13 February 1977, American
Peyton Manning24 March 1976, American
American Football Quarterback
Joe Montana11 June 1956, American
American Football Player
Michael Oher28 May 1986, American
American Football Player
Deion Sanders09 August 1967, American
Terry Bradshaw02 September 1948, American
Former NFL Star & TV Analyst
Brett Favre10 October 1969, American
Jerry Rice13 October 1962, American
Former NFL Star
Bill Cowher08 May 1957, American
American Football Player, Coach
Joe Namath31 May 1943, American
American Football Quarterback
Dan Marino15 September 1961, American
American football player
Walter Payton25 July 1954, American
American Football Player
Bo Jackson30 November 1962, American
Former Baseball & Football Player
Emmitt Smith15 May 1969, American
NFL Star
Terrell Owens07 December 1973, American
American Footballer
Adrian Peterson21 March 1985, American
American Football Player
Barry Sanders16 July 1968, American
American football running back
Eric Bieniemy15 August 1969, American
Coach
Jim Thorpe28 May 1888, American
Athlete
Brian Bosworth09 March 1965, American
Former American Football Player
Vince Lombardi11 June 1913, American
American football player
Tom Landry11 September 1924, American
Former American Football Player & Coach
Mike Ditka18 October 1939, American
American Football Player, NFL Coach
Tony Dungy06 October 1955, American
Former NFL Coach & American Football Player
Johnny Unitas07 May 1933, American
American Football Player
Alex Karras15 July 1935, American
American Football Player
Marty Schottenheimer22 September 1943, American
Former American Football Player
Vince Papale09 February 1946, American
American Football Player
Continue Reading Below
Joe Paterno21 December 1926, American
American Football Player
Jason Witten06 May 1982, American
American Football Tight End
George Blanda17 September 1927, American
American Football Player
Frank Gifford16 August 1930, American
American Football Player
Al Cowlings16 June 1947, American
Former American Football Player
Frank Reich04 December 1961, American
Football Coach
Lyle Alzado03 April 1949, American
American Football Player
Brandon Marshall23 March 1984, American
American Football Player
Woody Hayes14 February 1913, American
American Football Player and Coach
Zach Thomas01 September 1973, American
American Football Player
Rodney Harrison15 December 1972, American
American Football Player
Plaxico Burress12 August 1977, American
American Football Player
Pat Summerall10 May 1930, American
American Football Player
Jeremy Shockey18 August 1980, American
Former American Football Tight End
Rosey Grier14 July 1932, American
Former American Football Player & Actor
Morten Andersen19 August 1960, Danish, American
American Football Kicker
Bruce Smith18 June 1963, American
American Football Player
Todd Blackledge25 February 1961, American
American Football Player
Brandon Burlsworth20 September 1976, American
American Football Player
Dick LeBeau09 September 1937, American
Coach
Roman Gabriel05 August 1940, American
American Football Player
Byron Leftwich14 January 1980, American
Football Player
Shawne Merriman25 May 1984, American
Former American Football Player
Bronko Nagurski03 November 1908, Canadian, American
American Football Player
Tommy Maddox02 September 1971, American
American Football Quarterback
Mark Rypien02 October 1962, Canadian, American
Former American Football Player
Tom Osborne23 February 1937, American
Former American Football Player, Coach
Daryl Johnston10 February 1966, American
American football fullback
Raghib Ismail18 November 1969, American
American Football Player
Ernie Davis14 December 1939, American
American Football Player
Mark Moseley12 March 1948, American
American Football Placekicker
Jack Youngblood26 January 1950, American
American Football Player
Sid Luckman21 November 1916, American
American Football Player
Chris Weinke31 July 1972, American
American Football Player
Rashaan Salaam08 October 1974, American
American Football Player
John McVay05 January 1931, American
American Football Coach
Andy Reid19 March 1958, American
Coaches
Jimmy Garoppolo02 November 1991, American
American football player
Ed Orgeron27 July 1961, American
Coach
Mike Vrabel14 August 1975, German, American
American football coach
Michael Vick26 June 1980, American
American football player
Bill Belichick16 April 1952, American
Sports coach
Jason Garrett28 March 1966, American
American Football Coach
Travis Kelce05 October 1989, American
American Football Player
Tyrann Mathieu13 May 1992, American
American Football Player
Troy Aikman21 November 1966, American
Television presenter, NASCAR team owner,
Matt Rhule31 January 1975, American
American football player, Head coach
Josh McCown04 July 1979, American
American football player
Michael Strahan21 November 1971, American
Television presenter, American football player
Nick Saban31 October 1951, American
American football player
Ron Rivera07 January 1962, American
American football player
Steve Martin31 May 1974, American
American Football Player
Lane Kiffin09 May 1975, American
Sports coach, American football player
Pete Carroll15 September 1951, American
Football Coach
Junior Seau19 January 1969, American
American Football Players
Philip Rivers08 December 1981, American
American football player
Luke Kuechly20 April 1991, American
American Football player
Urban Meyer10 July 1964, American
American football player
Jim Brown17 February 1936, American
Advisor, Actor, Lacrosse player, American football
Julian Edelman22 May 1986, American
American football player
Kirk Cousins19 August 1988, American
American football player
Ryan Fitzpatrick24 November 1982, American
American football player
Jim Harbaugh23 December 1963, American
American football coach