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
Joe Namath31 May 1943, American
American Football Quarterback
Michael Oher28 May 1986, American
American Football Player
Peyton Manning24 March 1976, American
American Football Quarterback
Deion Sanders09 August 1967, American
Russell Wilson29 November 1988, American
American Football Player
Brett Favre10 October 1969, American
Bo Jackson30 November 1962, American
Former Baseball & Football Player
Adrian Peterson21 March 1985, American
American Football Player
Barry Sanders16 July 1968, American
American football running back
Jerry Rice13 October 1962, American
Former NFL Star
Joe Montana11 June 1956, American
American Football Player
Jim Thorpe28 May 1888, American
Athlete
Randy Moss13 February 1977, American
Terry Bradshaw02 September 1948, American
Former NFL Star & TV Analyst
Walter Payton25 July 1954, American
American Football Player
Emmitt Smith15 May 1969, American
NFL Star
Dan Marino15 September 1961, American
American football player
Terrell Owens07 December 1973, American
American Footballer
Vince Papale09 February 1946, American
American Football Player
Frank Gifford16 August 1930, American
American Football Player
Al Cowlings16 June 1947, American
Former American Football Player
Vince Lombardi11 June 1913, American
American football player
Mike Ditka18 October 1939, American
American Football Player, NFL Coach
Joe Paterno21 December 1926, American
American Football Player
Alex Karras15 July 1935, American
American Football Player
Brian Bosworth09 March 1965, American
Former American Football Player
Jason Witten06 May 1982, American
American Football Tight End
Tom Landry11 September 1924, American
Former American Football Player & Coach
Tony Dungy06 October 1955, American
Former NFL Coach & American Football Player
Rosey Grier14 July 1932, American
Former American Football Player & Actor
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Brandon Burlsworth20 September 1976, American
American Football Player
George Blanda17 September 1927, American
American Football Player
Rodney Harrison15 December 1972, American
American Football Player
Woody Hayes14 February 1913, American
American Football Player and Coach
Jeremy Shockey18 August 1980, American
Former American Football Tight End
Ernie Davis14 December 1939, American
American Football Player
Marty Schottenheimer22 September 1943, American
Former American Football Player
Roman Gabriel05 August 1940, American
American Football Player
Morten Andersen19 August 1960, Danish, American
American Football Kicker
Frank Reich04 December 1961, American
Football Coach
Tom Osborne23 February 1937, American
Former American Football Player, Coach
Jack Youngblood26 January 1950, American
American Football Player
Chris Weinke31 July 1972, American
American Football Player
Rashaan Salaam08 October 1974, American
American Football Player
Daryl Johnston10 February 1966, American
American football fullback
Michael Strahan21 November 1971, American
Television presenter, American football player
Julian Edelman22 May 1986, American
American football player
Bill Belichick16 April 1952, American
Sports coach
Jon Gruden17 August 1963, American
American football player, Head coach
Michael Vick26 June 1980, American
American football player
Josh McCown04 July 1979, American
American football player
Jim Brown17 February 1936, American
Advisor, Actor, Lacrosse player, American football
John Madden10 April 1936, American
American football player
Greg Hardy28 July 1988, American
American football player
Doug Flutie23 October 1962, American
American football player
Johnny Manziel06 December 1983, American
American football player
Lex Luger02 June 1958, American
Professional wrestler, Actor, Television actor,
Nate Robinson31 May 1984, American
Basketball player, American football player,
Urban Meyer10 July 1964, American
Baseball player, American football player, Coach,
John Elway28 June 1960, American
Baseball player, American football player
Lawrence Taylor04 February 1959, American
Actor, American football player
Ryan Fitzpatrick24 November 1982, American
American football player
Reggie Bush02 March 1985, American
American football player
Philip Rivers08 December 1981, American
American football player
Troy Aikman21 November 1966, American
Television presenter, NASCAR team owner,
Jim Harbaugh23 December 1963, American
American football player, Head coach
Todd Gurley03 August 1994, American
American football player
Kurt Warner22 June 1971, American
American football player
Jay Cutler29 April 1983, American
American football player
Sean Taylor01 April 1983, American
American football player
Mark Sanchez11 November 1986, American
American football player
Nnamdi Asomugha06 July 1981, American
American football player, Actor
Sam Bradford08 November 1987, American
American football player
Mack Brown27 August 1951, American
American football player
Michael Sam07 January 1990, American
American football player
Herschel Walker03 March 1962, American
Athletics competitor, Mixed martial artist,
DeSean Jackson01 December 1986, American
American football player
Jesse Palmer05 October 1978, Canadian
American football player, Sports commentator
Bruce Arians03 October 1952, American
American football player
Tyrod Taylor03 August 1989, American
American football player
Luke Kuechly20 April 1991, American
American football player
Rae Carruth20 January 1974, American
American football player
Brock Osweiler22 November 1990, American
American football player
Pete Carroll15 September 1951, American
American football player
Alan Autry31 July 1952, American
Actor, Politician, Television actor, American
Kirk Cousins19 August 1988, American
American football player
Charles Woodson07 October 1976, American
American football player
Joe Theismann09 September 1949, American
Restaurateur, American football player, Television
Wes Welker01 May 1981, American
American football player
Drew Bledsoe14 February 1972, American
American football player
Ray Rice22 January 1987, American
American football player
Lane Kiffin09 May 1975, American
Sports coach, American football player
Darren Sharper03 November 1975, American
American football player
Matt Mitrione15 July 1978, American
American football player, Mixed martial artist,