List of National Football League Olympians
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The following is a list of National Football League players that have participated in the Olympic Games, with the NFL team that they played for (the team closest to the time of the player's Olympic participation), the sport that they participated in, and their medal count. American football has only been played once in 1932[1] (though a series demonstration college games were played in 1904).[2]
Players
Summer Olympics
Winter Olympics
Player | NFL Team | Sport | Olympic Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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Herschel Walker | Philadelphia Eagles | Bobsledding | 1992 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeremy Bloom[12] | Philadelphia Eagles | Skiing | 2002/2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
References
- ↑ The Games of the Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932 (PDF). Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles, U.S.A. 1932. 1933. pp. 739–743. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ↑ "College Football in The Olympics, 1904". Mmbolding.com. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ↑ "Jim THORPE | Olympic Athlete | Stockholm 1912". Olympic.org. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ↑ Took place before the founding of the NFL (later became player for Canton Bulldogs)
- ↑ Played college football until 1922 and coached college football until 1952, but briefly coached the Washington Redskins for two seasons (1944–1945).
- ↑ His rights were eventually traded to the Chicago Bears
- ↑ Johnson did not play, as he died from a fractured cervical vertebrae
- ↑ The 1980 Summer Olympics was boycotted, leading to the Boycott Games
- 1 2 These teams were part of the American Football League at the time
- ↑ "Patriots sign Olympic medalist Jeff Demps to a contract –". Usatoday.com. 2012-08-18. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ↑ http://www.nj.com/jets/index.ssf/2015/11/meet_lawrence_okoye_former_british_olympian_signed.html
- ↑ "10 Former Olympians: Where Are They Now? – Yahoo! News". News.yahoo.com. 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- "Olympians who played in the NFL". Pro-Football-Reference. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- "Olympians in the NFL". NFL.com. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- "Olympians in the NFL: Hayes, Thorpe And More. ThePostGame. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- "Dropping Back In NFL History: The NFL's Olympians. Football Nation. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
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