List of National Football League Olympians explained
The following is a list of National Football League players that have participated in the Olympic Games, with the NFL team for which they played (the team closest to the time of the player's Olympic participation), the sport in which they participated, and their medal count. All represented the United States, except for Colin Ridgway, represented Australia in 1956 and Jahvid Best, represented Saint Lucia in 2016. 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
References
Notes and References
- Book: The Games of the Xth Olympiad Los Angeles 1932 . Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles, U.S.A. 1932 . 1933 . 739–743 . PDF . 2009-09-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080410231532/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932s.pdf . 2008-04-10 .
- Web site: College Football in The Olympics, 1904 . Mmbolding.com . 2012-08-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120211151059/http://www.mmbolding.com/Olyball/Olympic_Football.htm . 2012-02-11 . dead .
- Web site: Jim THORPE | Olympic Athlete | Stockholm 1912 . Olympic.org . 2012-08-05.
- As part of the American Professional Football Association
- His rights were eventually traded to the Chicago Bears
- These teams were part of the American Football League at the time
- Web site: Patriots sign Olympic medalist Jeff Demps to a contract – . Usatoday.com . 2012-08-18 . 2012-08-23.
- As part of the American Professional Football Association
