# Best Damn Football Players of All Time

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damn-football-players-of-all-time/845648>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 31, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damn-football-players-of-all-time/845648 "2019-12-31T02:21:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damn-football-players-of-all-time/845648/1 "2019-12-31T02:21:16Z")

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No particular order:

Jim Brown  
Lawrence Taylor  
Ronnie Lott  
Walter Payton  
Jerry Rice  
Randy Moss  
Bart Starr  
Jack Lambert  
Deion Sanders  
Reggie White  
Dick Butkus  
Kellen Winslow Sr  
Tom Brady  
Joe Montana  
Steve Young  
Peyton Manning  
Barry Sanders  
Norm Van Brocklin  
Sonny Jurgensen  
Lance Allworth  
Gayle Sayers  
Deacon Jones  
Mean Joe Greene  
John Stallworth  
Anthony Munoz  
Larry Allen  
Dwight Stevenson  
Jim Thorpe

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damn-football-players-of-all-time/845648/2 "2019-12-31T04:14:11Z")

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No Jack Tatum? No OJ Simpson?

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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damn-football-players-of-all-time/845648/3 "2019-12-31T05:19:16Z")

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Nobody who played with a round ball?  
You know somebody who used their foot to control the ball?  
Nobody who played with a different ellipsoidal shaped ball?

Primary criteria being they must have graced the cover of Sports Illustrated?

No matter of great import, do carry on.

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**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2019, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damn-football-players-of-all-time/845648/4 "2019-12-31T12:32:52Z")

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> [@dalej42](#):
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> No Jack Tatum? No OJ Simpson?

Good contributions to the list.

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**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-damn-football-players-of-all-time/845648/5 "2020-01-10T18:37:45Z")

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OJ would kill to be on this list.