Lists of American football players
This page will be divided into lists of current and retired players.
- Lance Alworth (born 1940)
- Morten Andersen
- Gary Anderson
- Houston Antwine
- Fred Arbanas
- Bobby Bell
- Elvin Bethea
- Verlon Biggs
- Fred Biletnikoff
- George Blanda (born 1927)
- Terry Bradshaw
- Tom Brady
- Jim Brown
- Tim Brown
- Willie Brown
- Junious (Buck) Buchanan (1940-1992)
- Ed Budde
- Nick Buoniconti
- Chris Burford (born 1938)
- Ron Burton (1936-2003)
- Dick Butkus
- George (Butch) Byrd (born 1941)
- Billy Cannon
- Gino Cappelletti (born 1934)
- Wray Carlton
- Larry Csonka
- Daunte Culpepper
- Clem Daniels
- Len Dawson
- Tom Day
- Bob Dee
- Tom Dempsey
- Mike Ditka
- Elbert Dubenion (born 1933)
- Jim Dunaway
- Speedy Duncan
- Larry Eisenhauer
- Booker Edgerson
- John Elway
- Earl Faison
- Miller Farr (born 1943)
- Marshall Faulk
- Brett Favre
- Jim Finks
- Tom Flores (born 1937, first Hispanic quarterback in professional football, 1960.)
- Don Floyd (born 1938)
- Doug Flutie
- Jeff Garcia
- Larry Garron
- Peter Gent
- Eddie George
- Claude (Hoot) Gibson
- Frank Gifford
- Cookie Gilchrist (born 1935)
- Sid Gillman, (1911-2003)
- Austin (Goose) Gonsoulin (born 1938)
- Bud Grant
- Larry Grantham (born 1938)
- Dave Grayson (born 1939, all-time American Football League interception leader, 47)
- Maurice Greene, (born 1974)
- Bob Griese
- John Hadl (born 1940)
- Dante Hall
- Franco Harris
- Bob Hayes, (1942-2002)
- Abner Haynes (born 1937, Rookie of the Year 1960, MVP 1960, over 12,000 career all-purpose yards.)
- Wayne Hawkins
- Sherrill Headrick
- Charlie Hennigan (born 1935, first professional football player to catch more than 100 passes in a season (101, 1964).)
- Harlon Hill
- Winston Hill
- Priest Holmes
- E.J. Holub
- Paul Hornung
- Ken Houston
- Bobby Hunt
- Jim Hunt
- Harry Jacobs
- Rich Jackson
- Tom Jackson
- Bobby Jancik
- Charlie Joiner
- Brent Jones
- Deacon Jones
- Jevon Kearse
- Jim Kelly
- Jack Kemp (born 1936)
- Tommy Kramer
- Paul Krause
- Ernie Ladd
- Daryle Lamonica (born 1941)
- Willie Lanier
- Steve Largent
- Jacky Lee
- Jamal Lewis
- Ray Lewis
- Keith Lincoln (born 1939)
- Floyd Little (born 1942)
- James Lofton
- Howie Long
- Ronnie Lott
- Paul Lowe (born 1936)
- John Madden
- Paul Maguire (born 8/22/1938, played in six of ten American Football League championship games.)
- Peyton Manning
- Bill Mathis
- Don Maynard
- Jerry Mays (born 1939)
- Curtis McClinton (born 1939)
- Wahoo McDaniel
- Ron McDole (born 1939)
- Jim McMahon
- Donovan McNabb
- Steve McNair
- Gene Mingo (first black field goal kicker in professional football, 1960.)
- Ron Mix
- Warren Moon
- Joe Montana
- John Morris
- Bobby Joe Morrow
- Randy Moss
- Bronko Nagurski, (1908-1990), player with Chicago Bears
- Joe Namath (born 1943)
- Jim Nance
- Ross O'Hanley
- Terrell Owens
- Alan Page
- Vito (Babe) Parilli (born 1930)
- Walter Payton (1954-1999)
- William Perry ("the Refrigerator")
- Gerry Philbin (born 1941)
- Art Powell
- Ahmad Rashad
- Jerry Rice
- Johnny Robinson (born 1938)
- Paul Rochester
- Knute Kenneth Rockne, (1888-1931)
- George Saimes (born 1941)
- Barry Sanders
- Bob Sapp
- Warren Sapp
- Tom Sestak 1936-1987)
- Shannon Sharpe
- Billy Shaw (born 1938)
- Art Shell
- O. J. Simpson
- Mike Singletary
- Bruce Smith
- Bubba Smith
- Emmitt Smith
- Matt Snell (born 1941, 121 yds, td in 3rd World Championship game.)
- Roger Staubach
- Jan Stenerud
- Mike Stratton (born 1941, tackled Keith Lincoln with "the hit heard 'round the world".)
- Lynn Swann
- Walt Sweeney
- Bob Talamini
- Fran Tarkenton
- Lawrence Taylor
- Lionel Taylor (born 1935, first receiver with 100 catches in a season (1961))
- Otis Taylor (born 1942)
- Jim Thorpe
- Charlie Tolar (1937-2003)
- John Tracey
- Jim Turner
- Jim Tyrer
- Johnny Unitas, (1933-2002)
- Gene Upshaw
- Brian Urlacher
- Mike Vanderjagt
- Michael Vick
- Ernie Warlick (born 1932)
- Kurt Warner
- George Webster
- Reggie White
- Ricky Williams
- Jerrell Wilson
- Rod Woodson
- Ernie Wright
- Ron Yary
- Steve Young