Portal:American football/Did you know/04
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- ...that running back Garrison Hearst is the only player in league history to have twice won the Comeback Player of the Year Award?
- ...that the Sutherland version of the single-wing offensive formation, named for coach Jock Sutherland had fallen into nearly-complete disuse on the collegiate and professional levels by 1970?
- ...that only one player since 1998, University of Miami Hurricanes linebacker Dan Morgan in 2000, has claimed the Bronko Nagurski Trophy and the Chuck Bednarik Award in the same year?
- ...that the Ottawa Rough Riders adopted the Rough Riders name in 1898 in recognition of the Rough Riders regiment commanded by Theodore Roosevelt, pictured, in the Spanish-American War?
- ...that Brian Mitchell ranks second–just 216 yards behind wide receiver Jerry Rice–in the enumeration of NFLers by career all-purpose yards gained despite having just once earned Pro Bowl honors?
