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Did You Know that 70% of NFL Sunday Ticket customers subscribe in order to follow their favorite team?
New York Giants Assistant GM Kevin Abrams was born in Toronto and attended the University of Western Ontario.
BC native Jerome Pathon was named to the 1998 Pro Football Weekly, Football News and Football Digest All-Rookie First Team
New England QB Tom Brady was drafted in the 18th round of the 1995 Major League Baseball Draft as a catcher by the Montreal Expos
Steve Christie, born in Hamilton, Ontario, was not drafted but is now the Buffalo Bills all-time leader in career points.
Denver Bronco Owner, President and Chief Executive Officer Pat Bowlen is a native of Edmonton, Alberta
Only three non-Americans have started at quarterback in the NFL since 1970: Jack Thompson, 1984 Buccaneers , Tutulia, Western Samoa; David Whitehurst, 1983 Bears Baumhauld, Germany; Mark Rypien, 1992 Redskins, Calgary, AB.
Magog, Quebec native Tom Nutten played with the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe in 1998, where he was a teammate of Rams' QB Kurt Warner. The Admirals topped the Europe league in both passing offense and total offense that year.
In the modern television era the Super Bowl attracts an estimated 800-million worldwide viewers.
With her halftime performance at Super Bowl XXXVII in San Diego, Canadian Shania Twain becomes the first artist to perform at both the Grey Cup and Super Bowl in the same season.
New Orleans Saints Punter Mitch Berger was an all-province kicker at British Columbia's North Delta High School
Shelton Quarles, who will start at Middle Linebacker for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Super Bowl XXXVII, played for the CFL's B.C. Lions in 1995 and 1996 before joining the Bucs.
Tampa Bay's starting MLB, Shelton Quarles, played in the CFL with the B.C. Lions in 95 & 96 before signing with the Bucs in 1997.
The last Canadian CITIZEN to win a SuperBowl was Tom Nutten with the Rams in 2000. Nutten was born in Amsterdam but grew up in Magog, Quebec.
Harald Hasselbach, who went to high school in British Columbia, won two Super Bowls with the Broncos in 98 & 99.
University of Western Ontario Mustang Tyrone Williams was awarded a SuperBowl ring while with the Dallas Cowboys in the mid 1990s.
O.J. Brigance, a backup linebacker with the Baltimore Ravens in 2001, was the first player to win both a Grey Cup and Super Bowl -- IN THE SAME CITY. Brigance and the Baltimore Stallions won the Grey Cup in 1995.
On April 22, 2001 Nepean Ontario's Jesse Palmer was the second quarterback born and raised in Canada to hear his name called during the NFL draft (4th round, NY Giants). The first was Dan Feraday, a University of Toronto pivot drafted by Cincinnati with the second-last pick of the 1982 draft.
Offensive lineman Mike Schad is the only CIAU player to be selected in the first round of the NFL draft. Schad, a Queen's University Golden Gael, was a first round selection of the Los Angeles Rams in 1986.
Indianapolis Colt kicker and Oakville, Ontario native Mike Vanderjagt was recruited to Michigan State as a quarterback in 1989.
The CFL's Winnipeg Blue Bombers were the second football franchise to be named after world heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis. The first was the Cleveland Brown Bombers (A descendant of today's NFL Cleveland Browns).
Canada is one of 205 countries (up from 201 a year ago) in which the National Football League has broadcast programming this season.
Jacksonville defensive end and Vancouver native Rob Meier was one of only five Jaguars rookies to play in all 16 games in 2000.
Tim Biakabutuka was recognized as the Quebec Amateur Athlete of the Year for his feats as a sophomore at Michigan in 1994.
In 2001 there were more players from Ontario competing in NCAA football than the rest of Canada combined.
The Arizona Cardinals have the oldest lineage of any NFL team. The franchise started in 1920 as the Chicago Cardinals. The oldest professional franchise, however, is the CFL's Toronto Argonaut Football Club (1873).
O.J. Brigance, a backup linebacker with the Baltimore Ravens, became the first player to win both a Grey Cup and Super Bowl - in the same city. Brigance and the Baltimore Stallions won the Grey Cup in 1995.
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