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The
Miami Dolphins is a professional football
team and are currently one of four teams in
the Eastern Division of the American
Football Conference (AFC) of the National
Football League (NFL).Miami joined the
American Football League (AFL) when an
expansion team franchise was awarded to
lawyer Joseph Robbie and actor Danny Thomas
in 1965. The Dolphins began play in 1966,
and after four consecutive losing seasons,
Don Shula replaced George Wilson as head
coach. Miami joined the NFL in 1970 when the
NFL and AFL completed their merger. The team
gets it's name from the dolphins that
inhabit the coastal waters of Florida. The
teams uniform consists of the colors Aqua
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The helmet design is a dolphin wearing a
football helmet, jumping in front of an
orange sunburst. The Dolphin's Pro
football Hall of Famers include Don
Shula, Nick Buoniconti, Larry Csonka,Bob
Griese, Dwight Stevenson, Jim
Langer,Paul Warfield and Larry Little.
Hall of Famer coach Don shula, was born
Donald Francis Shula on January 4, 1930
in Grand River, Ohio, has pretty much
coached the Dolphins for most of their
history. The once Cleveland Browns
defensive back,signed on to coach the
Miami Dolphins from the 1970 season. Don
had played defensive back for the Brown
and ended his playing career as a
Washington Redskin. His first team to
coach was the Colts, with whom he was
very successful especially in his first
season as coach. He led the Colts to an
8-6 record in 1963. |
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Shula had unparalleled success with
Miami in the 1970s. His teams were known
for a strong running game and a solid
quarterback, with a defense that worked
well as a cohesive unit. Using what he
learned from Brown and Ewbank, Shula led
the Dolphins to two Super Bowl wins and
seven playoff appearances in the 1970s.
Shula set numerous records in his 33
seasons as a head coach. He holds NFL
records for regular season wins (328),
total victories (347), single season win
percentage (1.000 in 1972), most games
coached (516), and consecutive seasons
coached. Don Shula is known as the
winningest head coach in professional
football history. Another Hall of Famer
is Bob Griese who was born 1945. Bob was
drafted in 1967 by the Miami Dolphins.
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An
American Football League All-Star in 1967
and 1968, he was the only quarterback in
modern professional football history to lead
his team to a perfect season and a league
championship, in 1972.In 2003, Griese became
a television commentator for college
football. Griese is a member of the American
Football League Hall of Fame. In 1971, the
Dolphins captured the AFC championship
behind quarterback Bob Griese and wide
receiver Paul Warfield. The AFC Championship
Game, in which the Dolphins defeated the
Kansas City Chiefs, was the longest contest
in NFL history (82 minutes 40 seconds).In
1972, the Dolphins became the only team in
the modern NFL to go undefeated (14-0) in
the regular season. They swept the playoffs
finishing at 17-0, a mark still unequalled.
Including the Dolphins' 12-2 mark in 1973,
the club also set a record with a 32-2
regular-season record over two seasons. The
Dolphins won 12 games during the 1973 season
and repeated as Super Bowl champions,
routing the Minnesota Vikings 24-7. In 1975,
the Dolphins managed to win ten games, aided
by Griese’s consistency and the fine play of
wide receiver Nat Moore. The Miami Dolphins
have won two Super Bowls. They won Super
Bowl VII, when they defeated the Washington
Redskins, 14-7, in 1973. They won the second
Super Bowl VIII, when they defeated the
Minnesota Vikings, 24-7, in 1974. The
Dolphins play at Pro Player Stadium in
Miami, Florida, which was opened on August
16, 1987. The stadium has a seating capacity
of 75,192. Previous stadiums include Orange
Bowl (75,206) 1966-86 and Pro Player Stadium
(75,540) 1987-, known as Joe Robbie Stadium
1987-96 |
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