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Seattle Seahawks
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The Seattle Seahawks is a National
Football League team based in Seattle,
Washington. The team was founded in 1976
and is one of four teams that play in
the National Football Conference West
Division. The NFL expansion franchise
was given to Seattle department store
owner John Nordstrom. The nickname
Seahawks was the result of a fan contest
that drew 20,365 entries and suggested
1,742 different names. Seahawks was
suggested by 151 entrants and judged by
the team ownership as the best choice.On
June 4, 1974, the National Football
League awarded its 28th franchise to
Seattle to play in the 64,984-seat
Kingdome.The Seahawks entered the NFL as
an expansion team along with the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers in 1976. The Seahawks
entered as members of the National
Football Conference West division.A year
later, they switched conferences with
their expansion partners, the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers, and joined the AFC West.
They played in the American Conference
until 2002, when, with league
realignment, they were returned to the
National Football Conference.In the
clubs first season, quarterback Jim
Zorn passed for more than 2,500 yards
and was named the leagues top offensive
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Jack Patera was named coach of the year
in 1978 after leading the Seahawks to
their first winning season. Zorn led the
AFC in passing yardage that year, and
wide receiver Steve Largent notched the
first of his eight 1,000-yard seasons.
By their third season, the Seahawks
posted a winning record which they
repeated in 1979. The 1980s featured
more winning ways with several playoff
appearances for the Seahawks. The team
advanced to the American Football
Conference (AFL) championship for the
first time in 1983 and claimed its first
division title in 1988.They would claim
their second division title in 1999 (AFC
West). With it's six playoff appearances
( 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1999, 2003),
the Seahawks have never never won or
made it to a SuperBowl. |
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The
sattle Seahawks uniform consists af the
colors Navy blue, Slate grey, White and Lime
green. Helmet design is of Metallic blue
with a stylized hawk's head inspired by
Northwestern tribal art.The Seattle Seahawks
have three players who were inducted into
the Pro Football Hall Of Fame.This player
are defensive end Carl Eller, Franco Harris
and Steve Largent (a former member of the
United States House of Representatives)
.Carl attended the University of
Minnesota.In 1964 Eller was drafted in the
1st round of the NFL draft by the Minnesota
Vikings. |
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As the left defensive end, he was a
major factor in the front four of the
Vikings' defensive unit known as the
"Purple People Eaters".After an
accomplished career with the Vikings,
Eller played his final season in 1979
with the Seattle Seahawks. He played in
a total 225 regular season games.In 2004
Eller was elected to the Pro Football
Hall of Fame.Hall of Famer Franco Harris
was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of
Fame in 1990.He was drafted in the first
round (13th overall) by the Pittsburgh
Steelers in 1972 and was named the
league's rookie of the year by both The
Sporting News and United Press
International. In his first year, Franco
gained 1,055 yards (965 m) on 188
carries, with a 5.6 average. He also
rushed for 10 touchdowns and caught 3
touchdown passes. |
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In
his 13 professional seasons, Harris gained
12,120 yards on 2,949 carries, a 4.1
average, and scored 91 rushing touchdowns.
He caught 307 passes for 2,287 yards (2091
m), a 7.4 average, and 9 touchdowns. Harris
was the key to one of the most famous plays
in football, known as the Immaculate
Reception. Harris is now the owner of Super
Bakery, Inc., and recently purchased the
failing Parks Sausage Company, the first
publicly-held black-owned business in the
United States. |
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Other Sehawk Hall of Famer, Steve Largent
was one of the top wide receivers in the NFL
from 1976 to 1989. By the time he retired,
Steve held most of the major career records
for receivers, all of which have since been
broken by Jerry Rice. Steve then became a
congressman for Oklahoma after retiring from
the NFL.He resigned from Congress in 2002 to
run for governor of Oklahoma, but was
defeated by Brad Henry.Steve was inducted
into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in
Canton, Ohio in 1995. The Seahawks have
retired the numbers 12, which is dedicated
to Seahawks fans, the so-called "12th man,"
number 80, belonging to Steve Largent (Jerry
Rice is currently wearing the retired #80
Jersey after he was granted permission from
Steve Largent, shortly after he signed with
the Seahawks in October of 2004).The Seattle
Seahawks have played in three different
stadiums,Kingdome (1976-1999), Husky Stadium
(2000-2001) and they are presently playing
at Qwest Field since 2002. |
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