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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Papa John - 01-28-2026

(01-28-2026, 10:11 PM)Mick Wrote:  There are five NFL head coaches who were first-ballot NFL Hall of Fame members. Famously, six-time Super Bowl winner (most by two wins) Bill Belichick was not among them. 

Who are the five? Hint: They were the #8, #10, #18, #31, and #44 head coaches in terms of career winning percentage.

I'm assuming these coaches weren't inducted into the Hall as players?

If so, here are my likely wrong guesses:

Bill Walsh
Vince Lombardi
Hank Stram (sue me, I'm a Chiefs fan)
Tom Landry
Chuck Noll

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - skip75 - 01-28-2026

(01-28-2026, 10:11 PM)Mick Wrote:  There are five NFL head coaches who were first-ballot NFL Hall of Fame members. Famously, six-time Super Bowl winner (most by two wins) Bill Belichick was not among them. 

Who are the five? Hint: They were the #8, #10, #18, #31, and #44 head coaches in terms of career winning percentage.

Tom Landry, Chuck Noll, and Don Shula were first ballot. George Halas and Curly Lambeau were in the inaugural class.

Neither Vince Lombardi nor Bill Walsh were first ballot, so I don't think anyone needs to get their panties in a bunch about Belichick. He'll get in.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Giants - 01-29-2026

(01-28-2026, 05:34 PM)PalmTree Wrote:  

(01-28-2026, 04:04 PM)Giants Wrote:  To date, three identified

Stanford - Jim Plunkett/John Elway, Reese Witherspoon
Cal - Aaron Rodgers, Gregory Peck
UCLA - Troy Aikman, Helen Hunt/Nicolas Cage

Two to go - one from the Midwest, one from the South.

Urghhh. South: Georgia, Miami. Midwest: Oklahoma, U of Wisconsin. NO clue on Best actors/actresses from any of these schools

Palm Tree hit the Midwest school. Wisconsin is correct - Russell Wilson and Fredric March

One to go (from the South).

Clue 1 - The Best Actress is Faye Dunaway.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 01-29-2026

Florida State.  The QB was Brad Johnson.

BC

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 01-29-2026

(01-28-2026, 10:40 PM)skip75 Wrote:  

(01-28-2026, 10:11 PM)Mick Wrote:  There are five NFL head coaches who were first-ballot NFL Hall of Fame members. Famously, six-time Super Bowl winner (most by two wins) Bill Belichick was not among them. 

Who are the five? Hint: They were the #8, #10, #18, #31, and #44 head coaches in terms of career winning percentage.

Tom Landry, Chuck Noll, and Don Shula were first ballot. George Halas and Curly Lambeau were in the inaugural class.

Neither Vince Lombardi nor Bill Walsh were first ballot, so I don't think anyone needs to get their panties in a bunch about Belichick. He'll get in.

John Madden had to wait decades before he got in, and he has the highest winning percentage of any coach to coach at least 100 games. Had to wait until 2006

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Giants - 01-29-2026

(01-29-2026, 01:53 AM)BostonCard Wrote:  Florida State.  The QB was Brad Johnson.

BC

That’s it!

And, we will add one more after this year’s Super Bowl:

USC - Sam Darnold and John Wayne/Forest Whitaker or
North Carolina - Drake Maye and Louise Fletcher

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 01-31-2026

If the Patriots win the Super Bowl next Sunday, Mike Vrabel will become the fifth person to win a Super Bowl as both a player and a head coach. Who were the other four?  Also, what  would be unique about Vrabel’s accomplishment?

BC

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BobK - 01-31-2026

Mike Ditka

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 01-31-2026

Ditka is one.  Three to go.

BC

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BobK - 01-31-2026

Mike Ditka

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - skip75 - 01-31-2026

Tony Dungy
Tom Flores?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 01-31-2026

Both Dungy And Flores are correct.  That leaves 1.

Ditka: As player: Super Bowl VI (Cowboys tight end)

As coach: Super Bowl XX (Bears head coach)

Dungy: As player: Super Bowl XIII (Steelers DB)

As coach: Super Bowl XLI (Colts Head Coach)

Flores: As player: Super Bowl IV (Chiefs quarterback)

As coach: Super Bowls XV, XVIII (Raiders head coach)

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - skip75 - 01-31-2026

(01-31-2026, 01:57 PM)BostonCard Wrote:  Also, what  would be unique about Vrabel’s accomplishment?

BC

Doing both (winning as a player and then as a head coach) with the same team.

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 01-31-2026

(01-31-2026, 05:43 PM)skip75 Wrote:  

(01-31-2026, 01:57 PM)BostonCard Wrote:  Also, what  would be unique about Vrabel’s accomplishment?

BC

Doing both (winning as a player and then as a head coach) with the same team.

Yup, if he wins next Sunday, he will be the first person to win the Super Bowl as both a player and a coach with the same team.

We are missing one more player/coach Super Bowl winner.

BC

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Mick - 01-31-2026

(01-31-2026, 06:21 PM)BostonCard Wrote:  

(01-31-2026, 05:43 PM)skip75 Wrote:  

(01-31-2026, 01:57 PM)BostonCard Wrote:  Also, what  would be unique about Vrabel’s accomplishment?

BC

Doing both (winning as a player and then as a head coach) with the same team.

Yup, if he wins next Sunday, he will be the first person to win the Super Bowl as both a player and a coach with the same team.

We are missing one more player/coach Super Bowl winner.

BC

Was it Tom Flores?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 01-31-2026

Yes Flores, but Skip beat you to it.  Still missing one.

BC

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - Papa John - 02-02-2026

Just a wild guess: Tomlin?

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BobK - 02-02-2026

I know he won as a coach but as a player?. Kubiak Sr
Son just named the Raider coach

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BobK - 02-02-2026

I know he won as a coach but as a player. Kubiak Sr
Son just named the Raider coach

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RE: Sports trivia thread 2025 - BostonCard - 02-02-2026

Nope, neither Tomlinson nor Kubiak. Kubiak made it to three superbowls as a John Elway’s backup, but the broncos lost all three Super Bowls. Ironically, the coach for those three Broncos teams, Dan Reeves, had won Super Bowl VI as a running back for the Cowboys, but never won it as a coach.

The person in question was a backup QB when he won as a player and won as a coach fairly recently.

BC

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