A Football Life (2011)
A Football Life is a documentary series developed by NFL Films and aired on NFL Network that documents the lives of select National Football League players, coaches, owners, and teams. Friends, teammates, family members and other players and coaches associated with the subjects are interviewed. The name of the series originated in a quote from Steve Sabol of NFL Films: Originating as an NFL Network special on the career of Bill Parcells in November 2010, it premiered as an episodic series on September 15, 2011, with the first part of Bill Belichick's documentary. The documentary was viewed by about 657,000 viewers, the most-watched documentary in NFL Network's history, and was the second-most watched program in Boston at the time with 151,000 viewers, trailing behind a Boston Red Sox game. Season One was eventually released on DVD. Season Two began on September 12, 2012, with The Faces of Tebow. The series was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Edited Sports Series/Anthology" and "Outstanding Promotional Announcement – Episodic" for Belichick's episode in 2012.
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Episode 1 - Curtis Martin
Release Date: 2016-09-16The inspiring story of Curtis Martin, who rose from the streets of Pittsburgh to become a Hall of Fame running back.
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Episode 2 - Rodney Harrison
Release Date: 2016-09-23One of football’s greatest safeties and one of its most controversial players remains a vital and passionate voice of the game.
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Episode 3 - Chad Johnson
Release Date: 2016-09-30The unpredictable life of the endzone dancing, trash talking, name-changing receiver who was "always open".
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Episode 4 - Steve Young
Release Date: 2016-10-07The long climb to the top for Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young, as told by Young himself through excerpts from his autobiography.
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Episode 5 - Brett Favre
Release Date: 2016-09-03This fall "A Football Life" returns for its sixth season featuring some of the most memorable personalities to play the game, including a young man from Kiln, Mississippi who created a legacy in Green Bay that took him all the way to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
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Episode 6 - Pat Tillman
Release Date: 2016-10-28The extraordinary life and legacy of the Arizona Cardinal who left the NFL to defend his country after 9/11.
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Episode 7 - Michael Vick
Release Date: 2016-11-03The most exciting player of his generation relives his rise, fall and long road to redemption.
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Episode 8 - Jim Brown
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Episode 9 - Steve Smith Sr.
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Episode 10 - Chuck Noll
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Episode 11 - Troy Aikman
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Episode 12 - Charles Woodson
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Episode 13 - Kevin Greene
Release Date: 2016-12-16The story of the boisterous sackmaster who blitzed his way to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.