Pam and Bob Tebow were two students attending the University of Florida in the late 1960’s. Their first date was at the Florida- Georgia game in Jacksonville. They married in 1971 and Pam even skipped her graduation for her wedding. "Tim Tebow." Biography.com. In 1985, with four kids later, they moved to the Philippines to serve as missionaries. Pam Tebow became very sick with amoebic dysentery. "Tim Tebow." Biography.com. That illness is usually transmitted from drinking contaminated water."Tim Tebow." Biography.com. She fell into a temporary coma and she was given very strong drugs to fight the infection. "Tim Tebow." Biography.com. The drugs resulted into severe placental abruption. This causes the placenta to detach from the uterine wall. …show more content…
The condition can deprive the fetus of oxygen and other necessary elements. "Tim Tebow." Biography.com. Recently after that, they discovered that she was pregnant. So the doctors stopped giving her the drugs, but they said the high dose of drugs has already damaged the fetus. The doctors did not think that the baby would have any chance of surviving. The doctors recommended Pam to have an abortion. “They thought I should have an abortion to save my life from the beginning, all the way to the seventh month.” Pam said. But due to her faith and Christianity, she refused to abort it. Pam and her husband prayed and prayed that they would have a healthy baby and that it would survive. In the 2010 super bowl, there was a commercial sponsored by “Focus on a Family”, a christian ministry group. It shows Pam Tebow talking about how she almost lost the baby many times, but she never even considered abortion. Bob Tebow told Sports Illustrated, “I prayed, ‘God, if you give me a son, if you give me Timmy, I'll raise him to be a preacher.’ ” Pam Tebow went to Manila, the Philippine capital, during her seventh month and she stayed on bed rest. On August 14, 1987, she gave birth to Timothy Tebow. "We were concerned at first because he was so malnourished, but he definitely made up for it," she said. As can be seen now with Tim being over six feet tall and two hundred and eighty five pounds. Tim Tebow was the youngest of five children. He and his siblings were all homeschooled by their parents and his parents influenced their Christian beliefs to them. In 1996, a law was passed in Florida allowing homeschoolers to compete in sporting events for the high school in their district. Tim took advantage of that law and attended Trinity Christian Academy in his hometown of Jacksonville and he played tight end. But in 2003 he moved into an apartment with his mom in nearby St. Johns County, allowing him to play quarterback for the struggling football team of Allen D. Nease high school. His great performance led to a big controversy on which high school he should actually be attending.
But with grace they let him have his choice on which high school to attend. Tebow came to national prominence by his junior year. He was known for his throwing and running ability and his intensity of competitiveness. Later that year, he injured his right leg during the first half of the game. He thought it was just cramping so he played the rest of the game including a twenty-nine yard rushing touchdown. It turns out it was a broken fibula and not cramping. After the game when they realized what the actual injury it was, he was held out of the rest of his junior …show more content…
season. However that year, he was named Florida’s player of the year and he became a huge college football quarterback prospect. During his senior year, he led Nease to a state title, earned All-State honors, was named Florida’s Mr. Football. He also was back to back Florida Player of the year. He played in the U.S Army All American bowl which was held in San Antonio, Texas and it was shown on National Television. It featured the top 78 senior high school football players in the nation. Tebow was the subject of an ESPN “Faces of Sports” documentary. The segment was titled “Tim Tebow, the Chosen One”. It focused on his homeschool controversy and his mission work in the Philippines, his athletic features, and his college football recruiting process. He was also featured in Sports Illustrated, a page called “Faces in the Crowd”. In 2007, he was named to Florida State Athletic Association’s all century team that listed the top 33 players in the state of Florida’s 100 year-history of high school football. Even in spite of his parents ties to the University of Florida, he considered other schools such as The University of Alabama. One of the reasons he considered Florida was because of Coach Urban Meyer’s spread offense. The spread offense was Tim Tebow’s best bet as a quarterback due to his running ability. So he enrolled at the University of Florida. Prior to enrolling for school, he spent three summers doing missions work back in the Philippines. Even though he had a strong showing in his scrimmage against Florida’s defence, Coach Meyers named named him the second string behind Chris Leak. As a backup throughout the season, Tebow was a huge contributor to their 2006 successful season. He made his college debut coming off the bench to a goal line situation against Southern Miss. He rushed for a touchdown on a designed scramble play for him as his first play. In his next game, he led the team in rushing yards against UCF. Tebow made his first SEC college debut against the Tennessee Volunteers on September 16th. Tebow’s biggest game was against the LSU tigers on October 7th. He had all three of the gators touchdowns, passing for two and rushing for another. Tebow also played in a huge role in the BCS National Championship against Ohio State. He threw for a touchdown and rushed for another. Ending the game with 39 rushing yards total. By the end of the season, he was Florida’s second leading rusher. As the start of the 2007 season, he was named the starting quarterback. Although people began questioning his throwing ability, he threw 13 for 17 with 300 yards and 3 touchdowns in their opening game against Western Kentucky. Tebow finished the regular season with the second highest passing efficiency. He also averaged 4 yards per carry on the ground. Tebow reached several accolades that season. Including; Florida’s record with single game rushing yards from a quarterback, SEC season rushing touchdown record, career high of single game rushing touchdowns which he had five. Lastly he had the most touchdowns in the SEC which was 55. On December 8th, of 2007, Tim was awarded with the heisman trophy.
He finished ahead of many stud athletes. Including; Derren McFadden from Arkansas, Colt Brennan from Hawaii, and Chase Daniel from Missouri. Tim was the first sophomore to ever win the heisman trophy. He finished the season as the only player to have 20 touchdowns in both categories. He had 32 passing touchdowns and 23 rushing touchdowns. Tim Tebow had the most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in FBS history. Tebow was the third player to win the heisman at Florida, following Steve Spurrier and Danny Wuerfel. In 2010 there was a new rule made in the NCAA. It was called the Tebow Rule. This rule banned all messages on eye paint. During Tebow’s football games, he frequently wore bible verses under his eyes. In the 2009 BCS championship, he wore the verse John 3:16. The verse was the highest google searched term for over the next 24 hours, with over 90 million google searches! Tebow stated after that event; “it just goes to show you the influence and platform that you have as a student athlete and a quarterback at Florida.” Tim graduated Florida in 2009. After his graduation he went out for the NFL
draft. Tebow was selected in the first round, 25th pick overall. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos. The head coach Josh McDaniels had a statement after the draft about him, “He has all the traits you look for. It’s a good pic.” The coach also stated that he wasn’t going to start Tebow as a rookie, but he will play him when he is ready. Tebow wore the jersey number 15, the same number that he wore in college. Tim set a record for the most jerseys sold throughout the 2010 season. On July 29th, he signed a contract for a five year deal getting paid 11.25 million. Tebow finished his rookie season playing six games as a back up and he started in the last three games. He threw for a total of 654 yards with five touchdowns and three interceptions. He rushed for 227 yards and ran for six touchdowns. Tim has a program called the “Tebow Foundation” which is an outreach to kids with needs. He has been to over 200 proms escorting young girls with down syndrome and other diseases like that. He has opened a hospital in the Philippines called the “Tebow Cure Hospital”. Tim Tebow has made an impact through his faith, game plan, and actions. From receiving many top awards to helping those in need, Tim has and continues to use his life to be a light for Christ in all that he does. Tim Tebow says, “Regardless of what happens, I still honor my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, because at the end of the day, that's what's important, win or lose… We need to get back to one nation under God, and be role models for kids,” and that indeed is what he does.
Instructed by the NFL not to use his career to publicize his personal, religious beliefs, Tim Tebow didn't throw a fit. Instead, he became physically involved and active in his cause and community. He's been criticized time and time again, however, he has continued his efforts towards his cause. Others don't agree with him, yet he's not acting out, offending large groups, to try to get his point across. He's putting in hard work to be the change he wants to see.
No college wanted anything to do with Chris Herren, except coach Jerry Tarkanian at Fresno State University. Chris got a chance to start over, however was reluctant to leave his family and friends and move over three thousand miles away. His fiancé Heather talked him into the offer,...
In 1972, he had a Passer Rating of 157.5 in a game. A rare perfect rating would be 158.3. In 1973, he had an amazing season where he brought the Broncos to their first ever winning season. That season he earned a First Team All-AFC, led the AFC in touchdown passes, and earned the Broncos offensive MVP. In 1974, he led the NFL in yards per pass attempt with 8.1 yards. In 1975, he played his final season and retired. He became the Broncos quarterback coach for the 1976 season, then retired from that right after. In 1977, the Broncos went to their first super bowl, the year after Charley Johnson retired. He ranks 7th in most touchdowns by a Broncos quarterback, and 9th in most yards. In 1986, Charley Johnson was inducted into the Broncos Ring of Fame.
Herschel played running back for the University of Georgia, where he was a 3-time All-American and winner of the 1982 Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award. He is the only player in NCAA history to finish in the top 3 in Heisman voting every season he played football, winning it his junior year. He is also the only player in the NCAA to be in the top 10 in rushing yards and have only played 3 years. During his freshman season in 1980, Walker set the NCAA freshman rushing record and finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting. Also, Walker was the first true freshmen to become a first-team All-American. He also would play a major role in helping Georgia go undefeated and win a nation title during the 1980 season, his freshman year. He has been named by
Therefore, he joined the team, and was dubbed too sensitive for the game, and later quit the team. However, when Barnes entered high school, he was put on a bodybuilding program, by the high schools weight lifting coach, Mr. Tucker, who showed a genuine interest in Barnes’ drawings. Through Mr. Tucker’s constant encouragement, Barnes was able to reinvent himself, graduating from high school with twenty-six football scholarships, as well as the respect of the community (Artist Vitae, 1999).
Brett Favre grew up idolizing a pair of Southern quarterbacks, the Saints' Archie Manning and the Cowboys' Staubach. He grew up in Kiln, Mississippi and went to high school in there. His high school, Hancock North Central, honored him this past May by re-naming the field, 'Brett Favre Field,' and unveiling a life-sized statue of the quarterback at the stadium's entrance. The school previously had retired his jersey, Number 10, in 1993. He stayed in the south to go to college where he went to Southern Miss. He became the starter at Southern Miss in his third game of his freshman season. Favre majored in special education. He led his Southern Mississippi team to 29 victories, including two bowl victories, during his four varsity seasons, 1987-90, and climaxed his collegiate career by earning a MVP award in the East-West Shrine game featuring the nation's best seniors. Favre set school records for passing yards (8,193), pass attempts (1,234), completions (656), completion percentage (53.2), touchdowns (55), and with only 35 interceptions. His production included five 300-yard passing games and five 3-TD performances, while his 7,695 regular-season passing yards ranked him among the top 30 of all-time NCAA passers. His 1.57 interception ratio in 1988 was the lowest among the 50 top-ranked passers in the nation, and his 2.9 interception rate for his four-year career also ranks as one of the best in NCAA history. Also he was the MVP of the All-American Bowl at the conclusion of his senior year. All those records and stats and that was only in college!!!
In 1988 Brett had his big break. He broke the school record of touchdowns by throwing
...voted an All-American and served as co-captain in both the East-West Shrine Game and the Senior Bowl.” (http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/huffsam.shtml) After attending West Virginia University for four years and being a key member on their football team, Huff’s talent took him further than the college level of football. His athletic ability made it possibly for him to have a shot in the National Football League. Huff was drafted in the third round of the 1956 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. Huff continued his professional football career with the New York Giants until 1964 when the Washington Redskins offered him almost twice as much pay as the New York Giants did. Huff then retired in 1968.
...y would argue that no other quarterback will be able to ever match his level of success. Even though he was interested in other sports as a young boy, it is crystal clear that he was supposed to play football. At six feet five inches and 230 pounds, we can assume that he would be a formidable opponent in any sport; but looks don't count. Actions are what count, and Peyton has certainly delivered in that department.
He was a summer intern at the law business she worked for, and she was assigned as a mentor to him. They eventually fell in love and married in October 1992. She is a very committed mother and considers her family her first priority.
During his time at the University of Florida, Tim Tebow was known as one of the greatest college football players ever. He won two National Championships and a Heisman trophy, which is the award given to the best player in college football. During this time period in college footbal,l players such as Reggie Bush and others were involved with investigations regarding illegal benefits being given to players by agents and boosters. Needless to say, Tim was never associated or involved in these investigations or crimes.
...ol almost every day, especially if one is looking into being recruited. Troy likely knows this, and it is just one more way he can keep his son from football (Wilson 1303).
The book Playing with purpose is a biography written by Mike Yorkey. It is about three young men Sam Bradford, Colt McCoy, and Tim Tebow. They were all college football players at the university of Oklahoma, Texas, and Florida. As these athletes were going to play football at college and in the NFL they took the Lord into their lives.
When it came to football, Tillman busted his butt everyday in practice to prove himself. During the off season he was always doing something active from climbing giant cliffs to running in marathons. He was also hard working in the classroom. He graduated college in three and a half years with a 3.85 GPA. There were many close games and all Tillman’s team needed was one touchdown to win. He would turn to his coach and say “coach, give me the ball, I’ll get it done.” And almost every time, he did get the job done. If you ever knew or heard the story about Tillman, you would know that he was very hard
in Florida. “He and Tabitha Spruce married in January of 1971. He met Tabitha in the