A Football Life
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First Air DateSep 15, 2011
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ProductionNFL Films
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Rotten tomato64%
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Original titleA Football Life
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ReleaseSep 15, 2011
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Overview
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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Casts

Season 1 ( 2011-09-15)
Bill Belichick - Part 1
Bill Belichick - Part 2
Reggie White & Jerome Brown
Kurt Warner
Walter Payton
Ed Sabol
Mike Ditka
Tom Landry
Al Davis

Season 2 ( 2012-09-12)
The Faces of Tebow
Ray Lewis
Tom Coughlin
Cleveland '95
Fearsome Foursome
Steve McNair: A Football Life
Eddie DeBartolo, Jr.
Chris Spielman
Jimmy Johnson
John Riggins
Barry Sanders
Marcus Allen
The Immaculate Reception

Season 3 ( 2013-09-03)
LaDainian Tomlinson
Don Shula
Darrelle Revis
Derrick Thomas
Steve Sabol
Matt Millen
Michael Strahan
Pat Summerall
Warren Sapp

Randall Cunningham

Cris Carter

The Forward Pass

Steve Gleason

The Great Wall of Dallas

Houston '93
Marty Schottenheimer
Vince Lombardi (1)
Vince Lombardi (2)
Tiki & Ronde Barber

Bill Parcells
Jerry Smith
Jerry Rice

Season 4 ( 2014-09-12)
"Mean Joe" Greene
Brandon Marshall
Sean Taylor
Warren Moon
Eric Dickerson
Doug Flutie
Terrell Davis
Ricky Williams
Earl Campbell
The Perfect Backfield
Lyle Alzado
Dick Butkus & Gale Sayers
Roger Staubach
Keenan McCardell & Jimmy Smith
2006 Rose Bowl
Bill Walsh
Joe Namath, part 1
Joe Namath, part 2

Season 5 ( 2015-09-18)
Christian Okoye
Dexter Manley
Jerome Bettis
Terrell Owens
Alan Page
Steve Largent
Dick Vermeil
Paul Brown

Mike Singletary
Charles Haley

Bruce Arians

Marshall Faulk

Season 6 ( 2016-09-16)
Curtis Martin
Rodney Harrison
Chad Johnson
Steve Young
Brett Favre
Pat Tillman
Michael Vick
Jim Brown
Steve Smith Sr.
Chuck Noll
Troy Aikman
Charles Woodson
Kevin Greene

Season 7 ( 2017-09-15)
Dan Marino
Emmitt Smith
John Madden
Wes Welker
Sam Mills
Jim Kelly
Larry Fitzgerald
Eddie George
Joe Gibbs
Jerry Jones
Aeneas Williams
John Randle
Lynn Swann & John Stallworth

Season 8 ( 2018-09-14)
Carson Palmer
Lawrence Taylor
Tony Romo
Willie McGinest
Brian Dawkins
Dwight Clark
Bill Cowher
Mike Holmgren
Cris Collinsworth
Doug Williams
Thurman Thomas
Season 10 ( 2021-09-17)
Nick Saban
James Harrison
Calvin Johnson
Drew Pearson
John Lynch
Season 11 ( )
Joe Theismann
Rod Woodson
Edgerrin James
Julian Edelman
Franco Harris
The 1972 Miami Dolphins

