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Jim Speros

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Jim Speros (born February 17, 1959) is an American businessman and former American football player and coach from Great Falls, Virginia, (Fairfax County), best known for his ownership of teams in the southern American expansion phase of the Canadian Football League and United Football League. [1]

61 relations: All-America, American football, Arlington County, Virginia, Art Modell, Baltimore Ravens, Baltimore Stallions, Bill Mayer, BlackBerry Limited, Buffalo Bills, Canada, Canadian Football League, Canadian Football League in the United States, Catholic Church, Centreville, Virginia, Clemson Tigers football, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Browns relocation controversy, De La Salle Brothers, Doug Williams (quarterback), Fairfax County, Virginia, Fortune 500, Great Falls, Virginia, Grey Cup, Hartford Colonials, Joe Gibbs, Larry Smith (Canadian politician), Linebacker, Major League Baseball, Marriott Corporation, Maryland, Memorial Stadium (Baltimore), Military Bowl, Montgomery County, Maryland, Montreal, Montreal Alouettes, National Football League, Norfolk, Virginia, Northern Virginia, Pennsylvania State University, Potomac, Maryland, Purcellville, Virginia, Robert C. Wetenhall, Running back, Seattle Seahawks, South Riding, Virginia, St. John's College High School, Sterling, Virginia, Temple Owls football, ..., United Football League (2009–12), United States, University of Maryland, College Park, University of Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Destroyers, Washington Nationals, Washington Redskins, Washington, D.C., 1982 Washington Redskins season, 1983 NFL Draft. Expand index (11 more) »

All-America

An All-America team is a hypothetical American sports team composed of outstanding amateur players.

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American football

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington County is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia, often referred to simply as Arlington or Arlington, Virginia.

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Art Modell

Arthur Bertram "Art" Modell (June 23, 1925 – September 6, 2012) was an American businessman, entrepreneur and National Football League (NFL) team owner.

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Baltimore Ravens

The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Baltimore Stallions

The Baltimore Stallions (known officially as the "Baltimore Football Club" and previously as the "Baltimore CFL Colts" in its inaugural season) were a Canadian Football League team based in Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States, which played the 1994 and 1995 seasons.

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Bill Mayer

William E. Mayer is the former owner of the now-defunct United Football League's Virginia Destroyers.

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BlackBerry Limited

BlackBerry Limited is a Canadian multinational company specializing in enterprise software and the Internet of things.

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Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Canadian Football League

The Canadian Football League (CFL; Ligue canadienne de football, LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada.

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Canadian Football League in the United States

The Canadian Football League (CFL), the sole major professional sports league in the United States and Canada to feature only teams from Canada, has made efforts to gain further audience in the United States, most directly through expansion into the country from 1993 to 1995.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with more than 1.299 billion members worldwide.

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Centreville, Virginia

Centreville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States and a suburb of Washington, D.C. The population was 71,135 at the 2010 census.

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Clemson Tigers football

The Clemson Tigers, known traditionally as the "Clemson University Tigers", represent Clemson University in the sport of American football.

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Clemson University

Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant and sea-grant research university in Clemson, South Carolina.

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Clemson, South Carolina

Clemson is a city in Pickens and Anderson counties in the U.S. state of South Carolina.

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Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Cleveland Browns relocation controversy

The Cleveland Browns relocation controversy, sometimes referred to by fans as "The Move", was the decision by then-Browns owner Art Modell to relocate the National Football League (NFL)'s Cleveland Browns from its long-time home of Cleveland to Baltimore during the 1995 NFL season.

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De La Salle Brothers

The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (also known as the Christian Brothers, the Lasallian Brothers, the French Christian Brothers, or the De La Salle Brothers; Frères des écoles chrétiennes; Fratres Scholarum Christianarum) is a Catholic religious teaching congregation, founded in France by Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651–1719), and now based in Rome.

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Doug Williams (quarterback)

Douglas Lee Williams (born August 9, 1955) is a former American football quarterback and former head coach of the Grambling State Tigers football team.

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Fairfax County, Virginia

Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a predominantly suburban county — with urban and rural pockets — in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Fortune 500

The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks 500 of the largest United States corporations by total revenue for their respective fiscal years.

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Great Falls, Virginia

Great Falls is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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Grey Cup

The Grey Cup (Coupe Grey) is the name of both the championship game of the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the trophy awarded to the victorious team playing Canadian football.

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Hartford Colonials

The Hartford Colonials, originally the New York Sentinels, were a professional American football team that played in the United Football League in its 2009 and 2010 seasons.

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Joe Gibbs

Joe Jackson Gibbs (born November 25, 1940) is a former American football coach, current NASCAR Championship team owner, and former NHRA team owner.

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Larry Smith (Canadian politician)

Larry W. Smith, CQ (born April 28, 1951) is an athlete, businessperson and member of the Senate of Canada.

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Linebacker

A linebacker (LB or backer) is a playing position in American football and Canadian football.

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Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization, the oldest of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

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Marriott Corporation

Marriott Corporation was a hospitality company that operated from 1927 until 1993, founded by J. Willard Marriott and Frank Kimball as Hot Shoppes, Inc. In 1957, Marriott Corporation opened its first hotel in Arlington County, Virginia, United States as the Twin Bridges Motor Hotel (demolished 1990).

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.

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Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)

Memorial Stadium was a sports stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, that formerly stood on 33rd Street (aka 33rd Street Boulevard or renamed "Babe Ruth Plaza") on an oversized block (officially designated as Venable Park, a former city park from the 1920s) also bounded by Ellerslie Avenue (west), 36th Street (north), and Ednor Road (east).

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Military Bowl

The Military Bowl, officially the Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman, is a post-season National Collegiate Athletic Association-sanctioned Division I college football bowl game that is played annually each December since 2008, and is currently played at Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland.

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Montgomery County, Maryland

Montgomery County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Maryland, located adjacent to Washington, D.C. As of the 2010 census, the county's population was 971,777, increasing by 9.0% to an estimated 1,058,810 in 2017.

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Montreal

Montreal (officially Montréal) is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada.

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Montreal Alouettes

The Montreal Alouettes (Les Alouettes de Montréal) are a professional Canadian football team based in Montreal, Quebec.

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National Football League

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC).

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Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Northern Virginia

Northern Virginia – locally referred to as NOVA – comprises several counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Pennsylvania State University

The Pennsylvania State University (commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU) is a state-related, land-grant, doctoral university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania.

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Potomac, Maryland

Potomac is a census-designated place (CDP) in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, named for the nearby Potomac River.

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Purcellville, Virginia

Purcellville is a town in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States.

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Robert C. Wetenhall

Robert C. Wetenhall, Sr. (also known as Bob Wetenhall) is the owner of the Montreal Alouettes Football Club of the Canadian Football League, having held that capacity since 1997.

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Running back

A running back (RB) is an American and Canadian football position, a member of the offensive backfield.

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Seattle Seahawks

The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football franchise based in Seattle, Washington.

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South Riding, Virginia

South Riding is a census-designated place and planned community in Loudoun County, Virginia.

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St. John's College High School

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Sterling, Virginia

Sterling, Virginia is a census-designated place (CDP) in Loudoun County, Virginia.

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Temple Owls football

The Temple Owls football team represents Temple University in the sport of college football.

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United Football League (2009–12)

The United Football League (UFL) was a professional American football league based in the United States that began play in October 2009 and played four seasons, the most recent being cut short in October 2012.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of Maryland, College Park

The University of Maryland, College Park (commonly referred to as the University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, approximately from the northeast border of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1856, the university is the flagship institution of the University System of Maryland.

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University of Richmond

The University of Richmond (UR or U of R) is a private, nonsectarian, liberal arts college located in the city of Richmond, Virginia, with small portions of the campus extending into surrounding Henrico County.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Virginia Destroyers

The Virginia Destroyers were a professional American football team based in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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Washington Nationals

The Washington Nationals are a professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East division.

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Washington Redskins

The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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1982 Washington Redskins season

The 1982 Washington Redskins season was the team's 50th in the National Football League, and 45th in Washington, D.C..

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1983 NFL Draft

The 1983 NFL Draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Speros

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