馃毃馃毃CRAZIEST STAT EVER馃毃馃毃 Legendary coaches Mike Ditka, Paul Brown, Don Shula, Chuck Noll, Urban Meyer, Jim Harbaugh, Nick Saban, Bo Schembechler, Lou Holtz, Bob Stoops, Les Miles, Ara Parseghian, Jim Tressel, Don James, Bill Cowher, Woody Hayes, Curt Cignetti, and Mike McCarthy were all born or raised within this 315-mile area. 18 football icons 馃く

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Hard living and manual labor creates a toughness custom fit for football. Deindustrialization is an American tragedy
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And I still hear people asking "why is the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton Ohio?"
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And Chuck Knox
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Harbaugh is a little outside that circle.
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Missing a few, coal, steel, industrial that forged the foundation of strong men , canton Ohio epicenter, we鈥檙e different western pa into eastern Ohio
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Jon Gruden was also born in Sandusky, Ohio and Mike Vrabel is from Athens, Ohio. I鈥檓 sure there鈥檚 more.
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Northeast Ohio is the home of football gods!
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A similar analysis would reveal several HOF players as well. Ohio and Western PA was a cradle of football legends.
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You鈥檙e forgetting Kirk Ferentz
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Marty Schottenheimer, Canonsburg, PA, just south of Pittsburgh..
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Plus Dom Capers, Cambridge, Ohio. 馃張
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Jimbo Fisher. If you鈥檙e going to include Curt with one NC. He has two, one as OC and one as HC.
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Not coincidentally Dorsett Montana Kelly Marino Namath Kosar .a little further north-Belitnekoff a little further East- Hamm .. and I鈥檓 missing a few
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Yes, the breadbasket of football is Ohio. Pissburgh only had a couple due to proximity, families spread out and ended up over the border.
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Left out Gruden
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That circle isn鈥檛 totally accurate lol. Urban was born in Ashtabula which is more northeast in Ohio 馃槅
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In this screen shot it shows 7 NFL teams in close proximity to each other! Colts Bengals Browns Bills Lions Steelers Commanders Looks like a short bus ride to all of them. This just might be the football hub of America
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Want to throw John McKay, Fielding Yost, Jimbo Fisher, Rich Rodriguez,Ben Schwartzenwalder in there, too,whilel youreat it.
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The area of US famous for work ethic and basic values/common sense!
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And somehow Pittsburgh's own Baldwin High School graduate Dave Wannstedt (Miami, Da Bears鈥揌C, DC guru) was left off this list.
Dave Wannstedt

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Don鈥檛 forget the legendary Kirk Ferentz He was raised right in that area as well
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MARTY SCHOTTENHEIMER
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That is amazing. Blue collar upbringing created a tougher more resilient individual who realized the solution to their problems rested with themselves. They forged ahead without excuses. The best people.
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And the Pro Football Hall of Fame is right about in the center of that circle in Canton, OH! 馃張 猸曪笍馃檶馃徏鉂楋笍猸曪笍
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Ohio (13) Paul Brown, Don Shula, Chuck Noll, Urban Meyer, Jim Harbaugh, Bo Schembechler, Bob Stoops, Les Miles, Ara Parseghian, Jim Tressel, Don James, Woody Hayes, Lou Holtz Pennsylvania (4) Mike Ditka, Bill Cowher, Curt Cignetti, Mike McCarthy West Virginia (1) Nick Saban
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No wonder the Pro Football HOF is located in the center of your circle at Canton, OH.
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...HOME... 馃張馃馃┓
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Also, Jon Gruden
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Football runs through northeast Ohio
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O-H!!
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Northeast Ohio.. football is everything up here
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also John McVay, born in Bellaire, OH. asst at mich st, head coach at Dayton and the WFL Memphis Southmen and asst with the Giants before moving to the front office mainly with the 49'ers from 1980 to 1999
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John Harbaugh has won a Super Bowl and is a heck of a coach, wonder why did you miss him?
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You forgot Larry Kehres.
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And Western PA produced the greatest players too
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The tri state area is the cradle of legendary football figures. Do QBs from here next
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