American football player

Adam Thielen

Adam “More Than A” Thielen is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver for 13 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Minnesota State Mavericks and signed with the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2013, playing for them for 10 seasons. Thielen holds several NFL records, including eight straight games over 100+ yards receiving, and 74 receptions in the first half of a season. Thielen also played in the NFL for the Carolina Panthers and Pittsburgh Steelers.

Born

1990

August 22

Died

Living

Era

1990s

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Key dates

1990 Born

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The world in 1990

When Adam arrived

april 11 Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.
april 12 Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there.
april 12 Widerøe Flight 839 crashes after takeoff from Værøy Airport in Norway, killing five people.
april 23 Namibia becomes the 160th member of the United Nations and the 50th member of the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on August 22

Bill Parcells 1941– American football player and coach Bill Woodfull 1897–1965 Australian cricketer and educator (born 1897) Charles Percier 1764–1838 French architect and interior designer (died 1838) Deng Xiaoping 1904–1997 Chinese soldier and politician, paramount leader and 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1997) Elisabeth Murdoch 1968–2012 Australian businesswoman Henry Bachtold 1891–1983 Australian soldier and railway engineer (died 1983) James Newland 1881–1949 Australian soldier and policeman (died 1949) Rodrigo Santoro 1975– Brazilian actor Sean Rash 1982– American bowler

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1990

Asha Philip 1990– British athlete Brock Osweiler 1990– American football player Choi Woo-shik 1990– South Korean actor Chris Colfer 1990– American actor and singer Geno Smith 1990– American football player Haruma Miura 1990– Japanese actor and singer (died 2020) Im Yoon-ah 1990– South Korean singer and actress Jae Crowder 1990– American basketball player John Carlson 1990– American ice hockey player

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