American football player and coach

Bill Parcells

Duane Charles "Bill" Parcells is an American former football coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 19 seasons. He came to prominence as the head coach of the New York Giants from 1983 to 1990, winning two Super Bowl titles. Parcells was later the head coach of the New England Patriots from 1993 to 1996, the New York Jets from 1997 to 2000, and the Dallas Cowboys from 2003 to 2006. Nicknamed "the Big Tuna", he is the only NFL coach to lead four different franchises to the playoffs and three to a conference championship game.

Born

1941

August 22

Died

Living

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1940s

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1941 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

392 Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
851 Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland, halting the expansion of West Francia.
1138 Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.
1153 Crusader–Fatimid wars: The fortress of Ascalon was surrendered by Fatimid Egypt to an army of crusaders, Templars, and Hospitallers led by King Baldwin III of Jerusalem.

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The world in 1941

When Bill arrived

april 1 Fântâna Albă massacre: Between two hundred and two thousand Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops.
april 1 A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.
april 10 World War II: The Axis powers establish the Independent State of Croatia.
april 13 A pact of neutrality between the USSR and Japan is signed.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on August 22

Adam Thielen 1990– American football player 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 1941

Ann-Margret 1941– Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer Arun Shourie 1941– Indian journalist, economist, and politician, Indian Minister of Communications Bill Freehan 1941– American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2021) Chet Jastremski 1941– American swimmer and physician (died 2014) Dave Costa 1941– American football player (died 2013) Dave Dryden 1941– Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022) David Crosby 1941–2023 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023) Dean Chance 1941–2015 American baseball player and manager (died 2015) Eddie Rabbitt 1941–1998 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)

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