American football player and coach

Byron Leftwich

Byron Antron Leftwich is an American football coach and former quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons. He played college football for the Marshall Thundering Herd, winning MAC Most Valuable Player twice and placing sixth in Heisman voting his senior season. Leftwich was selected seventh overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2003 NFL draft. Leftwich held a starting role with the Jaguars during his first four seasons and spent the remainder of his career as a backup for the Atlanta Falcons, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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1980

January 14

Died

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1980s

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1980 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

1236 King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
1301 Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1761 The Third Battle of Panipat, the largest battle of the 18th century, is fought in India between the Afghan Durrani Empire under Ahmad Shah Durrani, and the Maratha Empire under Sadashivrao Bhau.
1784 American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States: Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain.

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The world in 1980

When Byron arrived

april 12 The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.
april 12 Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
april 12 Canadian runner and athlete, Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope Run in St. John's, NF
april 18 The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Albert Schweitzer 1875–1965 French-German physician and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1965) Carl Weathers 1948–2024 American football player and actor (born 1948) Cecil Beaton 1904–1980 English photographer, painter, and costume designer (died 1980) Hugo Steinhaus 1887– Polish mathematician and academic (died 1972) Johan Rudolph Thorbecke 1798–1872 Dutch historian, jurist, and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 1872) Jordan Ladd 1975– American actress Ken Sailors 1921– American basketball player (died 2016) Kevin Durand 1974– Canadian actor Moscelyne Larkin 1925–2012 American ballerina and educator (born 1925)

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Same-year contemporaries

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Aaron Brown 1980–2024 American journalist and academic (born 1948) Anthony Minichiello 1980– Australian rugby league player Bijou Phillips 1980– American actress and model Bradley Wiggins 1980– English cyclist Clinton Toopi 1980– New Zealand rugby league player Cody Ross 1980– American baseball player Daniel MacPherson 1980– Australian actor and television host Daniel Sedin 1980– Swedish ice hockey player D'banj 1980– Nigerian singer-songwriter and harmonica player

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