American football player and coach

Drew Bledsoe

Drew McQueen Bledsoe is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons, primarily with the New England Patriots. He played college football for the Washington State Cougars, receiving second-team All-American honors and winning Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year in 1992. Bledsoe was selected first overall in the 1993 NFL draft by the Patriots, where he spent his first nine seasons. As the Patriots' starting quarterback, Bledsoe ended a seven-year postseason drought and led them to four playoff appearances, two division titles, and one Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl XXXI.

Born

1972

February 14

Died

Living

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1970s

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1972 Born

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748 Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
763 The death of Ibrahim ibn Abdallah marks the end of the Alid revolt of 762–763.
842 Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the Oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages.
1014 Pope Benedict VIII crowns Henry of Bavaria, King of Germany and of Italy, as Holy Roman Emperor.

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The world in 1972

When Drew arrived

april 10 Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
april 10 Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
april 13 The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
april 13 Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.

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Andrew Robinson 1942– American actor and director Fritz Zwicky 1898– Swiss-American physicist and astronomer (died 1974) Hazel McCallion 1921–2023 Canadian businesswoman and politician, 3rd Mayor of Mississauga (died 2023) Herbert A. Hauptman 1917–2011 American mathematician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2011) Jean Victor Marie Moreau 1763–1813 French general (died 1813) John Barrymore 1882–1942 American actor (died 1942) Juan Ponce Enrile 1924–2025 Filipino politician and lawyer (died 2025) Julian Scott 1846– American soldier and drummer, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1901) Kristian Thomas 1989– English gymnast

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Eminem 1972– American rapper, producer, and actor Adam Beach 1972– Canadian actor Archie Panjabi 1972– British actress Billie Joe Armstrong 1972– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer Brian Wood 1972– American writer, illustrator and graphic designer Chilly Gonzales 1972– Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer Chris Candido 1972–2005 American wrestler (born 1971) Chris Osgood 1972– Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster Christophe Beck 1972– Canadian television and film score composer and conductor

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