American football player

Matthew Stafford

John Matthew Stafford is an American professional football quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs, receiving first-team All-American honors in 2008, and was selected first overall by the Detroit Lions in the 2009 NFL draft. Ranking in the top 10 of all time in pass attempts, pass completions, passing yards, and passing touchdowns, Stafford is currently sixth all time in passing yards per game and the fastest player in NFL history to have reached 40,000 career passing yards.

Born

1988

February 7

Died

Living

Era

1980s

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Matthew, in brief

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Key dates

1988 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

457 Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.
987 Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II.
1285 A synod at Blachernae convened by anti-Unionist Greek clergy condemns the former pro-Unionist patriarch John XI of Constantinople.
1301 Edward of Caernarvon (later King Edward II of England) becomes the first English Prince of Wales.

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The world in 1988

When Matthew arrived

april 10 The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.
april 14 The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
april 14 In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
april 18 The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on February 7

Aaron Ekblad 1996– Canadian ice hockey player Alexandre Daigle 1975– Canadian ice hockey player Alfred Adler 1870–1937 Austrian-Scottish psychologist and therapist (died 1937) Deborah Ann Woll 1985– American actress Empress Anna of Russia (died 1740) 1693– Erkki Melartin 1875–1937 Finnish composer (born 1875) Eubie Blake 1887–1983 American pianist and composer (born 1887) Frank Hyde 1916– Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2007) Juwan Howard 1973– American basketball player and coach

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1988

Rihanna 1988– Barbados actor Aroldis Chapman 1988– Cuban baseball player Artem Anisimov 1988– Russian ice hockey player Ashleigh Murray 1988– American actress and singer Ashton Eaton 1988– American decathlete Benedikt Höwedes 1988– German footballer Brad Sinopoli 1988– Canadian football player Carl Hagelin 1988– Swedish ice hockey player Chris Ivory 1988– American football player

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