American football and baseball player and sportscaster

Tim Tebow

Timothy Richard Tebow is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons, primarily with the Denver Broncos. Tebow played college football for the Florida Gators, becoming the first underclassman to win the Heisman Trophy and leading the team to two BCS National Championship titles in 2006 and 2008. At the conclusion of his collegiate career, Tebow held the Southeastern Conference's records for career passing efficiency and rushing touchdowns. He was selected by the Broncos in the first round of the 2010 NFL draft.

Born

1987

August 14

Died

Living

Era

1980s

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Tim, in brief

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Key dates

1987 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

-74 A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan.
-29 Octavian holds the second of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.
1040 King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.
1183 Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan.

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The world in 1987

When Tim arrived

april 11 The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
april 21 The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
april 27 The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
april 4 Garuda Indonesia Flight 032 crashes at Medan Airport, killing 23.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on August 14

Charlotte Fowler Wells 1814– American phrenologist and publisher (died 1901) David Crosby 1941–2023 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023) Earl Weaver 1930–2013 American baseball player and manager (died 2013) Hector Crawford 1913– Australian director and producer (died 1991) Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji 1892–1988 English pianist, composer, and critic (died 1988) Morten Olsen 1949– Danish footballer Paolo Sarpi 1552–1623 Italian writer (died 1623) Stanley A. McChrystal 1954– American general Steve Martin 1945– American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and screenwriter

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1987

Andre Russell 1987– Jamaican cricketer Andrew Cogliano 1987– Canadian ice hockey player Brooklyn Decker 1987– American model and actress Carlos Quintero 1987– Colombian footballer Carolina Kostner 1987– Italian figure skater Charlotte Henshaw 1987– English swimmer Chelsea Manning 1987– American soldier and intelligence analyst Dana Vollmer 1987– American swimmer Daniel Hudson 1987– American baseball player

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