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Herschel Walker

Herschel Walker

Acting

Biography

Herschel Junior Walker (born March 3, 1962) is an American former professional football running back who played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs, where he won the Heisman Trophy as a junior and is often regarded as the greatest college running back and player of all time. He spent the first three seasons of his professional career with the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League (USFL) and was the league's MVP during its final season in 1985. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons. He was also the Republican nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia and is the nominee for United States Ambassador to the Bahamas under President Donald Trump. Description above from the Wikipedia article Herschel Walker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?
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In 1983 the upstart United States Football League (USFL) had the audacity to challenge the almighty NFL. The new league did the unthinkable by playing in the spring and plucked three straight Heisman Trophy winners away from the NFL. The 12-team USFL played before crowds that averaged 25,000, and started off with respectable TV ratings. But with success came expansion and new owners, including a certain high profile and impatient real estate baron whose vision was at odds with the league’s founders. Soon, the USFL was reduced to waging a desperate anti-trust lawsuit against the NFL, which yielded an ironic verdict that effectively forced the league out of business. Now, almost a quarter of a century later, Academy Award-nominated and Peabody Award-winning director Mike Tollin, himself once a chronicler of the league, will showcase the remarkable influence of those three years on football history and attempt to answer the question, “Who Killed the USFL?”

Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL?

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