Semi-Pros in the Super Bowl

[TodMaher]

Here is a complete list of minor league players from the 1961-1971 era who played in then Super Bowl:

Bobby Bryant
Dick Capp
Earl Christy
Jim Clack
John Dockery
Jack Dolbin
Jim Duncan
Frank Gallagher
Cornelius Johnson
Curt Knight
Bob Kuechenberg
Charlie Leigh
Bob Lurtsema
Dave Manders
Carl McAdams
Chuck Mercein
Wayne Moore
Woody Peoples
Bill Rademacher
Andy Rice
Jeff Richardson
John Schmitt
Otis Sistrunk
Steve Smith
Ken Stabler
Gene Thomas
Ted Vactor
Ron Widby
Sam Wyche
Garo Yepremian

[TodMaher]

Here are the minor league (NFL Europe, XFL, UFL, etc.) players from the current era who have played in the Super Bowl:

Keith Adams
David Akers
Chris Akins
Jay Alford
Willie Andrews
Joe Andruzzi
Brendon Ayanbadejo
Remi Ayodele
Oliver Barnett
Vic Beasley
Ken Bell
Atari Bigby
Diyral Briggs
Gregg Briggs
Wilbert Brown
Daniel Brunskill
Matt Bryant
Jason Buck
Shante Carver
Byron Chamberlain
DeVone Claybrooks
George Coghill
Landon Cohen
Ricardo Colclough
Fred Coleman
Jalen Collins
Chris Cooper
Jerry Crafts
Tank Daniels
Chartric Darby
Ike Davis
Thabiti Davis
Jake Delhomme
James Develin
David Diaz-Infante
Dedrick Dodge
Dede Dorsey
Kony Ealy
Nick Eason
Antonio Edwards
Bryan Fletcher
Spencer Folau
Eric Foster
Graham Gano
Willie Gary
Cody Glenn
Kurt Gouveia
Cornell Green
Paul Green
Marrio Grier
Bobby Hamilton
Chris Hanson
Alvin Harper
Dwayne Harper
James Harrison
Steven Hauschka
Brad Henke
Kelly Herndon
Brian Holloway
Israel Idonije
Corey Ivy
Dexter Jackson
Cullen Jenkins
Brad Johnson
Dirk Johnson
Steven Johnson
Tim Johnson
Greg Jones
Mike Jones
Cato June
Emanuel King
Marcus Knight
George Koonce
Cody Latimer
Paris Lenon
Matt Lepsis
Clarence Love
Ricky Manning
Lionel Manuel
Michael Matthews
Shawn Mayer
Andy McCollum
George McCullough
Sean McHugh
Anthony Mitchell
Chris Mohr
Lance Moore
Sterling Moore
Sean Morey
Gene Mruczkowski
Yo Murphy
Kyle Nelson
Tom Nutten
Deji Olatoye
Chris Oldham
Carl Parker
James Parrish
Josh Parry
Ben Patrick
William Perry
Adrian Peterson
Jermaine Phillips
Michael Pittman
Ted Popson
Jose Portilla
Etric Pruitt
J.R. Reed
Chris Reis
Jared Retkofsky
Dominic Rhodes
Simeon Rice
Kyle Richardson
Marco Rivera
Tom Rouen
Dwayne Sabb
Todd Sauerbrun
Steve Sciullo
Josh Scobey
Sealver Siliga
Barry Sims
Rod Smart
Antonio Smith
Ed Smith
Aaron Stecker
Dave Tollefson
Keith Traylor
Lawrence Tynes
Tony Ugoh
Ray Ventrone
Kipp Vickers
Adam Vinatieri
Adam Walker
Matt Ware
Kurt Warner
Ron Warner
Brian Waters
Nate Wayne
Herb Welch
Ethan Westbrooks
Jermaine Wiggins
Michael Wilhoite
Jay Williams
Teddy Williams
Deon Yelder

[Bob Gill]

Ugh! The Virginia Sailors, Jersey City Jets, Norfolk Neptunes, Pottstown Firebirds, Waterbury Orbits, Chicago Owls, Westchester Bulls, Spokane Shockers, Wheeling Ironman and Michigan (not Detroit!) Arrows were MINOR league teams not SEMI-PRO teams.

Yes! I should've said that myself.

[JuggernautJ]

Perhaps if someone were unclear on the distinction it might be better to inform rather than being brusque with them.
Shipley started an interesting topic let's please not discourage anyone from doing the same in the future.

I would find it interesting to know, of the stated players and coaches, who went in what direction.
Who played Semi-Pro or Minor League ball before making it to the Super Bowl and who did so later.
I would imagine older ex-NFL players "going down" to the Minors might be more common than a Minor League/Semi-Pro player making it tot he Super Bowl but I don't know that for a fact...

[John Maxymuk]

Here is a complete list of minor league players from the 1961-1971 era who played in then Super Bowl:

Bobby Bryant
Dick Capp
Earl Christy
Jim Clack
John Dockery
Jack Dolbin
Jim Duncan
Frank Gallagher
Cornelius Johnson
Curt Knight
Bob Kuechenberg
Charlie Leigh
Bob Lurtsema
Dave Manders
Carl McAdams
Chuck Mercein
Wayne Moore
Woody Peoples
Bill Rademacher
Andy Rice
Jeff Richardson
John Schmitt
Otis Sistrunk
Steve Smith
Ken Stabler
Gene Thomas
Ted Vactor
Ron Widby
Sam Wyche
Garo Yepremian

Shouldn't the Packers' Bob Brown be on this list since Wheeling was a minor league team that he played on?

[Mark]

Perhaps if someone were unclear on the distinction it might be better to inform rather than censure them.
Shipley started an interesting topic let's please not discourage anyone from doing the same in the future.

I would find it interesting to know, of the stated players and coaches, who went in what direction.
Who played Semi-Pro or Minor League ball before making it to the Super Bowl and who did so later.
I would imagine older ex-NFL players "going down" to the Minors might be more common than a Minor League/Semi-Pro player making it tot he Super Bowl but I don't know that for a fact...

Mark Moseley kicked for the Fredericksburg Generals after his NFL career was over.

[Bob Gill]

I would find it interesting to know, of the stated players and coaches, who went in what direction.
Who played Semi-Pro or Minor League ball before making it to the Super Bowl and who did so later.
I would imagine older ex-NFL players "going down" to the Minors might be more common than a Minor League/Semi-Pro player making it tot he Super Bowl but I don't know that for a fact...

Most of the the ones from the 1960s that I know off the top of my head went from the minor leagues to the NFL (or AFL). A few examples: Bryant, Dolbin, Knight, Kuechenberg, Manders, Sistrunk, Stabler, Vactor, Widby, Yepremian ...