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Founded in 1967, the National Football League Alumni Association is the most well-known and well-respected retired player organization. The NFLA is non-profit organization comprised mainly of retired National Football League players, coaches, professionals, cheerleaders, spouse and associate members. The focus of NFL Alumni is to serve, assist and inform players in their post-NFL lives. The Association offers a variety of medical, financial, educational and social programs to keep members and their families healthy, productive and connected.

With our dual mission of "Caring For Our Own" and "Caring For Kids", NFL Alumni is an advocate for all former players while also engaging them to give back to their communities by raising funds for youth charities. NFL Alumni members are organized into chapters around the country and with a history going back to 1967, the NFL Alumni's fundraising efforts typically raise more than $1 million per year for charity.

The NFL Alumni is a dues-paying membership association. Anyone who ever played professional football qualifies to join as a Player member while team personnel are Professional Members. Individuals who did not play in the NFL may enroll in a limited category as Associate Members.

Since 1982 the NFL Alumni has held the Player of the Year Awards Dinner honoring the top 10 players and coach from the previous NFL season. The players are honored by a unique voting process in which former players cast ballots for their modern counterparts. Former pros vote only for the positions they once played themselves.

2011 NFL Alumni Player of the Year winners

2010 Player of the Year winners

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2009 Player of the Year winners

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2008 Player of the Year Awards

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2007 Player of the Year winners

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2006 Player of the Year winners

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In addition to the Player of the Year Awards, the NFL Alumni also honors past or current players with its Spirit Award for youth-oriented community service, Order of the Leather Helmet Award for individuals who "have made significant contributions to the game of professional football" and the Career Achievement Award given to those "whose accomplishments on and off the field demonstrate the higher values promoted by the organization." The winner of the 2010 Spirit Award was Dallas Cowboys running back Felix Jones. [citation needed]

NFL Alumni Order of the Leather Helmet

Awarded to individuals who have made significant contributions to the game of professional football.

NFL Alumni Career Achievement Award

Awarded to individuals whose accomplishments on and off the field demonstrate the higher values promoted by the organization.

References

  1. ^ "Maurice Jones-Drew Named Alumni's Player of the Year" (Press release). NFL Alumni. February 8, 2012. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012.
  2. ^ "NFL Alumni Names Winners of 2010 Player of the Year Awards". NFLAlumni.org. February 5, 2011. Archived from the original on February 9, 2011.
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