John Frank (American football) John Frank (American football) John E. Frank (born April 17, 1962) is an American physician and former football player. He played college football as a Tight end at Ohio State University and professionally in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Francisco 49ers from 1984 to 1988. Frank was selected by the 49ers in the second round of the 1984 NFL Draft and won two Super Bowls with the team. Frank was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Alan Frank and Barbara Sheck Frank, and is Jewish. He attended Hoover Elementary School in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, Jefferson Junior High School,
American football in the Netherlands of teams had survived, no sponsors were involved in the sport, and the level had suffered as a result. At the same time, the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europa were pulling in crowds of 12,000 for home games - many of them spectators who ten years earlier would have been supporting the teams in the Dutch competitions. American football in the Netherlands American Football in the Netherlands has been on the map both nationally and internationally since the 1980s. However, it took almost 40 years before the first American Football game played in the Netherlands was followed up. In 1946