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 United Kingdom may still be played at Wembley Stadium. The success of the International Series has led to speculation that London will be chosen as home of an NFL franchise in the future. Channel 4 were the first British channel to broadcast American football, in 1982. Coverage of the 1982 season involved broadcasting highlights of one game a week, and culminated in the first ever live broadcast of the Super Bowl in Britain, for which Channel 4 paid NBC £100,000. The sport became so popular in the mid-1980s that the Super Bowl regularly attracted more than 4 million viewers. Channel 4 ceased