![]() ![]() Shaquem Griffin - born 2 minutes after Shaquill Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty ImagesĪ pair of NFL legends with July birthdays Shaquill Griffin - born July 20th, 1995 Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Julian Peterson - played for Seattle from 2006-2008 born July 28th, 1978 Photo by John Medina/NFLPhotoLibrary Pete Kendall - played for Seattle from 1996-2000 born July 9th, 1973 Jay Bellamy - played for Seattle from 1994-2000 born July 8th, 1972 Paul Moyer - played for Seattle from 1983-1989 born July 26th, 1961 Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty ImagesĬhad Brown - played for Seattle from 1997-2004 born July 12th, 1970 Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images Terry Taylor - played for Seattle from 1984-1988 and again in 1994 born July 18th, 1961 ![]() Michael Jackson (not the pop star) - played for Seattle from 1979-1986 born July 15th, 1957 Photo By Jim Preston/The Denver Post via Getty Images Ron Essink - played for Seattle from 1980-1986 first player ever drafted out of Grand Valley State (10th round, 1980) scored the only touchdown in a 51-7 loss to Dallas his rookie year (notable because he was an Offensive Tackle) born July 30th, 1958 MVLive file photo Wright - played his entire career (so far) in Seattle (2011-2020) born July 23rd, 1989 Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports the rest will be “age before beauty”.īrian Blades - played his entire career in Seattle (1988-1998) born July 24th, 1965 I am going to play favorites with a few of these. Jared Hocker - born July 11th, 1998 Photo by Daniel Dunn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Jake Curhan - born July 9th, 1998 Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images Marquise Blair - born July 18th, 1997 Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Penny Hart - born July 15th, 1996 Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images Will Dissly - born July 8th, 1996 Photo by Kiyoshi Mio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Rebilas-USA TODAY Sportsĭanny Etling - born July 22nd, 1994 Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports Jordan Simmons - born July 15th, 1994 Mark J. Gabe Jackson - born July 12th, 1991 Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images Note: Age before beauty so that I don’t appear to be playing favorites. Seattle currently has 8 players on the roster who were born in the month of July. Players on the current Seahawks roster with July birthdays Me? I am from here (born in Michigan, raised in Washington) and I am celebrating our nation’s 245th birthday by celebrating the Seahawks! Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty ImagesĪ couple of days ago, Mookie asked all of us where we are from and what we are doing this weekend to celebrate our nation’s birthday. While it is true that the organization was technically (and officially) “born” two years earlier, in 1974, when Seattle was awarded one of the league’s two expansion franchises, everyone I know considers 1976 the franchise’s actual birthyear. Game PDFs are courtesy of the Wayback Machine - and are pretty fun to look at! I have always been a fan of symmetry and as a fan of symmetry, I have always loved the fact that the Seahawks organization began play shortly after our country’s 200th birthday - with their first preseason game taking place on August 1st, 1976 and their first regular season game kicking off in the Kingdome at 1:09pm PST on September 12th, 1976.
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