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Liberty City: How One Miami Neigborhood Spawned Legions of NFL Players

ESPN Daily

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Ahead of Super Bowl weekend, Mina Kimes takes you to the local Miami neighborhood that has given rise to some of the most famous NFL players in recent history: Chad Johnson, TY Hilton, Antonio Brown and Teddy Bridgewater, just to name a few. Hometown heroes Bridgewater, Hilton and Johnson give their insights into this Florida football hotbed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Can you do a quick just like introduction and say I'm from like just like that?

0:05.7

My name is Chad Johnson. I am from Liberty City. I give you my coordinates, 44th Street and 11th Avenue.

0:14.4

What is it about Liberty City? Something in the water. It's something in the water. We produce

0:20.1

some of the best skill position players to ever play the game.

0:23.6

If you don't know about us, you hear about us.

0:25.6

The Super Bowl is about to kick off in Miami's Hard Rock Stadium.

0:36.6

But the heart of football in this city exists about 10 miles south in a neighborhood called Liberty City.

0:42.9

It's an area that most visiting fans won't see, but it turns out more NFL stars than just about anywhere in the country.

0:49.9

Today, the story of the coaches, parks, and community behind this hotbed of talent and the

0:55.7

players who have given back.

0:57.8

I'm Ena Kimes.

0:59.0

It's Friday, January 31st.

1:01.6

This is ESPN Daily, presented by Indeed.

1:15.4

Gwen Cherry Park, which is in Liberty City, is where players like Colts wide receiver T.Y. Hilton and former Steeler Antonio Brown grew up playing peewee football.

1:20.7

Yesterday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell showed up here to unveil a new turf field,

1:26.5

and several local officials spoke at a ceremony to

1:28.9

commemorate the occasion. In addition to building strong children, Mr. Goodell, we build champions here.

1:39.0

The Green Cherry Park Bulls have won six, part one of Super Bowls.

1:44.5

And I think that's the total number of the Patriots have won, so we can't be doing too bad.

1:50.3

And at the moment, as we speak, there are 15 NFL players who come from this park.

1:57.3

Those NFL players include Teddy Bridgewater, Amari Cooper, Dalvin Cook, Levanti David, a remarkable list given that Liberty City is home to around 20,000 people.

2:08.4

I spoke with one of the neighborhood's youth coaches, T.Y. Hilton's father, Tyrone.

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