London Fletcher, 4-time Pro Bowl Linebacker (Part 1)
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2018
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Episode 165
London Fletcher played 16 seasons in the NFL with the Rams, Bills and Redskins from 1998-2013. He is a 4-time Pro Bowler who was a member of the 1999 Rams team that won Super Bowl XXXIV.
He played his college football at Division III John Carroll where he was an All-American. He was undrafted in 1998 and signed with the Rams as a free agent. He would make the team out of training camp and never miss a game in his entire 16 year career. He's one of only 5 players in the history of the NFL to play in over 250 consecutive games. (256)
London is currently working at CBS Sports as an NFL analyst and just recently was named a nominee for the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2019.
In part 1 of a two-part podcast, we talk with London about being nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, growing up in a very tough environment in Cleveland, Ohio, how he overcame family tragedy to pursue a football career.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.5 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:19.8 | This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with longtime NFL linebacker London Fletcher |
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| 1:13.5 | Today's guest on the podcast, London Fletcher, played 16 seasons in the NFL with the Rams, |
| 1:20.2 | Bills, and Redskins, won a Super Bowl, his second season, Super Bowl 34, with the then-St. |
| 1:27.0 | Louis Rams in 1999. That was the Kurt Warner |
| 1:30.0 | greatest show on turf team. London made four Pro Bowls in his career. And here's the thing |
| 1:35.1 | about London. His story is incredible because he played college football at Division 3, John Carroll. |
| 1:42.9 | Not one, not 1, not 1,000, not Division 2. We're talking about Division 3, John Carroll. Not one, not 1-A, not Division 2. |
| 1:45.9 | We're talking about Division 3, John Carroll. |
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