Jerry Rice is an American professional gridiron football player whom many consider the greatest wide receiver in the history of the National Football League (NFL). Playing primarily for the San Francisco 49ers, he set a host of NFL records, including tho
Also known as: gridiron football, the gridiron sport Written by Michael Oriard Emeritus Professor of American Literature and Culture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Author ofSporting with the Gods: The Rhetoric of Play and Game in American Culture;Reading... ...