Where famous American football players grew up and lived

Dwayne Johnson1985–1987

📍 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Dwayne Johnson was born in Hayward, California, in May 1972, into a famous wrestling family: his father, Rocky Johnson, was a professional wrestler, and his mother, Ata, is the daughter of…

Jerry Rice1962–1980

📍 Crawford, Mississippi, USA

Jerry Rice was born in Starkville, Mississippi, in October 1962 and grew up in Crawford, a tiny rural town in the farmland of east-central Mississippi, the sixth of eight children. His…

Joe Montana1956–1974

📍 Monongahela, Pennsylvania, USA

Joe Montana was born in New Eagle, Pennsylvania, in June 1956 and grew up in nearby Monongahela, a small steel and coal town on the Monongahela River south of Pittsburgh. He was an only…

Patrick Mahomes1995–2014

📍 Tyler, Texas, USA

Patrick Mahomes was born in Tyler, Texas, in September 1995, the son of Pat Mahomes, a Major League Baseball pitcher, and Randi Martin. Tyler, known as the Rose Capital of America, is a…

Peyton Manning1976–1994

📍 Garden District, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Peyton Manning was born in New Orleans in March 1976, the middle of three sons of Archie Manning, the star quarterback of the New Orleans Saints, and Olivia, both originally from small-town…

Tom Brady1977–1995

📍 317 Portola Drive, San Mateo, CA 94403, USA

Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. was born in San Mateo, California, in August 1977, the youngest child and only son of Tom Brady Sr and Galynn Johnson, and grew up in a sports-mad household…

Travis Kelce1989–2008

📍 Cleveland Heights, Ohio, USA

Travis Kelce was born in October 1989 in the Cleveland area of Ohio and grew up in Cleveland Heights, an old, leafy inner suburb east of Cleveland, with grand early twentieth-century…

Walter Payton1954–1971

📍 Columbia, Mississippi, USA

I was born in Columbia, Mississippi, in July 1954, the son of Peter Payton, a factory worker, and my mother, Alyne. Columbia was a small town on the Pearl River in the piney woods of…