Jim Sweeney (American football)
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James Joseph Sweeney is a former American football
center
and guard
who played 16 seasons in the National Football League
. He played for the Jets for 11 years, then the Seahawks for 1 year, and finally the Steelers for 4 years.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
center
Center (American football)
Center is a position in American football and Canadian football . The center is the innermost lineman of the offensive line on a football team's offense...
and guard
Guard (American football)
In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team....
who played 16 seasons in the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
. He played for the Jets for 11 years, then the Seahawks for 1 year, and finally the Steelers for 4 years.