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| Film | Date | Director | Country | Source work |
Author | Date | Type | TV | Date | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Navy Blue and Gold | 1937 | Sam Wood | USA | Navy Blue and Gold | George Bruce | 1937 (?) | Novel | - | - | - |
| Jim Thorpe – All-American | 1951 | Michael Curtiz | USA | ? | Jim Thorpe | 19?? | Autobiography | - | - | - |
| Brian's Song | 1971 | Buzz Kulik | USA | I Am Third | Gale Sayers & Al Silverman | 1970 | Autobiography | Brian's Song | 2001 | USA |
| North Dallas Forty | 1979 | Ted Kotcheff | USA | North Dallas Forty | Peter Gent | 1973 | Novel | - | - | - |
| Fighting Back: The Rocky Bleier Story | 1980 | Robert Lieberman | USA | Fighting Back: The Rocky Bleier Story | Rocky Bleier | 1975 | Autobiography | - | - | - |
| Everybody's All-American | 1988 | Taylor Hackford | USA | Everybody's All-American | Frank Deford | 1981 | Novel | - | - | - |
| Any Given Sunday | 1999 | Oliver Stone | USA | On Any Given Sunday (uncredited) | Pat Toomay (uncredited) | 199? | Novel | - | - | - |
| Monday Night Mayhem | 2002 | Ernest R. Dickerson | USA | Monday Night Mayhem: The Inside Story of ABC's Monday Night Football | Bill Carter & Marc Gunther | 1988 | Non-fiction | - | - | - |
| The Junction Boys * | 2002 | Mike Robe | USA | The Junction Boys | Jim Dent | 2001 | Non-fiction | - | - | - |
| Friday Night Lights | 2004 | Peter Berg | USA | Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream | H. G. Bissinger | 1990 | Non-fiction | Friday Night Lights | 2006 | USA |
| Code Breakers * | 2005 | Rod Holcomb | USA | A Return to Glory: the Untold Story of Honor, Dishonor, and Triumph at the United States Military Academy, 1950-53 | Bill McWilliams | 2000 | Non-fiction | - | - | - |
| The Express | 2008 | Gary Fleder | USA | Ernie Davis, the Elmira Express: the Story of a Heisman Trophy Winner |
Robert C. Gallagher | 1983 | Biography | - | - | - |
| The Blind Side | 2009 | John Lee Hancock | USA | The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game | Michael Lewis | 2006 | Non-fiction | - | - | - |
| Radio | 2003 | Mike Tollin | USA | "Someone to Lean On" | Gary Smith | 1996 | Article | - | - | - |
- * television film.
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