NFL Network celebrates Women’s History Month with programming throughout March, including Linda Jefferson: Diary of the Forgotten GOAT and NFL 360: Women In Football, telling the stories of the enduring impact of women throughout football.
Linda Jefferson: Diary of the Forgotten GOAT premiered Thursday, March 16 during Good Morning Football at 7 a.m. EDT on NFL Network, which explores the untold career of one of the greatest running backs of all time, Linda Jefferson. In the 1970s, Jefferson starred for the Toledo Troopers of the National Women’s Football League (NWFL), where she rushed for over 1,000 yards in five straight seasons and finished her career with more touchdowns than Jim Brown. This feature, produced and directed by Emmy-Award winner, Kayona Ebony Brown, tells the story of a sports pioneer through the words of Jefferson’s diary she kept during her playing days.
“Linda Jefferson’s story is one of triumph and perseverance in a time where women playing a game like football was unheard of,” said Shayna Haynes, Executive Producer. “She’s living proof that female athletes can achieve anything when given the opportunity and space to succeed.”
NFL 360’s Women In Football episode premiered Friday, March 17 at 8 p.m. EDT on NFL Network. The latest episode of the Emmy Award-winning series is produced by an all-female storytelling team. This annual special has been nominated for a Sports Emmy in each of the past four years and details the women that make a profound impact in the game of football, around the world.
The full and short versions of the Linda Jefferson story can be found online at NFL.com. The short version airs throughout linear programming while the full 11-minute version lives across NFL streaming platforms.
Full: https://www.nfl.com/videos/the-diary-of-a-forgotten-goat-linda-jefferson-x6586. You can also download the video via Kayona’s website at: https://kayonabrown.com/footballs-forgotten-goat.
Short: https://www.nfl.com/videos/the-diary-of-a-forgotten-goat-linda-jefferson