NFL.com Voters Select Colts QB Peyton Manning & Jets RB Curtis Martin as FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Year.JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- FedEx Donates $25,000 to Children's Hospitals This is a list of children's hospitals. See also Pediatric Care. International
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FedEx (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : FDX See full-duplex. fdx - full-duplex ) and the NFL NFL abbr. National Football League NFL (US) n abbr (= National Football League) → Fußball-Nationalliga today announced the winners of the second annual FEDEX AIR & GROUND(TM) NFL PLAYERS OF THE YEAR AWARD at a press conference in Jacksonville, site of Super Bowl XXXIX Super Bowl XXXIX was the 39th championship game of the modern National Football League (NFL). The game was played on February 6, 2005, at ALLTEL Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida, following the 2004 regular season. . --Quarterback PEYTON MANNING Peyton Williams Manning (born March 24, 1976 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American football quarterback who plays for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Colts with the first overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft. of the Indianapolis Colts
--Running back CURTIS MARTIN Curtis Martin (born May 1 1973 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former American football running back. He is an alumnus of Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh. of the New York Jets In honor of the winners' great play, FedEx will donate $25,000 to St. Vincent Children's Hospital A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. in Indianapolis and Bristol-Myers Squibb Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), colloquially referred to as BMS, is a pharmaceutical corporation, formed by a 1989 merger between pharmaceutical companies Bristol-Myers Company, founded in 1887 by William McLaren Bristol and John Ripley Myers in Clinton, NY (both were Children's Hospital in New Brunswick New Brunswick, province, Canada New Brunswick, province (2001 pop. 729,498), 28,345 sq mi (73,433 sq km), including 519 sq mi (1,345 sq km) of water surface, E Canada. , NJ the local children's hospitals in each players market. Manning set the NFL's all-time single-season record for passing touchdowns with 49, surpassing Dan Marino's 1984 record of 48. He threw for 4,557 yards and posted a passer rating of 121.1, also a single-season record, while leading the Colts to the AFC (1) (Application Foundation Classes) A class library from Microsoft that provides an application framework and graphics, graphical user interface (GUI) and multimedia routines for Java programmers. South division title. Manning was nominated for the FedEx Express NFL Player of the Week award ten times and won the award in Weeks 3 and 12. He was also named the starting quarterback for the AFC in the 2005 Pro Bowl. Martin led the league in rushing yards with 1,697, joining Pro Football Hall of Famer Barry Sanders as the only two players to rush for 1,000 yards in their first 10 seasons. This season, Martin moved into fourth place on the NFL career rushing list with 13,366 yards. He was nominated for the FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week award twice and won the award for his stellar performance in Week 1. Martin was named to the 2005 AFC Pro Bowl team as a reserve. "The FedEx Air & Ground NFL Players of the Year Award recognizes players who delivered outstanding teamwork, precision, reliability and speed throughout the season," said T. Michael Glenn, Executive Vice President, FedEx Corporation. "We are proud to sponsor this annual award that honors the league's top quarterbacks and running backs; the fact that the award benefits local children's hospitals makes it that much more special." Manning and Martin were selected from among six finalists in air and ground categories. The other FedEx Express NFL Player of the Year finalists were Minnesota Vikings quarterback DAUNTE CULPEPPER and Philadelphia Eagles quarterback DONOVAN MC NABB NABB Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay (Massachusetts) NABB Nebraska Association of Bed & Breakfast NABB North American Bush Band (band) NABB National Association for Blacks in BIO . Seattle Seahawks running back SHAUN ALEXANDER and New England Patriots  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled until (UTC) due to vandalism. running back COREY
DILLON were finalists for the FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Year.More than 168,000 fans voted at NFL.com from Wednesday, January 12 through Thursday, January 27. After tabulating this season's fan voting the six finalists were chosen by a panel of NFL experts. Throughout the regular season, NFL fans voted for weekly winners on NFL.com and a donation of $5,000 was made to local children's hospitals in each winning player's market. FedEx donated nearly $250,000 to local children's hospitals around the country in recognition of the winning athletes. About FedEx FedEx Corp. provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. With annual revenues of $27 billion, the company offers integrated business applications through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world's most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 250,000 employees and contractors to remain "absolutely, positively" focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities. Below are the 2004 FedEx Air & Ground weekly winners from regular season play:
2004 FEDEX AIR & GROUND NFL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
EXPRESS (AIR) Charity GROUND Charity
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Wk 1 Donovan Children's Curtis Martin, Bristol-Myers
McNabb, PHI Hospital of NYJ Squibb
Philadelphia Children's
Hospital
Wk 2 Aaron Brooks, Children's DeShaun Children's
NO Hospital of New Foster, CAR Hospital at
Orleans Carolinas
Medical Center
Wk 3 Peyton St. Vincent Jamal Lewis, Union Memorial
Manning, IND Children's BAL Hospital
Hospital
Wk 4 Byron Wolfson Tiki Barber, Tomorrows
Leftwich, Children's NYG Children's Fund
JAX Hospital
Wk 5 Daunte Fairview Chris Brown, Neo-Natal
Culpepper, University TEN Intensive Care
MIN Children's Unit at Baptist
Hospital Hospital
Wk 6 Daunte Fairview Reuben Children's
Culpepper, University Droughns, DEN Hospital
MIN Children's Foundation
Hospital
Wk 7 Donovan Children's Crisis Rudi Johnson, Cincinnati
McNabb, PHI Treatment Center CIN Children's
Hospital
Wk 8 Drew Brees, Children's Priest Holmes, Children's Mercy
SD Hospital KC Hospital
Foundation
Wk 9 Drew Brees, Children's Jerome Bettis, Children's
SD Hospital PIT Hospital of
Foundation Pittsburgh
Wk 10 Brett Favre, Children's Derrick Children's Mercy
GB Hospital of Blaylock, KC Hospital
Wisconsin-Fox
Valley
Wk 11 Donovan Children's Crisis Edgerrin St. Vincent
McNabb, PHI Treatment Center James, IND Children's
Hospital
Wk 12 Peyton St. Vincent Rudi Johnson, Cincinnati
Manning, IND Children's CIN Children's
Hospital Hospital
Wk 13 Carson Cincinnati Julius Jones, Children's
Palmer, CIN Children's DAL Medical Center
Hospital Dallas
Wk 14 Billy Volek, Baptist Hospital LaDainian Children's
TEN - Neonatal Tomlinson, SD Hospital
Intensive Care Foundation
Unit
Wk 15 Kerry Children's Fred Taylor, Wolfson
Collins, OAK Hospital & JAX Children's
Research Center Hospital
at Oakland
Wk 16 Brett Favre, Children's Shaun Children's
GB Hospital of Alexander, Hospital and
Wisconsin-Fox SEA Regional Medical
Valley Center of
Seattle
Wk 17 Marc Bulger, St. Louis Deuce Children's
STL Children's McAllister, Hospital of New
Hospital NO Orleans
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