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Husain Abdullah

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حسين عبدالله

American football safety (born 1985) from Los Angeles who played seven NFL seasons with Minnesota and Kansas City; a practising Muslim who fasted Ramadan in season, sat out 2012 to perform the Hajj with his brother Hamza, and retired in 2016 after five concussions.

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athlete
Region
Americas & Oceania
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The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani · Abbas Kiarostami · Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari · Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda · Abd al-Rahman Badawi

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    Hamza Abdullah

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    Hamza Abdullah

    Sources

    • Husain Abdullah — English Wikipedia
    • Husain Abdullah — Wikidata
    • Husain Abdullah — Sports Illustrated on the 2014 prayer penalty
    Cite this page

    islam.museum contributors. “Husain Abdullah”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/husain-abdullah/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-06.

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    Hamza Abdullah

    American football safety (born 1983) from Los Angeles, drafted by Tampa Bay in 2005 and later with Denver, Cleveland and Arizona; raised a devout Muslim, he sat out the 2012 season with his younger brother Husain to perform the Hajj.