Megan Gray, 10, Ewan Pinder, 9, Craig Fergus, 10, and Leah Smith, 8, got to meet Lee Lamb from the DC Presidents American football club in this photo from 2011.
The youngsters were all members of the One Voice choir at Holley Park Primary School, Washington.
Eyes on the ball during a practice session with Scott Hammond from Durham based DC Presidents American Football team.
The training session was held at Sunderland High School, in August 2012.
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