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name drop a possibly forgotten favorite player from your childhood

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football - Herkie Walls

basketball - Carlton Cooper

baseball - Kirk Killingsworth

59 minutes ago, Monty86 said:

Met him at a Methodist Men's Breakfast (Memorial Dr. UMC) must have been very early 70s - he was still with cougar high, I was no older than nine at the time.  Very nice dude and yes I agree quiet and humble.  Dude had some thighs.

The story back then was his wife actually sewed and tailored  his pants because his thighs were so incredibly huge.  The man was a wrecking ball

On 6/19/2019 at 8:08 AM, mininghorn88 said:

Have to go with Robert Newhouse with the Dallas Cowboys.  Originally from Hallsville, TX.  He was a quiet and humble man.  There were Newhouses still playing for Hallsville up to about 15 or so years ago.

It took too many posts before he was mentioned. The 5'9 fire hydrant with 44 inch thighs. No one could bring him down without suffering pain. Dude was the man.

IIRC, Newhouse has just as many TD passes in the SB as does HOFer Fran Tarkenton. 

One Of those Vikings that I liked was Chuck Foreman.

52 minutes ago, slorch said:

One Of those Vikings that I liked was Chuck Foreman.

He led the NFL in receptions one season, pretty cool for a RB.

I was not a kid, but Larry Centers was incredible at FB.

He changed the position from just being a "more mobile O-Guard."

As a child, living in the Dallas area, I loved the Purple People Eaters, and the Minnesota Vikings! Maybe it was their all-white uniform, because it seems as if they were always on the road?

I saw them play the Cowboys, in the playoffs, around ‘77 , and my Dad and I drank our thermos of hot chocolate before the game even started! Roger and the Boy’s won the game. Around early in the 3rd, a guy sitting a couple rows down from us, in a Snow Man costume, caught himself on fire! I guess spilt liquor, in combination of needing a cigarette caused it. It was on TV, according to my Mom, who asked us afterwards.

I even had a purple Vikings “side line” jacket, you know the kind that went to/past your knees, with an insulated hoodie. How my parents got that, in the Dallas area, was beyond me.

Duke Carlisle. QB1 on first national championship team. 

6 minutes ago, lemonandaturd said:

George Plimpton

Excellent. I debated dropping his name earlier, but I got distracted by the smell of chicken and dumplings coming from the next room.

 

One Of those Vikings that I liked was Chuck Foreman.


Yep, good call. Speaking of Chucks...

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How about Chuck Muncie?

NSIAP: George Blanda. How you can forget a guy who played every position and drove the bus, and didn't retire until he was 48, I don't know.

 

1 hour ago, msucolt45 said:

I even had a purple Vikings “side line” jacket, you know the kind that went to/past your knees, with an insulated hoodie. How my parents got that, in the Dallas area, was beyond me.

Sears catalog most likely, was how I got Cowboys stuff in Ky. 

football - Herkie Walls
basketball - Carlton Cooper
baseball - Kirk Killingsworth
I didnt think about basketball on the football thread....but i loved Kris Clack with the running horns
3 hours ago, msucolt45 said:

As a child, living in the Dallas area, I loved the Purple People Eaters, and the Minnesota Vikings! Maybe it was their all-white uniform, because it seems as if they were always on the road?

I saw them play the Cowboys, in the playoffs, around ‘77 , and my Dad and I drank our thermos of hot chocolate before the game even started! Roger and the Boy’s won the game. Around early in the 3rd, a guy sitting a couple rows down from us, in a Snow Man costume, caught himself on fire! I guess spilt liquor, in combination of needing a cigarette caused it. It was on TV, according to my Mom, who asked us afterwards.

It was discussed in the NFL goon thread with video

 

I don't know that he's really forgotten, since he's an analyst these days, but I do think people forget how fucking good this guy was

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He may have operated a screen better than anyone who's ever played the game.

On 6/20/2019 at 3:49 PM, MAROON said:

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Eugene Seale - head hunter on special teams.  I saw him almost kill Derrick Shepard on a kick off return when the Oilers beat the Redskins.

 

Even Mark May wrote about it (when not blowing guys)

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Eugene Seale picked off a pass against Denver and on the run back punched a guy in the helmet who was trying to tackle him rather than stiff-arm him.  It’s the only time in my life I’ve ever seen a ball carrier get an Unnecessary Roughness penalty....

 

EDIT - I’m wrong, this was Avon Riley not Eugene Seale...

Edited by Ignatius

Can't forget about Billy Kilmer, leader of the Over-The-Hill gang who completed more ugly duckling passes than anyone before or since.

 

 

Edited by Walden Ponderer

Jeff Leiding

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I didn't know he had passed away back in 2014 until I looked him up to add the link. Note that he had earned the Hallowed #60.

RIP, man.

Edited by DoobieWah

11 hours ago, texasdago said:

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Tony Fritch baby!!!!!

On 6/20/2019 at 10:52 PM, Walden Ponderer said:

Excellent. I debated dropping his name earlier, but I got distracted by the smell of chicken and dumplings coming from the next room.

 

+ rep for the Paper Tiger.  - rep for chicken & dumplings, which as we all know hurts chicken fried steak's strength of schedule.

On 6/21/2019 at 8:20 PM, DoobieWah said:

Jeff Leiding

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I didn't know he had passed away back in 2014 until I looked him up to add the link. Note that he had earned the Hallowed #60.

RIP, man.

Born in KC, died in St. Louis.  Boy if that ain't poetry.

On ‎6‎/‎21‎/‎2019 at 6:05 PM, Ignatius said:

Eugene Seale picked off a pass against Denver and on the run back punched a guy in the helmet who was trying to tackle him rather than stiff-arm him.  It’s the only time in my life I’ve ever seen a ball carrier get an Unnecessary Roughness penalty....

 

EDIT - I’m wrong, this was Avon Riley not Eugene Seale...

Eugene Seale was the classic overachiever.  He was from Jasper and was about a 5'9'' tall linebacker.  He was special for the Oilers, kind of like a young Willie Lanier.  

Charles Philyaw. I knew him after he retired and was working in Shreveport when I was in my 20's. Guy was one of the nicest people you could meet. Ofcourse he was broke and living with his mom in the house he bought her while he was playing for Oakland

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On 6/20/2019 at 2:44 PM, Loco said:

not forgotten, just rarely mentioned these days

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They don't make them like that anymore.

not forgotten, just rarely mentioned these days
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Watched his ‘Football Life’ today. Man was a beast.
On 6/20/2019 at 11:05 AM, MaybeACoordinator said:

What could have been....

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That's a little harsh, dude was all-American and played a decade in the NFL.   I mean, he's not in Canton,  but Dawson did ok for himself.

Not really from my childhood but went to high school with Bubba Jacques.  My buddies would berate me every time he got burnt, until one fateful day in Dallas changed everything. 

How about the guy who played with a hangover in the first Super Bowl because he was a backup who never expected to see the field?  Max McGee, and his one bright shining moment of fame:

 

 

49 minutes ago, texaslong said:

Charles Philyaw. I knew him after he retired and was working in Shreveport when I was in my 20's. Guy was one of the nicest people you could meet. Ofcourse he was broke and living with his mom in the house he bought her while he was playing for Oakland

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bullshit that's Steven Tyler in disguise on the sidelines...

48 minutes ago, Not a cat said:

That's a little harsh, dude was all-American and played a decade in the NFL.   I mean, he's not in Canton,  but Dawson did ok for himself.

 (Mad face)

1 hour ago, mulletpelini said:

 

bullshit that's Steven Tyler in disguise on the sidelines...

Do you not know the difference between Steven Tyler and Gene Simmons?

On 6/21/2019 at 10:03 PM, Nonbryan said:

Tony Fritch baby!!!!!

CSB alert:

 

Went to Vienna in 1998 and stayed in a hotel right on the center of town.  When the hotel manager heard I was from Houston, he told me he and Tony Fritsch were good friends.

 

End CSB 

He really did have the touch.
 
 

Oh shit, tears (of laughter) filled my eyes when “Alabama” started playing. Can’t believe they sent this to New York.
On 6/20/2019 at 2:44 PM, Loco said:

not forgotten, just rarely mentioned these days

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Lighten up, Sandy....

Cliff Harris.  The guy wasn’t very big but dang if there wasn’t a harder hitter than him.

Edited by Horn80

On 6/21/2019 at 10:14 AM, texasdago said:

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I'll raise you Rafael Septien.  1st kicker in NFL history to score before the first period. 

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