Archives for August 7, 1999

‘In the offseason Moulds was ordered to serve a 30-day jail term for contempt of court for delaying child support payments. Moulds, who is appealing the sentence, paid all of the back child support and complied with the other arrangements a few days before he was to go to court over the matter. He didn’t dodge the issue at training camp Friday. “There were some things that happened in my past that came back against me,” Moulds said. “It’s something I have to learn from.”’

‘Billy Shaw, you are the only Hall of Famer who spent his entire career in the AFL. You were always a gentleman when you played. Many of today’s stars could take a lesson from you. You pumped your arms and clapped your hands Friday morning, and Friday night. Yes, you are finally here, and deservedly so.’

‘”It’s not going to be exactly a scrimmage,” Phillips said. “We’ll go through all of our game procedures like making substitutions, things we’d do in a game. It will be physical, but we’re not going to tackle them and take them to the ground. It’ll be physical, but not a scrimmage per se.”‘

‘”Buffalo was a great place to play,” he said. “The people of Buffalo are wonderful, they took this southern boy in and put their arms around me. I can’t say enough for the treatment I received from the people of Buffalo.”‘

‘[Billy Shaw] started at offensive guard and defensive tackle [at Georgia Tech] from 1958-60, earning All-SEC honors two years. He was inducted into the Tech Hall of Fame in 1979. Shaw, who was selected for induction into the Pro Hall by the veterans committee, parlayed his Tech success into a legendary career with the Bills of the fledgling American Football League. In nine seasons, Shaw was named Bills captain for eight seasons, earned first-team All-AFL honors five times and helped lead Buffalo to championships in 1964-65. All that, and his salary in each of his first two years was $11,000.’