Ned Flanders Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Morris "Red" Badgro - played offense and defense, and played both pro baseball and football - HOF inductee at 78, 45 years after he retired. Henry "Motorcycle" McDonald - pre NFL running back for the Rochester Jeffersons; one of the frst black pro football players. He was from Jamaica and came to the U.S. - graduated from the Canadaigua Academy 141686[/snapback] Do you still have your ticket stubs from the last Jeffs' game? And how would you compare the Edgeton Park fans with those at RWS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayboy54 Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Charley "The Human Bowling Ball" Tolar Houston Oilers 1960-1966 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Charley "The Human Bowling Ball" TolarHouston Oilers 1960-1966 141802[/snapback] And a good player. Had a 1,000 yd season, which was a real big thing back then. IIRC, he was a pretty good pass catcher, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExWNYer Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Golden Richards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Do you still have your ticket stubs from the last Jeffs' game? And how would you compare the Edgeton Park fans with those at RWS? 141751[/snapback] Um, yeah, want to buy it? It comes with a certificate of authenticity too! I think the both crowds probably booed a lot. Actually, the Jeffs played most of their games on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralonzo Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 That last one just reminded me of Ali Haji-Sheikh. 141735[/snapback] And that reminded me of Nick Mike-Meyer. Today's funny football names are brought to you by the letter T: Bruce Tarbox Mosi Tatupu Yancey Thigpen Baptiste Thunder Byron Thweatt Glen Titensor Herb Titmas Anthony Toney Charley Toogood R-Kal Truluck Tom Tupa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Wahoo McDaniel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linksfiend Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Dang, someone beat me to Letterman favorite Bjorn Nittmo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark VI Posted December 2, 2004 Author Share Posted December 2, 2004 Cleveland TE - late 60's, Milt Morin DE Big Daddy Lipscomb of the Rams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzer32 Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 SUs Diamond Ferry Joe Cribbs, which reminds me if the old race car driver, Willie T. Ribbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 He is only in college at Florida State, but he has serious nickname potential if he can make it to the NFL.... Craphonso Walker Chris Berman possibilities... "I've got to take a" Craphonso Walker "I feel like" Craphonso Walker "You little piece of" Craphonso Walker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cal t Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 OH COME ON GUYS!!! ELBERT DEUBENION??...Buffalo Icon.?? Did anyone mention Carlester crumpler?? or Emerson Boozer?? or Sherman Plunkett?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawk Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Ok..I know he's a murderer..but O. J. Simpson..."He turns on the Juice!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerJ Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Billy White Shoes Johnson I'll second the vote for Dick Butkis. If there was ever a name that automatically made you tough, it's that one. Another old one - Deacon Jones The Bailey brothers: Boss and Champ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Marion Motley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasper13 Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 There were some great names back in the 60's & 70's. Three of my favorites were mentioned already- Boobie Clark, Emerson Boozer and Fair Hooker. Two haven't been mentioned- Curley Culp and Mosi Tatupu. There is a website- www.theredzone.org/draft_history/ that lists every player ever drafted in order by year & round and also lists the college they went to from 1967-2004. Almost nobody listed below made it past a NFL training camp but they were all drafted by a NFL team. The best names from 1967-1978..................... Barry Beers Dick Post Yazoo Smith Randy Rhino Tinker Owens Wonder Monds Elmo Maple Grundy Harris Johnny Outlaw Ko Trepanier Jeff Beaver Billy Hayhoe Skip Wupper Denver Samples Leon Lovelace Junior Ah You Dick Schmalz Tom Beer Lance Moon Jean Fugett Ed Rideout Happy Feller (This guy was a kicker from Texas and was drafted ahead of Joe Theismann) Any relation? Mo Moorman Gene Bledsoe Need a RB? How about...... Larry Lightfoot or a kicker??? Ken Barefoot This guy may come in handy in a few weeks........ Council Rudolph These guys sound familiar...... Pat Riley Bill Buckner Jimmy Walker Bill Shoemaker Mike Holmgren Paul Orndorff John Saunders Joe Jackson Brian Billick (TE out of BYU drafted by San Francisco in 1977) and who could forget these Buffalo Bills draft picks? Dick Plagge Julian Nunamaker Wayne Lineberry Dick Cheek Charlester Crumpler and last but certainly not least....... Busty Underwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconator Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 The fearsome foursome of the L.A. Rams Rosie Greer Merlin Olsen Deacon Jones Lamar Lundy One of the greatest D-Line of all time, with a Merlin, a Deacon, and a Rosie Lundy. Ok. Bad attempt at humor. I know. The best dragracing name? John Force. (although Del Worsham is coming up quick to take over his throne of the top dawg of the Funny Car Class!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsCelticsAngelsBama Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Fair Hooker - WR Cleveland Browns Stepfret Williams - WR Dallas Cowboys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick in* england Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Did some one say that wideout pairing from the Steelers?? Yancy Thigpen and Plaxico Burress? What were there moms thinking?? My favourite picture ever was of Webster Slaughter (Oilers) being tackled by some guy called Van Horse (Chiefs)... They have go to be the weidest names around... Mularky has serious pun potential... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark VI Posted December 2, 2004 Author Share Posted December 2, 2004 There were some great names back in the 60's & 70's. Three of my favorites were mentioned already- Boobie Clark, Emerson Boozer and Fair Hooker. Two haven't been mentioned- Curley Culp and Mosi Tatupu. There is a website- www.theredzone.org/draft_history/ that lists every player ever drafted in order by year & round and also lists the college they went to from 1967-2004. Almost nobody listed below made it past a NFL training camp but they were all drafted by a NFL team. The best names from 1967-1978..................... Barry Beers Dick Post Yazoo Smith Randy Rhino Tinker Owens Wonder Monds Elmo Maple Grundy Harris Johnny Outlaw Ko Trepanier Jeff Beaver Billy Hayhoe Skip Wupper Denver Samples Leon Lovelace Junior Ah You Dick Schmalz Tom Beer Lance Moon Jean Fugett Ed Rideout Happy Feller (This guy was a kicker from Texas and was drafted ahead of Joe Theismann) Any relation? Mo Moorman Gene Bledsoe Need a RB? How about...... Larry Lightfoot or a kicker??? Ken Barefoot This guy may come in handy in a few weeks........ Council Rudolph These guys sound familiar...... Pat Riley Bill Buckner Jimmy Walker Bill Shoemaker Mike Holmgren Paul Orndorff John Saunders Joe Jackson Brian Billick (TE out of BYU drafted by San Francisco in 1977) and who could forget these Buffalo Bills draft picks? Dick Plagge Julian Nunamaker Wayne Lineberry Dick Cheek Charlester Crumpler and last but certainly not least....... Busty Underwood 142233[/snapback] Happy Feller. I definitely remember him. Got lots of press in his day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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