Ron McDole stole my Cleats

[bowery4]

Tom Day was my music teacher in grammar school and I was scared stiff of him because he was so big (sorry that's all I remember).

[Another Point of View]

Tom Day was my music teacher in grammar school and I was scared stiff of him because he was so big (sorry that's all I remember).

 

Tom Day was also a Security Guard at Chevrolet Ax, in Buffalo.

[JohnC]

I have a picture and only the real old fans will recognize him (lol)

 

Sorry Die

 

I'm a real old fan. Send it to me. You don't want to see the former player chocking on water? I promise you I won't spill the beans.

[tennesseeboy]

I was going to say you should have kicked his butt, but then..it was Ron McDole....Didn't he and Dunaway get cut late in their careers and then have a real resurgence for the Redskins?

 

That was one hell of a defensive line, Sestak, Dunaway, McDole and Day. Butch Bird was one of the best ever, and Tracy, Jacobs Stratton were awesome. Saimes at safety was a converted quarterback, wasn't he?

 

Boy you played on perhaps (only perhaps...remember Jim Kelly and the Super Bowl teams) the greatest team that Buffalo ever had.

 

I was wearing my high school football jersey and hitching out to the lake in the summer of 65 and Elbert Dubenion (Golden Wheels) picked us up in his Cadillac. Nice guy and one hell of a receiver.

[JÂy RÛßeÒ]

I will tell you one more story,

 

I attended a high School Football game in South Florida for a neighbors son about 4 years ago.

 

The head coach was an old man in his 80's I guess. He turned around and looked directly at me. He then calls time out and comes up in the crowd one step at a time as the crowd goes quiet, he then receives a 15 yard penalty. The fans boo and the coach just waves his arms and smiles.

 

It was Lou Saban

Now THAT is awesome. RIP, Lou.

[Another Point of View]

I was going to say you should have kicked his butt, but then..it was Ron McDole....Didn't he and Dunaway get cut late in their careers and then have a real resurgence for the Redskins?

 

That was one hell of a defensive line, Sestak, Dunaway, McDole and Day. Butch Bird was one of the best ever, and Tracy, Jacobs Stratton were awesome. Saimes at safety was a converted quarterback, wasn't he?

 

Boy you played on perhaps (only perhaps...remember Jim Kelly and the Super Bowl teams) the greatest team that Buffalo ever had.

 

I was wearing my high school football jersey and hitching out to the lake in the summer of 65 and Elbert Dubenion (Golden Wheels) picked us up in his Cadillac. Nice guy and one hell of a receiver.

 

I believe Saimes was a Fullback at Michigan. At least that is what he said (lol)

Edited October 14, 2010 by Another Point of View

[flopagamo]

We should pin this thread. Diehard, can you and your former mates keep em comin? You already have a great book title (thread subject!).

[tennesseeboy]

I remember sneaking with my brother into war memorial for a game against Houston (must have been 65-66 season, climbing over a fence. A buffalo cop got hold of my leg and beat my leg with a billy. My brother and a buddy got over the fence and got caught and escorted out. I hung on and by the time I got over the fence with a badly bruised leg the security people had taken my bro and his buddy out and I got in. Hagood Clark made a wonderful interception with very little time left (Why did Blanda throw the ball???) for a great Buffalo win. The irony is that the three of us all became cops at one point or another in our careers!

 

Saimes was a fullback and a d-back at Michigan. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised as that must have been the end of that era where guys would play both ways.

[ChasBB]

I remember sneaking with my brother into war memorial for a game against Houston (must have been 65-66 season, climbing over a fence. A buffalo cop got hold of my leg and beat my leg with a billy. My brother and a buddy got over the fence and got caught and escorted out. I hung on and by the time I got over the fence with a badly bruised leg the security people had taken my bro and his buddy out and I got in. Hagood Clark made a wonderful interception with very little time left (Why did Blanda throw the ball???) for a great Buffalo win. The irony is that the three of us all became cops at one point or another in our careers!

 

Saimes was a fullback and a d-back at Michigan. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised as that must have been the end of that era where guys would play both ways.

If our OP is who I think he is, he played both ways, also.

[JohnC]

I believe Saimes was a Fullback at Michigan. At least that is what he said (lol)

 

George Saimes played at Michigan State. I'm sure he would want that clarified.

 

Someone brought up DT Jim Dunaway. He and OJ have something in common. They both were involved (alledgely) and were able to get away without being convicted for murder.

 

http://www.campussqueeze.com/post/NFL-Players-Involved-In-Murder.aspx

Edited October 14, 2010 by JohnC

[Another Point of View]

George Saimes played at Michigan State. I'm sure he would want that clarified.

 

Someone brought up DT Jim Dunaway. He and OJ have something in common. They both were involved (alledgely) and were able to get away without being convicted for murder.

 

http://www.campussqueeze.com/post/NFL-Players-Involved-In-Murder.aspx

 

Very interesting

[Rubes]

Tom Day was my music teacher in grammar school and I was scared stiff of him because he was so big (sorry that's all I remember).

 

The Days lived right across the street from me in Tonawanda when I was growing up. He was a ridiculously large man. I was good friends with his son, and his wife and my mother are still very close friends.

[St Jimmy]

Dunaway lived around the corner from me growing up (in the shadows of RICH Stadium. First time I met him was at a garage sale my mother was having. All I remember was how huge he was, and my father being PO'd because he was at work at the time

[Bob in STL]

McDole's name brought back memeories of our early succes. Tom Day, Tom Szeztak, Jim Dunaway Ron McDole def front, Mike Stratton, Harry Jacobs, Jim Tracy at LBbs. George Saimes, Butch Byrd , Booker Edgerson, Tom Janik as dbs. That was some defense.

 

 

Best Defense the Bills EVER had. Better than the Super Bowl defenses.

 

I left out one important note,

 

I was in my second year and told Ron McDole before the game that I was glad my rookie season was OVER! You get a lot of pranks from players when you are a rookie.

 

SO,THE SHOE INCIDENT!!!

 

Well, I did get even...... I stapled his jersey to a wooden hanger....lol

 

I would guess 30 staples

 

 

Any funny Sestak stories? I always pictured him as an introvert and a quiet guy that led by example.

 

The Days lived right across the street from me in Tonawanda when I was growing up. He was a ridiculously large man. I was good friends with his son, and his wife and my mother are still very close friends.

 

Many of the 60's players lived on Buffalo and stayed there for many years. Several started business’s in the area.

[Hapless Bills Fan]

Max Anderson stole the shoes THEN Ron McDole threw them in the toilet.

 

Billy Masters flushed the actual toilet!!

 

OK, so you got Abe back with stapling his jersey

 

What happened to Anderson and Masters?

[ChasBB]

I remember the shoes but I had great seats

Exactly HOW great were the "seats"? Sideline view, perhaps?

[Helpmenow]

Did you live on Hedstrom?

Nope, Robert L Smith lived in the town of elma, during those years.

[Hammered a Lot]

Which player drove a pink Eldorodo? I remember seeing one when the Bills practiced at the Motel.

[Just Jack]

Which player drove a pink Eldorodo? I remember seeing one when the Bills practiced at the Motel.

Was that Cookie? I thought I remember reading somewhere he owned one.

[JÂy RÛßeÒ]

Was that Cookie? I thought I remember reading somewhere he owned one.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=questions/timrussert

My favorite Buffalo Bill growing up: Cookie Gilchrist, who drove around Buffalo in a pink convertible Cadillac, and painted on the hood backwards was, "Lookie, lookie, here comes Cookie."