26CornerBlitz Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Mike & Joe D opened a lot of holes for OJ. The Bills never should have traded him, but what else is new? RIP Mike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan1959 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 An amazing year. RIP Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollars 2 donuts Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 RIP, Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freddie's Dead Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 RIP Mike Montler, a name I'd sadly forgotten until this thread. Great center on one of the best O-lines of all time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BmarvB Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Wow. that's going way back in Bills history. RIP Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vorpma Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 My father used to hang out in Al Bemiller's bar in Hamburg; Bemiller called Montler the greatest center of the 1970's! RIP Mike! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanfan Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Great memories of him and his Electric Company mates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JESSEFEFFER Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 I walked into Vic's barber shop in Stallings, NC a few years ago and there was a poster of the Electric Company on the wall. Turns out Joe D lives near there and used the same barber. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Flanders Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Wow, sorry to learn this...RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroutDog Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Very sad. On a a separate note, the link says 2004 yards and it was actually 2003. Stickler for detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBatty is alive Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 1 hour ago, vorpma said: My father used to hang out in Al Bemiller's bar in Hamburg; Bemiller called Montler the greatest center of the 1970's! RIP Mike! I remember that place, i thought it was a steak house, was that on Big Tree Road? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRHater69 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 He wasn't the starting center that year. It was originally Bruce Jarvis, but he tore up a knee and Montler stepped in and they didn't miss a beat. I believe Montler had played for the Patriots prior to the Bills and was brought in as a depth guy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vorpma Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 5 minutes ago, GRHater69 said: He wasn't the starting center that year. It was originally Bruce Jarvis, but he tore up a knee and Montler stepped in and they didn't miss a beat. I believe Montler had played for the Patriots prior to the Bills and was brought in as a depth guy. Montler got the nod in 1973 when Bruce Jarvis was lost due to knee injury and started until 1977, think he was traded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickey Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 He was a key part of one of the best offensive lines in the history of football. I saw him play, twice back in the day. So sorry to hear of his passing, RIP Mike Montler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talley56 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 He played a decade before I was born. Too bad I didn’t get to see him or the electric company. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowgirlsFan Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 RIP My condolences to one and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Thrill Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Never heard of him....but RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsWest Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 RIP Mr. Montler. I know I have his football card somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaBu Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 1 hour ago, GRHater69 said: He wasn't the starting center that year. It was originally Bruce Jarvis, but he tore up a knee and Montler stepped in and they didn't miss a beat. I believe Montler had played for the Patriots prior to the Bills and was brought in as a depth guy. I had forgotten about Montler, RIP. That was a fun year to be a Bills fan, one that gave us hope. I do remember Jarvis, 6-7 285 and great potential. Unfortunately knee injuries cut it short. Here's an interesting article about him: https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/football/article/Where-Are-They-Now-Bruce-Jarvis-1290493.php Ten years after establishing the record, Jarvis received a bottle of Dom Perignon and a laudatory note from Simpson. On the 20th anniversary, everyone was summoned to Buffalo, seated in owner Ralph Wilson's box and saluted at halftime of a Bills game. Jarvis remembers introducing his wife, Cindy, to Simpson, and his famous teammate oddly noting similarities between her and his former spouse. Six months later, Simpson was arrested for the murders of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman and later acquitted in a sensational trial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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