BillyWhiteShows Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Looking back at your years of fandome, are there any obscure or little-known Bills players or coaches that you’ve met. For me, there’s a handful of players and coaches: Mark Maddox - Met this dude over at the old Rainbow Mall in Niagara Falls. It must have been 1991 or 1992 because I remember there were actually stores open! Including a Trench outlet store! He was injured and on crutches but very nice and friendly. It was an autograph signing and there must have been about 10 people in line but it didn’t seem to get him down. Very cool guy Keon Carpenter - I had to interview Keon for a local newspaper about the Bills season. Very nice and professional. Gabe Northern - A monster at LB for the Bills during the 90’s. Always thought he was due for a breakout season. Never happened but he was a solid player in the Bills 3-4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddy Hix Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Chris Gragg Dude was in Green Bay last year when the Bills were playing and introduced himself to me. Like saw me in my Tre White jersey at a bar on Saturday night and introduced himself as a former Bills TE. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDVA Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Todd Collins Not the Quarterback, but :Todd Collins the Punter. We had a player on the preseason roster back in the late 90:s brought in to challenge Chris Mohr. I met Todd just days before his release. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 and you have to not get any hints who he was? he can't be at a card show or Meet the Obscure Bills of your Past Day? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 44 minutes ago, BillyWhiteShows said: Looking back at your years of fandome, are there any obscure or little-known Bills players or coaches that you’ve met. For me, there’s a handful of players and coaches: Mark Maddox - Met this dude over at the old Rainbow Mall in Niagara Falls. It must have been 1991 or 1992 because I remember there were actually stores open! Including a Trench outlet store! He was injured and on crutches but very nice and friendly. It was an autograph signing and there must have been about 10 people in line but it didn’t seem to get him down. Very cool guy Keon Carpenter - I had to interview Keon for a local newspaper about the Bills season. Very nice and professional. Gabe Northern - A monster at LB for the Bills during the 90’s. Always thought he was due for a breakout season. Never happened but he was a solid player in the Bills 3-4 Really, BillyWhiteShows/Phil the Thrill/Thunderstrike/BuffaloRush?? What the hell is your game? Why all the screen names? Previous ones have been banned, yet you keep coming back thinking no one will catch on. FYI, your ip gets banned next time you go too far. Currently, these 2 incarnations are towing the line -if alarmingly schizophrenic. You’re fooling no one. Anyway, Monte Ledbetter (obscure WR) came to talk to my tyro football team in the ‘60s. My math teacher knew him (she was a Bills Groupie), asked him for me and he came. He was the most obscure Bill for me. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jpsredemption Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Kendrick Office. Had a two sack game against Tom Brady and then sunk into irrelevance. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkwwjd Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Not obscure, but Mark Kelso is my real life friend 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crabby116 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 In 2012 my son played football with Corey McIntyre's son. He made it to a couple of games so we got a chance to talk to him a couple of times. Very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasons1992 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Not necessarily obscure, but random: I turned the headlights off in Leon Seals' car in the McKinley Mall parking lot. License plate read "Dr. Sack." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 (edited) Not at all obscure, but while rounding an aisle in a supermarket back in the 60s, my mother, my brother in the cart, and myself schlepping on foot met Tom Day repping for a beer company. Buy a 12, get an autographed Bills team picture. It wasn’t my father’s normal Genesee, but my mother bought it anyways. Edited July 8, 2019 by Ridgewaycynic2013 Punctuation saves lives. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookie Man Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Dew Haddad, Keith Newman at Wegmans. Got a few autographs. Neat day it was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Waited on Gibran Hamdan once. Super nice dude. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Chandler#81 said: Really, BillyWhiteShows/Phil the Thrill/Thunderstrike/BuffaloRush?? What the hell is your game? Why all the screen names? Previous ones have been banned, yet you keep coming back thinking no one will catch on. FYI, your ip gets banned next time you go too far. Currently, these 2 incarnations are towing the line -if alarmingly schizophrenic. You’re fooling no one. Anyway, Monte Ledbetter (obscure WR) came to talk to my tyro football team in the ‘60s. My math teacher knew him (she was a Bills Groupie), asked him for me and he came. He was the most obscure Bill for me. How do you know they are the same people??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRHater69 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Bill McKinley. He taught music for a year at my sister's high school in '73 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Danny Crossman . Met him at San Jose State's Pro Day one year. It was good talking to him. Josh Reed. Super nice guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket94 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 I met Jeff Nixon in the summer of 1987. He was selling pools that year. He seemed surprised that I remembered him leading the league in interceptions before an injury took him down years earlier...good guy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickelCity Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Trent Edwards. Have spoken at length a number of times about his experiences with the Bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills92 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Did anybody mention Sheldon Jackson (former Tight End) .. for a short time he worked at the variety store near the Ralph.. that usually got packed before and after game days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florida Bills Fanatic Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Monte Ledbetter, Tom Day, Charlie Ferguson, and Wayne Patrick are some that I have met over the years. All were great guys. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 My son used to work out with a guy who played for the Bills, albeit briefly. He wins the “Most Obscure Award”, I think. I can’t even remember his name. But he had his picture in a Bills uniform! Probably got into a preseason game once or twice...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimS Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Scott Virkus. I played softball with him one Summer. Could hit the ball a ton every time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GottaRun Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Gabe Northern came by Hammers several years ago after the game. He was having a great time picking people up over his head, I'm pretty sure he had a good day inside the stadium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 ...has always bothered me through 57 years of Bills fandom that I never got to meet Joe Klopfenstein...... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 2 hours ago, Jpsredemption said: Kendrick Office. Had a two sack game against Tom Brady and then sunk into irrelevance. the grand conspiracy made sure he never did THAT again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaw66 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Roger Kochman wasn't exactly obscure, because he made a splash for a couple of games before he destroyed his knee. I met him after the injury. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyWhiteShows Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share Posted July 8, 2019 3 hours ago, Chandler#81 said: Really, BillyWhiteShows/Phil the Thrill/Thunderstrike/BuffaloRush?? What the hell is your game? Why all the screen names? Previous ones have been banned, yet you keep coming back thinking no one will catch on. FYI, your ip gets banned next time you go too far. Currently, these 2 incarnations are towing the line -if alarmingly schizophrenic. You’re fooling no one. Anyway, Monte Ledbetter (obscure WR) came to talk to my tyro football team in the ‘60s. My math teacher knew him (she was a Bills Groupie), asked him for me and he came. He was the most obscure Bill for me. Thank you for your contribution to this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaw66 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 I know Greg Pipes pretty well. Greg was a Kodak All-American in 1967, despite playing on a 1-8-1 Baylor team. The Bills drafted him, but he wanted to go to law school, so he played in Canada, where the schedule would permit him to go to law school in the off-season. One year in Canada he was the top defensive lineman in his conference. That's a pretty obscure Bill. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bopper2 Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Will Fowler. At Coles I think. It was a long time ago. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 1 minute ago, BillyWhiteShows said: Thank you for your contribution to this thread A guy who cannot spell his own chosen username correctly should be grateful for any attention he gets. Glad you see it that way too. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwai San Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 I did meet John Wayne Bobbit of the Dismembered ***** Fame once outside a Bills game - I have a pix laying around somewheres.....I know not a Bill but funny he was outside a Bills game and he def had only a small window of 15 minute fame..... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyWhiteShows Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share Posted July 8, 2019 2 hours ago, crabby116 said: In 2012 my son played football with Corey McIntyre's son. He made it to a couple of games so we got a chance to talk to him a couple of times. Very cool Hopefully you didn’t bring up “the incident!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFanNC Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 (edited) Obscure.. Got to meet Byron Franklin and Booker Moore when they came to my grade school classroom in the early 80s. Played a round of golf at Hamburg town golf course with Will Grant circa the late 80s early 90s. Another friend in grade school was neighbors with Ulysses Norris. When he got cut, Len Walterschied moved in. Or maybe it was the other way around. Not so obscure.. Met Jim Ritcher at a Sabres game here in Raleigh a few years ago. I was introduced to him and spent the bulk of the intermission talking to him. It was when they brought back Marv as GM. Had a few drinks with Ted Cottrell at JP Fitzgeralds in Hamburg once. He was fairly inebriated. Edited July 8, 2019 by BillsFanNC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T master Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 I didn't meet him but i saw Jim Hassett at a function once up near Buffalo & he was a different kind of dude !! Loved to party ... Which if i remember correctly led to a altercation that evening . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach Tuesday Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Carwell Gardner, in an airport. Not the Buffalo airport. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwai San Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, Coach Tuesday said: Carwell Gardner, in an airport. Not the Buffalo airport. Will never ever forget Carwell grabbing his junk after scoring one time in the end zone right in front of the camera. He did that today we wouldn't ever find the body.....he was a hoot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwight in philly Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Bobby Burnett was a student gym teacher at South Park high school when i was a either a sophmore in 67- 68 or a junior the following year.. cant remember.. for anybody that is as old as me.. THE gym teacher was Babe Birrer , ex major league pitcher in the 50's and a long time Buffalo Bison.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 I met Brian Moorman more than once. One time at at bar with Lee Evans as well. I bought drinks for Lee and Brian. Lee was incredible. Such an awesome dude. Despite what many think and many people want to believe, Brian Moorman was one of the biggest C@(KBAGS I’ve ever met. I mean, dude, your the punter. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 4 minutes ago, mrags said: I met Brian Moorman more than once. One time at at bar with Lee Evans as well. I bought drinks for Lee and Brian. Lee was incredible. Such an awesome dude. Despite what many think and many people want to believe, Brian Moorman was one of the biggest C@(KBAGS I’ve ever met. I mean, dude, your the punter. Our only Pro Bowler years 2001-2012 and perennial leader in yardage is hardly obscure. Moorman was a f@#4ing star!! 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Rotary Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Grant Guthrie - Bills kicker in 1970 - came to my school, PS #80 to sell insurance to teachers I think. Also, Thurman lived in the apartment above my grandmother during his rookie season. She was a huge Bills fan and he was so gracious, so kind to her. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Russell Copeland 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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