Reggie White and Ronnie Heller used to get into crazy practice/locker room fights in Philly. Golic recalled Heller waiting for White, nude, in the shower w/ his fists up ready to go one summer day.
Best football player you have ever seen?
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This thread on "best football player you've seen" has mentions of mostly QBs, RBs, receivers, and a few defense players. Players where statistics are available. What about the OL ... there are really no stats for them, except maybe the number of pancakes. This is one unit on a FB team that really plays and operates as a team and in my opinion an important part of any team's offense ... as Vince Lombardi said "it takes a special kind of man to play the OL, without them there is no glory for the backs and receivers, but the band never plays for them, I know ... " then goes on to name those on his Packers OL "Skoronski, Thurston, Kramer, Gillingham and Gregg ... they were all talented, but their greatness was as a whole, one single driving force that proved itself in so many winning games".
Spoken like a true OG. As he has said on this board, Herb was coached by Gary Klingensmith, just saying.
Gary, a PSU RB in the early 1960s was a good college coach. Unfortunately he didn't have the players and didn't get along well with the AD (who was also a PSU alum), so left after 3 years (I played under him during my JR and SR years and helped with the coaching while in grad school). I understand he was quite successful at Juniata HS in Mifflintown, PA.
Well, Dennis Onkotz was the better college LB, a shame he got hurt so quickly as a pro.
Excuse me Bob, but could you please provide their last names so we know who they are?!
He his the biggest freak athlete I’ve ever seen…if not for his hip…I believe he would be in the hall of fame in two sports.
Chuck Bednarik. Concrete Charlie.1960, I was 20 years old. Nobody left but us Dinaosaurs.
Met him at a Big 33 banquet in the early 90’s. That finger was something to see.Chuck Bednarik. Concrete Charlie.1960, I was 20 years old. Nobody left but us Dinaosaurs.
Red Grange
but he was just coming up so not the Red Grange yet that we all knew and loved
My first job, a guy that I worked with married his daughter. He would tell us stories about going over the house. One time he said Bednarik wanted to split some wood with buddies Retzlaf and Woodeshick. Said he attacked that woodpile and watching him with his mates was borderline scary. Said he could work like a machine.Chuck Bednarik. Concrete Charlie.1960, I was 20 years old. Nobody left but us Dinaosaurs.