ESPN leads their story with Michael Irvin, but for those of us from Buffalo, NY the big story is that the little running back who made the Bills go during the glory years is going to Canton.
OK, so they did not win a Super Bowl, do you know any other team that got there four years in a row? Do you think any team ever will?
Thurman Thomas richly deserves this honor and I will be watching his speech this summer. He makes four members of the Super Bowl Bills in the Hall. Marv Levy, Jim Kelly and James Lofton preceded Thurman.
There will be more. Bruce Smith should make it his first year (he retired in 2003 with 200 sacks). Andre Reed missed today, but he deserves to be there too.
I have two candidates that will need some luck and some lobbying. I think that Kent Hull was the nucleus of the offensive line that opened the holes for Thurman, Kent belongs in the Hall as one of the greatest centers to play the game. I also think that everyman, Steve Tasker, probably the greatest special teamer to ever play, deserves his space at Canton.
Congratulations Thurman! Thanks for the memories.
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Saturday, February 03, 2007
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Who Was Marlin McKeever?
Life after 60. When I started this blog I promised that I would make that one of my topics. I am sure that everything I have written is colored by that, but I have written little about it directly.
Yesterday Marlin McKeever fell in his home. I saw the notice online.
Marlin McKeever was a football player, one of the best of his time. He loved the game so much that he played several positions, and played them well. At USC his last two years he was their leading receiver. He had even been a punter. I guess I first took note of him because his twin brother Mike played for USC too. Both of them were good. Tragically both of them are now dead because of head injuries.
When you are younger you lose people around you who die untimely deaths. Foremost in my life have been Sandy and Bucky, my cousins and like me the oldest children in their families. I also remember the loss of heroes and public figures; chiefly two Kennedys, a King and a Lennon. But when you get into your sixties headlines with names from the past jump out at you.
Marlin McKeever was a linebacker in the NFL, one of the best of his time. When I watch football, I key in on linebackers and how they play. The best were among my heroes including Chuck Bednarik and Dick Butkus.
I always enjoyed watching Marlin McKeever play. Thanks for the memories Marlin McKeever!
My condolences go out to your family.
Yesterday Marlin McKeever fell in his home. I saw the notice online.
Marlin McKeever was a football player, one of the best of his time. He loved the game so much that he played several positions, and played them well. At USC his last two years he was their leading receiver. He had even been a punter. I guess I first took note of him because his twin brother Mike played for USC too. Both of them were good. Tragically both of them are now dead because of head injuries.
When you are younger you lose people around you who die untimely deaths. Foremost in my life have been Sandy and Bucky, my cousins and like me the oldest children in their families. I also remember the loss of heroes and public figures; chiefly two Kennedys, a King and a Lennon. But when you get into your sixties headlines with names from the past jump out at you.
Marlin McKeever was a linebacker in the NFL, one of the best of his time. When I watch football, I key in on linebackers and how they play. The best were among my heroes including Chuck Bednarik and Dick Butkus.
I always enjoyed watching Marlin McKeever play. Thanks for the memories Marlin McKeever!
My condolences go out to your family.
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