It makes no sense whatsoever but: Ahmad Rashād. Vikings fans don't have much to hang their hats on and his Hail Mary catch against Cleveland in 1980 is one of best football memories.
Tossup between Jim Brown and Joe Namath, in the more recent era I like Larry Taylor from the N.Y.Giants because no one in his time dominated a game like he did he was a complete monster
To me it's Walter Payton, Jim Brown, Joe Montana, and Frank Ryan.
I never saw Frank Ryan play, but heard a lot about him from many Browns fans when I grew up, for being the last Browns quarterback to win the championship. The thing that impressed me most is that while he played for the Browns, he went to graduate school and received a Ph. D in mathematics from Rice, and became an assistant professor of mathematics at Case Institute of Technology.
As Red Smith said "the Browns' offense consisted of a quarterback who understood Einstein’s theory of relativity and ten teammates who didn’t know there was one"
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That is my first real memory of the Vikings. I specifically remember the priest from my church came to our house that day, for reasons that I don't remember. It was the first weird day of my life that I remember.
On the flip side Tony Dorsett once scored a 99 yard TD against the Vikings while Dallas had only ten men on the field.
My favorite player, however, was William Perry, aka the Fridge, and a Bear.
Garo Yepremian, from Cyprus, one of the first soccer style kickers in the NFL.
From Wikipedia: In his first game his coach told him that their team had lost the coin toss, at which point Yepremian ran to midfield and dropped to his knees looking for the coin.
Honorable mention, Night Train Lane. A little before my time, but I grew up hearing my older brothers and my dad rave about him in the years before grabbing the face mask was a bad thing:
Walter Payton. Easy. Jumped over, ran around, ran through defenders. Caught and threw for TDs. Missed 1 game his entire career -- coaches decision (and was pissed about it).
RIP Wally
@Motor. If you ever played Madden Football in your life you would remember him. He was always a player someone would try to sneak on their custome team
Donny Anderson, never made in "big" with Green Bay but was great to watch. His college days at Texas Tech were phenom. I wish the Packers had an Offensive line to give him more running room.
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I never saw Frank Ryan play, but heard a lot about him from many Browns fans when I grew up, for being the last Browns quarterback to win the championship. The thing that impressed me most is that while he played for the Browns, he went to graduate school and received a Ph. D in mathematics from Rice, and became an assistant professor of mathematics at Case Institute of Technology.
As Red Smith said "the Browns' offense consisted of a quarterback who understood Einstein’s theory of relativity and ten teammates who didn’t know there was one"
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That is my first real memory of the Vikings. I specifically remember the priest from my church came to our house that day, for reasons that I don't remember. It was the first weird day of my life that I remember.
On the flip side Tony Dorsett once scored a 99 yard TD against the Vikings while Dallas had only ten men on the field.
My favorite player, however, was William Perry, aka the Fridge, and a Bear.
Honorable mention, Manny Fernandez.
Got to meet both.
From Wikipedia: In his first game his coach told him that their team had lost the coin toss, at which point Yepremian ran to midfield and dropped to his knees looking for the coin.
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RIP Wally
He played in 12 straight Pro Bowls ftom
1995 to 2006. The 12 Pro Bowls ties the all time NFL record.
He played in apparent obscurity for the Kansas City Chiefs because I can't remember him.
Mines a toss up between Walter Payton and Barry Sanders. But I'd probably go with Payton if I had to choose.
he was a part of all those great offensive lines that trent green threw behind and priest holmes and larry johnson ran behind