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A collection of Colts from the 50's and 60's- Baltimore Colts that is!
Lenny Moore- "Spats"
Johnny Unitas- "Golden Arm"
Mike Curtis- "Maddog"
Art Donovan- "Fatso"
Earl Morrall- "Old Bones"
Alan Ameche- "The Horse"
Alex Hawkins- "The Hawk"
Ted Hendricks- "The Mad Stork"
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Originally Posted by alphamale
I thought that Alex Hawkins was "Captain Who?" From his fabulously funny book "That's my story and I'm Sticking to it".
Gene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb
Mike "Mad Dog" Curtis (ask that fan who tried to run off with the football)
Don "Human Bowling Ball" Nottingham
"Fearsome Foursome" - Starting defensive line of the L.A. Rams. Lamar Lundy, Rosie Grier, Deacon Jones and Merlin Olsen.
"Deacon" Jones - Real name David. (Wish they'd kept sack stats back then. He was, IMHO, the greatest defensive player of all time.) AKA The Secretary of Defense.
"Broadway Joe" - Joe Willie Namath
The Cardinals announcer Ron Wolfley (former player) calls Larry Fitzgerald the Siamese Fighting Fish every once in a while but so far it hasn't stuck.
Thomas Henderson- "Hollywood"
Don Meredith- "Dandy"
Bob Hayes- "Bullet"
Roger Staubach- "Captain Comeback"
Ed Jones- "Too Tall"
Bob Lilly- "Tiger"
Daryl Johnston- "Moose"
Eddie LeBaron- "Little General"
Russell Maryland- "Kitchen"
Marion Barber- "Barbarian"
I remember reading that story when it happened Mr.GE-what's the odds of that happening to an individual?? Shesh!
DewDropInn-I knew I could count on ya for the Rams trivia! Regarding deacon Jones, he is on NFL Films as much as any player in the league. He said the reason he changed his name to Deacon is that when he signed with the Rams as a 14th round pick with a rookie salary of $5000 (!), he needed to do something to stand out, especially when he opened up the Los Angeles phone book and saw all the David Jones listed! So he decided to be Deacon. And yep-the guy was a hell of a player, listed at #15 of the "Top 100 Players In NFL History", according to the NFL Channel.
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