VFL Cool Story bro

[TennesseeRhett]

I was buying some furniture today and saw a tall older gentleman wearing a Josh Dobbs golf tournament polo shirt. Being a big Dobbs fan I went and talked to him, and he told me about Dobbs’ invitational tourney for lettermen that raises money for UT engineering scholarships. As I’m talking to him his wife comes up to me and tells me “my husband is too humble to tell you, but he was the highest drafted wide receiver in Tennessee history, drafted 11th overall in the first round”. I was talking to Anthony Hancock, class of 82. Absolute gentleman, soft spoken and a pleasure to talk to. I thought he deserved a shout out here. And his wife was right, he deserves recognition.

 

[NorCalVol67]

I was buying some furniture today and saw a tall older gentleman wearing a Josh Dobbs golf tournament polo shirt. Being a big Dobbs fan I went and talked to him, and he told me about Dobbs’ invitational tourney for lettermen that raises money for UT engineering scholarships. As I’m talking to him his wife comes up to me and tells me “my husband is too humble to tell you, but he was the highest drafted wide receiver in Tennessee history, drafted 11th overall in the first round”. I was talking to Anthony Hancock, class of 82. Absolute gentleman, soft spoken and a pleasure to talk to. I thought he deserved a shout out here. And his wife was right, he deserves recognition.

That certainly is a cool story bro. He was one of my favorites when I was a kid.

 

[orangebloodgmc]

Man, he was fast!

 

[Hacksaw]

One of the guys who made us WRU.

 

[NorCalVol67]

One of the guys who made us WRU.

Yep

 

[TAF]

VFL LEGEND indeed!

 

[mackievol]

VFL legend. Cool story

 

[njvols]

That certainly is a cool story bro. He was one of my favorites when I was a kid.

Me too. Loved when we had the tear away jerseys and he’d be running down the field with half a jersey covering his shoulder pads. I think he was #85 but I had a jersey with his number.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Me too. Loved when we had the tear away jerseys and he’d be running down the field with half a jersey covering his shoulder pads. I think he was #85 but I had a jersey with his number.

I have a game worn Roland James tear away Jersey I got from a player we knew back then.

 

[Jax_Vol]

Outstanding! Cool story bro...

If you go furniture shopping in Antioch, Rod Wilks will deliver the sofa to your house.



Little known fact...

Before the boogie man goes to sleep, he checks under his bed for Rod Wilks.

 

[wmcovol]

“Speed kills”. He and Gault were a tandem in 1981.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

Way before my time but that was indeed a cool story.

 

[OrangeInKy]

That is cool. I know who he is but I wouldn’t have recognized him either. I used to play some bball with Terry McDaniel, another former Vol that you don’t hear much about anymore. Good pro career too.

 

[OrangeInKy]

“Speed kills”. He and Gault were a tandem in 1981.

Stanley Morgan just before them, though he was a running back at first if I recall.

Wide Reciever U!

 

[OrangeInKy]

Outstanding! Cool story bro...

If you go furniture shopping in Antioch, Rod Wilks will deliver the sofa to your house.



Little known fact...

Before the boogie man goes to sleep, he checks under his bed for Rod Wilks.

Wilks won’t deliver the furniture. He will show up at your house and build the furniture of your choosing by hand out of any tree in your yard.

 

[Jax_Vol]

Wilks won’t deliver the furniture. He will show up at your house and build the furniture of your choosing by hand out of any tree in your hard.

5-star post right there.

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Great post OP.

 

[VAVol85]

I confess to getting a little help from Google, but I am glad that I did because the receivers from the time period of the 80s +/- brought back some great memories:
Larry Seivers (late 70s)
Stanley Morgan, Anthony Hancock, Willie Gault
Joey Clinkscales, Anthony Morgan, Alvin Harper
Anthony Miller, Tim McGhee
Carl Pickens (early 90s)

Amazing that we were blessed with so many NFL caliber receivers.

 

[hbvol1982]

I love that he is still around. I remember playing missile command against him in the arcade at Shelbourne Towers. Dang that was a long time ago. Pretty quiet then too I recall.

 

[OrangeInKy]

5-star post right there.

Except for my typo

 

[feathersax]

Outstanding! Cool story bro...

If you go furniture shopping in Antioch, Rod Wilks will deliver the sofa to your house.



Little known fact...

Before the boogie man goes to sleep, he checks under his bed for Rod Wilks.

Rod delivered a washer-dryer to our house a few years ago. Super nice guy & a VFL.

 

[Buzzbait]

Stanley Morgan just before them, though he was a running back at first if I recall.

Wide Reciever U!

Stanley was a WR that had to be converted to running back due to no depth and some poor recruiting. Morgan was a stud.

 

[OffTackleVol]

Wilks won’t deliver the furniture. He will show up at your house and build the furniture of your choosing by hand out of any tree in your yard.

Supervised by Paul Bain...........

 

[OffTackleVol]

I love that he is still around. I remember playing missile command against him in the arcade at Shelbourne Towers. Dang that was a long time ago. Pretty quiet then too I recall.

I use to play a football game at the Shelbourne arcade, but can't remember the name (it had a roller ball that you had to manipulate). That was usually on a Saturday night after spending too much money at Horizon's or Hymie's. A smoked turkey and cheddar usually was included as well............

 

[Jax_Vol]

Rod delivered a washer-dryer to our house a few years ago. Super nice guy & a VFL.

Over the years, I've heard several people say he is a great guy and 100% VFL.

With that said, there has to be an enhanced washer/dryer joke in there somewhere. I haven't had my coffee yet...