Who was the first NFL player taken the year you were born?

[hmanvolfan]

1969 - OJ "the killer" Simpson

I wasn't aware OJ got the Hypeman award that year. I used to look upon '69 fondly since that is the year I graduated high school. Now not so much... :cray:

 

[justingroves]

I wasn't aware OJ got the Hypeman award that year. I used to look upon '69 fondly since that is the year I graduated high school. Now not so much... :cray:

1969 was the year my mom was born

 

[hmanvolfan]

1969 was the year my mom was born

Thanks for that informational tidbit. Now I feel much better... :unsure:

 

[GAVol]

:lol:

 

[justingroves]

Thanks for that informational tidbit. Now I feel much better... :unsure:

If it makes you feel any better my mom was 16 and my dad was 17. I was an accident

 

[MG1968]

1968- Ron Yary from USC, Hall of Famer, to Minnesota.

good year. makes you an 86 graduate (or it should) which was a pretty good year too.

 

[CardassianVol]

1982 Kenneth Sims, dt


"In June of 1990, Sims was arrested and charged with possession of cocaine in Austin, Texas. Shortly afterwards the Patriots released an out of shape Sims, and he eventually retired.

Sims now hosts Texas Football Roundup on ESPN Radio in Austin, Texas and is a season ticket holder for University of Texas at Austin basketball and football games."


Nice pick...

 

[Volman130]

With the first pick of the 1958 draft the Chicago Cardinals selected:

King Hill, QB, Rice

 

[BHAMVOLFAN]

1956, DB, Colorado A&M. Didn't know there is/was a CO A&M.

 

[sc allvol]

Lee Roy Selman -1976- DE from Oklahoma- 9 yrs played- 6 pro bowls- member of the Hall of Fame

Not to shabby

 

[OrangeUTopia]

1969 was the year my mom was born

Son?

 

[Volunteer_Kirby]

Jeff George, qb, Illinois - 1990

 

[rexvol]

Terry Bradshaw 1970, it would have been nice to think of him only w/ the superbowl rings, instead of as the cartoon he's become on tv

 

[OrangeUTopia]

Terry Bradshaw 1970, it would have been nice to think of him only w/ the superbowl rings, instead of as the cartoon he's become on tv

I'd rather be able to think of him as the cartoon he is with no SuperBowl rings.

 

[TennNC]

Steve Bartkowski, 1975

Me too.

Walter Payton went 4th that year out of Jackson St.