Without saying your age, who was your favorite player when you first started watching football?

[jrwvol]

Larry Seivers

 

[vol94]

Terry Bradshaw and Jack Lambert are a tie.
I was a kid and thought it was cool that Lambert was missing his front two teeth.

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

Football-Greg Landry Detroit Lions

Baseball-Al Kaline. Detroit Tigers 2020-RIP

 

[kbear01]

Jack Lambert

Too slow. Too small. Hall of famer.

 

[vol94]

Jack Lambert

I just posted Lambert, too, tied w Bradshaw. I hadn’t read your post and mentioned Lambert missing front teeth. Lol.

 

[jarhead]

Bart Starr and Dick Butkus

 

[kbear01]

Larry Seivers

I still can't believe he never made it in the NFL. The guy was magic! I guess he just wasnt fast enough?

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

I can dig it! OJ was a joy to watch. He was a master. The perfect mixture of size, speed, power, elusiveness and cat like reflexes. Roger Staubach was a nightmare on 3rd down. He engineered what might be the most efficient offenses in history.

Roger Staubach was Joe Montana before Joe Montana made it to the NFL.

 

[loosedog]

Pro - Walter Payton
Vols- the Cobb Webb.

 

[FrankenVol54]

Ray Nitschke

 

[kbear01]

Bart Starr and Dick Butkus

Possibly the most feared player, in NFL history. Big, fast, mean, athletic, and smart.

 

[SDV]

Walter Payton

 

[kbear01]

Here is a name for ya!
Gale Sayers.

 

[G8rh8r]

Peerless Price

 

[donal]

Johnny Unitas

 

[ChrisVFL]

I don’t really have a fav player , my fav team was 2001. That team never gave up all year. Man would love to have another team like that .

 

[ShreveportVol]

Casey Clausen

 

[PEPPERJAX]

Charlie Garner or Carl Pickens

 

[vol94]

I won't name mine, as his disgraceful activities years later are shameful.

it’s okay to name the player as you can not control the behavior. I’m curious who it is.

As I tell my 17 yr old, like the player as a player, NOT a person. Charles Barkley said it best, “I am not a role model.”

 

[I Love Lamp]

Pro - Barry Sanders
Vols - Al Wilson and Leonard Little

I mean...look at this beast

 

[chvolman]

No.

Jansen Jackson? I loved to watch the guy.. wasn’t my first favorite player but he would lay guys out on the field.
Cobb and Webb for me.

 

[vol94]

I’m gonna guess “The Juice”

Good guess. That name escapes me.

 

[ShreveportVol]

Casey Clausen. Side note, my first UT football memory was Miami 03. I remember seeing Miami muff a punt or something, us recover, and me feeling sorry for Miami cause (in my 6 year old brain) we were already beating them so bad lol

 

[peerless98]

Here is a name for ya!
Gale Sayers.

Oh, yes! If you haven't read the book "I Am Third" which was the inspiration for "Brian's Song", you should check it out.

 

[goooooovols]

Leonard Little