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

[eaglevol]

Bart Starr, Green Bay Packers (not at Bama)

 

[captainsword]

Bob Griese with the Fins

 

[Vols91]

Pro Kenny Stabler college Reggie White. Meet him in person he came to our high school in Cleveland Tn and spoke and did a gospel rap song.

 

[ut93vol]

Roland James

 

[JonGrudensAgent]

Elway

 

[peerless98]

ah, the Snake....good times, good times

IMO, he was a QB that never looked the part but found a way to get it done...a real, blue collar kind of guy.

 

[GoVols64]

Cobb Webb. I see them as one....

 

[TN-POSSUM]

UT: Andy Kelly
Pro: Barry Sanders

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

Heath Shuler

 

[Mjewell]

Joe Namath-Jets

 

[hillsborovol]

Jack "Hacksaw" "Reynolds... obviously

 

[VolFaninFla]

Jim Thorpe

Just kidding... Mickey Mantle was my first sports hero.
Unfortunately, I learned what he was really like later on in my life.

 

[kbear01]

I’ll start, Condredge Holloway.

Exactly!! Condredge Holloway. "The Artful Dodger". Just an incredible athlete.

 

[fla orange]

Roger Staubach

Roger the doger!! Me and my best friend would throw to each other and do each others commentator " STAUBACH UNDER PRESSURE! HE RUNS RIGHT HE RUNS LEFT! AND OHHHH! WHAT A PERFECT SPIRAL FOR 40 YARDS! He was Fran Tarkenton!

 

[HollowaytoSeivers]

College: Condredge Holloway (No surprises there)
Pro: Roger Staubach and O.J. Simpson (I'll own it, who knew back then?)

 

[AstonRoyal]

Peyton

 

[tnvols22]

Richmond Flowers

 

[QCD61]

 

[tnvols22]

Pro. Johnny Unitas.
UT. Richmond Flowers and The Swamp Rat.

 

[fla orange]

Memories! Growing up in Tennessee your buddies would help take piles of leaves then we would take turns running with the ball to get tackled in the leaf pile! Good Ole days, rotary phones, 3/4 of ya, "what's that?"

 

[kbear01]

College: Condredge Holloway (No surprises there)
Pro: Roger Staubach and O.J. Simpson (I'll own it, who knew back then?)

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.

 

[FLVOL_79]

Pros..that's tough. I always liked Mantenga Montana, Marino, Moon, Cunningham, Ickey Woods, & Rice.

College it was Kerry Collins..then I saw Manning play..

 

[captainsword]

Jim Thorpe
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Just kidding... Mickey Mantle was my first sports hero.
Unfortunately, I learned what he was really like later on in my life.

I heard once that should always pick a dead hero. Living people will disappoint you.

 

[volsrock09]

I’ll start, Condredge Holloway.

Ainge.

 

[volunator]

Jack Lambert