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

[VOLINVONORE]

Hank Lauricella 1949-1951. Tailback of the 1951 National Champs

 

[ABINGDON VOL FAN]

I hope you find some relief for your misery. Merry Christmas!

I’m doing great. Let me ask you why you were laughing at his choice of favorite player?

 

[SAPPER 5]

Jimmy Streater

 

[I4Vols]

Curley Howard, 1934 All American
You did say when I first watched football


If you haven't seen it and need more comic relief than this year brought:


Look for Lucille Ball in this 1934 episode

 

[TJSVOLS]

Jimmy Noonan,if you are just talking about tn.

 

[TMvol10]

Al Wilson

 

[FortPayneVol]

Johnny Unitas Baltimore Colts 1956 - 1973

 

[midtnvol2]

As a kid the first televised UT game I watched I got to see Condredge Holloway play. My first UT game I ever saw in person I was blessed to see my favorite player the legendary Reggie White. Lord I miss him. Alan Cockrill was pretty awesome to watch back then too. I am friends with one of Alan's former UT teammates and had the honor to meet him several years ago. Such great memories then of every saturday always reading the Tennessean paper to know game times and sitting in my bedroom floor listening to the legend John Ward bring the games to life on the radio while my mom bugged me every 15 minutes or so with "don't you want to go outside and play with your friends and your brother?" My response was always the same, "After the game! I'm listening to Reggie!" Man I miss John Ward too.

 

[Mccage]

Y.A. Tittle

 

[supersmo18]

Jarrett Gaurantano

Lol well played

 

[KKruzVFL]

Tony Dorsett

 

[GAVol]

Willie Gault

 

[hixsonvol]

Cobb/Webb

 

[macrovol]

Johnny Unitas (Gene Etter at UT)

 

[TnAngler]

I would have to say Willie Gault. Anytime he touched the ball, watch out! He gone.

 

[zydane47]

James Stewart

 

[Pappy]

Eddie LeBaron Washington REDSKINS (the potato for all you snowflakes)

 

[Grandpa4]

Johnny Majors. Listening, they were never on TV.

 

[Pappy]

Roman Gabriel

that man had a shotgun for an arm...not many college receivers could hold onto his passes (unfortunately)

 

[superglide09]

Ken Stabler

 

[3-2-1-Wolf]

I’ll start, Condredge Holloway.

 

[3-2-1-Wolf]

that man had a shotgun for an arm...not many college receivers could hold onto his passes (unfortunately)

Condredge Holloway

 

[mikec143]

I’ll start, Condredge Holloway.

Johnny Majors and John Unitas

 

[BigOrangeFanatic]

Had several but always liked James "Little Man" Stewart

 

[1972 Grad]

Y.A. Tittle

When I saw that, I thought about 2 things. A picture of him on his knees , with helmet off and blood running down his face , and his "Alley Oop" passes to R.C. Owens.