Wade
  • Wade
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15 years ago
I'm in a thread starting mood of late...don't worry, it won't last...

Okay, here's the deal. The "Wilde with Hawk" thread got me thinking. Football players are rarely thought of as "intellectual" and "artsy" types. Yeah, sometimes they get a rep for being "cerebral" or "smart" (see Steve Young and his effin law degree).

But the Hawk interview where he said "I'm boring" and raved about his Kindle got me thinking....what football players have there been that have been "out there" in the sense of being truly "intellectual" or even "artsy".

And that got me thinking of Mike Reid, former DL and sackmeister (double digit sacks for I think 3 years for the Bengals). So in honor of Reid, who Wikipedia tells me is now a country music songwriter of some repute, I'm asking for nominations for the All-Mike-Reid team.

My nominees just to get things started:
1. Mike Reid. Obviously he has to be on the team.
2. A J Hawk. Because he inspired the thread.
3. Bart Starr. Because I gotta believe he's a reader and because any all pro type list that doesn't have Bart on it isn't worth anything.
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Rockmolder
15 years ago
I don't know if this counts, but Charles Woodson, because he's an oenophile.

That's somewhat artsy and sophisticated, right?
Wade
  • Wade
  • Veteran Member Topic Starter
15 years ago

I don't know if this counts, but Charles Woodson, because he's an oenophile.

That's somewhat artsy and sophisticated, right?

"Rockmolder" wrote:



Anyone who knows what oenophiles are is presumptively qualified to nominate. :)

So we have:

QB: Starr.
DB: Woodson.
DL: Reid
LB: Hawk*

(*asterisk because Hawk really doesn't have an on-field oeuvre yet to justify his place on team)
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2 (NKJV)
dfosterf
15 years ago
If you sucked down a bottle of Boone's Farm along with your 5th of scotch once...

Does that count?

The former TE of the Raiders, what was his name...the guy that did a running (I called it a diatribe) commentary on television...always waxing philosophical...help a brother out here, Wade.

He was "out there" by anyone's definition...
Wade
  • Wade
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15 years ago
Todd Christenson? Dave Casper?
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2 (NKJV)
dfosterf
15 years ago

Todd Christenson? Dave Casper?

"Wade" wrote:



You are good. It was Todd Christenson, but add Casper to the list.
dfosterf
15 years ago
I think Roger Staubach deserves a mention. Engineer-type, Naval Academy...they don't hand those out ya know...
Wade
  • Wade
  • Veteran Member Topic Starter
15 years ago
So we have:

QB: Bart Starr; Roger Staubach.
RB:
FB:
TE: Dave Casper.
WR:
DB: Charles Woodson.
DL: Mike Reid
LB: A.J. Hawk*
P:
K:
Coaches:

(*asterisk because Hawk really doesn't have an on-field oeuvre yet to justify his place on team)
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2 (NKJV)
Rockmolder
15 years ago
I'll put in another one. Willie Davis. HoF-er, SB-winner, Walter Camp MOTY award winner, member of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and, according to wikipedia....

Davis is one of the most powerful business people in the world, as a member or former member of the boards of Alliance Bank, Dow Chemical (1988-2006), Johnson Controls (1991-2006), K-Mart, L.A. Gear, Manpower (2001-), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1999-), MGM Mirage, Rally's Inc., Sara Lee (1983-), Schlitz Brewing, and WICOR Inc. He has been president of All-Pro Broadcasting, operators of radio stations KCXX-FM, KATY-FM, WLDB-FM, WLUM-FM, and WMCS since 1976.

dfosterf
15 years ago
Calvin Hill was an intellectual. I don't think many knew that about him.


That is debatable, to a degree, (some circles) in that my qualifier would be that one of his frat brothers at Yale was none other than George W. Bush.

Thought I better throw that out there for informational purposes when making your deliberations, and my strong dislike for Yale grads has absolutely nothing to do with my providing you with this additional piece of trivia, lol lol lol.
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