NFL Running Back Trivia~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

This is about a school with just one notable/of merit NFL runningback. while USC, Auburn, Texas have had tons this school had......

Washington & Jefferson....Deacon Dan Towler Rams
UOP....Dick Bass the first 1000 yard rusher for the Rams
Abilene Christian....Wilbert Montgomery Eagles
North Texas State.....Abner Haynes Chiefs, their first 1000 yarder
Long Beach State.....Terry Metcalf Cards
Azusa Pacific....Christian "Nigerian Nightmare'" Okoye....a discus thrower turn footballer, a 255 pounder running the 4x1 relay.
Prairie View....Clemon Daneils the first 1000 yard rusher for the Raiders....a converted DB
NCA&T.....JD Smith niners....another converted DB, first 1000 yard rusher from an HBCU
Maryland Eastern Shore...Emerson Boozer Jets
New Mexico Highlands.....Carl Garrett Pats
Yale.....Calvin Hill the first Cowboys 1000 yard rusher
Ball State..Timmy Brown Eagles
U of San Francisco....Ollie Matson Rams Olympic 400m bronze/Hall of Fame. most important on this list
Texas Southern,.....Willie Ellison Rams
Gonzaga,,,,Tony "Gray Ghost of Gonzaga" Canadeo Packers
Humbolt....Wendell Hayes Chiefs
St.Johns....Johnny "Blood" McNalley Packers

https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th/id/OIP.fE1XQNvW52SZ-sFxwzWwuQHaDw?pid=Api&P=0&h=180

Not saying those schools never had anyone else, I am saying there was nobody else of importance.

Joe "Jet" Perry is the only NFL who had a 1000 yard season (first black to accomplish that) with just a JC education,,,,,Compton/Niners

Cookie Gilchrist went straight from high Scool to the CFL then the Buffalo Bills, the AFL's first 1000 yard rusher.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Best Ball Carrier for each team

Will mention Hall of Famers

Niners....Frank Gore Miami, Joe Perry, Hugh McElhenny
Rams....Eric Dickerson SMU Marshall Faulk
Seahawks....Shaun Alexander Bama
Cards....Otis Anderson Miami
Cowboys....Emmitt Smith Florida Tony Dorsett
Washington....John Riggins Kansas
Eagles.....Steve Van Buren LSU
Giants....Tiki Barber Virginia? Frank Gifford
Packers....Jim Taylor LSU Paul Hornung
Bears....Walter Payton Jackson State Gale Sayers, Red Grange, Bronko Nagurski
Vikes....Adrian Peterson Oklahoma
Lions....Barry Sanders Oklahoma State
Falcons....Gerald Riggs ASU
Saints....Duece McAlister Mississippi
Bucs.....James Wilder Missouri
Panthers....Christian McCaffrey Stanford
Raiders....Marcus Allen USC
Chiefs....Priest Holmes Texas
Chargers....LT TCU
Broncos....Terrell Davis Georgia
Colts.....Edgerrin James Miami Lenny Moore
Texans....Arian Foster Tenn
Jags....Fred Taylor Florida
Titans/Oilers....Earl Campbell Texas
Pats....Sam Cunningham USC
Bills.....OJ Simpson USC Thurman Thomas
Dolphins....Larry Csonka Syracuse
Jets,,,,,Curtis Martin Pitt
Steelers....Jerome Bettis Notre Dame Franco Harris, John Henry Johnson
Bengals....Corey Dillon Washington
Ravens....Derrick Henry Bama
Browns....Jim Brown Syracuse Marion Motley Leroy Kelly

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

So back in the day Browns head coach Paul Brown talked about there was another back in the league he would trade Jim Brown to get, who?

 

[Natural Order]

Give me 10 RB's who were pro bowlers despite never rushing for a 1000 yards in any season?

How about...

Hall of Famers

Lenny Moore Colts
Paul Hornung Packers
Frank Gifford Giants
Hugh "King" McElhenny Niners
Marion Motley Browns

add....

Timmy Brown Eagles
Don Perkins Cowboys
Willie Galimore Bears
Keith Lincoln Chargers
Terry Metcalf Cards

Mike Alstott (Bucs).....6x pro-bowler, never cracked 1K on the ground!

Sorry, not a deep enough fan for 10

 

[Natural Order]

Going to put this in here.

Point differental after 6 games

Pats 30
Bills 30
Dolphins - 40
Jets - 47

Steelers 12
Bengals - 80 ouch~~~
Ravens - 50
Browns - 64

Colts 78 *******
Jags 19
Texans 47....surprised
Titans - 78 ouch~~~

Chargers 2
Broncos 35
Chiefs 31
Raiders - 46

Eagles -1
Wash 32
Cowboys - 6
Giants - 23

Packers 29
Lions 49
Vikings 26
Bears - 15

Bucs 14
Falcons even
Panthers - 14
Saints - 49

Niners -3
Rams 30
Seahawks 49
Cards - 3

Current season point differentials......all-time Running Back trivia. Same thing.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Mike Alstott (Bucs).....6x pro-bowler, never cracked 1K on the ground!

Sorry, not a deep enough fan for 10

Good one!

Alstott was the thunder to Warrick Dunn's lighting, so they shared carries, not unlike Csonka and Morris, that doesn't help individual numbers.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Current season point differentials......all-time Running Back trivia. Same thing.

Using my threads to simpy talk football, don't wanna clutter the place up anymore than I have,

 

[Natural Order]

Using my threads to simpy talk football, don't wanna clutter the place up anymore than I have,

I know, just bustin' your chops brother

 

[Natural Order]

@Sir Elzio Dennick

GOAT Canadian athlete (by large margin imo) and fascinating life.

Also, GOAT nickname for pretty much anything (The Big Train).

Lionel Conacher bless.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Conacher

 

[johnsmithjohnson]

So back in the day Browns head coach Paul Brown talked about there was another back in the league he would trade Jim Brown to get, who?

Jd crow?

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

10 best retired RB's not in the Hall of Fame and never will be,

Dick Bass Rams/UOP first 1000 yarder
Cookie Gilchrist Bills/no college, straight from HS to the CFL, AFL first 1000 yarder
JD Smith Niners/NCA&T first HBCU 1000 yarder
Matt Snell Jets/Ohio State.....real MVP in SBIII
Willie Galimore Bears/FAMU...amazing
Abner Haynes Chiefs/North Texas State the first "star" of the AFL
Don Perkins Cowboys/New Mexico, that's his RC up above,
Timmy Brown Eagles/Ball State, best RB out of the MAC
Terry Metcalf Cards/Long Beach State, great kick returner also
Bo Jackson Raiders/Auburn....classic what could have been.

While at Long Beach State he long jumped 25-10, his son Eric an NCAA champion at over 27 feet.




nI that video the guy says...........Terry Metcalf the most exciting runner to ever wear a Cardinal uniform.........that simply isn't true, Olympic sprinter Ollie Matson a Hall of Famer was just as.....wow! He was a Chicago Cardinal.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

@Sir Elzio Dennick

GOAT Canadian athlete (by large margin imo) and fascinating life.

Also, GOAT nickname for pretty much anything (The Big Train).

Lionel Conacher bless.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Conacher

Wow!

I have heard/read about him just can't remember how or why.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Jd crow?

BINGO!

Crow was a Heisman winner while at Texas A&M,then a St.Louis Cardinal, while he was good, actually the first Cardinal to gain a 1000 yards he was no Jim Brown so....???

One side of his face was paralized giving him a unique look,

john david crow images - - Image Search Results

 

[Natural Order]

Wow!

I have heard/read about him just can't remember how or why.

Not only did he play and win championships in 5 or 6 different sports, was prominent figure in local politics. But his name crops up when you see a piece on Canadian athletes here and there.

Died young unfortunately, mid 50s.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Not only did he play and win championships in 5 or 6 different sports, was prominent figure in local politics. But his name crops up when you see a piece on Canadian athletes here and there.

Died young unfortunately, mid 50s.

I remember now it was over on a track site, some guy wanted to talk the great Canadian athletes, he mentioned him. Easy to see why.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Spaking of....wow....the great Noel Devine

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Size with speed




Obviously Bo was far faster than his 10.39, he toyed with track.


Dupree took second in the Mississippi state HS champs he was out leaned by little Calvin Smith a future 9.93 world record holder.

Highly recommend "The Courtship of Marcus Dupree" a book by Wille Morris, a great read, more than just football.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Today the Eagles have Saqoun Barkley who is great but once upon a time.....



Back then it was....

Jim Brown Browns
Jim Taylor Packers
John Henry Johnson Steelers
Don Perkins Cowboys
Dick Bass Rams
Timmy Brown Eagles
JD Smith Niners

AFL

Cookie Gilchrist Bills
Abner Haynes Chiefs
Paul Lowe Chargers
Clem Daneils Raiders

All those the first 1000 yard rusher for that franchise.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Watcing those two RB's at Notre Dame got me thinking about great RB duos at the NCAA level from back in the day.

I gotta start with Army's Mr,Inside Doc Blanchard a bull and Mr.Outside Glenn Davis a 9.6 sprinter, both would win a Heisman..

Speaking of two RB;s there together who were both Heisman winners, USC with Charles White and Marcus Allen pulled that off also,

Another Trojan dynamic duo was Reggie Bush and LenDale White, classic Thunder and Lighting..

Penn State had Franco Harris and Lydell Mitchell, can't count Oklahoma State with Thurman Thomas and Barry Sanders, Sanders came on after Thomas had left.


Michigan State once had another Thunder and Lighting combo n big Mel Anthony and speedy Squirmin' Sherman Lewis.

So who am I forgetting?

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

USC has had 8 pro football1000 yard rushers among the alumni

Mike Garrett Heisman
OJ Simpson Heisman
Charles White Heisman
Marcus Allen Heisman
Ricky Bell
Sam Cunningham............Pats franchise leader
Reggie Bush Heisman
LenDale White

What other schools can match or better that?