College Top 20 Running Backs All Time

[Natural Order]

Running back nicknames

Squirmin' Sherman Lewis Michigan State
Choo Choo Winters Nebraska
Mack "Truck" Lee Hill Southern U/.Cheifs....most powerful RB ever**************
Thunder Thornton Nebraska/Cards
Tank Younger Grambling/Rams
Deacon Dan Towler Washington & Jefferson/ Rams....there with Younger (first Grambling NFLer)
Wondrous Warren McVea Houston/Cheifs
Joe "Jet" Perry Compton JC/Niners
Hugh "King" McElhenny Washington/Niners ....there with Perry, both in the HOF
Mercury Morris West Texas State**** Dolphins
John "Deisel" Riggins Kansas/Redskins
Cookie Gilchrist no college/Bills....owned a plane and had a pilots license, wanted to fly himself to the games.....hahaha!
Bullet Bob Hayes Florida A&M
Gale "Kansas Comet" Sayers
Johnny "Blood" McNally Guy went to three different schools, played on five pro teams, ha~~~~ Talkin' 1925-1939
"Golden Boy" Paul Hornung Notre Dame/Packers....how he won the Heisman a big....?????????

My fav.....The Galloping Ghost Red Grange Illinois/Bears
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************** was injured his senior season so went udrafted, signed on with the Chiefs, rookie season over 5 yard avg same in his second season, earned that,.....Truck. A monster think a 230 pound Isaih Paceho, hard hard runner. Banged up a knee........died on the operating table.

My fav WR nickname....Golden Wheels...talkin' Elbert Dubenion Bills/Blufton....where is it?

*** At least a dozen former Buffalo footballers in the pro rasslin' biz, don;t know the connection. Most famous....Dusty Rhodes

Always fond of "The Bus" for Jerome Bettis.

Canadian Lionel Conacher (one of best athletes ever) had the greatest nickname ever imo, "The Big Train".

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Always fond of "The Bus" for Jerome Bettis.

Canadian Lionel Conacher (one of best athletes ever) had the greatest nickname ever imo, "The Big Train".

How'd I forget "The Bus"......sheesh! Good one!

Who is Conacher?

Wasn;t there a baseballer called Big Train?

A few others....

Cannonball Butler Falcons
Pinball Clements CFL
Ironhead Heyward hmmmm?
Icky Woods Bengals

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Anwers

Going to try this again.

1.Paul Brown talked about how he'd trade Jim Brown for......???

John Davis Crow a former Texas A&M Heisman winner, one side of his face was paralysis. First 1000 yarder for the Cards, but...........no Jim Brown
2.Give me three sets of running backs at the same college same time, both having future 1000 yard NFL seasons?

Franco Harris/Lydell Mitchell Penn State
Thurman Thomas/Barry Sanders Oklahoma State
Charles White./ Marcus Allen USC

3.Best FB/RB combo where neither ever had a 1000 yard season? Both in the HOF anyway?
Bronko Nagurski/Red Grange Bears

4.He scored,,,,rushing, passing, receiving, KO return, punt return, FG, Xtra point?
Keith Lincoln Chargers

5.He was a long jumper in college his son also an NFL RB was an NCAA long jump champion, last name?

Terry and Eric Metcalf.....best father.son RB's

6.Three future HOFers on the same team same time?

Joe Perry, Hugh McElhenny, John Henry Johnson Niners

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

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[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Give me five RB;s with three names

John David Crow
Now 4 more

 

[Natural Order]

How'd I forget "The Bus"......sheesh! Good one!

Who is Conacher?

Wasn;t there a baseballer called Big Train?

A few others....

Cannonball Butler Falcons
Pinball Clements CFL
Ironhead Heyward hmmmm?
Icky Woods Bengals

I realize Americans are a bit ignorant to world information so I'll give you a pass.

Just read the wiki on the man. He's probably GOAT Canadian, or at least in the running.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

I realize Americans are a bit ignorant to world information so I'll give you a pass.

Just read the wiki on the man. He's probably GOAT Canadian, or at least in the running.

Talk to me about....

Harold Abrahams
Percy Williams
Paul Nash
Asafa Powell
Bruny Surin
Silvio Cator
Haseley Crawford
Pietro Mennea

All foreign athletes

Being first and foremost a track fan I;m going to be well aware of the World stage, see that name Silvio Cator, he was a Haitian soccer player and the first to long jump over 26 feet, he is on a postage stamp. See that name Percy Williams he was the 1928 Olympic 100/200 champ, all 126 pounds of him.

I can talk foreign athletes. Who on that list above other than Cator was also born in Haiti?

Wayne Gretzky is the GOAT as far as Canadian athletes go.

What American was the GOAT of the CFL?

That fantasy Canadian 4x1 relay team

Ben Johnson...Donovan Bailey...Bruny Surin....Harry Jerome

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Speaking of foreign athletes

World fantasy 4x1 relay

Ran at a usa school***

lane

1.Great Britian....Louis Hitchcliff.***...Dwain Chambers,,,,,John Rigis....Linford Christie
2.Trinidad.....Kleston Bledman....Richard Thompson....Ato Boldon....Haseley Crawford...all but Bledman
3.Canada...Ben Johnson....Donovan Bailey....Bruny Surin.....Harry Jerome***
4,USA...Christian Coleman....Justin Gatlin...Tyson Gay....Noah Lyles....all of them
5.Jamaica....Nesta Carter....Asafa Powell....Yohan Blake....Usian Bolt
6.Nigeria....O. Fasusba....Divine Oduduru***....Seun Ogunkoya....Francis Obikwelu
7.Italy,....Filipi Tolifo.....Livio Burriti....Pietro Mennea...Marcel Jacobs
8.Raiders.....Jacoby Ford...Ron Brown...Alvis Whitted....Sam Graddy...all of them

 

[Croaker]

There’s Barry and everyone else.

Barry Foster was one hell of a talent

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Barry Foster was one hell of a talent

Guess he simply lost interest, I agree he had serious talent a......what should have been.

While here....

Give me five RB's with three names, ya know John David Crow. Now five more.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Ok ok no more questions

Eddie Lee Ivery Packers
Cyde Edwards Helaire Chiefs
Maurice Jones Drew Titans
John Henry Johnson Steelers
Mack Lee Hill Chiefs......had to be seen to be believed, a monster.

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[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Pitt

QB....Dan Marino
RB...Tony Dorsett
RB...Curtis Martin
WR....Larry Fitzgerald
WR....Antonio Bryant
TE....Mike Ditka

All but Bryant in the Hall of Fame

Notre Dame

Joe Montana
Jerome Bettis
Ricky Watters
Tim Brown
Rocket Ismail
Dave Caper

Syracuse

Donovan McNabb
Jim Brown
Larry Csonka
Marvin Harrison
Art Monk
John Mackey

Who can give me Grambling?

Then theres.....

Niners

Joe Montana
Frank Gore
Roger Craig
Jerry Rice
Terrell Owens
Vernon Davis

Cowboys

Troy Aikman
Emmitt Smith
Tony Dorsett
Michael Irvin
Bob Hayes
Jason Witten

Who ya got?

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Never gets old

 

[Natural Order]

Crazy that Gore made it to 3rd all time in yds. Slow and steady.

 

[FyrFytr998]

Crazy that Gore made it to 3rd all time in yds. Slow and steady.

Given their rushing averages, Brown and Sanders could have made the rushing title unreachable for everyone else had they played as long. Especially Brown playing them slow ass white dudes.

 

[Natural Order]

Given their rushing averages, Brown and Sanders could have made the rushing title unreachable for everyone else had they played as long. Especially Brown playing them slow ass white dudes.

Yeah Gore had a 15 year career, which is abnormal for the position.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Crazy that Gore made it to 3rd all time in yds. Slow and steady.

Speed is a weird deal, tons of sprinters ran faster on a 4x1 relay than they did in the open 100, who ever ran the 4.7 Jerry Rice down? Gore 4..69 but, he ran far faster than that with a footall under his arm.

 

[Natural Order]

Speed is a weird deal, tons of sprinters ran faster on a 4x1 relay than they did in the open 100, who ever ran the 4.7 Jerry Rice down? Gore 4..69 but, he ran far faster than that with a footall under his arm.

I meant more so in terms of career length. As mentioned above, he had a much longer than normal career than most which clearly allowed him to accumulate the end totals he did. That’s not meant to be a slight to Frank, he’s obviously a tank and phenomenal back.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Given their rushing averages, Brown and Sanders could have made the rushing title unreachable for everyone else had they played as long. Especially Brown playing them slow ass white dudes.

Brown played in 12/14 game seasons, bummer for his numbers.

Sanders should be the All Time rushing king, what he did made no sense at all.

 

['Rocky']

Christian Okoye...for the Tecmo Bowl bros.....




And Barry Word

Marion Butts snuck through my defense a lot too. Fucker.