Hi to all,
Okay guys, I am going to try and add my two cents of trivia to the board, and let's see if I can stump you all.
Can any of you name me the first person to slam dunk a football over the goal post? And the team and stadium it occured in?
Good luck
Mojo,
Strictly a guess: Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, at Dallas Stadium?
Big Hitter
Sounds like WRs who played high school basketball. I remember James Lofton doing it when he was with the Packers and Michael Irvin with the Cowboys. Both home fields because they were trying to jack up the crowd. Lambeau and Texas. Wild guess it's one of those two.
TE Morris Stroud - KC Chiefs - Old Municipal stadium - either 1970 or 1971
he was 6'10, the tallest player in the league and I think he was the first
Quote from: NapoleonBlownapart on May 11, 2021, 05:42:23 PM
TE Morris Stroud - KC Chiefs - Old Municipal stadium - either 1970 or 1971
he was 6'10, the tallest player in the league and I think he was the first
good one. Morris was also used by Hank Stram to try and deflect long FG that crawled over the crossbar.
Quote from: Giant Obsession on May 12, 2021, 02:18:38 PM
good one. Morris was also used by Hank Stram to try and deflect long FG that crawled over the crossbar.
Thanks. did I win the prize 14 years later j/k
and
Stram was smart huh? that's why that play became outlawed I believe. the goalposts were still on the goal line
btw - Chris Allen and I exchanged messages/emails between circa 1998 and his all too untimely passing in 2006. I miss you Chris! I could ask you about Mckinnley Boston or Mickey Zofko and you would fire back with the most amazing info! Chris Allen, the dean of NFL Historians
And now? Thanks GO! you rock and you have picked up very nicely for Chris.
Quote from: NapoleonBlownapart on May 12, 2021, 02:36:34 PM
Thanks. did I win the prize 14 years later j/k
and
Stram was smart huh? that's why that play became outlawed I believe. the goalposts were still on the goal line
btw - Chris Allen and I exchanged messages/emails between circa 1998 and his all too untimely passing in 2006. I miss you Chris! I could ask you about Mckinnley Boston or Mickey Zofko and you would fire back with the most amazing info! Chris Allen, the dean of NFL Historians
And now? Thanks GO! you rock and you have picked up very nicely for Chris.
Hi Napolean.
I share with you, and others here, the feeling of loss over our friend, Christopher Allen, as this year marks the 15th anniversary of his passing (hard to believe).
Like you, Chris Allen and I were pretty close in communications outside the message boards. We enjoyed talking Giants history as well as life in upstate New York (NOTE: after growing up in North Jersey, I spent my high school and college years in Central New York ... about an hour away from Chris A).
He will be missed but it is very clear his memory lives on by virtue of this board and those of us who remember him and his passion for Giants history.
Peace!