What is the story behind the Baby Bulls?

[MightyGiants]

I have to confess that I really don't know much about them, other than they were Giants running backs.

[Wolverine1975]

I don't know much about them, but I think Tucker Frederickson was one of them when he came to the Giants in 1965.

[Sam56]

Went online and found this:

"I believe two of them were Tucker Fredrickson and Steve Thurlow.
The others were:

Ernie Koy

Chuck Mercein

Ernie Weelright

Smith Reed"

[Kmed6000]

It's too bad BabyBulls doesn't post over here.  He really would and should fit into this group.  Who better to ask than him?

[spiderblue43]

This really predates my Giant experience, although fans I knew then told me their thoughts. Ernie Wheelwright was on the team prior to the arrival of Tuck, Chuck and Thurlow. Reed played for one year and was gone, I believe. Wheelwright was an expansion pickup by the Saints later. EW was noted for forgetting the plays often. Not too bright. Koy wasn't a bull as I remember. A halfback/option type in the Gifford mold that also punted.

Of course, we all know Mercein was cut by the Giants only later to star for a brief moment in the Ice Bowl last-minute drive for the Pack. Tuck was badly injured in the preseason of 66 and never regained his gallop. Thurlow I have no idea about. He did play a lot in 65. Those years are like a black hole in Giants history. I never have learned very much about those years (64,65,66). The Tark trade was my first memory.

[President Rick]

at the time, RB's at 220-230 lbs were almost unheard of, so when the Giants drafted Fredrickson and added Koy, Mercein, etc, all guys 220 +, someone dubbed them the baby bulls.  not a one of them could run like Brandon jacobs though.

Also, Frederickson was an all american LB and FB in college [auburn??].  the injuries ruined his career but he was never more than an average RB in the nfl.  He didn't have the speed.

That year when the Giants took Tucker, I believe they passed on a couple of guys named Joe Namath and Gale Sayers.

[bighitterdalama]

I posted this a bit ago. I can't remember how to dupe it into this thread, so I will have to post a link.


http://giantsfans.net/message_board/index.php/topic,478.0.html


Big Hitter

[MightyGiants]

Thanks Brian, good stuff

[NapoleonBlownapart]

Please don't forget to add Joe Don Looney to this group of baby bulls! 

He was the very first Baby Bull drafted....and never played a regular season game for the Giants