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Playing his college ball at Marquette, George Andrie played his entire 11-year career with the Dallas Cowboys.
While Larry Morris never made a Pro Bowl, nor a First Team All-Pro, he was chosen for the 1960s All-Decade Team. This is a testament to Morris’ consistency as he was highly regarded in his craft as an NFL Linebacker. He would be a dependable presence in the Bears’ Defense that won the 1963 NFL Championship.
Clyde Simmons was a beast of a defensive lineman for Western Carolina and joined the Philadelphia Eagles in 1986 when he was a ninth-round pick in 1988. Simmons was a vaunted pass-rusher in the National Football League, who took down the Quarterback 121.5 times over a 15-year career, which included a league-leading 19 in 1992. A First Team All-Pro and…
Gary Johnson received the nickname of “Big Hands” innocently enough. In eighth grade, Johnson grabbed a basketball in gym class, and the P.E. teacher yelled the following: “Get your big hands off my basketball!” Those meat hooks would be put to good use on the gridiron, first at Grambling, where he was a three-time Little All-American, and then for the…
Out of the University of Nebraska, Glenn Presnell first played for the semi-pro Ironton Yanks in 1929. The Yanks were not part of the NFL but would have games against NFL teams where they would sometimes emerge as the victor. Presnell would sing with the NFL's Portsmouth Spartans, where he would be a bona fide triple threat in terms of…
A dynamic offensive weapon for the Lions in the 1990s, Herman Moore would twice lead the National Football League in Receptions. Moore may have been overshadowed by Barry Sanders, but Moore was a four-time Pro Bowl selection who had over 1,000 Yards in each of those campaigns. He held all of the major franchise receiving records until they were broken…
One of the most underrated Guards in the game, Dave Szott, was never chosen for a Pro Bowl, though he was good enough to make several. Szott was not a behemoth like other Linemen but used skill and leverage to outmaneuver his opponent. Rarely beaten, Szott had no discernable weakness, well except for the lack of accolades!
Playing his entire professional career with the New England Patriots, the team that drafted him in the second round of 1974. Nelson was a starter at Left Inside Linebacker as a rookie and he held that role until he retired after the 1987 season. Nelson patrolled the interior beautifully for the Pats, as one of the best (though widely not…
