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10 of the Classiest NFLers I can Remember
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 10:50 am
by poptart
Walter Payton
Roger Staubach
Don Shula
Merlin Olsen
Willie Brown
Tom Landry
Mike Singletary
Ronnie Lott
Bum Phillips - in his own way
Jim Plunkett
Feel free to add your own.
Or ... tell me (and/or trev) that I'm full of shit.
Re: 10 of the Classiest NFLers I can Remember
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 12:25 pm
by DallasFanatic
You have a couple Cowboys on the list so you're good.
Kellen Winslow may get a nod from me. Not the soldier either.
Re: 10 of the Classiest NFLers I can Remember
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 1:09 pm
by R-Jack
I'm sure there are classy folks out there in the NFLPA past and present, but this is football fans judging the class of football players.
Some things are better left not discussed.
Re: 10 of the Classiest NFLers I can Remember
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 1:39 pm
by BSmack
poptart wrote:Walter Payton
Roger Staubach
Don Shula
Merlin Olsen
Willie Brown
Tom Landry
Mike Singletary
Ronnie Lott
Bum Phillips - in his own way
Jim Plunkett
Feel free to add your own.
Or ... tell me (and/or trev) that I'm full of shit.
You don't know any of those guys well enough to comment on their personal character.
Oh, and Trev is full of shit too.
Re: 10 of the Classiest NFLers I can Remember
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 1:56 pm
by poptart
B wrote:You don't know any of those guys well enough to comment on their personal character.
That's true.
We don't really
know any of these people.
And it may be that they possess certain A'HOLE traits.
When I think of a classy individual I think of someone who carries himself with dignity and humility.
Someone who displays common sense and has a solid work ethic.
Someone who is excellent.
And someone who is perhaps a little bit unique, also.
The people I listed appear classy to me.
Yes, it could be that they have low character.
But if I wanted to show my son how to carry himself, I might point out these people and encourage him to use their
public persona as a model for himself.
Re: 10 of the Classiest NFLers I can Remember
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 1:59 pm
by R-Jack
I do think the "Trev is full off______ too" could catch on, but that would be better left for CDS I think.
Re: 10 of the Classiest NFLers I can Remember
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 2:00 pm
by Goober McTuber
poptart wrote:When I think of a classy individual I think of someone who carries himself with dignity and humility.
Someone who displays common sense and has a solid work ethic.
Someone who is excellent.
And someone who is perhaps a little bit unique, also.
The people I listed appear classy to me.
I’m assuming that the only reason I didn’t make your list is that I never played in the NFL. Thanks anyway.
Re: 10 of the Classiest NFLers I can Remember
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 2:03 pm
by poptart
I was thinking more of Whitey.
Or his daughter.
Or one of the Vogels.
Re: 10 of the Classiest NFLers I can Remember
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 2:06 pm
by R-Jack
poptart wrote:The people I listed appear classy to me.
Key word there pop.
No disrespect to anyone who wants to use athletes as an example, but I don't think I will point to any athlete as a role model to my kids. Unfortunately that is up to and inlcuding work ethic.
Re: 10 of the Classiest NFLers I can Remember
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 3:02 pm
by trev
None of you are full of _______. Are ya?
Re: 10 of the Classiest NFLers I can Remember
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 3:08 pm
by Goober McTuber
Full of lines? That’d be Screwball and Derron. Both self-admitted samplers of the the Peruvian Marching Powder.
Re: 10 of the Classiest NFLers I can Remember
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 3:15 pm
by Van
I can only imagine what it must be like to have R-Jack as one's parent and role model. Hey, if nothing else, his kids probably tear it up at the schoolyard when it's time to play the dozens.
I'd pay to say R-Jack's and TVO's kids square off for a verbal throw-down at recess, with Dan Vogel's kid acting as referee.
:D
Re: 10 of the Classiest NFLers I can Remember
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 3:28 pm
by R-Jack
Van wrote:I'd pay to say R-Jack's and TVO's kids square off for a verbal throw-down at recess, with Dan Vogel's kid acting as referee.
TVO..............kids?
Can't make a colon into a uterus, so my kids will win by forfeit.
Re: 10 of the Classiest NFLers I can Remember
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 3:40 pm
by Van
TVO could always become a foster parent just for the monthly paycheck and the opportunity to berate a captive audience.
Re: 10 of the Classiest NFLers I can Remember
Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 3:43 pm
by Goober McTuber
He probably wouldn’t enjoy it when the kids reached age 12 and started looking down on him in more ways than one.