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Post by TTX on Feb 23, 2022 16:34:03 GMT -5
Though it's been years, I remember him. RIP.
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Post by on_the_edge on Feb 23, 2022 21:54:34 GMT -5
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Post by jimsteel on Feb 24, 2022 16:02:57 GMT -5
 Ken Burrough, a former wide receiver with the Houston Oilers in the National Football League, passed away on February 22nd at the age of 73. He was also a wide receiver at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas, having been named an All-American in 1969. Burrough was selected by the New Orleans Saints in the first round (10th overall) of the 1970 NFL Draft. That first season, he missed much playing time due to minor injuries and only caught 13 passes for 196 yards and two touchdowns. In January 1971, a trade was announced in which Burrough and fellow Saints player Dave Rowe went to the Oilers in exchange for Hoyle Granger, Terry Stoepel, Charles Blossom, and a draft choice to be named later. Burrough played eleven seasons with the Oilers, from 1971 through 1981. In 1975, Burrough was selected to the Pro Bowl, leading all NFL wide receivers with 1,063 receiving yards and was in fact the only receiver to gain more than a thousand yards for the season. He scored eight touchdowns for the season and averaged 20.1 yards per reception. In his book More Distant Memories: Pro Football's Best Ever Players of the 50s, 60s, and 70s, Danny Jones wrote that Burrough was "one of the most dangerous game breakers in the NFL along with Cliff Branch (Raiders), Mel Gray (Cardinals), and O. J. Simpson (Bills)." Six of Burrough's eight touchdowns were of 50 or greater yards. In a week thirteen game against the playoff-bound Raiders, Burrough caught four passes for 112 yards and two touchdowns, including a screen pass from quarterback Dan Pastorini, which he converted to a 68-yard touchdown by displaying his open-field running skills. Burrough was also selected to the Pro Bowl in 1977. The Oilers won post-season games in the 1978 and 1979 seasons, making it to the AFC Championship both years, but lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the eventual Super Bowl champions. Burrough was the last NFL player to wear number 00 on his jersey; the league restricted all numbers to between 1 and 89 in 1973 (later expanded to 1 and 99 in 1987), but Burrough and Oakland Raiders' center Jim Otto, both of whom wore 00 at the time, were covered under a grandfather clause for the rest of their careers. Burrough has the third-most receiving yards in Oilers/Titans history with 6,906 and tied for third in receiving touchdowns with 47. He ranks 85th on the NFL All-Time Yards per Reception List with 16.9 yards per pass reception. In 2016, Burrough was inducted into the Black College Football Hall of Fame. |
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Post by neilybob on Feb 24, 2022 16:12:35 GMT -5
RIP Mr. Burrough.
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Post by jimsteel on Feb 24, 2022 20:25:33 GMT -5
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Post by WTIC on Feb 24, 2022 22:20:24 GMT -5
Sally Kellerman, MASH and Star Trek Actress, Dies at 84 : www.thewrap.com/sally-kellerman-mash-dies-at-84/Sally Kellerman, the Oscar-nominated actress who played Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in the 1970 film “M*A*S*H,” has died in Woodland Hills at the age of 84. Her son, Jack Krane, told The Hollywood Reporter she had been battling dementia. A lifelong Southern California native, Kellerman got her start in showbiz in the 1960s in a variety of television roles, including a bit role on the “Twilight Zone” episode “Miniature” and cameos on episodes of “Bonanza” and “Mannix.” But her biggest role that decade was in “Where No Man Has Gone Before,” the second pilot episode of “Star Trek” that set the foundation for the sci-fi series to become one of the biggest TV shows ever aired. In the episode, Kellerman played Dr. Elizabeth Dehner, the ship psychiatrist aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise who develops strange psionic powers after the ship collides with a strange barrier in space. Ultimately, she sacrifices her life to allow Captain Kirk to defeat his former friend and Enterprise helmsman Gary Mitchell, who had developed even stronger powers along with megalomaniacal desires. In 1970, Kellerman got her big role in “M*A*S*H” as “Hot Lips” Houlihan, a by-the-book head nurse who becomes the target of pranks by the rebellious Army surgeons known as The Swampmen. The performance earned her Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, and she went on work with Altman on three more films: “Brewster McCloud” (1970), “The Player” (1992) and “Pret-a-Porter” (1994). Kellerman’s other films include performances alongside Alan Arkin in the 1972 Gene Saks comedy “Last of the Red Hot Lovers” and Dick Richard’s 1975 dramedy “Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins,” as well as in the 1986 Rodney Dangerfield comedy “Back to School.” She also did voice work in several TV shows and movies, including in the “Sesame Street” film “Find That Bird” as an avian social worker who places Big Bird in a home with other birds against his wishes. Kellerman’s final roles in her career came in the 2010s with roles on episodes of shows like “The Young and the Restless” and the Hulu dark comedy “Difficult People.” For the former performance, she received a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Special Guest Performer in a Drama Series. ------------------------------------ R.I.P., Sally! I enjoyed her episode of Trek, as well as her performance in Rodney Dangerfield's "Back to School"! Thanks for posting, Jim! I just wanted to expand on that a bit... Todd C WTIC |
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Post by jimsteel on Feb 25, 2022 0:14:59 GMT -5
 Va’aiga Tuigamala, dual-code rugby legend, dies aged 52 ‘Inga the Winger’ played for All Blacks and later Samoa Tuigamala, known globally as “Inga the Winger”, played for the All Blacks at the 1991 Rugby Union World Cup before switching to represent his native Samoa in the 1995 Rugby League and 1999 union World Cups. In total, he won 19 caps for the All Blacks in rugby union and 23 for Samoa and two caps for Samoa in rugby league. Having arrived in the United Kingdom from New Zealand in 1993, Tuigamala played 102 games for Wigan Warriors during five seasons at the club, scoring 62 tries. He won three league titles with Wigan and two Challenge Cups before returning to union, where he made 126 appearances for Wasps and Newcastle Falcons, scoring 180 points. |
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Post by TTX on Feb 25, 2022 5:07:09 GMT -5
RIP Sally.
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Post by jimsteel on Feb 25, 2022 14:18:07 GMT -5
 Ed Cooke, a former defensive end and linebacker, passed away at the age of 86. Cooke played college football at the University of Maryland and in the 1958 NFL draft he was drafted in the 3rd round by the Chicago Bears. Cooke played in three games with the Bears before being shipped off to the Philadelphia Eagles to finish the season. He then played a single season for the Baltimore Colts in 1959, winning a NFL championship. He spent the rest of his career in the AFL, playing for the New York Titans/Jets from 1960-63, the Denver Broncos from 1964-65 and finishing with the Miami Dolphins from 1966-67. Throughout his career in the NFL and AFL, Cooke played in 117 games and had seven interceptions returned for 102 yards. In 1966, with the AFL's Miami Dolphins, he was selected to the AFL All-Star Team |
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Post by jimsteel on Feb 25, 2022 16:48:40 GMT -5
And another athlete  Lionel James, a former running back in the NFL, passed away after a battle with a lengthy illness, at the age of 59. James was selected by the Chargers in the fifth round of the 1984 NFL Draft. James played college football for the Auburn Tigers, where he shared the backfield with Bo Jackson. James was part of the 1983 Southeast Conference champion and Sugar Bowl championship team. He spent his entire five-year NFL career with the Chargers from 1984-1988. His best year as a pro came during the 1985 season when he set the then-NFL season record for receiving yards with a running back and all-purpose yardage. He also led the AFC in receptions that year. In 1985, James set an NFL record for all-purpose yards in a season with 2,535 yards. He also set the record for receiving yards by a running back with 1,027 yards, while also leading the AFC in receptions with 86. On November 10, 1985, he had his best day as a pro versus the Los Angeles Raiders. He gained 345 all-purpose yards, including a career-best 168 yards receiving, and scored the winning touchdown in a 40–34 overtime victory. The total yardage was second all-time to Billy Cannon in 1961 and remains a Chargers franchise record. He might have broken the record in an earlier game that season against the Cincinnati Bengals, except for a Chargers penalty that cost him 89 yards of a 100-yard kickoff return. James finished the game with 316 yards. James' record for receiving yards by a running back was broken by Marshall Faulk (1,048) in 1999, and his all-purpose yardage record was eclipsed in 2000 by Derrick Mason (2,690 yards). |
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