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Post by jimsteel on Sept 19, 2022 21:00:02 GMT -5
Harry Langford, a former Canadian football offensive tackle and guard who played for the Calgary Stampeders, passed away at the age of 92. He is a member of the Calgary Stampeders Wall of Fame and the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. Langford is known for his durability as he played in 135 games in a row. He played for the Stampeders from 1950–1958 and was a CFL West All-Star during the following seasons. 1952, 1955–1958.
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Post by TTX on Sept 20, 2022 14:18:45 GMT -5
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Post by jimsteel on Sept 20, 2022 18:18:55 GMT -5
Herb Lusk, a former running back in the NFL passed away on September 19th after being diagnosed with cancer AT 69. Lusk played for three seasons in the National Football League. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1976 to 1978, having played college football for Long Beach State. He was drafted by the Eagles in the tenth round of the 1976 NFL Draft. He played college football at Long Beach State & Monterey Peninsula College, and was the first NFL player to kneel in the endzone after a touchdown and prayer on October 9, 1977. He played in a total of 28 NFL games, having 483 rushing yards with an average of 4 yards per touch. Lusk was the pastor of the Greater Exodus Baptist Church in Philadelphia and served as a pastor to the Eagles football team.
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Post by jimsteel on Sept 21, 2022 19:04:15 GMT -5
Mike Adamson, a former pitcher in Major League Baseball, passed away at the age of 74 Drafted out of the University of Southern California in the first round of the secondary phase in the 1967 Major League Baseball Draft he was signed to a Baltimore Oriole contract on June 27, 1967, Adamson became the first player to go straight to the Major Leagues without spending a day in the minors since the institution of the June baseball lottery in 1965. In his July 1st debut against the Cleveland Indians, Adamson hurled two innings of relief; he surrendered two hits, two earned runs and three stolen bases, including a steal of home by Cleveland's Chuck Hinton. He was then sent to the minors after his third MLB appearance (and second start), although he would spend part of the next two seasons with the Orioles. From his demotion in 1969 to 1971, Adamson pitched in the Baltimore Orioles' minor league system. He was picked up by the Milwaukee Brewers and spent part of 1971 with the Evansville Triplets, the Brewers' AAA affiliate. Over the course of his eleven-game MLB career, Adamson yielded 28 hits and 22 bases on balls, with 14 strikeouts, in 25+1⁄3 innings pitched. He retired after the 1971 season.
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Post by on_the_edge on Sept 21, 2022 19:29:22 GMT -5
Just an FYI, I am guessing the pick of the Eagle is not Herb Lusk. It says he was an RB and that looks like a QB.
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Post by aceldamas on Sept 21, 2022 22:21:07 GMT -5
Just an FYI, I am guessing the pick of the Eagle is not Herb Lusk. It says he was an RB and that looks like a QB. That’s Donovan McNabb.
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Post by jimsteel on Sept 22, 2022 10:43:18 GMT -5
Darrell Mudra, a former head coach in the CFL and a longtime college football head coach, passed away at 93. Nicknamed "Dr. Victory," Mudra was a gridiron football coach. He served as the head football coach at Adams State College (1959–1962), North Dakota State University (1963–1965), the University of Arizona (1967–1968), Western Illinois University (1969–1973), Florida State University (1974–1975), Eastern Illinois University (1978–1982), and the University of Northern Iowa (1983–1987), compiling a career college football record of 200–81–4. Mudra was also the head coach of the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL) for one season in 1966. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2000. He was the 38 winningest coach in college football history, Mudra won two national titles during his career; the first a College Division National Championship at North Dakota State in 1965 (20-7 win over Grambling State) and the second in 1978 when he led Eastern Illinois to an NCAA D-II National Championship (10-9 win over Delaware). He coached the following teams during his football coaching career: 1953 Ashland HS (NE) 1954–1956 Tekamah HS (NE) 1957 Huron (backs) 1958 Colorado State (backs) 1959–1962 Adams State 1963–1965 North Dakota State 1966 Montreal Alouettes 1967–1968 Arizona 1969–1973 Western Illinois 1974–1975 Florida State 1978–1982 Eastern Illinois 1983–1987 Northern Iowa
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Post by on_the_edge on Sept 22, 2022 15:03:27 GMT -5
Just an FYI, I am guessing the pick of the Eagle is not Herb Lusk. It says he was an RB and that looks like a QB. That’s Donovan McNabb. I was thinking that but since so long since I had seen him I was not 100% sure. Football players can be tricky since most of the time I see them when they are wearing helmets lol.
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Post by jimsteel on Sept 22, 2022 20:00:31 GMT -5
Greg Lee, a former ABA and NBA point guard, passed away at the age of 70 He was the starting point guard on back-to-back NCAA championship teams for the UCLA Bruins in 1972 and 1973. He then played two seasons of professional basketball: one in the original American Basketball Association and one in the National Basketball Association. Lee, a 6'3" guard, was an All-American while playing at Reseda High School in Reseda, California. He played for UCLA from 1971 to 1974. When he arrived, freshman were not allowed to compete on the Varsity team. Lee and his fellow first-year classmates went undefeated, with a 20–0 record. Lee averaged 17.9 points per game, while classmate Keith Wilkes averaged 20.0 points and Bill Walton averaged 18.1 points, while shooting 68.6 percent from the floor. At the outset of his sophomore year, Lee became a starter on the Varsity. He and his classmates were on the 1971–72 UCLA basketball team, which had a record of 30–0, in the process winning their games by an average margin of more than 30 points. They went on to win the national title in 1972, over Florida State in 81-76. The following year the Bruins again went 30-0, and won the 1973 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament with an 87–66 win over Memphis State. Lee's Bruins are the holders of the NCAA men's basketball record of winning 88 games in a row. In Lee's senior year during the 1973–74 season, the school's 88-game winning streak ended with a 71–70 loss to Notre Dame. Later that same year UCLA's stretch of consecutive national titles was stopped at seven when North Carolina State defeated the Bruins 80–77 in double overtime in the semi-finals of the NCAA tournament. So Lee started his college career in 108-0. A record that will never be broken. After his collegiate career ended, Lee was drafted by both the NBA and ABA. The Atlanta Hawks drafted him in the seventh round (115th pick overall) of the 1974 NBA Draft and the San Diego Conquistadors drafted him in the fifth round of the ABA Draft the same year. He chose the Conquistadors, averaging 3.6 points and 2.6 assists in five games. The following season, he moved to the NBA, appearing in five games for the Portland Trail Blazers and averaging 1.2 points and 2.2 assists. In addition to basketball, Lee became an accomplished beach volleyball player. Lee entered a total of 62 "Open" tournaments, reaching the finals 39 times while collecting 29 tournament titles. He was inducted into the CBVA Beach Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1997.
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Post by jimsteel on Sept 23, 2022 22:20:16 GMT -5
Non sports related for a change Louise Fletcher, Oscar Winner for ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,’ Dies at 88
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