NFL Player you Remember 1st Admiring as a Kid

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Neil Lomax

4600+ passing yards in 1984. Four games that year with a 120+ pure passer rating, and it captured the imagination of a young CW.

He was a little streaky, but the man could flat out spin it. He was a bit ahead of his time.
 
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Johnny U, Joe Kapp, Fran Tarkenton, Bubba Smith, Ray Nitzke, Dick Butkus.
Man, my brain is meandering back in time.
Are you sure you are not dead? Did you check the obituaries this morning?
 

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I would say Joe Namath and Len Dawson but I am not sure which was first.
 

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Joe Willie Namath. However I also remember my older brother and I went gaga over Cincy’s Greg Cook during his single awesome, spellbinding, and tantalizing 1969 season.
 

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Jim Brown, Fran Tarkenton, Walter Payton and Barry Sanders.

I also followed Danny White and Bob Breunig, who both went to ASU. I also attended high school with Bob here at Alhambra High. I met Danny once and that is when he was touring for the troops in Thailand.
 
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I´m waiting for someone to say Wa-Tho-Huk, which means Bright Path. (Jim Thorpe)
 
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Not there, but who knows? Maybe I am not loved and no one cares?? Anyway, my first post was the answer, Y.A. Tittle was my first NFL "hero".
Yelberton Abraham Tittle, that is a name I would not have expected on this board. I remember that when I was young, and even to this day, what I think of when his name comes up is always his bald head.

He was the first pro football player to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

It´s a wonder that he lived till 90 without a full head of hair. He is fortunate that he lived in a period of time where hats were so popular. Everyone wore a hat when dressed. They never went anywhere without wearing a hat. Sort of funny to see a pic of.
 
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