Football heroes to be honored on stamps

NFL News and Associated Press ^ | 07/16/03 | Associated Press

[drjimmy]

Even though he's annoying as hell, Joe Theisman has the best football name of the recent era.
Maybe it's an urban legend, but the story I heard is that his family name was pronounced Thees-man until the sports marketing folks at Notre Dame got him to change it to increase the odds he would win the trophy that rhymes with Thighs-man.

[bedolido]

Maybe it's an urban legend, but the story I heard is that his family name was pronounced Thees-man until the sports marketing folks at Notre Dame got him to change it to increase the odds he would win the trophy that rhymes with Thighs-man.

I remember Tony Dorsett from his college days. They Called him Dorsit not Dorsett' (with the accent on the sett).

[bigfootbob]

Hehe. Never heard that one. It wouldn't surprize me if it's true. One thing for sure, some of the most brilliant minds I've met are Hoosiers. Joe's been able to parlay his name, toothy smile, marginal intelligence, and big hair into a lucrative post football career on the groundwork forged at Notre Dame.

[laweeks]

"Best Football Player names of all Time: Larry Czonka & Dick Buttkus"


I thought they were the same person. Isn't that why they'r never seen together.

[secret garden]

Here you go, guys, time to make a run to the post office.

[laweeks]

And I'm sure the long-awaited MIA and POW stamps will shortly follow. Wait a minute . . . didn't the post office say they have no intentions of making such stamps? Sorry! Let's do the NFL and Disney characters instead . . .

[bedolido]

And I'm sure the long-awaited MIA and POW stamps will shortly follow. Wait a minute . . . didn't the post office say they have no intentions of making such stamps? Sorry! Let's do the NFL and Disney characters instead . . .

Yeah... you're right. I just thought it was interesting that they would do it for the NFL.

[al_c]

What the bloody hell is a "football hero". Is this country gotten so corupt that our military, some getting killed daily, are not seen as heros and worthy of a postage stamp? Not one dang thing that a football player does makes a hero!

I agree. And I think the postage stamps (like $$$ bills) should honor real heroes, not celebrities.

[Grando Calrissian]

I can't wait to get the LT stamp.

Does it get you high?

[al_c]

Joe Theisman has the best football name of the recent era.

Only because he changed the pronunciation of it when vying for the Heisman. Before that, he pronounced it theezman. Egotist.

[Monster Zero]

I forget the guy's name, but he made the cover of SI a few months back. Had played college ball at Oklahoma and played for the Buffalo Bills, but was drafted. Instead of trying to beat the draft, he joined the army and was killed in Vietnam. He was the only NFL player to die in Vietnam. Would THAT be a football hero? If you think so, ask OKSooner about it, he can tell you the whole story

[Atlas Sneezed]

I think you need to be dead to be on a stamp.

[presidio9]

Actually, I think you're right.

Wait, wasn't Neil Armstrong on a stamp (albeit in his space suit)?

[drjimmy]

What the bloody hell is a "football hero".


Former Arizona Cardinal and current U.S. Army Ranger Pat Tillman.

[nickcarraway]

BUMP

[nickcarraway]

No Knute Rockne or Jim Thorpe?

[presidio9]

Anybody know if Pat Tillman was able to get a decent life insurance policy?

[bedolido]

Jim Thorpe

Full name: James Francis Thorpe Born: May 28, 1887 Died: March 28, 1953 Height: 6'-1" Weight: 190 lbs.
Position: Halfback
He played for Carlisle Indian School, Cleveland Indians, Oorang Indians, Rock Island Independents, New York Giants, Canton Bulldogs and Chicago Cardinals.
He was the most famous American athlete of the age. He was excellent at every sport he tried.
He won the decathlon and penthatlon events at the 1912 Olympics.
He did play major-league baseball from 1913 to 1919.
Football was his favorite sport.
In 1912, Thorpe scored 25 touchdowns and 198 points in leading his Carlisle Indian School team to a national collegiate championship.
Jim Thorpe was selected by the nation's press in 1950 as the most outstanding athlete of the 20th century.
Jim Thorpe was also declared as "America's Greatest football player of the half-century," in 1950.

[GunnyHartman]

How about Roger "The Dodger" Staubach. He served four years in the Navy including one in Vietnam. Then he was allowed to become a 27 year old rookie and the rest is history.

[Clemenza]

Or Y.A. TITtle