Sammy Baugh: DEAD

[Holes]

The last surviving member of the inaugral class to the NFL Hall of Fame has died. He was 94.

http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/story/11178367

[Contra]

Holes there you are! I should tell katja about this post

[razorboy]

He was the first modern QB. 94 years is a pretty good run, especially for a former player.

[Devo37]

had to do a google search on him. damn, i was hoping he was one of the '72 Dolphins.

[Freakshow]

god needed someone to sling for him?

[PapaBear]

In 1943, he led the league in passing, punting and defensive interceptions. In one game, he threw four touchdown passes and intercepted four as well. He threw six touchdowns passes in a game twice. His 51.4-yard punting average in 1940 is still the NFL record.
Unbelievable!

[Tenbatsuzen]

had to do a google search on him. damn, i was hoping he was one of the '72 Dolphins.



You thought he was playing in his late 50's?

[TripleSkeet]

This guy was awesome. If you ever watch the old NFL Films interviews they did with him he didnt give a shit what people thought of him. And he cursed like a maniac. True old school player.

[Holes]

Holes there you are! I should tell katja about this post

Yes, sir! Here I am!

[Fezticle98]

Amazing football player. One of the best of all-time.

Pretty much never left his ranch for the last 40 years or so.

[El Mudo]

My favourite Sammy Baugh story was the one where he got the check from Jay Z in the mail a few years ago because Jay wore a Baugh jersey in one of his videos

Last spring the hip-hop superstar Jay-Z—in the video for his single Girls Girls Girls—wore an exact replica of the maroon, long-sleeved number 33 jersey that Sammy Baugh sported for the Washington Redskins in 1947. Scant weeks later Baugh himself left his ranch house in Rotan, Texas, for his once-a-month visit to the mailbox, in which he discovered a five-figure royalty check that must have appeared, to his 88-year-old eyes, to be a bank error in his favor. "He's been thinking ever since," says Peter Capolino, the 57-year-old Philadelphian who introduced, as it were, Jay-Z to Slingin' Sammy, "What is going on?"

[PD]

This guy was awesome. If you ever watch the old NFL Films interviews they did with him he didnt give a shit what people thought of him. And he cursed like a maniac. True old school player.

well said.
played offense, defense and special teams
Baugh was even more successful in 1943 and led the league in passing, punting (45.9-yard average) and interceptions (11)

By the time he retired, Baugh set 13 NFL records in three player positions: quarterback, punter, and defensive back.

[Fezticle98]

Fez saw him play as a rookie. Called him a sure-fire Hall of Famer.

[Gvac]

NOOO!!!

Say it ain't so Slingin' Sammy!

[cougarjake13]

RIP sammy