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Orange Blooded [4403]
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Tiger football/NFL trivia....a buddy asked me yesterday
Jan 27, 2014, 5:27 PM
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after Dawk, who had the longest NFL career of any former Tiger? I think it was Jeff Bryant, who played 13 years, all with Seattle, as a starting DL. In my opinion, i think that #99 is the best all around DL i've ever seen with a Paw on his helmet. Played all 4 DL positions and seemed to be on the ball every play...he saved the NC in '81 with the most heads up play in Clemson history on the lateral recovery against the Holes...he was an absolute beast, and virtually forgotten by most Clemson folks. I don't know what the answer is but some young computer savvy genius on here can probably come up with the answer...i have some $$$ riding on this so any help is good. I think i might be right.
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Orange Blooded [2429]
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Re: Tiger football/NFL trivia....a buddy asked me yesterday
Jan 27, 2014, 5:31 PM
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Harvey White played a long time in the NFL mostly if not all the years with the Cowboys.
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Charlie Waters had a pretty long run didn't he? I don't
Jan 27, 2014, 5:34 PM
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think that much but he popped up in my feeble mind when you mentioned Dawkins.
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Re: Charlie Waters had a pretty long run didn't he? I don't
Jan 27, 2014, 5:41 PM
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Waters is the player I had in mind when I posted White. Memory goes when you get old.
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No penalty at all. This was before the invention of Disco***
Jan 27, 2014, 5:44 PM
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Chris Gardocki played about 15yrs, I think***
Jan 27, 2014, 5:34 PM
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you're right....he was a heck of a kicker for a long time
Jan 27, 2014, 7:21 PM
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I think that you could make the argument that Dawk was our best NFL player with Bryant, Bostic, Gardocki, Waters, MD Perry all in the discussion as well historically. Bennie Cunningham was a good TE but didn't play but about 8 years or so, i think. I think that Bryant is forgotten by a lot of Tiger fans because he spent his entire 13 year career up in Seattle before they were ever on TV nationally for the most part. He was a hell of a player for us and in the NFL. Seahawk fans love him. I saw him raise the 12th man flag last year up there and they went ballistic.
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Dwight ??
Jan 27, 2014, 7:26 PM
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Dwight had a heck of a career but i don't think he made
Jan 27, 2014, 7:36 PM
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the 10 year mark.
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Orange Blooded [2762]
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Montana to Clarke...Touchdown! Epic catch
Jan 27, 2014, 7:39 PM
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Wait. Wasn't it Montana?
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Orange Blooded [4403]
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1982 NFC Championship, caught it over Everson Walls
Jan 27, 2014, 7:43 PM
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of Dallas. Candlestick has a gold star in the endzone where he came down with the ball. He's in their Ring of Honor and is a hero up there in SF.
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Orange Blooded [2762]
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So it is referred to as "the catch" so I wasn't entirely
Jan 27, 2014, 8:04 PM
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wrong after all - we have 2 "the catches"
http://www.dwightclark87.com/bio.html
His GF then was also "the catch" in my book...well the world too I suppose being Miss Universe and all...
Sean(?) Weatherly for the younger gens
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Orange Blooded [4403]
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i remember her well.....pretty girl is a vast understatement
Jan 27, 2014, 11:21 PM
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i also remember Clark running downfield blocking like a madman in that number 30 tearaway jersey playing more like a tight end than a WR in that offense we ran back then. Bill Walsh was at Clemson looking at Fuller and Fuller had Clark come out and catch passes for his workout. Walsh remembered Clark and snagged him as a free agent after the draft and the rest is history.
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Re: Tiger football/NFL trivia....a buddy asked me yesterday
Jan 27, 2014, 6:02 PM
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Maybe somebody else came up with this already but Chris Gardocki played from 1991 to 2006.
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Re: Tiger football/NFL trivia....a buddy asked me yesterday
Jan 27, 2014, 6:38 PM
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Bennie Cunningham, John McMakin and Waters played forever
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Gordocki??***
Jan 27, 2014, 6:44 PM
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Re: Tiger football/NFL trivia....a buddy asked me yesterday
Jan 27, 2014, 6:49 PM
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http://www.playerfilter.com/nfl/college/Clemson/
Great resource. Missing some info but way more complete than anything else I've found.
Gardocki and Dawkins played over 16 seasons but Gardocki in most games. Trevor Pryce 14 seasons. Terry Allen played 12 seasons but is much further down the games played list.
Message was edited by: viztiz®
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Jeff Bostic not far behind. 14 seasons and 3 rings***
Jan 27, 2014, 6:56 PM
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I wonder what currently active Tiger has been in the NFL
Jan 27, 2014, 7:11 PM
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the longest?
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Orange Blooded [2762]
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Whitehurst would be my quick guess***
Jan 27, 2014, 7:14 PM
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Re: Tiger football/NFL trivia....a buddy asked me yesterday
Jan 27, 2014, 7:17 PM
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C. Gardoki played 16 years.Never had a punt blocked.
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oldtimer ray matthews played
Jan 27, 2014, 8:22 PM
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10 years back in the 50s 9 with the steelers
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ring of honor member fred cone played
Jan 27, 2014, 8:25 PM
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7 years with packers and is in the GB hall of fame
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Orange Blooded [4403]
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thanks a lot brother....i said Bryant, he said Levon
Jan 27, 2014, 11:12 PM
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we were both wrong but he was one year more wrong than me so i'm content....LOL. Thanks a lot man....interesting stuff.
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