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Bumbry ate sunflower seeds constantly during games. Using his foot, he raked the empty seed shells into a small pile near the coaching box, before the groundskeepers came out at mid-game.
Glenallen Hill.
On May 11, 2000, Hill became the first, and thus far only player to hit a home run on the three-story residential building across the street from Wrigley Field at 1032 W. Waveland Ave.
Hill was also infamous for his defensive escapades, which were once described by then-Mariners pitching coach Bryan Price as "akin to watching a gaffed haddock surface for air."
Jim Mason.
Mason hit a home run in his only World Series plate appearance, (Yankees, 1976). He hit .165 in 79 at bats for the 1977 Blue Jays.
Charles Oakley.
In April, 2001, Oakley bitch-slapped Tyrone Hill of the 76ers before the game, because of an unpaid poker game debt.
I usually am just answering but I came across this and thought I would throw it out there.
He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977 at age 34 and remains the youngest person to have received the honour. He is one of four players in the Super Bowl era to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame without ever playing a postseason game. He was named to the NFL's 75th Anniversary Team as a halfback and kick returner, the only player to occupy two positions on the team. In 2019, he was named to the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team.
He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977 at age 34 and remains the youngest person to have received the honour. He is one of four players in the Super Bowl era to be enshrined in the Hall of Fame without ever playing a postseason game. He was named to the NFL's 75th Anniversary Team as a halfback and kick returner, the only player to occupy two positions on the team. In 2019, he was named to the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team.
Gayle Sayers.
You anticipated a question I was going to ask.
In addition to Gayle Sayers, there are four members of the Football Hall of Fame from the Superbowl Era who never played in a playoff* game.
Dick Butkus . . . . Floyd Little
Larry Wilson . . . . Joe Thomas
Name as many as you can.
*I changed the word 'postseason' to 'playoff' for two reasons:
1) It excludes the Pro Bowl games, which are played post season.
2) One of these players played in a pre Super Bowl post season game in the 1960's to determine third and fourth place standing for the season.
unassuming correctly identified Dick Butkus.
downbound123 correctly identified Floyd Little, Larry Wilson and Joe Thomas.
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Which Running Back rushed for 2,000+ yards in a season in high school, NCAA and the NFL?
Answered correctly by K Douglas.
Answered correctly by K Douglas.
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In addition to Gayle Sayers, there are four members of the Football Hall of Fame from the Superbowl Era who never played in a playoff* game.
Name as many as you can.
Name as many as you can.
One Correct!
Gayle Sayers is correct.
the other 3 in your question I believe are Floyd Little, Joe Thomas and Larry wilson
In addition to Gayle Sayers, there are four members of the Football Hall of Fame from the Superbowl Era who never played in a playoff* game.
Name as many as you can.
Your source listed four members in this group rather than five because it was not updated when Joe Thomas was inducted this year.
Name as many as you can.
Three correct!
Your source listed four members in this group rather than five because it was not updated when Joe Thomas was inducted this year.
I'm going to guess Barry Sanders.
I know he did in the NCAA and NFL - no clue about high school.
I suspect its somebody else, because if he had 2000 in high school, he probably would have ended up at a better program than Oklahoma St.
