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Offline Ralph Damren

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Re: Who rates in your state ??? ....a test
« Reply #75 on: January 29, 2014, 01:12:06 PM »
Quote from: bossman72 on January 28, 2014, 03:52:58 PM
PA would be tough... just off the top of my head (skewed toward football)

Ditka
Dorsett
Namath
Montana
Jim Kelly
Marino
Curtis Martin
Darrelle Revis

...and that's just western PA

I'd say Arnold Palmer, but I don't think of golfers as "athletes"
Ditka #38, Dorsett # 13, Namath # 11, Montana # 5, Kelly # 45, Marino # 8,  Martin & Revis not listed , and Arnold Parmer # 2.
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Re: Who rates in your state ??? ....a test
« Reply #76 on: January 29, 2014, 01:13:46 PM »
Quote from: prab on January 28, 2014, 04:36:46 PM
Didn't Wilt Chamberlain have a PA connection?
:thumbup tiphat: Wilt did and was # 1.
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Re: Who rates in your state ??? ....a test
« Reply #77 on: January 29, 2014, 01:19:19 PM »
Quote from: Bob M. on January 28, 2014, 07:00:54 PM
REPLY: A few I didn't dare say: Joe Theismann (author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Football" [fitting I think]) and Tony Siragusa (possessor of the largest head I've ever seen on a football field).
Theismann is # 26, Siragusta isn't listed which puts him behind # 50 - Claudio Reyna - a national soccer team midfielder!
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Re: Who rates in your state ??? ....a test
« Reply #78 on: January 29, 2014, 01:27:07 PM »
Quote from: bama_stripes on January 29, 2014, 09:05:35 AM
Well, Bobby Bowden is one, dadgummit.
Coaches on WV's list : # 12 Clair Bee, # 14 Cam Henderson, # 16 John McKay, #32 Rocco Gorman , # 37 Russ Parsons , not household names!
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Re: Who rates in your state ??? ....a test
« Reply #79 on: January 29, 2014, 02:32:21 PM »
Surprised the other 2 national championship coaches didn't make WV's list. One of them might have been too early in the century for the sports writers to remember but I'd think 6 national championships in football would qualify. John McKay did provide 4 of those championships.
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Re: Who rates in your state ??? ....a test
« Reply #80 on: January 29, 2014, 03:16:32 PM »
Quote from: Ralph Damren on January 29, 2014, 01:04:42 PM
Sam Huff was #6; a girl was # 2; # 3 is the single season RBI record holder; no sign of Sam Snead.

Can't believe I forgot Mary Lou. Still trying to figure out #3. Wikipedia says the record holder is Hack Wilson and lists his birth state as Pa. Did John Kruk make list? 
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Re: Who rates in your state ??? ....a test
« Reply #81 on: January 30, 2014, 07:53:21 AM »
Quote from: wvoref on January 29, 2014, 03:16:32 PM
Can't believe I forgot Mary Lou. Still trying to figure out #3. Wikipedia says the record holder is Hack Wilson and lists his birth state as Pa. Did John Kruk make list?
Mary Lou is why I used the term girl in lieu of female or woman - 16 when she won Olympic gold! John Kruk was #22. Hack Wilson was #3, either SI or Wikipedia goofed. I'm betting SI did.
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Re: Who rates in your state ??? ....a test
« Reply #82 on: January 30, 2014, 07:55:50 AM »
Quote from: Ralph Damren on January 30, 2014, 07:53:21 AM
Mary Lou is why I used the term girl in lieu of female or woman - 16 when she won Olympic gold!
Girl. Woman. In either case, she was still female.  pi1eOn
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Re: Who rates in your state ??? ....a test
« Reply #83 on: January 30, 2014, 08:21:09 AM »
Quote from: Rulesman on January 30, 2014, 07:55:50 AM
Girl. Woman. In either case, she was still female.  pi1eOn
Girl was used a a hint on age and to separate her from any 50 year old female trucker who may have driven the WV hills blindfolded as a dare back when hula-hoops were vogue. I'll try to be more politically correct next ! hEaDbAnG nAnA :) FlAg1 deadhorse: ^flag 8]
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Re: Who rates in your state ??? ....a test
« Reply #84 on: February 02, 2014, 07:43:24 AM »
In Mass we have a few: Rocky Marciano, Patrick Ewing, Tom Glavine, Bobby Carpenter. But I'd have to rocky is tops.
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Re: Who rates in your state ??? ....a test
« Reply #85 on: February 03, 2014, 07:52:29 AM »
Quote from: eprov on February 02, 2014, 07:43:24 AM
In Mass we have a few: Rocky Marciano, Patrick Ewing, Tom Glavine, Bobby Carpenter. But I'd have to rocky is tops.
Good job, Eprov, Rocky was #1, Ewing #2  ,Carpenter #4, and Glavine #7. Hint on #2 : last player to score via a drop-kick in NFL.
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Re: Who rates in your state ??? ....a test
« Reply #86 on: February 03, 2014, 08:54:28 AM »
Quote from: Ralph Damren on February 03, 2014, 07:52:29 AM
Good job, Eprov, Rocky was #1, Ewing #2  ,Carpenter #4, and Glavine #7. Hint on #2 : last player to score via a drop-kick in NFL.
Then it must be Flutie.  Flutie above Glavine?  Ridiculous.

Flutie was a good college QB with a marginal pro career.  Glavine was a first ballot HOF pitcher.  Not even close!
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Re: Who rates in your state ??? ....a test
« Reply #87 on: February 03, 2014, 09:17:07 AM »
Quote from: Atlanta Blue on February 03, 2014, 08:54:28 AM
Then it must be Flutie.  Flutie above Glavine?  Ridiculous.

Flutie was a good college QB with a marginal pro career.  Glavine was a first ballot HOF pitcher.  Not even close!
I agree - I'm only the messanger :).
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Re: Who rates in your state ??? ....a test
« Reply #88 on: February 03, 2014, 12:29:44 PM »
I have a photo pf him making the drop-kick hanging in my office. But I didn't put him on the list. Maybe the top BC grad.
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