Rayjay425 Loc: Mill Creek, Washington

Years ago, Joe enrolled at Ohio State University.
He didn’t have a scholarship but wanted to play football, so he went and talked to Woody Hayes who was the football coach at that time.
Woody: Where did you go to high school and how much football experience do you have?
Joe: I went to a high school in Washington State. And I made All American twice.
Woody: Your kinda big, how much do you weigh.
Joe: I’m 6’3” and weigh 250 #’s.
Woody: You must have been a linesman. What position did you play?
Joe: Actually, I was a Wide Receiver.
Woody: Your pretty big, how fast are you?
Joe: I do the 40 in 4.5 Seconds.
Woody: Wow. What kind of grades did you get?
Joe: I got mostly A’s. I was the Valedictorian.
Woody: Do you drink or take drugs?
Joe: No.
Woody: Are you a religious person?
Joe: Yes, I taught bible study.
Woody: Geeze, welcome to the Ohio State Buckeyes football team. One more question, do you have any faults at all.
Joe: Well, yes. I do tend to lie a little bit.

On another note, back in the 70's one of my co-workers was in his 60's, over weight and because of health issues, he could not move very well. There was a little picture cube on his desk that had pictures of him at the Football Hall of Fame. I asked him when he visited there. He said it was in 1969 when he was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame. Since I didn't know him when he was healthy, it was hard to imagine him playing football.

His name is Turk Edwards. He was a tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played his entire career for the Washington Redskins, starting with their first six seasons in Boston, and later became the head coach. Edwards was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1969. He passed way in 1973.

This just goes to show you that you can't always determine what someone might have done in their earlier life based on what they look like now.

Jim Kay Loc: Franklin, Virginia

It has been said so many times. You cannot judge a book by it's cover.

Jarheadfishnfool Loc: Woodlake/Tulare ,Ca.

Two great stories 👍👍

Slimshady Loc: Central Pennsylvania

Very good reading

charlykilo Loc: Garden Valley Ca

I think I missed something about Joe or you did?

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

Here is another one for you Ray. Somewhere around 10 / 15 years ago one of my duties was to answer the delivery door and as time goes bye, one gets to know the different drivers rather well.

Nate worked for UPS one of the nicest of all the drivers overheard us talking about the Orioles. Long story short that joining in with us became the source for knowing more about the Oriole players than one could ever read about.

The driver was Nate Snell played for the O's in their terrible 80's.

You are right, who would have thought that a UPS driver played for a team i admired.

Ugly fish Loc: W Penn

So true, one would never know looking at my old worn out frame that at one time I was destined to play for the Chicago Bears. Then that unfortunate thing happened.


They never asked! 😆

OJdidit Loc: Oak Creek Wisconsin

If you think of what those guys got paid back then…as compared to the obscene amounts they get nowadays it makes sense. If they did not invest wisely before the cheering stopped, they had to work when it was over.
Lots of Hall of Fame Green Bay Packers had to live in Green Bay and get jobs in the off-season and lived with the fans as they made about $5,000 a year. Now they make that per play…

Big dog Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York

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