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Obscure sports trivia

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by Chef2, Jan 3, 2019.

  1. maumann

    maumann Well-Known Member

    And now I'm down the rabbit hole, looking at Toni Fritsch, who may be the only person to play on a Super Bowl-winning team and beat England at Wembley as a member of the Austrian National soccer team.
     
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  2. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

    And now I have to look up Fritsch...that is a helluva factoid
     
  3. micropolitan guy

    micropolitan guy Well-Known Member

    Name the only person to play in five professional football leagues? (CFL, AFL, NFl, WFL and USFL)

    Was there ever an answer to this?
     
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  4. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    I’ll guess Zenon Andruszyshin (sp?) the kicker?
     
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  5. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

    Answer is Mike Wilson, who played for the bengals (afl), chiefs (nfl) Dallas Wheels (wfl) Edmonton (cfl) And the LA express in the usfl
     
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  6. Chef2

    Chef2 Well-Known Member

    him too.
     
  7. maumann

    maumann Well-Known Member

    This ex-NFL receiver still holds his school's record for longest TD pass thrown, a 99-yard play from scrimmage. Name him.
     
  8. cyclingwriter2

    cyclingwriter2 Well-Known Member

    To clarify, he was a college qb who became an nfl wide receiver? Or was he a receiver who just happened to throw long one time and then went to the nfl?
     
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  9. maumann

    maumann Well-Known Member

    He was recruited as a high school quarterback, played it in college before moving to receiver. He was drafted into the NFL as a receiver.

    P.S.: The pass is still an NCAA record, which has been tied.
     
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  10. Sea Bass

    Sea Bass Well-Known Member

    Antwaan Randle El?
     
  11. maumann

    maumann Well-Known Member

    No.
     
  12. maumann

    maumann Well-Known Member

    I knew it had to be a very narrow window of opportunity. The AFL's last season was 1969. The USFL's first was 1983. So somebody had to be important enough to keep around for 14 seasons, but well-traveled. Great question.

    Wow! Just found his Wikipedia page. Drafted by the Bengals, he also played for the Bills, Detroit Wheels, Chicago Winds and Philadelphia Bell of the WFL, then the Chiefs, then to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Edmonton Eskimos, where he won two Grey Cups and was named the CFL's most outstanding offensive lineman twice. Then landed with the Washington Federals, L.A. Express and Michigan Panthers. And probably has a drawer-full of bounced checks.

    That's a hell of a resume.
     
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