Obscure sports trivia

Bonus question: Where is Bettis from?

 

Oh wait, some little town somewhere...

 

Riggs is the answer. Well done.

 

The third was eckersley with the A’s.

 

The clue helped lot, but it was still a random guess. Funny, I thought originally of Earl Campbell, but I swore he famously caught a game winning td in the first week of 1982. I looked this morning. Nope. None in his career, but only about 120 catches

 

I'll be damned if I can remember his nickname, I know they beat it to death the year he was in the Super Bowl with the Steelers

 

I think he went to some catholic school in the midwest. Name escapes me.

 

What pro golfer was the basis for the cover of Devo’s “Are we not men? We are Devo” album?

 

Pirates...

Burt Blyeven?

Did he get 500 IPs with them?

 

cyclingwriter-
Riggs is part of other trivia.
He's the only running back in NFL history to score 11 touchdowns on fewer than 80 attempts in a single season (1991).
Also scored six times in the 1991-92 postseason, tied for most in history.
A very good player for his time.

 

And since

I went and looked up his stats as well. I remembered him for his big year in 1985 and then that season where was the short yardage guy for the Redskins. I forgot he had strung together four really good seasons in a row for the Falcons. I also assumed his entire career was post William Andrews’ injury, so was surprised he was a high round pick when Andrews was seemingly in his prime.