Great article on Ronnie Estay by Marty Mule

cajdav1 · Jun 13, 2006

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And, man, did Estay ever play.

He was a mainstay on two of the best defenses ever produced at LSU: the '69 Tigers who gave up a total of 389 yards rushing all season, and the '70 Bayou Bengals who again led the nation in rushing defense. In his most memorable game at LSU, a 28-8 victory over Notre Dame in 1971, Estay not only was instrumental in stuffing the Irish three times on fourth down inside the LSU 10, he was in on 17 tackles – a feat not lost on voters at the end of the season when he made All-American, and was a finalist for the Lombardi Trophy, given to the nation's best college defensive lineman.

Estay holds one distinction that would be difficult for anyone to equal. In the 1970 season, Estay nailed two serious Heisman Trophy contenders – Auburn's Pat Sullivan and Ole Miss' Archie Manning – for safeties.

“Growing up in Louisiana, you were either a fisherman or a football player," Estay said when he went into the CFL Hall in 2003. “I love fishing and hunting, which I also did, but I decided to be a football player also."
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houtiger · Jun 13, 2006

Good article, thanks for taking me back down memory lane. Our win in 71 followed our 0-3 loss in S. Bend the year before. Shortly after that season, the Mclendon era began a slow descent. But 69-72 were firecracker hot.

I guess the reason Estay played in CFL was he was a bit undersized for the NFL. But he's definitely a name I remember as a leader of a great Tiger defense.

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