Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? - ESPN Video - ESPN I caught part of this last night and enjoyed it. Kind of a stroll down memory lane in a way. Forgot Alan Risher played in the league. Never have been much of a Donald Trump fan, even less after watching this.
Dude this show was awesome, i was talking to a friend of mine last night, and we were discussing this, i barely remember the USFL, and had no idea, Jim Kelly, Steve Young, Herschel Walker, Reggie White and other guys played in this league. Steve Spurrier was the Tampa Coach also, and Jim Mora was the Philly coach. All i remember about football during this time period was the NFL. They must have had terrible marketing departments. Donald Trump is an ass hat also.
Had an uncle play in the USFL for the Birmingham Stallions. I remember going to a few of those games, when I was really young. http://www.oursportscentral.com/usfl/birm85.htm No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Age Exp. College 1 Danny Miller K 5-10 170 24 2 Miami 4 Joey Jones WR 5-10 167 22 2 Alabama 12 Bob Lane QB 6-3 210 25 3 N.E. Louisiana 14 Tommy Rozantz QB 6-2 196 27 6 William & Mary 18 Cliff Stoudt QB 6-4 214 28 9 Youngstown St. 20 Joe Cribbs RB 5-11 195 27 6 Auburn 21 Dennis Woodberry DB 5-11 186 23 2 So. Arkansas 22 David Dumars DB 5-10 192 27 6 N.E. Louisiana 24 Chuck Clanton DB 5-11 193 22 2 Auburn 25 Mickey Sutton DB 5-9 173 24 2 Montana 26 David Evans DB 6-0 180 25 3 Central Arkansas 28 Andre Thomas RB 6-0 205 24 3 Mississippi 31 Ted Walton DB 5-11 200 27 5 Connecticut 34 Robert Gentry DB 6-2 204 25 2 Kansas 35 Joel Coles RB 6-0 220 24 3 Penn St. 37 Ted Sample FB 5-11 225 26 4 E. Texas St. 42 Paul Carruth DB 6-1 210 23 R Alabama 43 Fletcher Louallen TD 6-0 190 22 R Livingston St. 52 Bill Roe LB 6-3 235 26 5 Colorado 53 Thomas Boyd LB 6-3 210 25 4 Alabama 54 Dallas Hickman LB 6-6 240 33 10 California 55 Herb Spencer LB 6-3 237 25 3 Newberry 56 Ken Kelley LB 6-2 225 24 3 Penn St. 57 Greg Gerken LB 6-2 225 24 2 No. Arizona 59 Mark Battaglia C 6-2 255 25 3 Penn St. 62 Scott Lafond G 6-2 270 25 2 Massachusetts 64 Mike Turner C 6-3 260 24 3 LSU 65 Joe Bock C 6-4 256 25 5 Virginia 69 Mike Perko DE 6-4 250 26 6 Utah St. 70 Malcolm Taylor DT 6-6 288 25 4 Tennessee St. 71 Pat Phenix OT 6-5 273 24 3 Mississippi 72 Franky Smith OT 6-7 285 29 4 Alabama A&M 73 Phil McKinnely OT 6-6 275 30 9 UCLA 75 Dave Pureifory G 6-1 255 35 13 E. Michigan 76 Don Reese DE 6-7 265 32 9 Jackson St. 78 Buddy Aydelette G 6-4 265 28 5 Alabama 80 Thad McFadden WR 6-2 194 22 R Wisconsin 81 Darryl Mason TE 6-1 222 24 3 Arkansas 82 Larry Douglas WR 6-1 192 27 5 Southern 85 Ken Toler WR 6-2 190 25 4 Mississippi 86 Jim Smith WR 6-3 197 29 8 Michigan 87 Bob Parsons P 6-4 235 34 12 Penn St. 88 Jay Repko TE 6-3 235 27 4 Ursinus 89 Robin Earl TE 6-5 242 29 8 Washington 90 Mike Simeta DT 6-3 284 24 2 Kansas St. 97 Doug Smith DT 6-5 285 24 R Auburn 98 Jackie Cline DE 6-5 272 24 3 Alabama 99 Ron Paggett DE 6-2 265 27 5 Louisiana Tech Pat Saindon G 6-3 273 Vanderbilt
Really interesting show. I knew the USFL had some talent, but I didn't realize just how much. A lot of NFL Hall of Famers played for them, but I don't think I ever watched one of their games. And Trump is and always has been a douchebag.
Wasn't this on HBO last night too? I caught the last 5 minutes of an hour long show about the USFL last night and though it was on HBO
dont know if it was on HBO but i think there was a show on Showtime about the AFL, before the merger.
