Sammy Baugh still holds quarterbacking records in the National Football League and some argue he was the greatest that ever played the game. This is a football site - devoted to one team - but in celebration of the league we love. Some players don't play the sport, they transcend it. They rise above it. Unitas was that kinda player. So was Reggie White. That's who Sammy Baugh was and it is our duty to give a great man and great football player his due. Baugh was not only talented and tough but remarkably humble, on display as he concluded his Hall-of-Fame induction speech, "I've had the honor of playing with some great football players. I'll never forget those good lines that were in front of me and those good pass receivers I had the opportunity of throwing to."
From a Bears perspective, he was the quarterback of the Redskins team that lost 73-0 to Chicago in the 1940 NFL title game.
PFT writes that he maintained his sense of humor about the defeat:
After the Bears blasted the Redskins for the 1940 NFL title by a score of 73-0, a reporter asked Baugh if the outcome would have been different if a touchdown pass hadn't been dropped by one of Baugh's teammates."Yeah," Baugh said. "It would have made it 73-7."
#2 pankster in da carolina's said . . .irstfay!
December 18, 2008
#3 Z said . . .fuck the vikings and the cowboys eagles and tbay and Babich Patch for ruining our season you fucker!!
Bear Down !!!!! RIP Sammy!!December 18, 2008
#4 RandomName said . . .Good work Jeff. Honoring the legends. Paying our football respects.
On a lighter note, look at where those goal posts are. Ouch!!
December 19, 2008
#5 Anonymous said . . .Z :"On a lighter note, look at where those goal posts are. Ouch!!"
Ouch indeed, i heard that Mike Ditka often ran into those things on accident.
December 19, 2008
#6 jeff said . . .SeXy ReXy is a better QB than Baugh!
December 19, 2008
#7 Z said . . .i've always wondered what the damn logic could have been for putting the posts there. it doesn't make any sense.
December 19, 2008
#8 Windy City Packer Fan said . . .About the goal posts, I could see one guy that was a purist and not thinking straight saying the front of the goal line is technically where any scoring should be like how the TD has to go across the plane up there so so should the FG but you would think one person in the room would have been like, "Uh buddy maybe putting two huge metal poles right where giant people will be running towards them full speed, sometimes without being able to look and see where the pole is and when they are about to hit it just might not be the smartest plan we have ever had."
December 19, 2008
#9 Z said . . .We all know that the Packers-Bears series is the oldest rivalry in the NFL. For me, seeing pictures from some of the early games really puts it into perspective.
Check out this link, with photos from 1941 and 42 at Wrigley Field.
How about the ultimate throwback game...Bears and Packers at Wrigley once again. Crazy? Yes. Pretty cool? Fo' sho'!
December 19, 2008
#10 The Ghost of Halas said . . .Check out #7 of the pics that WCPF has on there. That is how protected the QB was in those days. Your alright WCPF. Seriously you can't want the Vikes to win the Division. That is an embarassment to both of our storied franchises.
December 19, 2008
#11 jeff said . . .It made sense at the time, Jeff. Before the advent of "soccer kickers," it was not uncommon for kickers to miss 10 yard attempts. I remember those days you young whippersnappers!
December 19, 2008
i'm not referring to field goals. i'm referring to the two gigantic posts at the front of the endzone that mean would run into.
December 19, 2008
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