Comments on: The Greatest Player Ever: “Slingin’ Sammy” Baugh (1914-2008)

By: Lancelot Links: Morning Edition | For the public, by The Public

Lancelot Links: Morning Edition | For the public, by The Public — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:00:42 +0000

[...] Rest In Peace Sammy Baugh (Sparty And Friends) [...]

By: m

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:48:30 +0000

Truly a remarkable man and athlete. If you haven’t read the Washington post article it is also a must read, especially the recap of his defeat of Chicago in the NFL Championship game. One thing that stands out about his accomplishments is the dimension of the football with which he played. It was practically a rugby ball. Truly amazing, and without a trace of arrogance save his thought that he was “a damn better punter than passer.” As fellow HoFer Don Maynard put it “when someone is mentioned as the greatest of all time, i ask what did he do on defense?”

Legendary sportswriter Shirley Povich offered these fitting and prescient words “When they call the roll of football heroes, the name of Samuel Adrian Baugh will be hovering near the top”

Finally, as a fellow Frog I think Coach Patterson said it best: “Sam Baugh is TCU.”

By: lewp

lewp — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:29:05 +0000

Great post.
Sammy attended Sweetwater High School and as a former resident of Sweetwater, we held Sammy Baugh up as the most notable hero in our entire state. He will be sorely missed, part of Sweetwater Texas died with him. R.I.P. Sammy.

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:01:50 +0000

It gave me chills watching this. Excellent post and great clip from the NFL.

To compare Sammy’s attitude to today’s coddled delusional superstars (TO) is beyond compare.

By: Russianator

Russianator — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:51:10 +0000

Well done fellas. A dead Sammy Baugh could put up more points than Jason Campbell. If Snyder reads this, Sammy’s corpse could get a contract.

By: guyinthecorner

guyinthecorner — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:12:34 +0000

Welcome Deadspin readers!

You are plenty welcome to comment.

By: badgerfan

badgerfan — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:23:21 +0000

A tremendous tribute to an extraordinary football player, gitc. He single handedly revolutionized the game of professional football as we know it. That You Tube montage was superb, even if it doesn’t even begin to do him justice.

+1 to infinity

By: Boston Nozzel

Boston Nozzel — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:47:35 +0000

Growing Pains was a great show:

http://www.getback.com/flipbook/growing-pains-cast-flipbook/2986071/0

By: sae

sae — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:42:43 +0000

“currently unavailable”, wonder if that’s a recent development

By: guyinthecorner

guyinthecorner — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:38:21 +0000

Here it is:

http://www.amazon.com/Washington-Redskins-Brown-Leather-Helmet/dp/B001079TMM

/lazy’d

By: knightro

knightro — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:22:31 +0000

@gitc – that would be an awesome image…all those fans with the old, old school helmets!

By: guyinthecorner

guyinthecorner — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:18:16 +0000

I’m sure there will be a ton of guys wearing the leather helmet hats in the stands.

By: rekcalsa

rekcalsa — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:12:22 +0000

Can’t wait to check out that video….awesome tribute…so awesome, I won’t even rek ya…never realized how great this guy was.

By: john

john — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:07:57 +0000

I think the Redskins should honor Baugh by wearing leather helmets for the last two weeks of the season.

By: john

john — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:01:46 +0000

+33 to GITC.

By: sae

sae — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00:25 +0000

nice work! looking forward to checking out the video at home