Posted on 01/01/2022 6:10:08 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
Dan Reeves, an NFL player, assistant coach and head coach who retired having participated in a then-record nine Super Bowls, has died at the age of 77.
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And of course Ditka, will outlive them all!
And Ditka!
correct, beat me by just a few seconds!
Happy New Year
Me too, and I guarantee he told that story a time or two.
Yes, I caught that one just in time.
In 1983, when I was a sophomore at CU Boulder, my fraternity set up a pledge kidnapping breakfast event with a sorority. I was assigned Dan Reeve’s daughter, Dana. Aside from the stupidity of the entire idea, I had a hell of a time trying to convince her, at her dorm, at 6am, that I was there to take her to a planned breakfast. Everything eventually worked out, but I got a good earful and insight from her about what it was like being the (extremely cute) daughter of an NFL football coach! Thinking of her today and her sad loss.
Sophomore or junior year in high school I went to visit my sister in Garland and she said the Cowboys were coming in that night and lets go see them come of the plane. I was about 5-7 and 145 lbs dripping wet playing linebacker for the high school and fancied myself a ball player. The boys came right past us as they went to the terminal, they were absolute giant’s. I hollered out great game guy’s and Bob Lilly stopped shook my hand and said thank you. As silly as it sounds I almost cried, he was and will always be my favorite football player. Damn I got misty eyed again. MR COWBOY!
Do/did you live in Colorado by chance? He was in our church, too, in Cherry Creek and was treated exactly as you said! He was just one of the community.
Yep...We have all been sentenced to life without parole. Some of our sentences are just longer than others.
But couldn’t beat the Packers!
They couldn't win a Super Bowl when he was at the top of his game. That's because a Denver offense built around a mobile quarterback couldn't match up against a team with a dominant pass rush and fast linebackers who could chase Elway down and minimize his mobility. The Giants schooled the whole NFL on that during Super Bowl XXI. They even scored two points on a safety when Elway was sacked in the end zone late in the first half of the game.
A decade later, Denver won back-to-back championships when Elway was fading to the point where he was almost an inconsequential part of their offense. They had a dominant running game, and as Elway aged he had become more of a traditional pocket passer of the NFC mold from the 1980s.
And it was Don Meredith that said it about Walt.
Wonder what Joe Gibbs thinks of woke name change.
Finally beat them in 1970.
Like Bud Grant and Marv Levy, Reeves had Super hard luck as a head coach. RIP Dan. Tell Coach Landry we said Happy New Year.
I forgot Don Shula died in 2020.
I can almost visualize the play I saw that ended Dan’s playing career. ... While running the ball for a gain, his knee was violently impacted by an opponent’s helmet during the tackle.
Dan was a fan favorite. RIP
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