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NashBuff
CSU Knob-Slobberer
22 MORE DAYS!
I will start with men's basketball here since the number 22 is one of two retired numbers which indicates greatness did occur in CU men's basketball a long time ago. That other retired number will be posted in a couple of days.
Hardwood greats to wear 22:
Burdette Haldosron who was an AA back in 1955 in addition to being a 1,000 career points scorer.
Wilky Gilmore is a 1,000 career points scorer from 1959-62. He wore 22 for one year.
Larry Vauclik is a 1,000 career point scorer from 1974-78.
As for the gridiron greats that wore 22:
Howard Ballage, WR
Chris Brown, TB
George Hemingway, RB
Marcus Houston, RB (I was surprised to see his name listed)
Malcolm Miller, RB
Victor Scott, CB
Jerry Williams, WB
Gene Worden, RB
I will start with men's basketball here since the number 22 is one of two retired numbers which indicates greatness did occur in CU men's basketball a long time ago. That other retired number will be posted in a couple of days.
Hardwood greats to wear 22:
Burdette Haldosron who was an AA back in 1955 in addition to being a 1,000 career points scorer.
Wilky Gilmore is a 1,000 career points scorer from 1959-62. He wore 22 for one year.
Larry Vauclik is a 1,000 career point scorer from 1974-78.
As for the gridiron greats that wore 22:
Howard Ballage, WR
Chris Brown, TB
George Hemingway, RB
Marcus Houston, RB (I was surprised to see his name listed)
Malcolm Miller, RB
Victor Scott, CB
Jerry Williams, WB
Gene Worden, RB
MontanaBuff
Well-Known Member
Chris Brown is certainly a name familiar to most Buff fans (a picture of Brown from the 2001 Nebraska game is below), but I would go with Victor Scott. :thumbsup:
In the 1982 game against Oklahoma State, Scott had not one, but two interception returns for touchdowns ... http://www.cuatthegame.com/1982/oklahoma-state-it-must-have-been-the-tie/
Scott was also amongst the group of "survivors", who lived through the Chuck Fairbanks era and the Colorado sky blue uniforms ... http://www.cuatthegame.com/1983/kansas-state-victor-scott-and-the-survivors-go-out-winners/
Scott went on to be a second round pick by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1984 draft (a rarity for the Buffs in those days), and played five years in the NFL. :nod:
In the 1982 game against Oklahoma State, Scott had not one, but two interception returns for touchdowns ... http://www.cuatthegame.com/1982/oklahoma-state-it-must-have-been-the-tie/
Scott was also amongst the group of "survivors", who lived through the Chuck Fairbanks era and the Colorado sky blue uniforms ... http://www.cuatthegame.com/1983/kansas-state-victor-scott-and-the-survivors-go-out-winners/
Scott went on to be a second round pick by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1984 draft (a rarity for the Buffs in those days), and played five years in the NFL. :nod:
Marcus Houston wore #21. I don't know where that came from.
I gotta go with Chris Brown, though. He de-balled the entire state of Nebraska all by himself. To this day, there are little old ladies in Kearney and Norfork who will tell you that Chris Brown is the debbil.
I gotta go with Chris Brown, though. He de-balled the entire state of Nebraska all by himself. To this day, there are little old ladies in Kearney and Norfork who will tell you that Chris Brown is the debbil.
Great mention!
NashBuff
CSU Knob-Slobberer
http://www.cubuffs.com/fls/600/football/2010_Info_Guide/all_time_numbers_pg355-356.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=600
21 MORE DAYS TO GO! THREE MORE WEEKS!
Gridiron legends who wore 21:
Rae Carruth, WR
Howard Cook, RB
Ralph Curtis, RB
Marcus Houston, RB (my bad about yesterday)
Mike Kozlowski, RB
Scotty McKnight, WR
Lance Olander, WR/P
Horace Perkins, RB
Larry Plantz, RB
21 MORE DAYS TO GO! THREE MORE WEEKS!
Gridiron legends who wore 21:
Rae Carruth, WR
Howard Cook, RB
Ralph Curtis, RB
Marcus Houston, RB (my bad about yesterday)
Mike Kozlowski, RB
Scotty McKnight, WR
Lance Olander, WR/P
Horace Perkins, RB
Larry Plantz, RB
That's rough company. Scotty.
Got to go with Carruth. Dammit Rae! Why?
MontanaBuff
Well-Known Member
Carruth had the best numbers of the group, at least until Scotty came along!
Lance Olander twice led the team in rushing, in 1979 (440 yards) and in 1980 (611 yards). Just over 1,000 yards in two seasons - thank you, Chuck Fairbanks! :angry3:
(Have to throw in one of my favorite 1980 stats - kicker Tom Field led the team in scoring that year ... with 26 points!)
RK
UBL
Lance Olander is my friends dad so I'm gonna go with him :lol:
NashBuff
CSU Knob-Slobberer
20 MORE DAYS TO GO!!!
The number is a retired basketball number and Cliff Meeley was the most famous one to wear 20 for the Buffs. He was an All-American and is part of the 1,000 point club as well.
Michael Marquez, RB
Harry Narcisian, RB
Alvin Rubalcaba, CB
Bob Stransky, RB
The number is a retired basketball number and Cliff Meeley was the most famous one to wear 20 for the Buffs. He was an All-American and is part of the 1,000 point club as well.
Michael Marquez, RB
Harry Narcisian, RB
Alvin Rubalcaba, CB
Bob Stransky, RB
Looks like CLiff takes the cake.
somebody
Well-Known Member
Great player - lousy uniforms. :smile2:
MontanaBuff
Well-Known Member
Tough group to pull out any great numbers, though Harry Narcisian did lead the Buffs in rushing in 1948, with 510 yards.:congrats:
The best of the four, though, has to be Bob Stransky, a three-year letter winner (1955-57) from Yankton, South Dakota. Stransky led the Buffs in rushing in 1957 with 1,097 yards, becoming just the third Buff in history to rush for over 1,000 yards (joining the elite company of Kayo Lam and Byron "Whizzer" White).
When Stransky finished school, he was fourth on the all-time rushing list, and his 1,868 total yards kept in the top 20 on the all-time list until just this past season, when Speedy past him by on his way up the charts. :goldcup:
Buffellow85
Well-Known Member
Stransky lived across the street from me as a kid growing up. He worked with my pops and used to throw the football around with me and a couple of other kids on my block.
Good times.
Good times.
That's a tough one. I have to go with Rashaan Salaam. He signed my 2,000 sign 'Heismaan Salaam'. It was pretty sweet.
Pruitt and Biekert were studs too.
Gotta go with Mr. Heisman
MontanaBuff
Well-Known Member
Some good players on that list, but I'd like to give a shout out to Mickey Pruitt. It was his tackle of Oregon quarterback Chris Miller on the last play of the second game of the 1985 season which Bill McCartney said, "I think that could be a turning point for our program". http://www.cuatthegame.com/1985/ore...hat-could-be-a-turning-point-for-our-program/
Doesn't get much bigger than that! :thumbsup:
The Guest
Guest
I don't know how many times I'm going to rep you in one thread!
RK
UBL
Javon Green was my favorite player when i was a little kid
SuperiorBuff
Well-Known Member
Got to be Marquez.
Buffsoldier
Well-Known Member
I vote for Brain.:bounce:
Unleash Hell
Well-Known Member
I got my pic taken with Salaam and the Heisman
Cuz your the man leash.
I need to see your Buff shrine in person. I hear it's amazing.
MontanaBuff
Well-Known Member
M.J. Nelson was a four-year letterman (1986-89), and was part of the "initial boys", along with "O...C...Oliver!" and "J...J...Flannigan".
In the 1986 Mother of all Games - CU 20, Nebraska 10 - Nelson contributed a 38-yard kickoff return after Nebraska cut the lead to 10-7. Two plays later, halfback O.C. Oliver hit Lance Carl on a 52-yard option pass and a 17-7 lead.
In the 1989 38-7 rout of Jeff George and No. 10 Illinois, Nelson had a career high 109 yards receiving (the first Buff receiver over 100 yards since 1984 by - wait for it - Jon Embree).