SdBacker80 Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 Eisenhower, Obama, Fillmore, Arthur, Taft, Reagan, Coolidge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 1 hour ago, gumby73 said: Wait! what? for one.. change your avatar.. I thought MJP28 stole your laptop.. Can I challenge your call? Bud Grant played for the Eagles.. & that damn Ulysses was a President There have been several players with the last name Grant that have played in the NFL. So, you can challenge all you want: Your challenge is DENIED!! And yes, I have kidnapped...sort of...mjps avatar, and will release it when he pays the ransom. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 1 hour ago, SdBacker80 said: Eisenhower, Obama, Fillmore, Arthur, Taft, Reagan, Coolidge The ones in Bold are right....though the only new one not already mentioned is Taft. Only one name left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumby73 Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 7 hours ago, The Gipper said: There have been several players with the last name Grant that have played in the NFL. So, you can challenge all you want: Your challenge is DENIED!! The finer Details? I pay close attention to only one.. Lets try the street in Toledo where the Hookers hung out? JEFFERSON ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 8 hours ago, gumby73 said: The finer Details? I pay close attention to only one.. Lets try the street in Toledo where the Hookers hung out? JEFFERSON ? No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canton Mike Posted August 8, 2020 Report Share Posted August 8, 2020 Truman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 3 hours ago, Canton Mike said: Truman? Check Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 All Done. There has NEVER been someone play in the National Football League that had the exact same last name as Seven (7) of our Presidents. Give those 7 names. Answers and explanations: Fillmore Taft (nothing really close for Taft and Fillmore) Coolidge (closest: Cooley) Eisenhower........but there was an Eisenhauer Obama: but there has been an Obada, and an Obomanu Trump......but there was Bob Trumpy Truman Trumpy would have been the closest similar name here as well. Notes: Interesting that Trump/Truman begin with the same 4 letters but are not the same name. Those are the only Potus names to do that...except: You do have the 4 sets of related Presidents with the same last name: Adams, Bush, Harrison, Roosevelts. Johnson then is the only name that is the same with 2 unrelated Presidents. Aside from Trump/Truman the only other Potus names that start with the same 3 letters are Harding with the Harrison boys. (no other name comes close to being the same as Biden) By the way no NFL player by the name Biden has ever played in the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 On 8/7/2020 at 8:32 PM, Bob806 said: How about Van Buren & Arthur? In fact Steve Van Buren is in the Hall of Fame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 Here is today's Trivia Question.... This one could be kind of hard (a followup on the Potus theme) I am going to give you one list of the name of Presidents, alphabetically. Then I will give a second list of the names of Football people...mostly Hall of Famers. (Including players, coaches, executives) Your job is to match the President with the Football player by who attended the same college. I will give you an example: Donald Trump attended Penn, HOFer Bert Bell attended Penn. Match those two together. Presidents (alphabetically) Jimmy Carter. Bill Clinton. Millard Fillmore. Gerald Ford. Benjamin Harrison. William Henry Harrison. Herbert Hoover. John F. Kennedy. Richard Nixon. Barack Obama. James K. Polk. Donald Trump. Woodrow Wilson NFL People (alphabetically) Chuck Bednarik. Paul Brown. Dan Dierdorf. John Elway. Henry Jordan. Sonny Jurgenson. Marv Levy. Vince Lombardi. Sid Luckman. Khalil Mack. Roger Staubach. Paul Tagliabue. Lawrence Taylor. Note.....edited with interlineation to note those that have been answered correctly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch Oven Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 Captain Bonespurs/Bednarik (Penn) Ford/Dierdorf (TSUN) JFK/Roger Staubach (Navy) Yeah, I'm not kidding this time, this one is rough. I know a few on one side or another, but have no idea on matching them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 22 minutes ago, Dutch Oven said: Captain Bonespurs/Bednarik (Penn) This one IS correct,,,,However....there is another matchup for both of them, so I am keeping it open Ford/Dierdorf (TSUN) Yes JFK/Roger Staubach (Navy) NO, JFK did not go to Navy. He was in the Navy, but did not attend the Naval Academy. Yeah, I'm not kidding this time, this one is rough. I know a few on one side or another, but have no idea on matching them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjp28 Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 On 8/7/2020 at 11:05 PM, The Gipper said: There have been several players with the last name Grant that have played in the NFL. So, you can challenge all you want: Your challenge is DENIED!! And yes, I have kidnapped...sort of...mjps avatar, and will release it when he pays the ransom. I guess the Gipper and I came to terms already. (we're both cheap ) ........he's now having a Woodstock flashback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjp28 Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 Holy crap I know most of the football guys but the president's alma maters are tricky......and sometimes surprising. Jimmy Carter was an Annapolis guy with Staubach to get started. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjp28 Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 Trump and Bednarik both Penn guys......the odd couple but one had someone do his MBA stuff there at Warton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjp28 Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 Oh JFK and Levy were both Harvard guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunz41 Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 How about Garfield? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 8 minutes ago, Gunz41 said: How about Garfield? Hmm, I think you are right. I must have missed that one. Do not see any NFL cats named Garfield. So make that 8 names. The thing is, the names Taft and Garfield are so ubiquitous around Ohio, we forget that really these are very rare names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumby73 Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 9 minutes ago, mjp28 said: Jimmy Carter was an Annapolis guy with Staubach to get started. Yep! the only one i knew..as dad was a Navy guy.. Eisenhower & that damn Ulysses S. Grant went there too.. Gipper has something against that Grant fellow as president Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 18 minutes ago, mjp28 said: Holy crap I know most of the football guys but the president's alma maters are tricky......and sometimes surprising. Jimmy Carter was an Annapolis guy with Staubach to get started. Check on Carter/Staubach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 15 minutes ago, mjp28 said: Trump and Bednarik both Penn guys......the odd couple but one had someone do his MBA stuff there at Warton. Already noted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 14 minutes ago, mjp28 said: Oh JFK and Levy were both Harvard guys. Check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 1 minute ago, gumby73 said: Yep! the only one i knew..as dad was a Navy guy.. Eisenhower & that damn Ulysses S. Grant went there too.. Gipper has something against that Grant fellow as president Yea....Grant and Ike went to Navy. Keep thinking Butch. (I didn't want to overload the thread, so I did not include West Point...where Grant/Ike actually went. No PFHOFer went to Army....but I am sure I could have included the likes of some Army guys. Doc Blanchard did not play in the NFL FYI. Glenn Davis played only in like 16 total NFL games. Same with Angelo Bertelli. Name a top notch NFL player that went to Army. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjp28 Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 16 minutes ago, gumby73 said: Yep! the only one i knew..as dad was a Navy guy.. Eisenhower & that damn Ulysses S. Grant went there too.. Gipper has something against that Grant fellow as president Yeah I knew that from my dad who was a NAVY guy in WWII and Korea. My dad wanted to take me to see Staubach in his NAVY days when I was a teenager but we never made it. I also wanted to play football at Annapolis but a knee injury wiped that out, I had the pull with my dad and local politicans to give it a shot.......and right in the Vietnam era. And I don't know what the Gip would have against US Grant, but he is having a Woodstock flashback. Great music ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumby73 Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 10 minutes ago, mjp28 said: My dad wanted to take me to see Staubach in his NAVY days when I was a teenager but we never made it. We got to see Staubach twice at Navy. Fun times..We also saw Marino & Dorsett at Pitt play at either South Bend? or The Big House up in Michigan? I'd have check the ticket scrap book on that one..🤔 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 16 minutes ago, mjp28 said: Yeah I knew that from my dad who was a NAVY guy in WWII and Korea. My dad wanted to take me to see Staubach in his NAVY days when I was a teenager but we never made it. I also wanted to play football at Annapolis but a knee injury wiped that out, I had the pull with my dad and local politicans to give it a shot.......and right in the Vietnam era. And I don't know what the Gip would have against US Grant, but he is having a Woodstock flashback. Great music ! OK, move along. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 Just now, gumby73 said: We got to see Staubach twice at Navy. Fun times..We also saw Marino & Dorsett at Pitt play at either South Bend? or The Big House up in Michigan? I'd have check the ticket scrap book on that one..🤔 None of what you say is a correct answer. No President ever attended Pitt or Notre Dame. But...they have attended or been associated with Hiram, Mt. Union, Kenyon, Miami Oh. , Muskingam, Cincinnati....but none of those are applicable answers above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 15 minutes ago, gumby73 said: like,, was i posting to you? or 28.. and what else is going on in the sports world to discuss? CHECK... Answer this trivia question: Who used these 3 words in the same sentence: Like Ike Bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjp28 Posted August 9, 2020 Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 24 minutes ago, The Gipper said: Answer this trivia question: Who used these 3 words in the same sentence: Like Ike Bike Our president ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2020 6 hours ago, mjp28 said: Our president ? No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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