DOLPHINS: Trivia Time

Ernie Ciarrocchi ernie_c at mac.com
Sat Oct 10 14:12:07 GMT 2009 

You are essentially correct.

Actually, I have to correct myself.  It was the WFL, not the USFL.  In  
addition, Csonk's most serious injury (other than his early-carreer  
concussions) was when the WFL folded and he joined the Giants.  Tore  
knee ligaments

The next year, Csonka re-joined the Dolphins on a one-year contract  
and rushed for over 800 yards and scored a bunch of touchdowns.   
Ironically, he and the team couldn't reach an agreement on a new  
contract and he retired the following year.

There are many good backs in the NFL, but they just don't make Larry  
Csonkas anymore.
Ernie







On Oct 10, 2009, at 7:14 AM, Michael Fischer wrote:

> That defection still pisses me off. I don't fault Czonka, Kiick and  
> Warfield - I fault Joe Robbie and the NFL owners who were no doubt  
> putting pressure on Robbie not to cave. Robbie could have raised  
> ticket prices and no one would have complained.  Stupid. Czonka  
> found out how important a all pro offensive line was - he was hurt  
> and was never the same. What a waste.
>
> Michael
>
>
> On Oct 10, 2009, at 6:02 AM, Ernie Ciarrocchi wrote:
>
>> OK, I didn't have a bad enough day yesterday, so you had to bring  
>> up THAT game (It was '74, though).  I was there with some of my  
>> Raider fan neighbors.  Damn near ruined my Christmas!  The team was  
>> never really the same after that, though the slide was probably due  
>> more to the defection of Czonka, Kick, and Warfield to the USFL  
>> than the Raiders' victory.
>> Ernie
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Oct 9, 2009, at 8:41 PM, dolfandave at att.net wrote:
>>
>>> That wasn't his fault; that was a terrific run.
>>>
>>> ddave
>>> -------------- Original message from jhgarbo at aol.com: --------------
>>>
>>>
>>>> Benny...became the poster boy for "scoring too soon" in the '75  
>>>> playoff game
>>>> that ended our dynasty.
>>>> Garbo...oh those pesky Raiders. Our run began losing to them in  
>>>> our first
>>>> playoff game...and then ended the same way.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Michael Fischer
>>>> To: Miami Dolphins Discussion
>>>> Sent: Fri, Oct 9, 2009 2:54 pm
>>>> Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: Trivia Time
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I will always remember "Bouncing Benny Malone" .. he ended up on  
>>>> the cover of
>>>> Dolphin Digest after he?
>>>> ran right at me.. I was positioned behind the corner of the  
>>>> endzone. It was a
>>>> cheap ($99) 400mm coke bottle telephoto,?
>>>>
>>>> but it worked pretty well @ f11.?
>>>> ?
>>>> It's supposed to SNOW here tonight. I remember the warmth of that  
>>>> long ago
>>>> Sunday afternoon.?
>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>> Michael?
>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 9, 2009, at 2:35 PM, dolfanbg at comcast.net wrote:?
>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>> I remember Malone, mostly as the RB who had to follow Csonka.?
>>>>
>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>> But one thing I do remember about him was a comment in either  
>>>>> the > Dolphin
>>>> Digest or Media Guide about him, that went something like >  
>>>> this.... "Has a
>>>> running style that is best described as looking > like a man  
>>>> falling
>>>> downstairs".?
>>>>
>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>> Apparently he had a bit of the 'Crazy Legs' style where his  
>>>>> knees > went
>>>> outward while he ran.?
>>>>
>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----?
>>>>
>>>>> From: "ldouglas" ?
>>>>
>>>>> To: "Miami Dolphins Discussion" ?
>>>>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2009 9:35:26 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada  
>>>>> > Pacific?
>>>>
>>>>> Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: Trivia Time?
>>>>
>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>> I only remember Benny Malone from footage of a Colts - Dolphins?
>>>>
>>>>> playoff game - and only after I did the trivia thing.  
>>>>> Coincidentally I?
>>>>
>>>>> couldn't remember Troy Stratford's last name (need Ginko) but I?
>>>>
>>>>> remember his breakout year in 87 and his knee injury in 88?  
>>>>> which led?
>>>>
>>>>> us to draft Sammy "Braylon Edwards" Smith.?
>>>>
>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>> On 10/8/09, dolfandave at att.net wrote:?
>>>>
>>>>>> I remember all those guys plus Benny Malone.?
>>>>
>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>> Delvin Williams was a lightning rod but also a coke head. Plus  
>>>>>> he >> was
>>>> injury?
>>>>
>>>>>> prone. He followed Gale Sayers at Kansas.?
>>>>
>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>> ddave?
>>>>
>>>>>> -------------- Original message from ldouglas :?
>>>>
>>>>>> --------------?
>>>>
>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>> Ahh a member of the Miami Pound Machine IIRC?
>>>>
>>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>> I got most of the names on there (once I realized the years  
>>>>>>> they?
>>>>
>>>>>>> played were on that site) but I had no idea who Don  
>>>>>>> Nottingham, Norm?
>>>>
>>>>>>> Bulaich or Gary Davis were. Those post 74 years were lost to  
>>>>>>> history?
>>>>
>>>>>>> when I was learning about the team's past. I did think,  
>>>>>>> though, that?
>>>>
>>>>>>> JJ Johnson would have at least gotten 2000 yards rushing.?
>>>>
>>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>> I never knew the backstory of Delvin Williams. And when I did  
>>>>>>> a >>> search?
>>>>
>>>>>>> all I found was a cached copy of an article from the Dolphins'  
>>>>>>> site:?
>>>>
>>>>>>> http://is.gd/45HZn?
>>>>
>>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>> On 10/8/09, Kristoffer Shields wrote:?
>>>>
>>>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>>> Speaking of names from the past, Ethan Skolnick pointed out  
>>>>>>>> in >>>> his
>>>> blog?
>>>>
>>>>>>>> today that Alfred Oglesby passed away a week or so ago. He'll  
>>>>>>>> >>>> always
>>>> be?
>>>>
>>>>>>>> most famous, of course, for his fake kidnapping story....but  
>>>>>>>> I >>>> always?
>>>>
>>>>>>>> thought he was a decent player, too.?
>>>>
>>>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> From: mroz66 at comcast.net?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> To: dolphins-disc at phins.com?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 14:13:11 -0700?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: Trivia Time?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 1. Larry Csonka?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 2. Ricky Williams?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 3. Mercury Morris?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 4. Ronnie Brown?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 5. Jim Kiick?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 6. Tony Nathan?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 7. Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 8. Mark Higgs?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 9. Delvin Williams?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 10. Andra Franklin?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 11. Benny Malone?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 12. Lamar Smith?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 13. Bernie Parmalee?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 14. Lorenzo Hampton?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 15. Sammie Smith?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 16. Woody Bennett?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 17. Don Nottingham?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 18. Norm Bulaich?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 19. Gary Davis?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 20. Troy Stradford?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> DUH.... :)?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> on a side note, 39th on the list was David Overstreet who  
>>>>>>>>> died >>>>> in a
>>>> car?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> accident after part of one season with the Fins. How good  
>>>>>>>>> would >>>>> the?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Fins?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> have been if David would have been there with Marino??
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Rick?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> From: "Richie Wohlers"?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> To: "Miami Dolphins Discussion"?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 10:06 PM?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Subject: DOLPHINS: Trivia Time?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Can you name the top-20 players in career rushing yards as  
>>>>>>>>>> a >>>>>>
>>>> Dolphin??
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.sporcle.com/games/RichieW13/dolphins_rush?
>>>>
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