DOLPHINS: Trivia Time

Michael Fischer thebigfish at smunet.net
Sat Oct 10 16:20:14 GMT 2009 

Short version is all I typed. Robbie gave up his legacy and the one  
who benefited the most was Art Rooney. Nothing against the Rooney  
family - they are a class act; but
the league owners were incredibly short sighted and ended up paying  
big salaries in the end anyway. The ironic thing was, the league  
ended up making far more money
because of ever increasing television revenues. The only ones that  
took the bullet were the Dolphin organization and the  fans.  It sucked.

Michael


On Oct 10, 2009, at 9:12 AM, Ernie Ciarrocchi wrote:

> 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
>
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>
>
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>
> 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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