Drew Pearson is 61 Today

[JoeCorrado]

Well, afterall he is the real #88, don't ya know? :laugh2:

Yep. Does Owens make this catch with his tendency to drop balls? Doubtful.

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[Hostile]

And I suppose you think 61 is old huh?

Nope. I've worked with some octogenarians who aren't old.

 

[jobberone]

And he could still burn Newman for a 100 yards in a game!



Please, tell me it ain't!

We're spring chickens man!

 

[jobberone]

Nope. I've worked with some octogenarians who aren't old.

There's a doctor nearby who works four hours a day everyday. He's 100 years old. Still delivering those babies.

 

[DandyDon1722]

He doesn't look like he's about to die which is good for anyone over 60.

Whoa...talk about being out of touch. I don't know how old you are but as long as you're in California head down to Venice Beach some Saturday afternoon and watch 60+ guys bench 400 pounds and do 20 pull ups with 40 pounds draped on them. It's pretty amazing.

In fact I remember somebody posting a story about Willie Gault who played for the bears in the 80's still working out with the US Olympic guys and running a legit 4.3. He's being studied to find out how fast muscle twitch can be retained like he has.

Nutrition, lifestyle...This is not your father's 60 anymore and whatever you do don't every say that to Roger or Drew.

 

[jobberone]

Whoa...talk about being out of touch. I don't know how old you are but as long as you're in California head down to Venice Beach some Saturday afternoon and watch 60+ guys bench 400 pounds and do 20 pull ups with 40 pounds draped on them. It's pretty amazing.

In fact I remember somebody posting a story about Willie Gault who played for the bears in the 80's still working out with the US Olympic guys and running a legit 4.3. He's being studied to find out how fast muscle twitch can be retained like he has.

Nutrition, lifestyle...This is not your father's 60 anymore and whatever you do don't every say that to Roger or Drew.

Yeah. Me neither bub.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

There's a doctor nearby who works four hours a day everyday. He's 100 years old. Still delivering those babies.

what woman in her right mind would let a 100 year old deliver her baby and what insurance company would insure said doctor?

 

[ELeBaron1960]

Kind of hard to tell with all the layers he's wearing. But his QB (older still) certainly looks at least as good. Special Cowboy legends.

Roger Staubach turns 70 on February 5th. Hard to believe.

 

[The30YardSlant]

I have no doubt he could still get open against our secondary

 

[jobberone]

what woman in her right mind would let a 100 year old deliver her baby and what insurance company would insure said doctor?

If he's practicing good medicine and is capable then why not? You cannot discriminate on the basis of age. I'm sure he's being watched closely. In fact every doctor is under a microscope.

 

[AmishCowboy]

Drew was one of my all time fav Cowboys, the original 88!

 

[Hostile]

There's a doctor nearby who works four hours a day everyday. He's 100 years old. Still delivering those babies.

That is the coolest thing I've heard all day.

 

[The Emperor]

Drew was one of my all time fav Cowboys, the original 88!

Here's what I like about Irvin:

Allegedly, when he was mentoring Dez in the 2010 off-season, he told Dez that "this is Drew's number." How cool is that? A guy like Irvin who won three Super Bowls with that number and set franchise receiving records still refers to #88 as "Drew's number."

 

[THUMPER]

Drew was one of my all time fav Cowboys, the original 88!

Pearson went undrafted but came to our training camp in 1973 along with about 150 other guys. He barely made the team but Staubach liked him so he stuck around. It wasn't long before he started to show why and was an All-Pro in his second season.

In his career, he made the Pro-Bowl 3 times and was named 1st-Team All-Pro 3 times. He was named to Team of the 70s by the HoF committee but has never gotten much support for induction to the Hall itself. (Harvey Martin and Cliff Harris are two other Cowboys from that All-Decade team that are not in the HoF )

In 1979 the Cowboys were the first team in NFL history to have 2 1000+ WRs and a 1000+ RB (Pearson, Tony Hill, & Dorsett).

Pearson was never a big numbers guy but he came up big in big games. His most memorable game was the "Hail Mary" game against the Vikings in the 1975 NFC Championship game.

He was Staubach's go-to guy. He wasn't big or particularly fast but he got open and he made the play. More than anything he was a great teammate and a very nice guy.

Drew Pearson belongs in the HoF and should have been in the RoH a LONG time before he was finally inducted this past November.

 

[CoCo]

Drew was one of my all time fav Cowboys, the original 88!

Absolutely.

 

[trueblue1687]

WRs of old were much tougher than the ones today...hands down. As has been said, CBs could mug a WR almost at will...quite hard to get flags for PI. I truly believe he could put up a 100 on Newman these days. Hell, with a 15 yd cushion, he could make 8 - 10 yds per catch all day!



Happy B-day Drew!

 

[Joe Realist]

And I suppose you think 61 is old huh?

61 is the new 59

 

[QT]

I wonder if Pearson knows that Drew Brees is named after him.

 

[THUMPER]

but the DBs were smaller

yes the rules were different but that doesn't disprove view today's athletes are stronger and faster.

Hell, Owens at his prime eats Pearson for breakfast

That is not true at all!

DBs back in the 60s & 70s were in general taller than the DBs of today, especially CBs. Dbs today are usually heavier, particularly Safetys but not by that much.

I did a quick comparison of the pro-bowl DBs from 1978 vs those from 2010 and found that:

CBs '78 = 6'0.17", 191.33 lbs
CBs '10 = 5'11.2", 193.3 lbs

S '78 = 6'3", 194.33 lbs
S '10 = 5'11.78", 205.11 lbs

DBs '78 = 6'0.58", 192.83 lbs
DBs '10 = 5'11.47", 198.89 lbs

So in general, DBs today are about an inch shorter but 6 pounds heavier than those Drew Pearson played against.

It is interesting that the DBs from back then were able to be a lot more physical than those from today but the guys today are built for a more physical game... that they don't get to play due to the rules. Go figure.

 

[bbgun]

This was taken his rookie year (1973). Look at those scarily skinny thighs.

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