How many of you played football?

[starfan1]

I am curious and mods feel free to move it or delete it. I think we have varying levels of fans here how many of you actually football and to what level . I’ll start
I played freshman year ( bench warmer) I was small in high school it wasn’t for me I was more into bball and I grew a lot from 11 grade to my military years.

i officiated every level from pee wee to Friday night lights. Next if you wish

 

[MarcusRock]

i officiated every level from pee wee to Friday night lights.

If you're a ref, you're okay in my book. Lol.

 

[Hardline]

I played from 5th grade to Varsity.
I played TE mostly on offense and DE on defense.

Lake Worth Bullfrogs

 

[RD21]

Played until I was nearly 41 yrs old. Coached for 15 yrs (kids & adults). Absolutely loved every minute of it.

Now I'm just a fan, & watch

 

[Carson]

Played from Pop Warner to High school. Also played baseball and basketball. Graduated and played 4 years of Division II football. Played in a few now defunct semi pro leagues (these were more like leagues regular guys made I wasn’t that good lol). Played receiver my entire life.

Spent a few seasons coaching receivers and then dabbled into recruiting. The older I got, the harder the commitment was and I stopped scouting a few years back. You definitely have to love it. Lots of traveling and a lot of silly reports. “Hard worker … gritty … tough” etc

 

[jazzcat22]

I played every position of sand lot football league.

Played WR & CB and some RB in 6th grade.
But a medical issue with my feet prevented me from playing any further for organized sports.

But we played baseball, basketball all and football about everyday until we got to high school, then did not play as much.
Pick up type games, my brothers and our friends.

 

[DFWJC]

DB and RB

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Never played a down.......lol

 

[ESisback]

Played for fun (RB) and watched for fun!

 

[lukin2006]

Hockey and baseball. That's also where I realized I was not a good athlete...

 

[Big_D]

I played LB through HS. Shattered my knee and that was it. I’m 54 and still really miss hitting people. lol

 

[Tabascocat]

Kid to varsity in HS but went on to play baseball at University of Texas

 

[ESisback]

Hockey and baseball. That's also where I realized I was not a good athlete...

Sounds like you got heart, though!

 

[ESisback]

I like to hear peoples’ success stories.

 

[RonnieT24]

My first organized football was Pop Warner at age 12. From that point on I played every year.. right up to two years in college.. Well one and a half years at college because I quit my sophomore year because I didn't think I was getting enough playing time. Worst decision I ever made.. I really missed the comradery of the guys and of course game days. Fortunately for me Harvard had full padded intramural football where your dorm team played against other dorm teams. That let me scratch my football itch last two years of college. Then every Friday before the Harvard/Yale game the top 4 teams from each school square off at the home field of the home team that year. The intramural season was 6 games followed by playoffs followed by the Yale games. The only drawback was we didn't practice much, maybe once a week, and nobody was in shape.. Fortunately we were in our early 20s so we were kinda in shape whether we knew it or not! LOL! It was still fun as hell .. But I knew I wasn't in shape because I got tired. I had never actually felt tired in a game before. Had damn near passed out in the Florida heat in practice many times.. but never felt fatigue in a game. There were even a few fans in the stands during the Yale games..

After college it was just sandlot football until I started pulling muscles and getting rolled up on .. I switched to flag football at about age 30 and played that until I started breaking bones doing that.. That also coincided with my son starting to play so I had to give up my weekend glory to coach him. I helped coach him and his teams from age 9 to his junior year in high school.. Then after he graduated I coached a couple more years until my wife put her foot down and demanded that I spend evenings and weekends with her and not coaching some stranger's kids! LOL! Some women don't understand football at all I tellya!

 

[Jarv]

8 man football > Pop Warner > through senoir year in HS. Small school so I started both ways. Offensive guard (170lbs...lol) and LB.

Still miss it.

 

[links18]

I played street ball without a helmet. That probably explains a lot.

 

[RodeoJake]

Only played a few years of football in junior high, CB. Played baseball many years, every position sometimes all in the same game. Did some rodeos up into my 30s. Can't say I was ever worth spit in any of them.

 

[GroundZero1970]

FB te and MLB for me

 

[MLB53]

Played HS, College and was a UDFA in the pros, played MLB and Safely
Thus MLB53