How many of you played football?

[TequilaCowboy]

Started in YMCA 6 man to 11 man in Midland Tx.
Then played elementary through varsity.

WR through elementary then TE all through HS.

Fun times. Did anyone one else wear Legs pantyhose in the winter to keep warm? Lol

Hey, who are we to judge you? What you do in your personal life is no concern of ours.....

 

[Pola_pe_a]

Played center thru college (D3]. Had some pro looks for long snapping but didn’t pursue it like I should’ve. Coached HS football in Hawaii for a year.

 

[Pantone282C]

Played pickup football since grade school age. Went to private church schools after 6th grade, so only played in flag football leagues. I played QB, WR, punter, and DB. I wanted to play tackle football in high school and college, but the church-run private high schools and colleges I attended at the time wouldn't allow it. I had an opportunity to try out for UTA football, but had already signed with a private college just prior to the offer.
I also played tennis, was a point guard in high school and college, and was a fast-pitch softball pitcher for an SMU frat rat team (after I was out of college.) I had a screaming fastball and could move the ball anywhere over the plate.
I was a WSI instructor and taught American Red Cross Lifeguard classes as well as ARC sailing.
If I threw a football today, I would have to retrieve part of my shoulder joint lol!
Love sports and the Cowboys!!

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

Played 4 years in high school. Now in my 19th year as a HS coach. Illinois playoffs begin tonight. We play tomorrow afternoon!

Good luck

 

[Ozone22]

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

Damm bro you're the real deal. respest

 

[john van brocklin]

Is that really Michael Irvin?!

Probably not
Lol
Be way cool if it was!

 

[ESisback]

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.

Rock on Jarv!

 

[ESisback]

Played football, basketball and baseball as a kid up to Jr. high level...then focused on football mostly. Played on JV team as freshman and three years in the Varsity level starting my last two years. LB on defense. Backup FB on offense. Get this, I was 6'1 195lbs and considered big. Linemen were usually around 230-240 back then Not the 290--300+ pounders you see today.

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[DaBoys12]

I started playing backyard football at an early age. It was before my first organized tackle football, which was 5th grade in Amarillo. We actually went to the state championship that year, but lost. Their RB was so big he had to bring his birth certificate to all his games.

I played LB and that big dude beat me up ALL game long. He was basically unstoppable for 5th grade kids, haha.

Then, I played all the way through high school, starting at LB/S my junior and senior years. I also played some TE but was mainly a blocker and my focus, like always, was much more on defense.

I got a scholarship to a local junior college (by then in Mississippi) and played mostly safety and a little situational LB for those two years. It was so fun but unfortunately, that was about as far as my talent could take me. I wasn’t that big but I was known as the hitter in the secondary.

I was working in a gym then and one of the Southern Miss defensive coaches worked out there. He kept trying to get me to try to walk on there (I had an academic scholarship at the school), which I almost did but by then I was pretty deep into my schoolwork and I was having migraines from some previous concussions, so my girlfriend at the time talked me out of it.

Thus ended my organized football days, which was crushing.

for years I played intramural flag football, which kind of scratched the itch… but it was the contact that I loved. Anyway, we had a good team (the QB had been a QB at Ole Miss) and we actually won the tournament for the southeast US and went to the national. We ended up losing to the team that won it all. They had a coach and wore real football uniforms just without the pads, haha. They were serious.

All through those years, anytime I could get a backyard tackle game together, I would.

Once, a bunch of us had gone to a field at USM to get a game up and there was another big group there that we didn’t know. I said we should let 11 play against 11 from each group and play. They knew a challenge when they heard one so they said sure. It was one of the most brutal games I’ve ever played in. People were falling out left and right. My buddy was playing barefooted and got his entire big toenail pulled off.

I got the worst concussion that I ever had in that game. I got one and kept playing and then had the back of my head slap the ground and it was lights out. It was super fun though and is one of my best backyard football memories… what I can remember if it.

If I could get up a game right now, I’d probably do it. I love, love, love playing football.

Small world, Amarillo is my hometown, and where I played most of my ball. I loved the sport more than anything back then, we played everyday rain, snow or shine, always up at the field, park, backyard or in the street anywhere we could get a game going I was there.

 

[DaBoys12]

I could throw a small Nerf as far as anybody! Outside of that.....

That’s cool . I played in many Nerf football games…lol.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

football
DT in Middle School. LB/WR/TE in High School and Strong Safety(way down depth chart) in college.

basketball
Was terrible at it but played middle school and freshman year.

soccer
played on elite travel teams as a kid and lettered as a freshman on Varsity.
quit as a sophomore to focus on football off-season because no girls went to our soccer games.

track
was really good middle distance runner. 800 and 1600. too slow for 100 or 200 and was good in cross country but it was painfully boring so only ran one meet.

swimming
was solid mid-team in 3-4 diff strokes but never going anywhere special with it.

baseball
I had a great arm but could never hit a lick. Didn;lt play in HS because it interfered with sports I preferred.

What I probably did best was wrestling but my High School didn't have it. We just wrestled as part of football off-season but I loved it .

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After college played on some elite flag football teams
Coached kids flag, basketball and even assist coached volleyball

What position? I was a goalkeeper and defender.

 

[RustyBourneHorse]

The tail should've been your first clue!

Wait, he was in the same facility? The tail might've been me getting transformed lol.

 

[NumOneQB]

Played peewee all the way through college. RT in high school moved to RG in college. I’ve got a bad right shoulder and bad left knee to show for it. Wouldn’t trade the experience for anything in the world. I did finally have surgery on the knee 5 years ago or so. Football is the ultimate team sport and puts men from all walks of life together. It’s an amazing way for people to come together, from all backgrounds, and learn to work towards a common goal. Some of my best friends in life played with me in high school and college. I would come to their aid to this day if they asked me to. One of my best relationships at work is a guy I met who played DE in college. Thats how great the sport is. Of course, my son plays and he’s pretty damn good, but he’s a DE (high school). I give him hell for being a D lineman all the time.

 

[Cowboys5217]

I still have my varsity letter from high school. Also was on a JC team for two weeks till an injury told me I had reached my plateau in the game of football.

 

[Cowboys5217]

I could throw a small Nerf as far as anybody! Outside of that.....

Can you throw it over that mountain over there?

 

[MWH1967]

I played up until Highschool and switched to baseball and Golf. I was just too small and started getting hurt a lot. I was about 140lbs then.

Coached for 12 years and announced for the Highschool games for 7 years.

I loved the game but was light in the backside. I'm only 176lbs now.

 

[Blackrain]

I worked everyday after school till 10:00 p.m. at my uncle's speed shop and on Saturdays from age 12 into my twenties.

But I religiously played football on Sundays no matter what. I played mostly with a group of older guys and that made me much better when I played with guys my own age.

If you dropped the ball heard footsteps or fumbled you sat on the storm sewer until the teams. Were so uneven that they would let you play.
The absolute worst thing you could have attributed to your reputation in my neighborhood was hearing footsteps and dropping the ball. You might as well have leprosy and were completely ostracized and never asked to play anything.

I played ice hockey on the high school team because the practice and games were at odd hours in the middle of the night when I was not scheduled to work.

I'm 60 years old today and my knees were asking me if I could have given up about 200 games of tackle football with no pads.

I said no way!!!

 

[Scotman]

I was running back, but not so much in organized football. Not once was I ever caught from behind. You can believe that or not, I don't care. But not once. I suppose there were faster people, but I was able to avoid the hits with jukes like you really don't see anymore. Certainly not during any football game I've seen. It helped that I could anticipate where the problems were. They talk about vision a lot. My vision was unparalleled. I could typically spot a problem and avoid it from 50, 60 and even 70 yards away. I'm not kidding when I say this. It was as much of a feeling for where problems were as much as it was seeing them. A quick left or right before anything even came into actual sight. It allowed me to get by a lot of people before they even realized I had been there.

I have no idea what my 40 time was. But it was always fast enough. Always.

And by "running back," I mean running back home to avoid the mean kids who might chase me with ill-intent. They never caught me. Just the thought of them knocking me down, tearing my sweater vest, breaking my glasses and dumping my D&D stuff all over the ground was enough motivation for me to be as fast as I needed to be.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

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

I never played real football but a ton of pickup games. One nigfht...WAY back! attending University of Toledo...we had a pickup game in the dorm quad..a light dusting of snow on the hard frozen grass. A kickoff came to me and I tore up field. within a few seconds my legs got wrapped up and down I went FAST!

I got up and checked all my parts. A-ok! I turned around and told the guy "helluva tackle dude". BIG black guy said he was on the Rockets football team.

Moral of the story is I do know what's it's like to get rolled up by a real football player. That's all I got.

 

[Dorsett33]

I love this thread..,..

I played from pee wee league, middle school, high school, college, military to semi pro. Played QB, RB, WR, CB and Safety. I coached as well. And at 54, still play flag football with much speed.... at least i think so....lol. I also played basketball in college.