How many of you played football?

[Corso]

I played until I was injured in a game against Philly

Mike, I nearly cried that game.
Actually... I think I did cry that game.

 

[starfan1]

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!

Harvard? No wonder you outpost me lol! Great life you’ve had

 

[fairviewfarmer]

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

Played and lettered all four yrs of HS, and started 3 yrs at RB. Had numerous opportunities to play Div 3 level or NAIA level in College but began farming right out of HS instead. No regrets, and my knees thank me for that.

 

[TequilaCowboy]

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

Lake Worth Bullfrogs

I get a kick out of finding out all the nicknames of schools in the Great Republic of Texas. We played a team from South Texas named the Roma Gladiators. I still think it's the coolest i have heard. But i like the non-conventional ones and the ones that make me giggle too.

 

[Irvin88_4life]

Mike, I nearly cried that game.
Actually... I think I did cry that game.

I cried as well

 

[Corso]

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!

Awesome bubba. You have always been one of my faves and this just cements it.

 

[leeblair]

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

1 yr middle school -quarterback, running back, scrub.
2 yrs high school - receiver, tight end, defensive end.
Quit to go to work.
Coached baseball 17 yrs.
Small town sports.

 

[Flamma]

Freshman and a little sophomore year. WR and CB. Sucked at CB without S help over the top. But it was 3 yards and a cloud of dust, not for me.

I did play about 1000 sandlot games.

 

[Corso]

1 yr middle school -quarterback, running back, scrub.
2 yrs high school - receiver, tight end, defensive end.
Quit to go to work.
Coached baseball 17 yrs.
Small town sports.

That's interesting! Did you also play baseball while playing FB?

 

[JayFord]

Ive played Pee Wee
Junior Varsity
Varsity
and Semi Pro football

Play Offensive Line, Defensive Line and outside linebacker

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

I was a hockey guy so other than pick up at lunch or after school, no

 

[nightrain]

Played all my young life through HS and into my early twenties in pick up leagues, many of those years in the FIL (Yup, you know the first word, followed by idiot and league). It ended when I suffered a compound fracture on Thanksgiving Day to my collar bone and had to miss a month of work from a job I started in June.

My HS coach in our senior year outlawed our FIL. We would play on Sundays (after the Saturday HS game) and guys were getting dinged up, some missing time. They were glorious times.

WR, DB

 

[leeblair]

That's interesting! Did you also play baseball while playing FB?

Yep.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

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

hockey takes a very specific skill to be able to play, if you can't skate, you can't play

 

[links18]

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

Pros? As in NFL?

 

[Corso]

Yep.

That's cool. I never had the interest.
Maybe I should have.
All of my brother-in-laws were baseball players.
It's given me more interest into the game.

 

[Hardline]

My uncle lived in lake worth for years

What's his name? I might know him.

 

[Starforever]

Played in high school and in military (USAFE)

 

[TexasBoys2288]

Like most, started out with neighborhood sandlot smashmouth. Every kid in the neighborhood broke a bone at one time or another.

Junior high school I played RB for a short bit, then corner and outside LB on defense.

High school through sophomore year played mostly bench and outside linebacker. I was on the smaller side, but I was fast and not afraid to tackle. I remember I took a RB head-on one time and the guy put the hurt on me. The mouth guards were attached to the helmets back in those days and that RB tried to take my head off. I thought all my teeth got pulled loose on that play, but I parked him in the turf just like me. Anyway, as time passed, I did not get to play as much due to my size, so I quit football and joined the party crowd.

Goodtimes.

 

[Whiskey Cowboy]

Jr High and 6A high school through my junior year. Sat out senior year after taking too many whacks to the head. Fullback, then receiver in a run heavy offense and WILB in a 5-2 defensive front.