NFL Mt. Rushmore Figures

[Hostile]

Johnny Unitas, Jim Brown, Walter Payton, and Tony Romo.

If I were doing one for players.

Brett Favre, Jim Brown, Jerry Rice, Dick Butkus

 

[CF74]

If there was a Mt. Rushmore for the NFL, these are the faces I think would be on the mountain.

Art Rooney, George Halas, Vince Lombardi, & Tex Schramm.

You are more than welcome to disagree, just tell me who yours would be when you do.

Why Tex Schramm? Is there more than just his Cowboy influence?

 

[bbgun]

If I were doing one for players.

Brett Favre, Jim Brown, Jerry Rice, Dick Butkus

Only if it's a popularity contest.

 

[Hostile]

Why Tex Schramm? Is there more than just his Cowboy influence?

The AFL - NFL merger. He spent 20 years on the competition committee and many of the things in the game today were his ideas.

 

[AdamJT13]

If I were doing one for players.

Brett Favre, Jim Brown, Jerry Rice, Dick Butkus

Remove Favre. Add Unitas. The 1958 Championship Game is a huge moment in NFL history.

 

[bbgun]

If there was a Mt. Rushmore for the NFL, these are the faces I think would be on the mountain.

Art Rooney, George Halas, Vince Lombardi, & Tex Schramm.

You are more than welcome to disagree, just tell me who yours would be when you do.

How could you overlook George Preston Marshall??

 

[lurkercowboy]

Why Tex Schramm? Is there more than just his Cowboy influence?

Schramm had a tremendous influence on the NFL. For example, do you remember back before the CGI first down line was invented, the fans on TV had to rely on the red-orange strip on the sidelines. That was Tex Schramm. The wind strips on the goalposts was his idea, as was hiring Pete Rozelle into the league (with the Rams). He proposed the idea of the modern-day scouting combine. He pushed for instant replay in its various early forms. He was one of the leaders in the merger of the NFL and AFL. I even read once that the referees microphone was his idea. He was one of the makers of the modern NFL.

 

[Hostile]

How could you overlook George Preston Marshall??

It's called on purpose.

 

[LeonDixson]

Mt. Rushmore is over-rated.

Right! There is an anti-Cowboys bias in the selection criteria.

Okay, it was a stretch.

 

[BlueBlazer]

Paul Brown, George Halas, Pete Rozelle, Lamar Hunt

That would be the group right there.

But since it's not Mt Rushmore, let's go ahead and add Tex Schramm as well.

 

[CrazyCowboy]

If there was a Mt. Rushmore for the NFL, these are the faces I think would be on the mountain.

Art Rooney, George Halas, Vince Lombardi, & Tex Schramm.

You are more than welcome to disagree, just tell me who yours would be when you do.

Sorry Hos,

I made the proper adjustment.......

Tom Landry, George Halas, Vince Lombardi, & Tex Schramm.