Trivia question

[Hostile]

Maybe Don Talbert or John Fitzgerald, both were on the 1971 SB team and were tall (6'5") white guys. I've never heard a nickname for either guy.

George Andrie was brought up as well but I don't think his nickname was cheese.

Lee Roy Caffey is another former Packer from that 1971 team.

Talbert's nickname was "Rotten."

I don't recall Fitz having one.

 

[Wimbo]

Swiss cheese? Could be Keith Davis.


Ahh, be he never won a Super Bowl.

 

[NMfan]

Thanks for the help. I knew I could count on you all.

 

[THUMPER]

Talbert's nickname was "Rotten."

I don't recall Fitz having one.

That's right! How could I have forgotten that one? :bang2:

Also, a guy from that team would probably not have light brown hair anymore as they would be in their 70s or close to it.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Possibly a transfer from Green Bay?
Perhaps related to Bill "toast" Bates.

Let me ax my Farmers Branch brethren they is acquainted with lots of peoples and Texas mens with food names.

Another possibility was that upstanding civic guy nicknamed "The Cheese" from Seagoville who was victimized by a knife-wielding attacker one bad Friday night near the La. border. He was cut bad and the hometown paper's headline said "Attacker cuts the cheese."

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

No, I think "rotten" was the name given to that guy from Oklahoma. I forget his name. Neely?

 

[cowboyjoe]

Okay. I wrote to someone who will know if we have any such player.

If he responds back I will make sure to let you know. I am skpetical but not infallible. I just have never heard of that nickname for one of our players.

me neither, but i know some cowboys nicknames but not that one, but i am guilible sometimes,

 

[Phoenix]

Talbert's nickname was "Rotten."

I don't recall Fitz having one.

"Fitz' was part of a nickname. As a group. They were dubbed (by I think Verne Lundquist on the Cowboys Radio Network but could be wrong) "Four Irishmen and a Scott"

Name them. You already have "Fitz".

 

[Hostile]

"Fitz' was part of a nickname. As a group. They were dubbed (by I think Verne Lundquist on the Cowboys Radio Network but could be wrong) "Four Irishmen and a Scott"

Name them. You already have "Fitz".

Rafferty, Fitzgerald, Pat Donovan, and Jim Cooper were the 4 Irishmen. The Scott was Herb Scott.

 

[Hostile]

No, I think "rotten" was the name given to that guy from Oklahoma. I forget his name. Neely?

You're thinking of Ralph Neely and you are correct.

Talbert's nickname was "Varmint."

 

[Stautner]

I think you guys are too focused on it having to be a notable player or it's a lie. Suppose it was John Q. Helmethead, and he was a backup LB who only saw the field on special teams, and only played one year, and midway through that one year he became known for eating cheese sandwiches in the lockerrom, so for a couple of months some of the guys called him "Cheese". No one has said that this had to be a significant player with a memorable nickname.

 

[Hostile]

I think you guys are too focused on it having to be a notable player or it's a lie. Suppose it was John Q. Helmethead, and he was a backup LB who only saw the field on special teams, and only played one year, and midway through that one year he became known for eating cheese sandwiches in the lockerrom, so for a couple of months some of the guys called him "Cheese". No one has said that this had to be a significant player with a memorable nickname.

I am pretty confident in my source. There isn't anyone, starter or backup, who had that nickname.

I think this is a case of don't eat the cheese.

 

[jubal]

I am pretty confident in my source. There isn't anyone, starter or backup, who had that nickname.

I think this is a case of don't eat the cheese.

I was thinking more along the line of locker room humor, like "pull my finger " 'or who cut the cheese.

 

[Hostile]

I was thinking more along the line of locker room humor, like "pull my finger " 'or who cut the cheese.

The person I asked would have known even locker room nicknames.

 

[Stautner]

I am pretty confident in my source. There isn't anyone, starter or backup, who had that nickname.

I think this is a case of don't eat the cheese.

If your source has that much of a detailed insight into every Cowboy player in history regardless of how insignificant the player or how short his tenure, then that's a hell of a source. Hold onto him - he could prove to be valuable.

 

[Hostile]

If your source has that much of a detailed insight into every Cowboy player in history regardless of how insignificant the player or how short his tenure, then that's a hell of a source. Hold onto him - he could prove to be valuable.

Let me put it to you this way, it is a name you would know and you would accept his word.

 

[Stautner]

Let me put it to you this way, it is a name you would know and you would accept his word.

Okay. I'll trust you on that.

 

[fgoodwin]

I suspect the guy used an alleged nickname because using his real name would make it too easy to check his story.

I get questions all the time that "so-and-so" claims to be an ex-Cowboy, but his name doesn't show up on the official all-time roster. Look at the clowns who claim to be Medal of Honor winners or former Green Berets or SEALS. Most of them do it to impress women and get in their shorts (not saying that was the case with the subject of the OP). Falsely claiming military honors is against the law ("Stolen Valor" laws?), but there is no such law (other than fraud) against pretending to be an ex-football player.

The ONLY time I was ever wrong about a guy who claimed to be an ex-Cowboy was one time when it turned out the claimant signed a FA-contract but was cut without ever making the final roster. He had the contract to prove it.

Now, all I say is, its up the claimant to prove his case -- its not up to you, me or anyone else to disprove him.