Hammered a Lot Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I loved this guy as a player and also his wrestling banter including how he handled wrestling with a "bad thumb", a football injury. http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports/charg...9-1s21ladd.html A 18 year old 6-6 225lb "Bad Dude" Ernie upon meeting his dad, "my arms looked like garden hoses compared to his". http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/02/22...22105200214.txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I remember him well. He was occasionaly referred to as "Bigger than Dad" Ladd, being bigger than Gene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb of Steeler fame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBud Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I remember seeing him on tv in Buffalo wrestling against "The Chief" on Saturday mornings. It makes you wonder what kind of player he would be in today's game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I loved Ernie Ladd as a wrestler during the late 60's and early 70's. Those were the days when every wrestler had some sort of "foreign object" in his trunks and using said object always resulted in an immediate disqualification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I'm too young to remember him but thanks for the link, Hammer. Interesting read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I remember seeing him on tv in Buffalo wrestling against "The Chief" on Saturday mornings. It makes you wonder what kind of player he would be in today's game. 251369[/snapback] Hard to say. The head slap was legal back then. I occasionally wonder what the great receivers of the past who played under bump 'n run defense like Freddie Biletnikoff and Lance Alworth would fare under today's "I'm a receiver and that DB gave me a dirty look, ref, so flag him for pass interfence" rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 Hard to say. The head slap was legal back then. I occasionally wonder what the great receivers of the past who played under bump 'n run defense like Freddie Biletnikoff and Lance Alworth would fare under today's "I'm a receiver and that DB gave me a dirty look, ref, so flag him for pass interfence" rules. 251862[/snapback] You're not kidding. What about speed guys like Cliff Branch/John Jefferson/Wes Chandler? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 You're not kidding. What about speed guys like Cliff Branch/John Jefferson/Wes Chandler? 251864[/snapback] And what would it be like if oldies such as Johnnie Robinson, Herb Adderly, Willy Brown, Karl Kassulke, Larry Wilson, Lem Barney, Butch Byrd, Lemar Parrish, etc. got to pummel today's crop of twinkies like TO and Randy Moss? Child abuse charges would be rampant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 And what would it be like if oldies such as Johnnie Robinson, Herb Adderly, Willy Brown, Karl Kassulke, Larry Wilson, Lem Barney, Lemar Parrish, etc. got to pummel today's crop of twinkies like TO and Randy Moss? Child abuse charges would be rampant. 251885[/snapback] You left off Robert James (and of course others, like Mel Blount) but you're absolutely correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 You left off Robert James (and of course others, like Mel Blount) but you're absolutely correct. 251889[/snapback] I should have mentioned RJ. Too bad about his carrer-ending injury. IIRC, the Bills ended up acquiring the rb that inadvertently ruined his knee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammered a Lot Posted February 25, 2005 Author Share Posted February 25, 2005 And what would it be like if oldies such as Johnnie Robinson, Herb Adderly, Willy Brown, Karl Kassulke, Larry Wilson, Lem Barney, Butch Byrd, Lemar Parrish, etc. got to pummel today's crop of twinkies like TO and Randy Moss? Child abuse charges would be rampant. For some reason when I hear the classic line from the best football movie ever The Longest Yard "I think I broke his fuch neck" I think of "The Cat". My mind is foggy on Karl Kassulke, some info please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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