Kelly the Dog Posted October 24, 2017 Posted October 24, 2017 ....think it was Billy "White Shoes" Johnson who started it all back in 1984 with the Oilers........... The first I remember was Elmo Wright of the Chiefs back in the late 60s or early 70s.
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted October 24, 2017 Posted October 24, 2017 ....FANSIDED 30 Best of all time according to John Buhler......... https://fansided.com/2017/05/25/30-best-nfl-touchdown-celebrations-all-time/
Gray Beard Posted October 24, 2017 Posted October 24, 2017 I don't mind the touchdown celebrations but many of the "sack" "big catch" "first down" celebrations are annoying to me. In fact, I may have been hallucinating, but I think Mathews came darn close to getting a big penalty. I think it was O'Leary who caught a pass for a long play and a first down. Mathews was in the vicinity and he took the ball and tossed it with glee in a direction away from the refs. One ref reached for his flag and the other ref signalled for him to just let it go. I never understand why it isn't standard procedure for a player to just drop or place the ball on the ground in the area where the ref will use it to mark the new line of scrimmage.
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted October 24, 2017 Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) The first I remember was Elmo Wright of the Chiefs back in the late 60s or early 70s. .....GREAT call bud...... Elmo Wright is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). While at the University of Houston, he became the first football player ever to perform an end zone dance.[1] Wright was an All-American receiver for the Cougars and, somewhere during his collegiate career, he began the practice of "high-stepping" into the end zone at the end of long touchdown receptions. While this was no comparison to the antics later displayed by such famed celebrators as Billy "White Shoes" Johnson, Ickey Woods or Terrell Owens, it was almost equally shocking at the time. Following his college playing days, Wright went on to star for the Kansas City Chiefs. He currently resides in Houston, TX. ......Icky Shuffle and Dirty Bird were some good ones as well.....Goodell would lock 'em up today..... Edited October 24, 2017 by OldTimeAFLGuy
Kelly the Dog Posted October 24, 2017 Posted October 24, 2017 .....GREAT call bud...... Elmo Wright is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). While at the University of Houston, he became the first football player ever to perform an end zone dance.[1] Wright was an All-American receiver for the Cougars and, somewhere during his collegiate career, he began the practice of "high-stepping" into the end zone at the end of long touchdown receptions. While this was no comparison to the antics later displayed by such famed celebrators as Billy "White Shoes" Johnson, Ickey Woods or Terrell Owens, it was almost equally shocking at the time. Following his college playing days, Wright went on to star for the Kansas City Chiefs. He currently resides in Houston, TX. He used to do this thing in the endzone like he was running in place, but he was moving his legs fast and bringing his knees up as high as they would go.
Billschinatown Posted October 24, 2017 Posted October 24, 2017 (quote him) this is my point. The nfl has become a league where everyone looks to see who can out do who. I and my wife are sick of it. We usually watch the game on sunday but this week we might stop watching until they stop these dumb td protests. In actuality we might protest their td protests because then they might stop doing them. Our local weather lady in arizona is always looking for stories and she might like how we are making awareness for this kind of thing. Jesus....get a life....
Gugny Posted October 24, 2017 Posted October 24, 2017 Jesus....get a life.... I get that you might not agree with Howard's sentiments. A lot of us disagree with him most of the time. However ... he did honorably serve our country and deserves some respect. Just throwing that out there. Go Bills.
Gray Beard Posted October 24, 2017 Posted October 24, 2017 .....GREAT call bud...... Elmo Wright is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). While at the University of Houston, he became the first football player ever to perform an end zone dance.[1] Wright was an All-American receiver for the Cougars and, somewhere during his collegiate career, he began the practice of "high-stepping" into the end zone at the end of long touchdown receptions. While this was no comparison to the antics later displayed by such famed celebrators as Billy "White Shoes" Johnson, Ickey Woods or Terrell Owens, it was almost equally shocking at the time. Following his college playing days, Wright went on to star for the Kansas City Chiefs. He currently resides in Houston, TX. ......Icky Shuffle and Dirty Bird were some good ones as well.....Goodell would lock 'em up today..... I am somewhat of an old time Florida guy. My family lived there in the 1960's. For some reason, the Chiefs were often the featured team on TV. My sister and I used to get a big kick out of the touchdown dances. I think it was Otis Taylor who was our favorite.
SinceThe70s Posted October 24, 2017 Posted October 24, 2017 He used to do this thing in the endzone like he was running in place, but he was moving his legs fast and bringing his knees up as high as they would go. Props to you. All I remember is having his football card. Did Rick Upchurch do any dancing/celebrating or was he just the bandana sticking out from the helmet guy?
Uncle Joe Posted October 25, 2017 Posted October 25, 2017 I am not a fan of the over the top skit celebrations. I did however enjoy the snow shovel.
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted October 25, 2017 Posted October 25, 2017 the snow shovel was pretty entertaining. That was a Bills community celebration.
Chicken Boo Posted October 25, 2017 Posted October 25, 2017 Believe it or not there are. I personally know people including my friends and family that cannot stand them and will vent the whole time on how its ridiculous They need to find a hobby.
DC Greg Posted October 25, 2017 Posted October 25, 2017 I remember when guys used to score a td at Rich stadium or even the Rockpile. My wife and son would say "dad watch him spike the ball" and weed laugh at how the ball would bounce when they threw it to the ground. Ive seen all kinds of td dances lately like the bathtub washing and the shoot the dog and the boxing match. Why do these guys feel the need to look like goofs doing these dances? At least Gronkorski just throws the ball in to the turf. Then there are these other guys that need to make a specktackle of themselves and they look dumb. They walk a dog or they pee like a dog but they look dumb. I hope Mcdermott doesn't put up with these weird dances. We are better then this. I'm going to have to call out the plagiarism above. I knew I had seen this language somewhere before
QuoteTheRaven83 Posted October 25, 2017 Posted October 25, 2017 This is a GAME. It's a GAME. Seriously? Football is a GAME
Howard Posted October 25, 2017 Author Posted October 25, 2017 I get that you might not agree with Howard's sentiments. A lot of us disagree with him most of the time. However ... he did honorably serve our country and deserves some respect. Just throwing that out there. Go Bills. (quote him) thanks for the kind words. People some times dont understand my years in the postal service as something they should thank me for. Really I served to make sure the lines of communication were always open for people to write letters and send cards and get packages. I wouldn't trade it for any other career and not for these young guys who make a fools of themselves on a weekly basis. Never would any of my guys do that on a route after a busy day of sorting or delivering. I wouldn't let them because i always told them to treat their service to the post office as a privilege and act like you have delivered thousands of packages before. Some younger boys would slap hands or cheer the older guys on when they got back from their routes in bad weather and I always told them to simmer down and get back to work. But i was proud of them sons a b's and the work they did and they didn't need to do no cockamamie dance to show how well they served you and me.
Lurker Posted October 25, 2017 Posted October 25, 2017 Jesus....get a life.... People. 'Howard' is just a ghost persona of another long-time TSW poster. Don't get sucked into his rinky dink attention grabbing schtick...
T-Bomb Posted October 25, 2017 Posted October 25, 2017 (edited) I never understand why it isn't standard procedure for a player to just drop or place the ball on the ground in the area where the ref will use it to mark the new line of scrimmage. It used to be back in the early days when it was mostly white guys that can't dance playing. Now it's some kind of silly talent show of one-upsmanship for twitter. Edited October 25, 2017 by T-Bomb
Capco Posted October 25, 2017 Posted October 25, 2017 I like the new celebrations. As long as they don't cross any serious lines (like goosestepping for example), I'm all for it.
4_kidd_4 Posted October 25, 2017 Posted October 25, 2017 File under: Stuff that only bothers you if you let it. Sub file: Dont like it? Dont look.
Kelly the Dog Posted October 25, 2017 Posted October 25, 2017 (quote him) thanks for the kind words. People some times dont understand my years in the postal service as something they should thank me for. Really I served to make sure the lines of communication were always open for people to write letters and send cards and get packages. I wouldn't trade it for any other career and not for these young guys who make a fools of themselves on a weekly basis. Never would any of my guys do that on a route after a busy day of sorting or delivering. I wouldn't let them because i always told them to treat their service to the post office as a privilege and act like you have delivered thousands of packages before. Some younger boys would slap hands or cheer the older guys on when they got back from their routes in bad weather and I always told them to simmer down and get back to work. But i was proud of them sons a b's and the work they did and they didn't need to do no cockamamie dance to show how well they served you and me. Thank you for your service. Did you ever get to meet Cliff Claven?
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