LabattBlue Posted November 23, 2020 Posted November 23, 2020 (edited) Another NFL(and Syracuse U) great is about to succumb to cancer. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/30369334/denver-broncos-send-game-ball-hall-fame-rb-floyd-little-hospice-care Edited November 23, 2020 by Back the Blue 3
Saxum Posted November 23, 2020 Posted November 23, 2020 Yes read about earlier in week. Met him once and he seemed to be a nice man.
HOUSE Posted November 23, 2020 Posted November 23, 2020 That pretty sad, was one hell of a great RB. At times un stoppable. 1
oldmanfan Posted November 23, 2020 Posted November 23, 2020 Great player. It’s sad to see so many players from my youth passing on. 1
Solomon Grundy Posted November 23, 2020 Posted November 23, 2020 Watched TakiTaki return that INT yesterday wearing #44 and thought of Leroy Kelly.
machine gun kelly Posted November 23, 2020 Posted November 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Limeaid said: Yes read about earlier in week. Met him once and he seemed to be a nice man. You’re lucky Lime. I loved when he was a footnote, at the end of the Express with Ernie Davis in that movie. I can’t imagine a team having Mr. Lacrosse, Jim Brown, then Floyd Little. Not a SU fan, but what a concession of RB’s in those days. My memory of little was only NFL presents as before my time, but he was special. Thanks fir sharing OP.
Haslett_Stomp Posted November 24, 2020 Posted November 24, 2020 (edited) Thanks for sharing this OP. When I was a kid back in the 70s I loved reading books on the NFL - those you could buy at your school's book fair when you had to order using the paper form you had to turn back in to your teacher. Floyd Little was one of the many players documented in those books who is, or will soon be, no longer with us. Edited November 24, 2020 by Haslett_Stomp 1
hondo in seattle Posted November 24, 2020 Posted November 24, 2020 Although I aspired to be a WR, I loved watching great RBs when I was kid. OJ was the best back of my childhood - arguably the best back of all time (apologies to Jim Brown). But Floyd Little was also a great joy to watch. "Tackling Floyd Little is like wrestling with a bag of flour open at the top. He just spills out all over. And you're left holding the bag."
Bob in STL Posted November 24, 2020 Posted November 24, 2020 6 hours ago, machine gun kelly said: You’re lucky Lime. I loved when he was a footnote, at the end of the Express with Ernie Davis in that movie. I can’t imagine a team having Mr. Lacrosse, Jim Brown, then Floyd Little. Not a SU fan, but what a concession of RB’s in those days. My memory of little was only NFL presents as before my time, but he was special. Thanks fir sharing OP. Larry Csonka was another great RB from Syracuse. 1
BuffaloBill Posted November 24, 2020 Posted November 24, 2020 All the best to him and his loved ones.
TigerJ Posted November 24, 2020 Posted November 24, 2020 Cancer is no respecter of persons. Hopefully hospice care can keep him comfortable as he nears the end of his journey.
VirginiaMike Posted November 24, 2020 Posted November 24, 2020 Wishing an easy journey into your next chapter Floyd. He was a very good back. For those not old enough to have seen him run, Leonard Fournette's style reminds me of Floyd Little.
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