My Man, Chandler81 RIP (Bobby, not me. Don’t get your hopes up)

[Beast]

36 minutes ago, RoyBatty is alive said:

I wouldn't think he is even in the top 10, especially with the current crew.

 

It's a different day and age. Billy Shaw, a Hall of Famer, wouldn't make todays squad.

[TBBills Fan]

1 hour ago, HOUSE said:

Misleading title , I thought our mod got run over by a truck

 

Good thing because I have no money for flowers

 

 

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agree!

 

And agree!

 

[RoyBatty is alive]

17 minutes ago, Beast said:

 

It's a different day and age. Billy Shaw, a Hall of Famer, wouldn't make todays squad.

I realize it is a different era, I considered that.   Bob Chandler wouldn't  make the PS on this team, imo, way too slow.  In fact most of the Bills Super Bowl era players wouldn't make todays squad.

Edited July 12, 2022 by RoyBatty is alive

[4merper4mer]

37 minutes ago, Albany,n.y. said:

I remember after he died they were still showing a commercial he had recorded & I thought they shouldn't keep showing it.  I doubt the people who were showing it knew who he was or that he had died.  

Huh?

[Mickey]

Was the first NFL player from whom I ever got an autograph.  My favorite Bills player ever...until Josh.  Best hands I've ever seen. Died way too young.

[RiotAct]

2 hours ago, HOUSE said:

Misleading title , I thought our mod got run over by a truck

 

Good thing because I have no money for flowers

 

same here, then I saw the thread starter username and was like “wtf?”

[DrDawkinstein]

I'm now convinced this was just @Chandler#81's way of finding out who would miss him once he's gone.

[CSBill]

@Chandler#81 is gone. I’ll miss his grouchy posts. 🫣

[Albany,n.y.]

43 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:

Huh?

Chandler did some commercials after he retired.  I recognized him in them.  I think this one was one of those infomercials they ran on Saturday mornings.  It's too long ago for me to remember what he was selling, but it was definitely Bob Chandler in the ad.  

[cage]

I haven't seen his highlights in a long time, but looking at that brief clip, it made me think of Cole Beasley

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

14 minutes ago, Albany,n.y. said:

Chandler did some commercials after he retired.  I recognized him in them.  I think this one was one of those infomercials they ran on Saturday mornings.  It's too long ago for me to remember what he was selling, but it was definitely Bob Chandler in the ad.  

'Bobby Chandler's Quick-Pickin' N Fun-Strummin' Home Geetar Course'.

[Saxum]

 

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-01-28-sp-25175-story.html

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Ex-Raider Bob Chandler Is Dead at 45 : Football: Former USC and pro wide receiver and radio commentator succumbs after four-month battle with cancer.

 

I am sure if he had done something criminal it would have been "Ex-Bill Bob Chandler arrested ...."

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Chandler was drafted in the seventh round by the Bills and played nine seasons with them. He caught more than 60 passes in 1976 and ’77.

 

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Chandler was one of the first people to visit Simpson on June 13, hours after the bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were found.

 

Chandler was a regular visitor of Simpson’s in jail, usually going there two or three times a week. The visits continued even after Chandler became ill.

 

“We weren’t best friends, but we always had tremendous respect for each other,” Chandler said recently.

 

[4merper4mer]

This dude died in 1995.

[Pete]

Me and just about every Bills fan that was a kid in the 70s practiced Bob Chandler sideline catches while keeping feet in bounds Bobby style 

[Augie]

22 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:

This dude died in 1995.

 

Without twitter some things slipped thru the cracks. Yolo is only human! 

 

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10 minutes ago, Pete said:

Me and just about every Bills fan that was a kid in the 70s practiced Bob Chandler sideline catches while keeping feet in bounds Bobby style 

 

Gabe Davis is an astute historian! 

[Yawning Frog]

Gee! I thought we lost another FW alumni.

[SoCal Deek]

I actually designed a building that was named in his honor. I got to meet the Chandler family at the dedication ceremony and passed along sincere condolences from the entire Bills fanbase. 

[Dopey]

54 minutes ago, Pete said:

Me and just about every Bills fan that was a kid in the 70s practiced Bob Chandler sideline catches while keeping feet in bounds Bobby style 

I sure did.

[Paul Costa]

4 hours ago, HOUSE said:

Misleading title , I thought our mod got run over by a truck

 

Good thing because I have no money for flowers

 

 

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Agree 

[4merper4mer]

This thread got me looking into other news I missed.  
 

Did you guys know Eisenhower is also dead and that the Buffalo Stallions folded?  Holy crap.