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Classic Sports Card of The Day

11 Jan

During Sunday’s AFC wild card playoff game, the player featured on this 1973 Topps football card, (from www.CheckOutMyCards.com ), was mentioned a lot in comparison to Tim Tebow. He is Bobby Douglass, a left-handed, run-oriented phenom who played 11 seasons in the NFL, mostly for the Chicago Bears. In 1972, he ran for 968 yards and 8 touchdowns on 141 carries, a record for QBs that stood for 34 years. He wasn’t much of a passer, however, throwing for 36 TDs and 64 interceptions in his 11 seasons. His career may be the prime reason old school NFL people keep saying you can’t win with a player like Tebow – the Bears’ record during Douglass’ tenure there was 13-31-1. After his football career ended, Douglass had a short stint playing minor league baseball, pitching for the Chicago White Sox AAA team. In 4 games, he had no strikeouts and recorded 13 walks.

 

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