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Originally Posted by painekiller
My becoming a football fan was when George Webster, Curly Culp and Elvin Bethea. Another memory was being mad when they traded Kenny Houston. Seemed back then all of our stars were traded away. But I regress.
So most of you have confirmed we are a lot of "Old Goats" in here.
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George Webster was a holy terror when he came to Houston out of Michigan St. He was the Lawrence Taylor of his day. However, he blew out a knee in about his third or fourth year and was just a shell of himself after that. This was before the days of arthroscopic surgeries. Webster was named to the AFL All-Time team despite only playing in the AFL for three years (1967-69).
My friend, the late Dr. Bill McCurdy, was a champion for the Houston Sports Museum which had a home on the bottom floor of the Fingers Furniture Store on Cullen before it was torn down (home plate from Buffs Stadium was there at the exact location where home plate at Buffs Stadium once was). I got to tour the museum and among all the baseball memorabilia was a pair of
size 19-1/2 playing shoes donated by Elvin Bethea. Bet that impressed a lot of ladies. The museum exhibits are in storage somewhere.
10-02-2019, 03:46 PM
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