North Texas Great - Mean Joe Greene

[ADLER]

Hall-of-Famer "Mean Joe" Greene had a stellar playing career at North Texas before a 13-year career with the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Edited February 10, 2008 by ADLER

[NT80]

Its football squad became the first integrated athletic team in the state in 1956, when heralded running back Abner Hayes joined.

Abner Haynes, not Hayes.

[VideoEagle]

While Joe was a truly great player, I’m not certain he’s the “best player ever from the state of Texas.” Earl Campbell was pretty darn good as was Abner. All three are great people as well.

[Varsity]

Sorry, but the greatest player ever to come out of Texas was Sammy Baugh. Baugh was incredibly versatile and was not only the game's first modern passer but also a star defensive back and ace punter as well. He was likely the best football player of all time (yes, better than Jim Brown).

Edited September 27, 2007 by Varsity

[VideoEagle]

Sorry, but the greatest player ever to come out of Texas was Sammy Baugh. Baugh was incredibly versatile and was not only the game's first modern passer but also a star defensive back and ace punter as well. He was likely the best football player of all time (yes, better than Jim Brown).

He’s one of the few to score a touchdown, then kick the extra point.

[UNTLifer]

Adler, where did this article come from?

[UNT_playmaker]

50 years later and Fouts still looks like S***!!!!!!!

[SilverEagle]

The Daily Texan, 9-1-06.

http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/medi...e-2254844.shtml

I guess it was "background" information, since our game with them was the next day.

"When I started playing, I was very timid," Greene said. "I used to get beat up quite a bit, on and off the field.

You know, if I had been one of the coaches back then, and Joe Greene had mentioned this to me, I would have said

"where are those guys now, and are they eligible to play college football?"......