Baltimore Ravens’ Ray Lewis, Lardarius Webb lost for year
Ray Lewis
By David Ginsburg, Associated Press
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis will miss the remainder of the season with an arm injury, an enormous blow to an already depleted defense that has uncharacteristically struggled this year. Lewis tore his right triceps during Sunday’s 31-29 victory over Dallas. The 37-year-old Lewis leads Baltimore in tackles and is the voice of experience in the huddle.
“Ray in the locker room afterward, we didn’t know (the extent of the injury) but he was worried about it,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Monday. “He said some things about his faith. He said some things that I’ll never forget.” Lewis turns 38 in May, so it’s possible that Sunday’s game was his last.“That’s for Ray to speak on,” Harbaugh said.
Over a spectacular 17-year career, Lewis has been invited to 13 Pro Bowls, was named Super Bowl MVP and is a two-time NFL defensive player of the year.
Baltimore also lost cornerback Lardarius Webb for the year after he tore the ACL in his left knee Sunday. The injury occurred when Webb collided with Dallas wide receiver Dez Bryant in the first quarter.
For Harbaugh, it was more about Lewis and Webb than the impact losing them would have on the team.
“I’m disappointed for those guys,” Harbaugh said. “It doesn’t matter how I or someone else feels about it. It’s their thing. These are guys that put so much effort, heart and soul into what they do.”
Alex Karras, former NFL lineman, actor, announcer dies.
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DETROIT - Alex Karras was one of the NFL's most feared defensive tackles throughout the 1960s, a player who hounded quarterbacks and bulled past opposing linemen as one of the Detroit Lions' "Fearsome Foursome". And yet, to many people he will always be the lovable dad from the 1980s sitcom "Webster" or the big cowboy who famously punched out a horse in "Blazing Saddles," or even as a commentator on "Monday Night Football" died Wednesday. He was 77.
Karras, who had recently suffered kidney failure, died at home in Los Angeles surrounded by family members, said Craig Mitnick, Karras’ attorney.
Diagnosed with dementia, Karras in April joined the more than 3,500 former NFL players suing the league for not protecting them better from head injuries, immediately becoming one of the best-known names in the legal fight.
The Hall of Fame Award is the highest honor bestowed in any sport. Recipients of this prestigious award must possess the highest moral standards, tremendous leadership and/or athletic abilities, outstanding training and skills in their area of expertise, respected by his/her peers, and a willingness to help others. Think about that for a moment... What a deserving tribute to our American Football Hall of Fame "League of Extraordinary People".
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Al Ferriso
Minor League Player
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Pro Player/HS Coach/Other
Kendall James
Minor League Player
Dr. Richard Knowlton
Team Doctor/Dentist
Al Ferriso Craig Pinto Kendall James
Dr. Richard Knowlton
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Leon Joseph Hart was raised in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, and played four years as tight end and defensive end for Notre Dame from 1946-1949.In that span Notre Dame went 36-0-2 and won three national championships. He was the co-captain of Notre Dame's 1949 National Championship team. Hart was All-America three times, won the 1949 Heisman and Maxwell Awards and was 1949 Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year. He was the second lineman to win the Heisman and the second lineman to win the Maxwell Award. In 1948, he ran the ball 16 times on end-around plays and averaged 14 yards a try. Coach Frank Leahy remembered Hart best for his spectacular touchdown that tied Southern California in a 14-point battle in 1948. Hart took a 25-yard pass from Frank Tripucka and shook no fewer than eight Southern Cal tacklers on his way to the touchdown.
Hart was the last, and one of only two, linemen ever to win the Heisman Trophy. Also, he was the only player to win the Heisman Trophy, a national championship, and be the first overall pick in the NFL draft all in the same one-year span, until Cam Newton did this in 2011.
Considered by some experts to be the greatest all-time All-American end, Hart played both offense and defense. Hart was a savage blocker and tackler, ran the end-around play and from fullback with devastating effect. Hart received every major football award in 1949 including Athlete of the Year by the Associated Press. He was also voted on All-American teams for three of his four years, during which Notre Dame never lost a game. In his college career he caught 49 passes for 742 yards and 13 touchdowns.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and was the Detroit Lions' number one draft choice in 1950 and earned All-Pro defensive laurels the following season. Then, in 1951, he became the last player selected All-Pro on both offense and defense. In Hart's eight seasons with Detroit, they won four divisional titles and three world championships. Leon was elected to the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame in 1973.
Hart died September 24, 2002. He and his beloved late wife Lois had five sons and one daughter. His son, Kevin Hart, played tight end for Notre Dame from 1977-79.
"Keep cool baby, and run those fat tackles to death."That's a quote from an Ohio State grad who described his school's football style. This was 1951-1978, the years under Coach Wayne Woodrow Hayes. "Three yards and a cloud of dust."If not a quote from Hayes himself, it was a successful battle plan according to his fans and critics alike. Wayne Woodrow "Woody" Hayes was born February 14, 1913, and was a college football player and coach. Hayes attended and played tackle at Denison University from 1933-35 where he majored in English.(He always emphasized educational values in talks with players.) After graduating, he coached high school football from 1936-1940 at Mingo Junction and New Philadelphia in Ohio.
In July 1941, Hayes enlisted and served in the United States Navy for five years rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commander during World War II. He commanded PC 1251 in the Palau Islands invasion and the destroyer-escort USS Rinehart in both the Atlantic and Pacific operations.
As World War II was winding down and Hayes' alma mater, Denison University, was pursuing plans to reinstate its football program (which had been suspended during the war), it contacted their former Head Coach Rogers (also in the Navy) about rejoining the program as head coach. Rogers declined, but recommended that his former team captain, Hayes, be named the next head coach. Denison was able to locate and cable Hayes an offer, which he accepted, minutes before his Navy ship was to begin the passage through the Panama Canal — meaning Hayes would have been unreachable for an extended period of time.
He served as the head coach at Denison University from 1946–1948 and Miami (Ohio) University (1949–1950), before going to Ohio State University in 1951. Hayes turned out teams that filled Ohio Stadium with avid fans, as the Buckeyes led the nation in home attendance in 21 of his 28 years.
During his 28 seasons as the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football program, Hayes' teams won five national championships (1954, 1957, 1961, 1968, 1970), captured 13 Big Ten Conference titles, and amassed a record of 205–61–10. He produced 3 Heisman Trophy winners and 51 first team All- America selections
Over the last decade of his coaching tenure at Ohio State, Hayes' Buckeye squads faced off in a fierce rivalry against the Michigan Wolverines coached by Bo Schembechler, a former player under, and assistant coach to, Hayes. During that stretch, the Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry was dubbed the "Ten-Year War,"Hayes and Schembechler's teams won or shared the Big Ten Conference crown every season and usually each placed in the national rankings.
Twice - in the mid 1950s and again in the late 1960s - his OSU teams recorded 17 straight Big Ten wins. All told, Hayes' career record stands at 238-72-10, a college record.. Hayes was born Feb. 14, 1913 in Clifton, Ohio. He died March 12, 1987 in Columbus, Ohio.
Despite his great achievements at Ohio State, Hayes' coaching career ended shamefully when he was abruptly fired for punching an opposing player in the face during the 1978 Gator Bowl.
He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1983.He died March 12, 1987.
