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Smidgeon
10-13-2018, 12:31 PM
http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/24973592/jim-taylor-first-vince-lombardi-era-green-bay-packers-inducted-hall-fame-dies
gbgary
10-13-2018, 01:53 PM
an nfl great. when he retired he was the #2 all-time rusher behind only jim brown who he beat in 62 for the rushing title that season. i met him once. he was very nice and talked for a long time with me and the kids.
The Shadow
10-13-2018, 03:43 PM
He was my favorite Packer player. I wore #31 in high school.
Joemailman
10-13-2018, 05:07 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSHLqoeRccM
Pugger
10-14-2018, 09:22 AM
RIP

Has a cause of death been reported?
QBME
10-14-2018, 01:55 PM
Best JT story - I think I read it in Instant Replay by Jerry Kramer...

Taylor was busting off a longish run with a clear field for the touchdown when, at the last moment, he cut back and purposely demolished a DB on the way to the end zone. Lombardi went semi ballistic and asked what he was thinking. Taylor replied " you gotta make 'em respect you".
Rastak
10-14-2018, 02:06 PM
RIP

Has a cause of death been reported?

He died from being super old. A fate we all share....
mraynrand
10-14-2018, 02:44 PM
He died from being super old. A fate we all share....

If we're lucky?

http://galeon.com/traditionalfx/makeup-monsters/DaveBowman.jpg
Rastak
10-14-2018, 02:50 PM
If we're lucky?

http://galeon.com/traditionalfx/makeup-monsters/DaveBowman.jpg


Indeed...:glug:
Freak Out
10-14-2018, 04:02 PM
His teams were why a young Alaskan became a lifelong Packer fan. RIP
KYPack
10-14-2018, 09:52 PM
The Lombardi Pack are shuffling off one by one.

Jimmy Taylor was a HOF star by any measure. He was ahead of his time in several respects. Taylor was a weight lifting fanatic at a time when pumping iron was frowned upon by the old time coaches. Lifting weights was thought to make football players "muscle bound", too stiff to have the agility necessary to play ball.

Taylor also realized his value to the team and had a contentious relationship with Lombardi over contract issues. He actually played out his option, playing for a whole year at a salary reduction of 20% to do so. Taylor wasn't signed by New Orleans as a FA. He was traded to the expansion team for their '68 number one pick. The Pack signed LB Fred Carr with that pick.

RIP, Bayou Blaster, you were an all-time Packer, that's for sure.
pbmax
10-15-2018, 10:12 AM
Scouting report courtesy of Ben Fennel, report written by Abner Wimberly.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dpau3-SUUAEcXNo.jpg:large
The Shadow
10-15-2018, 10:33 AM
Scouting report courtesy of Ben Fennel, report written by Abner Wimberly.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dpau3-SUUAEcXNo.jpg:large

This is great. Well done!
texaspackerbacker
10-15-2018, 11:39 AM
5.5 in the 50; 10.8 in the 100 - he gets better in the second half; that sounds like the Jim Taylor I remember hahahaha.
Rutnstrut
10-15-2018, 12:04 PM
It's good stubby didn't coach back then. Taylor would have barely been on the field.
mraynrand
10-15-2018, 01:41 PM
It's good stubby didn't coach back then. Taylor would have barely been on the field.

Kinda like Fat Eddie in '13 and '14, eh?
ThunderDan
10-15-2018, 01:50 PM
Kinda like Fat Eddie in '13 and '14, eh?

Of course exactly like that. Duh!

RnS hates all things TT and MM since the BF debacle of 2008. He even bitched at AR being a pussy unlike BF and would never come back in a game hurt during week 1.

It is old and boring.
ThunderDan
10-15-2018, 01:56 PM
Never got to see the Lombardi era Packers play. Condolences to his family.
mraynrand
10-15-2018, 02:39 PM
He even bitched at AR being a pussy unlike BF and would never come back in a game hurt during week 1.

Injury Prone!
Rutnstrut
10-15-2018, 04:19 PM
Of course exactly like that. Duh!

RnS hates all things TT and MM since the BF debacle of 2008. He even bitched at AR being a pussy unlike BF and would never come back in a game hurt during week 1.

It is old and boring.



I did make a comment about AR getting hurt and not coming back. I also ate my words and admitted I was wrong when he did. The Favre debacle has nothing to do with my dislike for TT and stubby. Both TT and stubby are overrated and mediocre at best. But you keep that lip lock on their sacks if that works for you.
ThunderDan
10-15-2018, 04:36 PM
I did make a comment about AR getting hurt and not coming back. I also ate my words and admitted I was wrong when he did. The Favre debacle has nothing to do with my dislike for TT and stubby. Both TT and stubby are overrated and mediocre at best. But you keep that lip lock on their sacks if that works for you.

Yes, making factual statements rather than crazy out of your ass statements makes me the one with "that lip lock on their sacks".
QBME
10-15-2018, 05:31 PM
And, so, back to Jim Taylor.

Great player, greatest early memories.

Taylor and Hornung. And Starr, and Robinson, and McGee, and Wood, Dowler and......who was that guy at middle linebacker?

Sheesh...give it a break.
mraynrand
10-15-2018, 06:16 PM
And, so, back to Jim Taylor.

Great player, greatest early memories.

Taylor and Hornung. And Starr, and Robinson, and McGee, and Wood, Dowler and......who was that guy at middle linebacker?

Sheesh...give it a break.

How about outside LB Lee Roy (LeRoy :)) Caffey - forgotten hero of the Ice Bowl!
Freak Out
10-16-2018, 12:58 AM
Taylor uses the words pain and suffering frequently in interviews. lol
mmmdk
10-16-2018, 05:00 AM
What a great Packers player; I'm happy he had a long life. Rest in peace.
mraynrand
10-16-2018, 07:15 AM
Taylor uses the words pain and suffering frequently in interviews. lol

Well, he saw the Packers play in the 70s and 80s too.