Chiefs Curley Culp Nominated for HOF Class of 2013 - Page 2

**gblowfish** · 08-22-2012, 04:28 PM

Where the HELL is OTIS TAYLOR????

Culp was a great player. Taylor was greater IMHO.

Here's the story from the Pro Football HOF website:

Culp and Robinson named 2013 senior nominees

08/22/2012

Defensive tackle Curley Culp and linebacker Dave Robinson were named today by the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Seniors Committee as finalists for election into the Hall of Fame with the Class of 2013.

Culp and Robinson will join 15 yet to be named modern-era candidates on the list of finalists from which the Class of 2013 will be selected. The Hall of Fame selection meeting will be held on Feb. 2, 2013, the day before Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans, La.

Culp was selected in the second round of the 1968 draft by the Denver Broncos but was soon traded to the Kansas City Chiefs. He spent the first six-plus seasons with the Chiefs where he was an integral member of the team’s Super Bowl IV championship team.

He continued his dominating play after a blockbuster trade landed him with the Houston Oilers in 1974. He was named the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year by the Newspaper Enterprise Association in ’75. Noted for his tremendous strength, Culp’s impact on the football field was recognized by his six Pro Bowl selections. In addition, he earned first- or second-team All-Pro acclaim five times and was named All-AFC his first three full seasons with the Oilers. He finished his NFL career with the Detroit Lions.

Robinson joined the Green Bay Packers as the team’s first round draft pick in 1963. He immediately made his presence felt on a team that dominated pro football during that decade.

The 6’3”, 245-pound product of Penn State helped anchored the Packers defense as the team enjoyed sustained success. He helped Green Bay to three straight NFL championships including victories in Super Bowls I and II.

After ten seasons with the Packers, Robinson finished his NFL career by playing two years with the Washington Redskins (1973-74).

He was named to three Pro Bowls, earned All-NFL acclaim three times, and was named to the NFL’s All-Decade Team of the 1960s. Robinson recorded 27 interceptions from his linebacker spot during a 155-game career.

The former defensive greats must receive the same 80 percent voting support that is required of all finalists. The Hall’s Selection Committee can elect a maximum of two senior candidates and five modern-era candidates for a class no smaller than four or larger than seven.

The Seniors Committee is comprised of nine members of the overall selection committee. Through mail vote, the 2013 senior nominees were reduced to a final list of candidates. Today, five members of the Seniors Committee met at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton to discuss each of the senior finalists. A senior nominee is an individual whose career ended at least 25 years ago.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2013 will be formally enshrined during the Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival in Canton, Ohio next August.

**mlyonsd** · 08-22-2012, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by mikey23545

Yes X 1000

I feel sorry for you young whipper snappers.

milkman · 08-22-2012, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Bump

am I the only one who is like who the **** is Curly Culp?

Seriously?

Holy shit!

mikey23545 · 08-22-2012, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by mlyonsd

I feel sorry for you young whipper snappers.

You realize I was saying "yes X 1000" to the question "am I the only one who doesn't know who the **** Curly Culp is?", right?

I was already old by the time you were a young whippersnapper...

**mlyonsd** · 08-22-2012, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by mikey23545

You realize I was saying "yes X 1000" to the question "am I the only one who doesn't know who the **** Curly Culp is?", right?

I was already old by the time you were a young whippersnapper...

LOL, no I took it the other way. Sorry, you're officially an old fart.

I remember that SB like it was 43 years ago. I was in 6th grade and there were only 2 of us Chief fans. My teacher let us take bets and write them down all week on the side chalkboard.

mikey23545 · 08-22-2012, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by mlyonsd

LOL, no I took it the other way. Sorry, you're officially an old fart.

I remember that SB like it was 43 years ago. I was in 6th grade and there were only 2 of us Chief fans. My teacher let us take bets and write them down all week on the side chalkboard.

Well, I was only in the eighth grade, so I guess I only qualify as a quasi-old fart...

**buddha** · 08-22-2012, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by RippedmyFlesh

I always thought he was better than Alworth.
Alworth= Wes Welker
Taylor= Megatron.
Practically every WR back then was welker.
You want to put Alworth in first fine but Taylor should
have followed him within a couple of years.
He was the first of the Megatron/Bowe big physical type of WRs.
Being a pioneer of sorts at his position should have gotten him in.

Not even close on the Alworth = Wes Welker? Are you on drugs? Lance Alworth was a speed receiver, not an underneath possession receiver. Ray Berry = Welker...maybe.

Otis wasn't Megatron either, but you're right about him being bigger than most.

**buddha** · 08-22-2012, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Bump

am I the only one who is like who the **** is Curly Culp?

I'm guessing you're 15 years old?

Youth doesn't get you off the hook. Learn your Chiefs history son!

milkman · 08-22-2012, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by buddha

Not even close on the Alworth = Wes Welker? Are you on drugs? Lance Alworth was a speed receiver, not an underneath possession receiver. Ray Berry = Welker...maybe.

Otis wasn't Megatron either, but you're right about him being bigger than most.

You're wrong about Otis Taylor.

He was stronger and bigger than just about every other receiver in his era, and he was also faster than all but a couple of them.

He also caught everything thrown his way, and made some amazing catches, and was a beast with the ball in his hands.

His one real problem was that he played with the only team in the AFL that was run oriented in a league that was pass happy.

**buddha** · 08-22-2012, 09:46 PM

milkman...I said he was bigger than most. He doesn't remind ME of Megatron because Otis was faster relatively speaking. He also had much more lateral quickness and agility.

milkman · 08-22-2012, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by buddha

milkman...I said he was bigger than most. He doesn't remind ME of Megatron because Otis was faster relatively speaking. He also had much more lateral quickness and agility.

Sorry to misunderstand.

I took it to mean that he wasn't a freakish athlete relative to his era.

That's how they are comparable.

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