|Zach|
04-11-2007, 01:45 AM
I didn't know this.
I was looking through some things on Wikipedia and decided to skim over the Chiefs page. Found this insteresting nugget.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Stroud
Morris Stroud (born May 17 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_17), 1946 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946)), was a former tight end (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tight_end) for the National Football League's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League) Kansas City Chiefs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs) from 1970 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970) to 1974 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974). At 6'-10", Stroud is the tallest player in NFL history. He wore uniform #88.As a student at Clark Atlanta University (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Atlanta_University), a historically black college (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historically_Black_colleges_and_universities) in Atlanta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta%2C_Georgia), Georgia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28U.S._state%29), the Miami (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami%2C_Florida), Florida (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida)-born Stroud was a center (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_%28basketball%29) and power forward (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_forward_%28basketball%29) on the Panthers' basketball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball) team. Despite Stroud having little experience on the gridiron, Chiefs coach Hank Stram (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Stram) selected him in the third round of the NFL draft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_draft) as a tight end. He thus supplanted the 6'-9" Ernie Ladd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Ladd) as the NFL's tallest player. Coincidentally, Ladd had spent the 1967 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967) and 1968 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968) seasons — the final two years of his eight-year professional career — with the Kansas City Chiefs.In seven years, Morris Stroud caught 54 passes for 977 yards, seven touchdowns, and averaged 18.1 yards per reception. However, Stroud became a notable special teams player — specifically at blocking field goals. On many opponents' field goal attempts, Stroud lined up under the goalposts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goalposts) and tried to deflect the ball as it came down. Later rules changes led to the adoption of Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1 (informally known as the "Stroud Rule"): "Goal tending by any player leaping up to deflect a kick as it passes above the crossbar of a goal post is prohibited. The referee could award 3 points for a palpably unfair act".
I was looking through some things on Wikipedia and decided to skim over the Chiefs page. Found this insteresting nugget.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Stroud
Morris Stroud (born May 17 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_17), 1946 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1946)), was a former tight end (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tight_end) for the National Football League's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League) Kansas City Chiefs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Chiefs) from 1970 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970) to 1974 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974). At 6'-10", Stroud is the tallest player in NFL history. He wore uniform #88.As a student at Clark Atlanta University (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Atlanta_University), a historically black college (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historically_Black_colleges_and_universities) in Atlanta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta%2C_Georgia), Georgia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28U.S._state%29), the Miami (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami%2C_Florida), Florida (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida)-born Stroud was a center (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_%28basketball%29) and power forward (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_forward_%28basketball%29) on the Panthers' basketball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball) team. Despite Stroud having little experience on the gridiron, Chiefs coach Hank Stram (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Stram) selected him in the third round of the NFL draft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_draft) as a tight end. He thus supplanted the 6'-9" Ernie Ladd (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Ladd) as the NFL's tallest player. Coincidentally, Ladd had spent the 1967 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967) and 1968 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968) seasons — the final two years of his eight-year professional career — with the Kansas City Chiefs.In seven years, Morris Stroud caught 54 passes for 977 yards, seven touchdowns, and averaged 18.1 yards per reception. However, Stroud became a notable special teams player — specifically at blocking field goals. On many opponents' field goal attempts, Stroud lined up under the goalposts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goalposts) and tried to deflect the ball as it came down. Later rules changes led to the adoption of Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1 (informally known as the "Stroud Rule"): "Goal tending by any player leaping up to deflect a kick as it passes above the crossbar of a goal post is prohibited. The referee could award 3 points for a palpably unfair act".