Jacks of All Cleats Multiple Choice Quiz | American Football

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1. I was the second player chosen in the 1971 draft, and my eight straight Pro Bowl years established me as a foundation in Pittsburgh's defense. If you're a football fan, you'll think of solid Hall of Fame linebacking skills when you hear my name, and if you're not a football fan, maybe you'll think of food. Who am I?

Answer: Jack Ham

Ham played for the Steelers from 1971-82, being elected to the Hall of Fame in 1988 in his first year of eligibility after four Super Bowl titles, and seven years being an All Pro or All AFC selection.

2. You wouldn't find weather conditions with my name in southern California where I played. What you'd be more likely to find would be me, about 25 yards away from Roman Gabriel, hauling in another pass for a long gain or maybe a touchdown. Who am I?

Answer: Jack Snow

Snow had 340 receptions for 6,012 yards and 45 touchdowns as part of the 1965-75 Los Angeles Rams.

3. You had to have a masculine name like mine to play in the 1930s, and I did, helping my Chicago Bears to several titles and leading the league in scoring. Who am I?

Answer: Jack Manders

Manders was a running back, linebacker, and defensive back for the 1932-40 Chicago Bears. He also was the main kicker for the team. Manders led the NFL in scoring in 1934 and 1937, in field goals in 1933-34 and 1936-37, and in points after touchdown from 1933-35.

As such, he is one of a still very short list of NFL players to have led the league multiple times in any of those categories.

4. Playing offensive line for the Rams for 20 years, you just know I had to be hard as stone. But it was my brains, not just my toughness, that got me into the Hall of Fame in 2001, my first year of eligibility. Yes, when the coach was writing on the chalkboard, I'd be in the front row paying attention. Who am I?

Answer: Jackie Slater

Jackie Slater played offensive tackle for the Rams from 1976-1995, playing in seven pro bowls, six of them consecutively, in the 1980s. So important to the team's success was Slater (no relation, of course, to the substance from which chalkboards are made), that in 1992, at age 38, he was named the Rams' Most Valuable Player, an unusual honor for anyone at that age, especially a lineman.

He retired at age 41, after 20 seasons in the NFL, all with the Rams.

5. My regular season NFL career is nothing special: five seasons, two teams, three sacks, one interception. But while I was in the league, only two people returned interceptions for touchdowns in the Super Bowl, and I was one of 'em. Look for me on the cover of Sports Illustrated's Super Bowl XVIII issue, and send a copy to Joe Washington of the Redskins, who's probably still wondering what happened to that Rocket Screen from Theismann. Who am I?

Answer: Jack Squirek

Some players had memorable careers, some had memorable games. Squirek will forever be remembered for exactly one memorable play, when late in the first half of Super Bowl XVIII, he intercepted an unexpected Joe Theismann pass from deep in Redskins' territory (the infamous "Rocket Screen" intended for Joe Washington), returning it five yards to put his Raiders in solid control, 21-3, at halftime. Sports Illustrated put a great picture on their cover, showing his touchdown, and a resigned-looking Theismann in the foreground, with the headline "Blowout! Jack Squirek Shocks The Redskins".

After four seasons with the Raiders, Squirek played for the 1986 Dolphins and retired.

6. I had all the tools as a linebacker with the Rams in the 1970s, but then with the 49ers in the early 80s, I really started picking up some hardware: they won two Super Bowl trophies with me in the lineup. Who am I?

Answer: Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds

"Hacksaw" Reynolds earned his nickname in college for using a hacksaw to cut a car in half in a fit of anger following a loss (Seeking to set the record straight, after hearing someone describing him sawing a Jeep in half, Reynolds said, "That's not true. I love Jeeps.

It was a '53 Chevy."). When he joined the 1981 49ers after 11 seasons as a Ram, San Francisco's defense improved from 27th in the NFL to 2nd, and they won the Super Bowl, a win made possible by several impressive goal line stands by the 49er defense. Back to the hacksaw story: "I cut through the entire frame and drive shaft, all the way through the car. I started on Sunday and finished Monday afternoon.

It took me eight hours total time," said Reynolds, describing the efforts.

He had purchased a cheap hacksaw and 13 blades, breaking all of them by the time he was done. After finishing the work, he got a witness and went to bed. The next day, when he brought more of his friends to see his handiwork, the car was gone, with nothing but the 13 broken blades left behind. "To this day," he said, "I don't know what happened to the car."

7. From my name, you'd think I had a pretty amazing arm. I was good enough to last 10 NFL seasons, but really, my biggest contributions came with the Chicago Bears in the 1960s, when I'd just hand the ball off to Gale Sayers and get out of the way. Who am I?

Answer: Jack Concannon

Concannon played for the 1964-66 Eagles, the 1967-71 Bears, then Green Bay and Detroit in 1974 and 1975, but never had spectacular numbers, barely completing half his passes and throwing almost twice as many interceptions as TDs. Concannon was one of four Bears to play himself in the TV movie, "Brian's Song," and even merited a couple mentions in the script.

8. Some people say that my name is an alias, because I'm in hiding after dropping the tying touchdown pass in Super Bowl XIII. Nope, that's really my name, and if you're looking for me, just go to Canton, where you'll find me in the Hall of Fame. Who am I?

Answer: Jackie Smith

Tight end Jackie Smith played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1963-77, making five consecutive Pro Bowl appearances, averaging 16.5 yards per catch, and scoring 40 touchdowns. Traded to Dallas for his final NFL season, Smith was barely used (zero catches in 12 regular season games, three in the playoffs, zero in the Super Bowl).

But he managed to write himself into the stuff of NFL legend in Super Bowl XIII. With the Cowboys trailing the Steelers 21-14 in the third quarter, Roger Staubach found Smith all alone in the end zone and threw to him from 10 yards out. Smith dropped the ball, the Cowboys kicked a field goal, and eventually lost the game 35-31.

After dropping the pass, Smith threw himself backward in frustration, and Staubach's immediate reaction was to grab his helmet in shock, a rare show of emotion for the usually unflappable quarterback.

However, Staubach has since claimed to have thrown the pass a bit off target. And the Steelers raced off to two touchdowns in the fourth quarter, putting themselves up 35-17, so how much Smith's drop cost the Cowboys is debatable. Unfortunately for Smith, he will likely spend a long time on a short list of Hall of Famers who are remembered for a single moment in a single game, playing for a team on which he spent just a single season.

9. I played for the Rams and was part of George Allen's "Over the Hill Gang" in Washington, then I went on to become the only man to coach in college, in the NFL, in the WFL, in the USFL, and in the CFL. Who am I?

Answer: Jack Pardee

Linebacker Pardee played for the Rams from 1957 through 1970, then followed coach George Allen to the Redskins, ending his NFL career with the team's loss to the Dolphins in Super Bowl VII. After two years in the WFL, where he was that league's first Coach of the Year in 1974, Pardee became an NFL coach, compiling an 87-77 record in 11 seasons with the Bears, Redskins, and Oilers, and twice winning NFL Coach of the Year honors. During the 1980s, he coached the NCAA Houston Cougars and was 23-13 as coach of the USFL's Houston Gamblers (for which future NFL star Jim Kelly played).

After his NFL coaching career finished in 1994, Pardee went on to coach in the Canadian Football League.

10. Buffalo Bills fans will always remember me for quarterbacking their team to three AFL title games in the 1960s. Political fans will remember me more for my 18 years in Congress, my stint as a member of a Presidential cabinet, and my 1996 run for Vice President. Who am I?

Answer: Jack Kemp

The brainy Kemp (his Occidental College football alumni page lists as many geophysicists and medical doctors as it does NFL players) quarterbacked the 1957 Pittsburgh Steelers before joining the new AFL in 1960. He played briefly for the Chargers in the AFL, but his glory years were with the Bills, who won the 1964 and 1965 titles, and who lost the 1966 AFL championship game to Kansas City. Kemp retired after the 1969 season, having been selected to seven AFL Pro Bowl teams.

The following year, he was elected as the Buffalo area's representative in Congress, quickly becoming one of the leading tax experts in the government.

His ideas were adapted into law as part of US President Reagan's 1981 tax cuts. After leaving Congress, Kemp ran for President in 1988, served as President George Bush's Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and was picked by Senator Robert Dole as his 1996 Vice Presidential running mate.

Source: Author d2407

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