RIP: Tommy Nobis
Atlanta's first Falcon; No. 1 overall pick in 1966.
He will be missed!
Something I did not know:
Nobis was an iron man, playing (and starting) on both defense and offense for his entire college career (at Texas - when Texas was REALLY TEXAS)
WOW!
As a Falcon rookie, he had 294 combined tackles...let me say that again...294 combined tackles. WOWER!!!
5-time Pro Bowl in an eleven year career, named to the all decade team...yet he's not in the Hall-of-Fame!
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"A life is not important except in the impact it has on others lives" - Jackie Robinson
“If you have a chance to make life better for others and fail to do so, you are wasting your time on this earth.”- Roberto Clemente
Last edited by clydepepper; 12-13-2017 at 05:05 PM.
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