Triplets
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A follow up thread to comparison shopping:
Which teams have had Hall of Fame "Triplets". This generally means a QB, RB, and WR. Here are teams in history that have had that:
40s/50s Browns: Otto Graham, Marion Motley, Dante Lavelli
The 70s Steelers: Bradshaw, Franco Harris, plus Swann and Stallwort (quads!)
70s Dolphins: Griese, Csonka, Warfield
50s Rams: Waterfield or Van Brocklin, Tom Fears, Elroy Hirsch
90s Cowboys: Aikman, Irvin, Smith
90s Bills: Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed
50s/60s Colts.....had an actual Quad: QB/RB/WR/TE: Unitas, Lenny Moore, Ray Berry, John Mackey
Here are some Non-tradition Triplets:
60s Packers: QB and 2 RBs: Starr/Hornung/Taylor
80s Chargers: QB/WR/TE: Fouts, Joiner, Winslow
Any others that I missed?
Here are some future possible Triplet HOFers:
90s/00s Rams: Marshall Faulk...in, Kurt Warner...likely in. Isaac Bruce...possible
80s 49ers: Joe Montana...in, Jerry Rice....in, Roger Craig....possible
00s Colts: Peyton Manning...certain to get in. Marvin Harrison...probable. Edgerrin James...possible?
00s Steelers: BR, Jerome Bettis, Hines Ward?
Any other possibles you can think of?
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I don't think Roger Craig will make it in, but the niners will have a "nontraditional" from the late 90s ... Young/Rice/TO
And the Rams have a shot at a Quad ... Warner/Faulk/Bruce/Holt
But it may be a while to get both Bruce and Holt in, if it happens at all.
Z
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The Raiders in the early 70's had a QB/WR/TE combo of George Blanda, Fred Biletnikoff, and Dave Casper.
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A follow up thread to comparison shopping:
Which teams have had Hall of Fame "Triplets". This generally means a QB, RB, and WR. Here are teams in history that have had that:
40s/50s Browns: Otto Graham, Marion Motley, Dante Lavelli
The 70s Steelers: Bradshaw, Franco Harris, plus Swann and Stallwort (quads!)
70s Dolphins: Griese, Csonka, Warfield
50s Rams: Waterfield or Van Brocklin, Tom Fears, Elroy Hirsch
90s Cowboys: Aikman, Irvin, Smith
90s Bills: Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed
50s/60s Colts.....had an actual Quad: QB/RB/WR/TE: Unitas, Lenny Moore, Ray Berry, John Mackey
Here are some Non-tradition Triplets:
60s Packers: QB and 2 RBs: Starr/Hornung/Taylor
80s Chargers: QB/WR/TE: Fouts, Joiner, Winslow
Any others that I missed?
Here are some future possible Triplet HOFers:
90s/00s Rams: Marshall Faulk...in, Kurt Warner...likely in. Isaac Bruce...possible
80s 49ers: Joe Montana...in, Jerry Rice....in, Roger Craig....possible
00s Colts: Peyton Manning...certain to get in. Marvin Harrison...probable. Edgerrin James...possible?
00s Steelers: BR, Jerome Bettis, Hines Ward?
Any other possibles you can think of?
A follow up thread to comparison shopping:
Which teams have had Hall of Fame "Triplets". This generally means a QB, RB, and WR. Here are teams in history that have had that:
40s/50s Browns: Otto Graham, Marion Motley, Dante Lavelli
The 70s Steelers: Bradshaw, Franco Harris, plus Swann and Stallwort (quads!)
70s Dolphins: Griese, Csonka, Warfield
50s Rams: Waterfield or Van Brocklin, Tom Fears, Elroy Hirsch
90s Cowboys: Aikman, Irvin, Smith
90s Bills: Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed
50s/60s Colts.....had an actual Quad: QB/RB/WR/TE: Unitas, Lenny Moore, Ray Berry, John Mackey
Here are some Non-tradition Triplets:
60s Packers: QB and 2 RBs: Starr/Hornung/Taylor
80s Chargers: QB/WR/TE: Fouts, Joiner, Winslow
Any others that I missed?
Here are some future possible Triplet HOFers:
90s/00s Rams: Marshall Faulk...in, Kurt Warner...likely in. Isaac Bruce...possible
80s 49ers: Joe Montana...in, Jerry Rice....in, Roger Craig....possible
00s Colts: Peyton Manning...certain to get in. Marvin Harrison...probable. Edgerrin James...possible?
00s Steelers: BR, Jerome Bettis, Hines Ward?
Any other possibles you can think of?
As a Steeler aficionado how could forget Jack Lambert, Jack Ham, and Andy Russell?
...unless we're only talking offense.
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Steelers have another one brewing.
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I don't think Roger Craig will make it in, but the niners will have a "nontraditional" from the late 90s ... Young/Rice/TO
And the Rams have a shot at a Quad ... Warner/Faulk/Bruce/Holt
But it may be a while to get both Bruce and Holt in, if it happens at all.
Z
Zombo said:
I don't think Roger Craig will make it in, but the niners will have a "nontraditional" from the late 90s ... Young/Rice/TO
And the Rams have a shot at a Quad ... Warner/Faulk/Bruce/Holt
But it may be a while to get both Bruce and Holt in, if it happens at all.
Z
I was thinking that Rice and Owens didn't play together...but no, upon checking I see they did play several years together....so good one.
And I don't think Bruce should wait long at all. He is 8th all time in catches, 4th all time in yards, 11th in TD catches. His problem is competition....while he is worthy so aren't Harrison and T.O. who are both also eligible...or about to be.
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A follow up thread to comparison shopping:
Which teams have had Hall of Fame "Triplets". This generally means a QB, RB, and WR. Here are teams in history that have had that:
40s/50s Browns: Otto Graham, Marion Motley, Dante Lavelli
The 70s Steelers: Bradshaw, Franco Harris, plus Swann and Stallwort (quads!)
70s Dolphins: Griese, Csonka, Warfield
50s Rams: Waterfield or Van Brocklin, Tom Fears, Elroy Hirsch
90s Cowboys: Aikman, Irvin, Smith
90s Bills: Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed
50s/60s Colts.....had an actual Quad: QB/RB/WR/TE: Unitas, Lenny Moore, Ray Berry, John Mackey
Here are some Non-tradition Triplets:
60s Packers: QB and 2 RBs: Starr/Hornung/Taylor
80s Chargers: QB/WR/TE: Fouts, Joiner, Winslow
Any others that I missed?
Here are some future possible Triplet HOFers:
90s/00s Rams: Marshall Faulk...in, Kurt Warner...likely in. Isaac Bruce...possible
80s 49ers: Joe Montana...in, Jerry Rice....in, Roger Craig....possible
00s Colts: Peyton Manning...certain to get in. Marvin Harrison...probable. Edgerrin James...possible?
00s Steelers: BR, Jerome Bettis, Hines Ward?
Any other possibles you can think of?
As a Steeler aficionado how could forget Jack Lambert, Jack Ham, and Andy Russell?
...unless we're only talking offense.
Stuart said:
As a Steeler aficionado how could forget Jack Lambert, Jack Ham, and Andy Russell?
...unless we're only talking offense.
Well, we were talking specifically about offensive skill players......but sure, we can include any team that had 3 HOFers on offense...including OL....and three on defense.
But your three won't work as Andy Russell is not HOF. Substitute Mel Blount and Joe Greene and you got a Quad.
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If we add Offensive Linemen into the mix we get a few more Triplet combinations....but also a lot of adds on the the Triplets we already mentioned:
Add Frank Gatski and Lou Groza to Graham/Lavelli/Motley
Add Jim Ringo and Forrest Gregg to Starr/Hornung/Taylor
Add Jim Langer and Larry Little to Griese/Csonka/Warfield
Add Jim Parker to Unitas/Berry/Moore/Mackey
Add Mike Webster to Bradshaw/Harris/Swann/Stallworth
And here are a few other....non-traditional Triplets:
Jim Brown/Paul Warfield/Gene Hickerson for Browns
And before Warfield came on you had JB/Hickerson and Bobby Mitchell.
Warren Moon/Mike Munchak/Bruce Matthew for Oilers
Roger Staubach/Bob Hayes/Rayfield Wright for Cowboys
Fran Tarkenton/Ron Yary/Mick Tinglehoff for Vikings
YA Tittle/Frank Gifford/Roosevelt Brown for Giants
John Elway/Shannon Sharpe/Gary Zimmerman
One we missed from before: 60s Redskins (between 64-68): Sonny Jurgenson/Charley Taylor/Bobby Mitchell
And figure this one: A triplett OL all of its own: Jim Otto/Gene Upshaw/Art Shell for Raiders/plus Caspar and Biletnikoff...and Blanda at backup QB/K
Or, how about this one: Joe Montana, Steve Young, Jerry Rice all on same offense.
I will let you all come up with defensive triplets.
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