Christian Okoye a.k.a ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ terrified defenders of the NFL for six seasons from 1987-1992. His rare combination of size & speed allowed him to become the first Kansas City Chief RB to lead the NFL in rushing when he rushed for 1,480 yards and 12 Touchdowns during the 1989 season.Happy Birthday Christian!
Holy Moly it’s the 24th Already! Happy Xmas Eve dudes! Let’s stick to 1970’s NFL today, and a cool cat rocking the # 24 jersey, Mr. Otis Armstrong! In just his second season out of Purdue Otis earned All-Pro honors while leading the NFL in rushing for the 1974 season. He accumulated 1,407 yards on the ground along with 9 TD’s for the Denver Broncos. On November 28th, 1974, Thanksgiving Day , Otis led the Broncos with 144 yards, & a touchdown, during a 31-28 victory over the Detroit Lions. Little bit of trivia for you guys. This was also the last game the Lions played at Tiger Stadium, before moving to the Silver Dome.
Happy Birthday Hammer. Hall of Famer Jack Ham’s 53 total takeaways (32 Interceptions & 21 Fumble Recoveries) is the most thefts by a non-defensive back.
🏈Happy B-Day Ray Guy! The 1st Punter ever selected in the first round. 1st Hall of Fame Punter. And, if my hunch is correct he probably has the shortest name in the Hall as well?
** Note: It is now our assumption that Ty Law actually has the shortest name in the Hall of Fame
On December 13th, 1983 an obscure cast of late night east coast cable TV watchers bore witness to the highest scoring game in NBA History. The Detroit Pistons topped the Denver Nuggets 186-184 in a 3OT mile high marathon. Isiah Thomas led the victorious Pistons with 47 points and 17 assists. Nugget Kiki Vandeweghe led all scorers with 51.
Happy Birthday Haywood Jeffires! The 3x Pro Bowler and member of the famous ‘Run & Gun’ Offense of the early 90’s Houston Oilers led the NFL in receptions in 1991 with 100 catches! Warren Moon’s statistics that season are pretty crazy. 404 completions for 4,690 yards and 23 touchdowns. He did lead the league with 21 interceptions though.
Just a reminder dudes Issue #1 of our 3 part zine series dedicated to the Negro Leagues is still available in the shop! Just $12 and 25% of sales on the site go towards benefiting the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City.
Did you know that a 38 year old Dennis Rodman in just 12 games played for the 1999-00 Dallas Mavericks, averaged 11.2 rebounds a game? During his 29 days in Dallas he was also ejected twice & suspended once. The Mavs went 4-9 over that span.
Anybody else rock these Jack Davis Art shirts back in the day? Seems like my brother & I liked to wear them to Birthday Parties. Haha. Have a wacky Wednesday Dudes!
What in Blazes is going on? Apologies dudes for a somewhat lackluster week here at #amazingblazezine Been busy rocking out on other projects, but lets wish a Happy Belated B-Day to our guy Bo Jackson! Should have some fresh Blazin content up soon
Padres era Jack McKeon was the best! Looking just like my Uncle Stan (RIP) ‘Trader Jack’ was actually the General Manager and architect of the Padres club who would reach the World Series in 1984, before he took over the Manager position in 1988. Jack only lasted until the All-Star Break of the 1990 season before he pulled himself out. He lost the General Manager position just two months later.
Wishing a Happy 65th Birthday to 3x NBA Champion James Edwards. ‘Buddha’ ranks 50th in games played with 1,168 over his 19 year career.
Question of The Day?!? I’ve got an Issue of Blaze going to the 1st person who can explain to the class why Super Bowl XXV MVP Ottis Anderson wore his baggy ass practice pants during the biggest game of the year. Have a terrific Thursday Dudes!
