this thread is about well how many pro football players do you know"not know of" meaning how many and who have you met in person.


ive met the whole 1996 dallas cowboys team

jeremy bloom from the eagles is my little bros friends 1st cousin so he comes to our house a lot and goes swimming and stuff.

ive met rob shnider even though he doesn't play football lol

and mah dad used to play semi-pro,

I had dinner next to the Barcelona Dragons once.
And one of my father's coworkers is the kicker for one of the teams in the German Football League.

I played against a bunch of guys that made it to the NHL, but I am too far north to know any NFL guys.

All Bears here.

Well, no secret that I'm a huge Walter Payton fan, and that's with meeting him.

I've also met Richard Dent.

My son went and met Dan Hampton for me, as I had to work.

And I've gotten Doug Buffone's autograph.

Chris Zorich.

Kevin Butler.

Warrick Dunn's sister lives 4 doors down from me ... he visits pretty often. Also, on the of the NY Giants (Safety I think) has a town house across from mine. I'll have to figure out who he is at some point.

I sadly know no one.

not a pro, but i sat next to joe paterno for easter sunday mass my senior year at PSU...

oh and i was getting mail for lavar arrington and courtney brown at my apartment who apparently stayed there the summer before my snior year...

My uncle went to college with THE Jim Brown. They were on the track team together and my uncle loves to tell how Jim used to call him "the fastest, white kid he ever met". I've never met the guy myself, though.

I have met Warrick Dunn. He was pretty nice. Jamal Anderson sat on me at a bar a few years ago. He's a bit more tubby than he used to be. I ran into Charles Barkley in a Bar once. My buddy valeted at a place called Morton's where he always eats so they knew each other. I have met several hockey players from when I worked for the NHL but sadly I can only remember Willie O'Ree because he was at many of the events with us promoting the game to inner-city kids. According to one of our ex-patients Hines Ward lives down the road from me. He has seen him a few times running at a track not far from here but I have never cared enough to go find out if he was right. My father had a few classes with James Brooks when he was at Auburn. Brooks later played for Cincinnati. He also knew Al Del Grecco because they lived in the married dorms as well as my parents. He also met Dan Reeves at a little Diner back home.

My dad used to be in the whine business so I met a lot of Blues players. I have met
HOCKEY
Tony Twist
Scott Young

FOOTBALL
Isaac Bruce
Don Davis
Tommy Maddox
Ernie Conwell
Grant Wistrom (hot but short wife)
I saw Jerome Bettis at my work, he was talking to one of my managers
Tory Holt also his kid goes to the school my mom just retired from. She met him at a school picnic where he accidently made a kid cry.
Kurt Warner, actually my mom ran into him, litterally at the grocery store. He was cool about it.
Chris Miller
Orlando Pace
Craig "iron head" Hayward (I just found out he died )

BASEBALL
Ossie Smith (my favorite base ball player. I dont care what anyone says, he is very nice, shook my hand(ran into him grocery shopping) as I told him that I am a huge fan)
Alan Battle
Sparky Lyle
Boo Powell
Bob Gibson
Jim Edmonds (bagged his groceries, I didn't say anything as I could tell he was trying to stay inconspicuous)
Chris Duncan
Max Scherzer (I went to school with him)

BASKETBALL
When I was a toddler I walked up to a player on a plane and started clanging glasses with him. I dont know who it was, my mom forgot his name.

MARTIAL ARTS
My Instructor is a student of Jhoon Rhee

I went to high school and played backyard football with current San Diego Charagers third string running back. However, he is on IR, and won't be playing this season.

Mark Simoneau of the N.O. Saints. My girlfriend's mom is his mom's secratary. I also went to high school with Rashad Washington of the NY Jets

Well, if you're going to go into other sports; I've met Steve Stone, Ed Farmer, Ozzie Guillen, Ron Kittle, and Carlton Fisk from baseball.

From Golf? Err, nobody personally. But I do have to share a story.

Ok, my brother is a HUGE golf nut. He loves the sport, he plays on the local tournaments when he can, understands the rules, etc.

He's walking into the health club here in Orland Park, the week of the Western Open 4 years ago. He walks in a TIGER WOODS walks out. He says hello, talks to him for a minute or so; Tiger goes on his way.

Next day is the practice round. Tiger's ball lands close to where my brother is watching, and he signals the PGA judge as to where Tiger's shot landed. Tiger walks up, says "Thanks Mike;" (yep, he remembered meeting my brother the day before AND his name) takes his shot, then signs my brother's ticket for the day.

I've seen Tiger up close, but that was during the final round of last years PGA championship at Medinah. Mike didn't get a chance to introduce us.

I've met a number of players from different sports, but sadly don't know any -- which to me, means they know you, and you sometimes socialize with them (like how Ross described his acquaintance with Jeremy Bloom).


There is a student in one of my classes that is a tennis player. She told me that her coach is the same guy who coaches Maria Sharapova. I'm not 100% certain if that is correct, but if it is, would it be wrong of me to ask if I could meet Maria??? I know, wishful thinking. I wouldn't ask, but I would like to.