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Paying a little respect for a 'blast from the past'...



Dub Jones, a Cleveland Browns star who owns a share of the NFL record for touchdowns in a game, has died just a month shy of his 100th birthday.

After playing college football at both LSU and Tulane and serving in the Navy during World War II, Jones was selected by the Chicago Cardinals with the second overall pick in the 1946 NFL draft, but he eschewed the NFL for the upstart All-American Football Conference. After playing briefly for two teams in that league, the Miami Seahawks and Brooklyn Dodgers, Jones joined the Browns and played the rest of his career for them, first in the AAFC and then in the NFL when the AAFC closed down and the Browns joined the NFL.

Hall of Fame Browns coach Paul Brown called Jones the “finest halfback in football,” and he became a star with the Browns, as a key player on two Browns teams that won AAFC championships and three teams that won NFL championships.

Jones’ finest moment came in a 1951 game against the Bears, when he scored four rushing touchdowns and two receiving touchdowns in a 42-21 win, becoming just the second player in NFL history to score six touchdowns in a game. Three quarters of a century later, Jones still has a share of the record: Ernie Nevers had done it before, and Gale Sayers and Alvin Kamara have done it since, but no player has ever scored more than six touchdowns in a game.

Jones retired from playing after the 1955 season, but he returned to the Browns in the 1960s as an assistant coach.

Dub is survived by his wife of 78 years, Schump Jones. They had seven children, 22 grandchildren and 48 great-grandchildren. One of their sons is Bert Jones, a Baltimore Colts quarterback who had a 10-year NFL career and was the 1976 NFL Most Valuable Player.

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Al Bundy couldnt even dream of this shit.

 

I wonders if @Lyman ever seen him play?

 

Wow, the wife and I just celebrated 31 years and now this.

 

Probably coached him.

 

Once or twice. (maybe three times)

 

Capt Kirk to Drake London he still throws a beautiful ball

 

Hey doesn't that seem familiar a Capt Kirk fumble lol

 

Capt Kirk used be Justin Jefferson lol it was like a blast from the past

 

Josh Allen had an incredible rushing TD and the refs throw a flag for holding because they are shocked the Miami defender didn't get to Allen. It looked phantom.

 

I saw that Joe and the NFL Refs are starting to remind me of the CFL Refs........who are terrible.

 

The BC Lions lost yesterday to Saskatchewan Roughriders....Kudos to the Riders they played well and really to bad for the Lions as they were to HOST the Grey Cup.

Toronto vs Montreal (East) next week for the right to play in the Grey Cup and Sask vs Winnipeg (West).....Joe I don't know who to cheer for.

 

I just hope it's not Toronto vs Winnipeg.

 

I agree Joe..........I'm leaning towards Sask vs Montreal......there are a LOT of Roughrider Fans in Vancouver and they would PACK BC Place Stadium for Grey Cup.

 

Will.............very nice and good luck for the Bombers

 

Always liked the Blue Bombers, Joe got me rooting for the Ti-Cats now also. Dont really have a dog in the fight, but i always tune into the Grey Cup.

 

Been waiting 9 weeks for Daboll's head to explode... it must be made of rubber.

 

Great hurdle by Chestnut... cool name too.

 

Tua takes off on 4th n 3 and dives head-first, I cringed, but he's good and picked up the first.

 

These Dolphins arnt going away.