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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 22, 2019 7:11:30 GMT
Fred Cox - former Minnesota Vikings kicker and inventor of the Nerf football has passed away. RIP. Did you have a version of Nerf growing up?  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2019 7:18:48 GMT
Just looks like a foam rubber ball.
Did he invent foam rubber balls then?
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Post by millar70 on Nov 22, 2019 7:18:49 GMT
When I first saw he died, I thought of starting a thread, then I spaced out. Glad you started one!
I had a Nerf, a few of them. Of course they weren't the real thing, but still lots of fun. You could really throw them far.
One of my all-time Christmas gifts was a Chargers Nerf that Santa was kind enough to bring. 😉👍
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 22, 2019 7:25:28 GMT
When I first saw he died, I thought of starting a thread, then I spaced out. Glad you started one! I had a Nerf, a few of them. Of course they weren't the real thing, but still lots of fun. You could really throw them far. One of my all-time Christmas gifts was a Chargers Nerf that Santa was kind enough to bring. 😉👍 I had a 'Turbo' - those were sweeeeet! Used to love throwing them around on the beach  
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Nov 22, 2019 7:30:15 GMT
Just looks like a foam rubber ball. Did he invent foam rubber balls then? It pretty much was foam underneath - there was a thin layer of mystery Alien material from another Universe on top that peeled after one use. As kids growing up around here - especially in a heavily populated area like Philly - a lot of us played '2 handed touch football' on the street - i.e. on blacktop, cement - i.e. no tackling since you were playing on cement - the Nerf after repeated use would sadly look like this below (I've used far worse)- with cracks in it and chunks of foam missing -  
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Post by sdm3 on Nov 22, 2019 8:45:31 GMT
Peyton flinging nerf balls at kids. Great stuff.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Nov 22, 2019 12:52:43 GMT
Still have one I throw around with my five year old. RIP Nerf guy.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Nov 22, 2019 13:40:15 GMT
When I first saw he died, I thought of starting a thread, then I spaced out. Glad you started one! I had a Nerf, a few of them. Of course they weren't the real thing, but still lots of fun. You could really throw them far. One of my all-time Christmas gifts was a Chargers Nerf that Santa was kind enough to bring. 😉👍 I had a 'Turbo' - those were sweeeeet! Used to love throwing them around on the beach The Turbo was awesome. I also had the whistle missile although I’m not sure if that was nerf. We used to get ripped and throw it around the quad at school. People would get so pissed at us.
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Post by President Ackbar™ on Nov 22, 2019 19:41:15 GMT
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Nov 22, 2019 20:29:55 GMT
nerf!
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Nov 22, 2019 21:12:18 GMT
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Post by 尺ロㄈにモイ州凡几 on Nov 22, 2019 21:15:09 GMT
I had one of those Nerf vortex’s. Friends and I would often try to see who can make it whistle the loudest by chucking it as hard as we could.
I also had a Turbo but my dog got a hold of it and tore it up.
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Post by msdemos on Nov 22, 2019 23:04:05 GMT
If I'm not mistaken, he was in the last wave of the "old school" kickers who kicked straight-on, and did not use the newer 'soccer-style' approach, which has since become the standard. I'm curious who was the absolute last of the straight-on kickers to retire in the NFL, still kicking that way......anybody happen to know ??   SAVE FERRIS
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Nov 22, 2019 23:11:44 GMT
If I'm not mistaken, he was in the last wave of the "old school" kickers who kicked straight-on, and did not use the newer 'soccer-style' approach, which has since become the standard. I'm curious who was the absolute last of the straight-on kickers to retire in the NFL, still kicking that way......anybody happen to know ?? SAVE FERRIS I think Mark Mosely kicked straight on but not sure if he was the last. |
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Post by millar70 on Nov 22, 2019 23:36:25 GMT
If I'm not mistaken, he was in the last wave of the "old school" kickers who kicked straight-on, and did not use the newer 'soccer-style' approach, which has since become the standard. I'm curious who was the absolute last of the straight-on kickers to retire in the NFL, still kicking that way......anybody happen to know ?? SAVE FERRIS I think Mark Mosely kicked straight on but not sure if he was the last. Mosely is the first guy I thought of as well. |
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Post by NJtoTX on Nov 23, 2019 0:58:53 GMT
Nerf didn't exist. And I saw Cox kick in the 60s and 70s.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Nov 23, 2019 2:30:05 GMT
Nerfs didn't last long on my street growing up... unless you count dogs & cats eating them to pieces.
I was in the mini football era, you could throw that thing as far as a baseball.
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Post by stickman38 on Nov 23, 2019 3:10:41 GMT
Is this the only thing a football player has invented?  |
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Post by GiantFan1980 on Nov 23, 2019 3:55:04 GMT
 Still bitter over not getting the Nerf fencing game back in the 80's!
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Post by WarrenPeace on Nov 23, 2019 4:19:32 GMT
Is this the only thing a football player has invented? I'm pretty sure the very first one(s) invented the game of football.
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