Sad day for Longhorns

[juliogotay]

Tommy Nobis has passed. Great LB-C in early-mid '60s for you youngsters.

[JimR]

Probably the greatest in my lifetime. Football-related, no doubt.

[Texifornia]

I remember Nobis was encouraged to sign with the Oilers of the upstart AFL by Frank Borman in a Gemini capsule, but signed with the expansion Atlanta Falcons of the NFL instead.

[juliogotay]

Probably the greatest in my lifetime. Football-related, no doubt.

Better than Butkus in my opinion but not the self-promoter. Yes, he had suffered from dementia-related issues for several years. The Orange Bowl against Namath and 'Bama was a classic.

[Mr. Happy]

Tommy Nobis has passed. Great LB-C in early-mid '60s for you youngsters.

I remember having his football card. Didn't he play for the Falcons at one point?

[juliogotay]

I remember having his football card. Didn't he play for the Falcons at one point?

I think his whole career was in Atlanta. May have been picked up in their expansion year. He was always in the shadows of Butkus but I think he every bit the player Butkus was but wasn't the self-promoter.

[VirtualBob]

I think his whole career was in Atlanta. May have been picked up in their expansion year. He was always in the shadows of Butkus but I think he every bit the player Butkus was but wasn't the self-promoter.

Yes to all of that.

[Duke]

I think his whole career was in Atlanta. May have been picked up in their expansion year. He was always in the shadows of Butkus but I think he every bit the player Butkus was but wasn't the self-promoter.

He was the first player drafted by the expansion team.  His first year he was ROY and had something like 290 tackles.  Unreal.

[juliogotay]

He was the first player drafted by the expansion team.  His first year he was ROY and had something like 290 tackles.  Unreal.

in a 14 game season.