William Andrews’ career compares favorably to the hall of fame careers of Gale Sayers and Terrell Davis.
Like Sayers, Andrews played five years before getting hurt.
Davis got hurt after season four, then hung on for three more seasons, appearing in only 17 games.
R&R RR/G RR/YR TD YR rec games
8384 116.4 1677 40 5 277 72 Andrews
6179 096.5 1236 48 5 277 64 Sayers
7594 110.1 1899 61 4 152 69 Davis
Sayers did have an additional 3172 return yards (and 8 return touchdowns). Andrews only returned four kicks. The Kansas Comet outgained Andrews by only 896 combined yards before injury.
Andrews led the Falcons to their first division championship, and a total of two playoff appearances. Back then the Falcons were still in their cycle of alternating one winning season with a losing season. I've probably run these numbers before, haven't I?
When Winnie was little she loved to nip at a particular pair of my Nikes, inflicting a noticeable amount of damage. Since Winnie has grown out of puppyhood, she hasn’t chewed on anything she isn’t supposed to. But last night I found one of my favorite Braves caps had the plastic snapback strap chewed off. Ceil says she can repair it, but I have another road cap waiting in the wings to take its place.
As a pup she did chew on another one of my Braves caps that I still wear, a flat-brimmed 2014 spring training cap quite similar in appearance (but slightly better looking than) the new 2024 batting practice cap.
Among Hall of Famers, HANK AARON [SABR Bio] has the most career home runs with 755. Babe Ruth is second with 714. Willie Mays with 660. Hank and his brother have more career home runs than any other group of brothers in major league history: 768 when you add in Tommie’s 13. Hank made his major league debut the first day players were required to take their mitts with them when they left the field at the end of each half inning: 13-Apr-1954. He never knew life in the majors with that antiquated practice.
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