• Re: Ted Kennedy: Football player.

    From MummyChunk@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 3 13:23:08 2025
    Padraigh ProAmerica wrote:
    During his time at Harvard, Ted Kennedy played end on the Harvard
    footbal team; he was good enough to be offered an NFL contract.

    What if he had decided to play pro ball? After he retired (say by age 33
    or so), would his career help or hinder his potential political career,
    or would he have moved into coaching?

    "True religion affords government its surest support. The future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth. It is impossible
    to govern without the Bible."
    George Washington





    I think Teddy probably would have made a great pro ball player. Especially with a head like that....


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  • From Kevrob@21:1/5 to MummyChunk on Thu Mar 20 23:19:04 2025
    On 3/3/2025 1:23 PM, MummyChunk wrote:
    Padraigh ProAmerica wrote:
    During his time at Harvard, Ted Kennedy played end on the Harvard
    footbal team; he was good enough to be offered an NFL contract.

    What if he had decided to play pro ball? After he retired (say by age 33
    or so), would his career help or hinder his potential political career,
    or would he have moved into coaching?

    "True religion affords government its surest support. The future of this
    nation depends on the Christian training of our youth. It is impossible
    to govern without the Bible."
    George Washington





    I think Teddy probably would have made a great pro ball player.
    Especially with a head like that....

    This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=48501356#48501356

    Not terribly plausible.

    See:

    https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-chris-chase/ted-kennedy-once-tried-chicago-bears--nfl.html

    Now, if the AFL had been launched a few years earlier, maybe he could
    have tried to catch on with their Boston franchise. (First season: 1960)
    But, while there were players from Boston College and Holy Cross on the
    first Patriot squad, there were no Crimson alumni.

    https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nwe/1960_roster.htm

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    Kevin R


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