What I would like to see is a Bama jersey (#12) in a snake skin pattern through the numbers. That would be nice in remembrance of Kenny Stabler.
Link: Tuscaloosa News: Kenny Stabler Passes Away
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Snake, you looked like you never got rattled in the pocket, rest in peace my friend and Roll Tide.
One of my football hero's from my youth. Gonna be emotional watching the pre-games at BDS when the 'run in mud' clip plays........
RIP and thanks for the memories. RTR
RIP and thanks for the memories. RTR
Such sad news. He did it his way. We'll miss you, Ken. Thanks for the memories.
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Lord, so sad to hear the news. Never to hear him speak again. Look for his book, "Snake", if you can find it...a classic for the guy that was one of the best to play the game. I will miss him.
Kenny was a couple of years ahead of me in high school ( Fairhope ), so I never played against him when he was at Foley. Even so, we just marveled at him as an athlete, particularly, interestingly enough, in baseball. Maybe the best all-around athlete to ever come out of LA.
Roll Tide and RIP Snake. You`re with your buddy David Chatwood now.
Roll Tide and RIP Snake. You`re with your buddy David Chatwood now.
I too will never forget the run in the mud and rain at Legion field to beat API. In my opinion, he was the best player on the best college team ever assembled. RIP Snakeman. May God hold you and your family in his loving care.
That man had the swagger and enjoyed life. It was great fun watching him through the years. RIP Kenny.
I think it was Tom Jackson that told a story where the Broncos were up in the 4th quarter and the Raiders got the ball back inside their own 10. Stabler came to the line of scrimmage and winked at him.
I think it was Tom Jackson that told a story where the Broncos were up in the 4th quarter and the Raiders got the ball back inside their own 10. Stabler came to the line of scrimmage and winked at him.
It's almost criminal that his bust ain't in Canton, the irony that it may have been a criminal bust (link) that's "abetted" keeping him out.
Never forget what an exciting athlete the Snake was, on two fields of play - the Yankees, Mets and Astros (as a first-rounder) all drafted him in successive years as a southpaw. Always wondered, when he left the Raiders and was out of football for a season, whether he gave any serious thought to going back to the mound. But, no, he came back to the Silver and Black and stardom - and sent Daryle Lamonica on to the WFL and eventually pro bass fishing.
He deserves to be in Pro Football Hall of Fame and there's got to be some way, posthumously, to right this egregious wrong.
Never forget what an exciting athlete the Snake was, on two fields of play - the Yankees, Mets and Astros (as a first-rounder) all drafted him in successive years as a southpaw. Always wondered, when he left the Raiders and was out of football for a season, whether he gave any serious thought to going back to the mound. But, no, he came back to the Silver and Black and stardom - and sent Daryle Lamonica on to the WFL and eventually pro bass fishing.
He deserves to be in Pro Football Hall of Fame and there's got to be some way, posthumously, to right this egregious wrong.
For me he remains the "coolest" quarterback under fire ever ! Certainly one of the greatest competitors to ever play the game of football. As his former Raider coach John Madden said, " If I had one drive to win a game to this day, and I had a quarterback to pick, I would pick Kenny."
I met him once in Orlando at the old Townsend's Fish House on Michigan. He was standing there alone, when my friend Chip Williams said to me, "Stabler is standing right over there." I thought he was pullin' my leg. But there he was. I made my way over and introduced myself. We had about a twenty minute conversation about Bama Football and Corvette's. He had owned a few Corvette's in his day. I told him that I had bought a 1964 Corvette Convertible that came from Robertsdale, Alabama. The man that sold me the car, stated that the hard top that came with it once belonged to Stabler. I asked Kenny if that could be true. He replied, " did it have black, diamond tufted headliner? I said, "yes it did." He said, " I know the car, and I did the headliner myself." I later sold the Vette to Chip Williams. He still has it today. I was struck by how so down to earth and easy going he was. Warm, friendly and POLITE ! He will always be one of my hero's.
Will never forget how he kept me on the edge of my seat both at 'Bama and with the Raiders.
Godspeed Snake and thanks for the memories !
I met him once in Orlando at the old Townsend's Fish House on Michigan. He was standing there alone, when my friend Chip Williams said to me, "Stabler is standing right over there." I thought he was pullin' my leg. But there he was. I made my way over and introduced myself. We had about a twenty minute conversation about Bama Football and Corvette's. He had owned a few Corvette's in his day. I told him that I had bought a 1964 Corvette Convertible that came from Robertsdale, Alabama. The man that sold me the car, stated that the hard top that came with it once belonged to Stabler. I asked Kenny if that could be true. He replied, " did it have black, diamond tufted headliner? I said, "yes it did." He said, " I know the car, and I did the headliner myself." I later sold the Vette to Chip Williams. He still has it today. I was struck by how so down to earth and easy going he was. Warm, friendly and POLITE ! He will always be one of my hero's.
Will never forget how he kept me on the edge of my seat both at 'Bama and with the Raiders.
Godspeed Snake and thanks for the memories !
