RIP Ken Burrough

[83Horn 1665]

As a kid in 1970s Houston, Ken Burrough was one of the few highlights of the pre-Earl Oilers.  RIP to a Houston legend, last of the 00s.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/33363774/ken-burrough-two-pro-bowl-wide-receiver-houston-oilers-dies-age-73

[DeadArmadillo 907]

Stay Hard, 00

[Lat22 4086]

Another part of my youth gone.  

[JFKFC 4978]

The stats he would be able to throw up in today's game would be bananas. RIP KB.

[US183 163]

He and Billy “White Shoes” Johnson were fun to watch. 

[Wiler77 1628]

I'd just like to say "fuck the writer of this article".  Just couldn't help himself/herself.

As if the people that are interested in reading the article didn't know this tidbit.

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Burrough led the NFL in receiving yards in 1975 with a career-high 1,063. He piled up 6,906 yards receiving and 47 touchdowns with the Oilers, helping lead them during their Luv Ya Blue period where they twice reached the AFC Championship Game. The Oilers are now the Tennessee Titans.

 

[JFKFC 4978]

1 hour ago, US183 said:

He and Billy “White Shoes” Johnson were fun to watch. 

Both guys were so quick & fast that they didn't need blockers, which is a good thing, because the Oilers of the early/mid 70s weren't big on blocking. 

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

Earl posted this pic on his FB 

 

[Rip76 5022]

RIP Double 00

[Bevo 13900]

My dad was friendly with him and he came to a doctor's meeting that he was holding in the Doctor's Center which overlooked the old Oiler practice field. I got a signature on his rookie card. Unfortunately, my mom gave all my stuff to goodwill when they moved.

[Ignatius 4146]

I’ve posted this on a few different threads but it has to go here.

One of the old Post/Chronicle writers (definitely wasn’t Pancakes, think it was Blinebury or Robertson?) told a 00 story on a podcast I heard a few years ago.

back in the day, at the end of training camp the players and beat writers would all head to a bar to get hammered together (this was the 70s). At one of these sessions, Dan Pastrorini was bragging to a pack of writers that he could stand on street level and throw a football up to the 7th story of a parking garage.

The writer hears this and walks to a different part of the bar where 00 is chilling. He relays the story to 00 who responds:

“Yeah, and his receiver was on the 4th floor of that motherfuckin’ garage”

RIP, 00. Luv Ya Blue!

[Underdog 29199]

10 hours ago, Lat22 said:

Another part of my youth gone.  

Right.  Charley Taylor is another from that time that has recently passed. 

[Wally Fairway 5677]

On 2/25/2022 at 10:33 AM, Wiler77 said:

I'd just like to say "fuck the writer of this article".  Just couldn't help himself/herself.

As if the people that are interested in reading the article didn't know this tidbit.

 

Fuck Bud Adams

[SuckitKevin 979]

As misplaced as my anger probably seems, I can’t bring myself to root for the Titans or Texans. Fuck Bud Adams. I think bringing the Oilers name back would go a long way to healing old wounds but I doubt the Adams family would ever allow it. I loved double zero and Billy White Shoes. It’s so sad that Luv Ya Blue is gone because of that passive aggressive old fuck.

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1549]

2 hours ago, SuckitKevin said:

As misplaced as my anger probably seems, I can’t bring myself to root for the Titans or Texans. Fuck Bud Adams. I think bringing the Oilers name back would go a long way to healing old wounds but I doubt the Adams family would ever allow it. I loved double zero and Billy White Shoes. It’s so sad that Luv Ya Blue is gone because of that passive aggressive old fuck.

Houston 1978-1996 is long gone in terms of demographics with affection for Luv Ya Blue (a 3 or 4 year period) a distant memory for the bulk of today's Houston population.  Aside from 45-70 year olds today who lived in Houston at that time, how much real demand exists to return the Oilers brand?  My guess is fans are more Texans than Oilers now by a healthy margin.  Or even more Cowboys than Texans. 

[Slacks 7066]

Double Oh, Kenny Burrough...

Was one of my dudes when I was a kid...

RIP #00

 

[DFW Horn 6665]

For perspective, #00 was our Drew Pearson, Cowboys fans.

RIP, Kenny

[Degenerate Gardner 4159]

A lot of players have had a lot of numbers on their backs. He was and is the only one with 00 for this Houston boy. RIP Kenny Burrough, a genuine slice of Luv Ya Blue. Wish you and Earl coulda kicked the door in.

Edited February 27, 2022 by Degenerate Gardner

[UDontKnow 10572]

7 hours ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

Houston 1978-1996 is long gone in terms of demographics with affection for Luv Ya Blue (a 3 or 4 year period) a distant memory for the bulk of today's Houston population.  Aside from 45-70 year olds today who lived in Houston at that time, how much real demand exists to return the Oilers brand?  My guess is fans are more Texans than Oilers now by a healthy margin.  Or even more Cowboys than Texans. 

Ahem. Not all of us Oiler fans fall in the "olds" age demographic. For some of us, our childhoods were permanently scarred by Frank Reich.