Bill Fralic died

[Whitman 694]

I just saw/read where Bill Fralic died.  For those of y'all too young to remember, he was an OL for Pitt and then a great career in the NFL.  He was only 56, and I don't believe it had anything to do with steroids or PEDs or CTE.  I just read cancer so ugh for him and his family.   He was an incredible football player and at Pitt when I was at WVU and just a beast to watch and go up against for our guys.

PS:  Talking about Pitt football, us old folks who like to hate on them struggle with the admiration for some of the talent that went thru there like:  Dorsett, to Marino, to Fralic to Hugh Green to Larry Fitzgerald.   

 

Edited December 16, 2018 by Whitman

[Bullneck 19027]

I saw this on Deadspin.  According to the article, the term "pancake block" was invented for him.  He was also a pro wrestler, so I'm surprised there aren't more posts about that. 

[Message Board User 12390]

I'm almost sure nobody on this forum is nerdy or old enough to know what I'm talking about, but Fralic was always a +4 lineman in Statis Pro football.  Loved that game when I was a kid.

[C-Man 27083]

I'm almost sure nobody on this forum is nerdy or old enough to know what I'm talking about, but Fralic was always a +4 lineman in Statis Pro football.  Loved that game when I was a kid.

Fellow nerd here.

[Go Pokes 979]

they all gave us this.

[Dennis Taylor 18725]

6 hours ago, Bullneck said:

I saw this on Deadspin.  According to the article, the term "pancake block" was invented for him.  He was also a pro wrestler, so I'm surprised there aren't more posts about that. 

He just made a couple cameos in wrestling.  RIP 

[Whitman 694]

1 hour ago, Go Pokes said:

they all gave us this.

Yea, he was pretty darn good too at Pitt/Skins, but I just can't throw him in with the props I give Hugh Green or Fralic or the others on my list above.  Even doing that for the other Panthers hurts a bit somewhere inside.  And he may not have had the pro career of the others, but Hugh Green was the best of them all imho. 

[PittsburghTiger 6152]

9 hours ago, Whitman said:

I just saw/read where Bill Fralic died.  For those of y'all too young to remember, he was an OL for Pitt and then a great career in the NFL.  He was only 56, and I don't believe it had anything to do with steroids or PEDs or CTE.  I just read cancer so ugh for him and his family.   He was an incredible football player and at Pitt when I was at WVU and just a beast to watch and go up against for our guys.

PS:  Talking about Pitt football, us old folks who like to hate on them struggle with the admiration for some of the talent that went thru there like:  Dorsett, to Marino, to Fralic to Hugh Green to Larry Fitzgerald.   

 

I put something in the F Cancer thread Wednesday. Billy was a friend of mine.

[PittsburghTiger 6152]

Billy’s high school, Penn Hills, won the Pennsylvania 5-A state title two weeks ago. Billy paid the hotel bill for the team so they didn’t have to make it a one-day trip. Days later he was dead.

Aaron Donald also played high school ball at Penn Hills.

[Go Pokes 979]

On 12/16/2018 at 7:23 PM, Whitman said:

Yea, he was pretty darn good too at Pitt/Skins, but I just can't throw him in with the props I give Hugh Green or Fralic or the others on my list above.  Even doing that for the other Panthers hurts a bit somewhere inside.  And he may not have had the pro career of the others, but Hugh Green was the best of them all imho. 

I think you missed my point.  Along with all the good things Pitt gave to football, they also gave some bad.  Fuck that guy