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03 Aug 2011
Bubba Smith Dies
Former All-Pro Colts defensive end Bubba Smith passed away on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 66. No cause of death was immediately announced. He was a Super Bowl champion with the 1971 Colts and was named to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988.
16 comments, Last at 05 Aug 2011, 4:26am by OmrothLol
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Re: Bubba Smith Dies
Was he the guy who stole Al Bundy's trophy?
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Dunno about that, but he and Dick Butkus helped launch Miller Lite.
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I prefer L.C. Greenwood's spot myself. I always remember that it sounded like he was saying "quaterbacks" ... just something about his accent.
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His name was Spare Tire. Here's the climactic battle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BJ7-_-omnU&feature=player_embedded
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Looks like I stand corrected.
Part of me wonders why I never bought a Polk High #33 jersey.
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Not sure who you're thinking of, but I think that it was someone else.
I do remember him playing himself in an episode where Al has a reunion football game and the rival high school brings in a bunch of ringers. Bradshaw, Snake and LT all played themselves, too.
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I just watched that episode again last night. No Bradshaw, though. Stabler was the only quarterback among the names I recognized. Bradshaw was in a couple episodes, one of which they were going to name Polk's field after him, since he was a freshman there, and played in the marching band.
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German media report it as 'Hightower from Policy Academy dies'. But at least one of them also mentioned his NFL career and the SB win.
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Reminiscent of the London tabloids referring to a certain white Ford Bronco passenger as "Naked Gun actor OJ Simpson".
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Websites here (Netherlands) name him as 'Police Academy actor' and later mention his sports career. A few the details.
I guess most editors run to wikipedia for details and think "NFL star for the Baltimore Colts, I didn't know he played hockey".
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I wonder if it means he was underrated as an actor that we seem to remember him more for commercials for bad beer and for the character Moses Hightower than we do for his career.
If I recall, he actually sued the league and eventually won because his career ending knee injury came when he got caught up in the first-down-chain on the sidelines. He played again, but he was never the same.
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I think at lot of it has to do with what we remember. I'm 51, and can barely
remember his playing days. And most people here are younger than me.
Also, it was (and is) bad beer, but that whole 'retired jock' commercial campaign
was brilliant.
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Great ad campaign. Some agency is going to "rediscover" it and bring it back with a whole new generation of retired players someday.
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IIRC, that injury was in an exhibition game.
And those Miller Lite ads were, as others have said, much better than the beer. ("I must be in the front row!")
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He exceeded the life expectancy for NFL players by over 10 years. By almost 15 for linemen.
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Rivers McCown? Seriously? Is your middle name Madding?
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