How long has everyone been a Skins fan?

(d)oink · Post by **(d)oink** » Fri May 14, 2004 9:15 am

Got my gear in 1978 (age eight) been die hard ever since.

SkinsChic · Post by **SkinsChic** » Fri May 14, 2004 2:39 pm

Welcome (d)oink !! :-)

welch · Post by **welch** » Fri May 14, 2004 5:15 pm

tcwest wrote:

I remember his dejection when his WR didn't go to NY, who had the #2 overall pick. They needed a WR, and there were only two good ones. They took the one from Texas, Lam Jones.

Oh, he was livid. That means, I was thrilled. I looked to see where his receiver went. He went to Washington with the 18th pick.

His name ? Ah, I'll leave you hanging there.

I lived in New York then...didn't the Jets trade up to get Johny Lam Jones? It's hazy to me.

I remember that the Post said that the Redskins needed a WR like Charlie Taylor...big, fast, good hands, good runner...maybe someone like Taylor who had started as a running back...

1niksder · Post by **1niksder** » Fri May 14, 2004 5:39 pm

I was born into a disfuntional Family.... Mom likes that team in Texas.... Dad's Skins fan for life Still is my sister likes anyone but the teams our parents root for... I was born in 1963 given my fathers name and his great taste in football teams...Born a Redskin Fan and will be one until AFTER I die (I'll be rooting for the Skin from my grave)

silent1903 · Post by **silent1903** » Sat May 15, 2004 7:21 pm

CrazyLikeAFox87 wrote:Since 1980, the last few games of the Jack Pardee era. My folks lived in DC briefly so me and my two brothers flew over for the school holidays. The following year a new channel in the UK started showing highlights so we could actually see a few plays, rather than wait for a few Washington Post cuttings arrive in the post!

Once you live in DC, you aren't going to be anything other than a Redskins fan!

Of course, then a certain JJ Gibbs takes over, and after a somewhat "iffy" start, as we say in the UK, "the boy done good!"

Well this guy has stolen my story, but as he says, there was only one team we were going to follow. I'm so happy Gibbs is back, can't wait for the season to begin.

SKINS#1 · Post by **SKINS#1** » Sat May 15, 2004 8:35 pm

CAN'T REMEMBER THAT FAR BACK but I was a fan when they made the Sonny J for Norm S trade with Philly (Happy Days) and I remember going to see Jim Brown (Browns) play his last game in DC. I think Otto Graham or Bill McPeak may have been the coach.