| 18th January 2008 10:47 AM |
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| gimmekeef |
RIP Ernie!
LUMBERTON, Texas (AP) - Ernie Holmes, one of the anchors of Pittsburgh's "Steel Curtain" defense in the 1970s, has died in a car crash. He was 59.
A dispatcher with the Texas Department of Public Safety said Holmes was driving alone Thursday night when his car left the roadway and rolled over several times near Lumberton, about 16 miles north of Beaumont in Southeast Texas.
The department said Friday that Holmes was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the car. He was pronounced dead at the scene, the DPS said. Holmes lived in Wiergate, Texas.
The two-time All Pro played on two Super Bowl winning teams while with the Steelers from 1972-77. He spent the 1978 season with New England.
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| 18th January 2008 10:54 AM |
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| Joey |
RIP Ernie !!!
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| 18th January 2008 10:55 AM |
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| BILL PERKS |
a bad ass mofo,rip! |
| 18th January 2008 10:56 AM |
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| Joey |
quote:
BILL PERKS wrote:
a bad ass mofo,rip!
Perks .....
I do not particularly care for ALL of your avatars |
| 18th January 2008 11:11 AM |
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| robpop |
Very sad. He was the meanest SOB on that defensive line.
RIP Ernie "Arrowhead" Holmes.
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| 18th January 2008 11:11 AM |
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| sirmoonie |
The man was like a god to me - the original exalted man. He shaved his fro in the shape of an arrow, to remind him which way to go. Sometimes he would get drunk on road trips to Ohio and shoot at police helicopters. He lived life to the fullest, and The Nation loved him.
Fats!
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| 18th January 2008 11:13 AM |
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| robpop |
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sirmoonie wrote:
Sometimes he would get drunk on road trips to Ohio and shoot at police helicopters.
Fats!
Yeah, I was not going to go there, but it was the first thing I thought of. |
| 18th January 2008 11:25 AM |
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| TampabayStone |
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sirmoonie wrote:
He shaved his fro in the shape of an arrow, to remind him which way to go.
I remember that do; that's something that sticks in your mind as a kid.
RIP |
| 18th January 2008 11:32 AM |
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| gimmekeef |
Dies not wearing a seatbelt....kinda like he played the game |
| 18th January 2008 11:42 AM |
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| 18th January 2008 11:42 AM |
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| Highwire Rob |
I can hear sportscaster Myron Cope yelling out his name with a DOUBLE YOI! Myron really liked Ernie "Fats" Holmes.  What a tough player and a wild man. Ernie Holmes, Steve Courson, Mike Webster -- all taken before their rightful time. This is getting too much to take!
Also, Myron is back in the hospital. Get well soon, Myron.
How 'bout Ernie in Wrestlemania II ? 
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| 18th January 2008 11:52 AM |
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| robpop |
quote:
Highwire Rob wrote:
I can hear sportscaster Myron Cope yelling out his name with a DOUBLE YOI! Myron really liked Ernie "Fats" Holmes. What a tough player and a wild man. Ernie Holmes, Steve Courson, Mike Webster -- all taken before their rightful time. This is getting too much to take!
Also, Myron is back in the hospital. Get well soon, Myron.
How 'bout Ernie in Wrestlemania II ?
[Edited by Highwire Rob]
Also gone from those great teams that I can remember Steve Furness, Steve Coursin, Zak Valentine. |
| 18th January 2008 12:15 PM |
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| Some Guy |
I had that football card. |
| 18th January 2008 12:19 PM |
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| Highwire Rob |
That landscape in the background looks familiar to me. Those are the fields around Saint Vincent College (Latrobe, PA) -- my alma mater, also long-time Steeler training camp for the summer.
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| 18th January 2008 12:20 PM |
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| robpop |
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I had that football card.
Me also. Its a sad, sad day. I will start drinking now. |
| 18th January 2008 12:25 PM |
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| Some Guy |
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robpop wrote:
Me also. Its a sad, sad day. I will start drinking now.
tad early, no? |
| 18th January 2008 12:26 PM |
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| sirmoonie |
He was a large man. A large black man.
(Shown here with TE Randy Grossman, circa 1976)
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| 18th January 2008 12:27 PM |
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| sirmoonie |
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tad early, no?
He's on Nation Time, son. |
| 18th January 2008 12:39 PM |
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| sirmoonie |
quote:
Highwire Rob wrote:
That landscape in the background looks familiar to me. Those are the fields around Saint Vincent College (Latrobe, PA) -- my alma mater, also long-time Steeler training camp for the summer.
[Edited by Highwire Rob]
'tis Latrobe, many a Topps photo shoot out there.
And it came to pass that Ernest Fats Holmes shared his divinity with us before he came to pass: "I'll be glad to leave here. I feel like eating palm trees. I don't like this place. It's for people with arthritis. They come here to play golf and to die." (Miami comments pre-Supe IX). |
| 18th January 2008 12:40 PM |
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| TampabayStone |
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sirmoonie wrote:
He was a large man. A large black man.
(Shown here with TE Randy Grossman, circa 1976)
The white dude was a Tight End?? Looks like Ernie could eat him.. |
| 18th January 2008 12:42 PM |
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| robpop |
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The white dude was a Tight End?? Looks like Ernie could eat him..
A white, Jewish tight end.
Moonie is on his A game once again. |
| 18th January 2008 12:43 PM |
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| robpop |
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He's on Nation Time, son.
Jesus loves you.
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| 18th January 2008 12:44 PM |
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quote:
sirmoonie wrote:
The man was like a god to me - the original exalted man. He shaved his fro in the shape of an arrow, to remind him which way to go. Sometimes he would get drunk on road trips to Ohio and shoot at police helicopters. He lived life to the fullest, and The Nation loved him.
Fats!
He sounds like he was a really cool guy. I wish I'd have slept with him. |
| 18th January 2008 12:44 PM |
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A white, Jewish tight end.
Moonie is on his A game once again.
Oh, so your saying he was circumcised. |
| 18th January 2008 12:46 PM |
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| robpop |
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Oh, so your saying he was circumcised.
This thread is sacred. |
| 18th January 2008 12:49 PM |
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| robpop |
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Highwire Rob wrote:
That landscape in the background looks familiar to me. Those are the fields around Saint Vincent College (Latrobe, PA) -- my alma mater, also long-time Steeler training camp for the summer.
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Yup... I would say so.
Hey thanks for the directions to the rink. They were perfect. I'll be back out there for his next game. Lots of hot hockey MILFs out there. |
| 18th January 2008 12:49 PM |
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| TampabayStone |
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robpop wrote:
This thread is sacred.
My bad, I appoligize Nation Man.. |
| 18th January 2008 12:52 PM |
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| TampabayStone |
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He sounds like he was a really cool guy. I wish I'd have slept with him.
You would have put him in jail; I'm guessing you were a young lass in the 70's. |
| 18th January 2008 12:54 PM |
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| robpop |
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My bad, I appoligize Nation Man..
Accepted. I will not throw away my Bucs Warrick Dunn jersey. |
| 18th January 2008 12:57 PM |
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| TampabayStone |
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robpop wrote:
Accepted. I will not throw away my Bucs Warrick Dunn jersey.
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