I Remember Them Sport Quiz 15

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1.  Mike Ditka was traded by the Bears to the Eagles for this QB.  (4 points)

2.  The Montreal Canadians’ “Roadrunner” of the 60s and 70s.  (3 points)

3.  In the 1960s the Eagles and Redskins traded these high profile QBs for each other.  Name them.  (1 point each)

4.  This Outland Trophy winner from Nebraska didn’t fare too well with the New York Giants.  (4 points)

5.  The White Sox traded this left-handed starter to the Dodgers for Dick Allen.  (2 points)

6.  This original Met hit 34 homers in the franchise’s first year of existence.  (3 points)

7.  The Green Bay Packers “Gold Dust Twins” of the 1960s.  (1 point each)

8.  "Daddy Wags” was a power hitting outfielder for the Angels and Indians.  (4 points)

9.  This excellent switch-hitting outfielder began his career with the Red Sox before moving on to the Cardinals and Dodgers before finishing his career with the Giants. (2 points)

10.  Name the members of the Minnesota defensive line who formed, “The Purple People Eaters”.  (1 point each) 

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1.  Jack Concannon.  Jack was actually better than some of the Bears QBs of the late 60’s and early 70s in that he was not terrible, only below average.

2.  Yvan Cournoyer.  A great skater and lethal scorer, he was one of a number of great Canadians from that time frame.

3.  Norm Snead and Sonny Jurgensen.  Snead went to the Eagles while Jurgensen went to the Redskins.  Advantage Redskins.

4.  Rich Glover.  Rich was selected by the Giants in the third round of the 1973 NFL Draft and played for them for one season.

5.  Tommy John.  Before having a surgery was named after him, he was a pretty good pitcher for a number of teams.  He had one 20 game winning season with the Dodgers and two with the Yankees.

6.  Frank Thomas.  Not Frank, the “Big Hurt” Thomas of the White Sox, but he was at least a moderate hurt.  Frank hit 286 homers in a long career and even had a WAR of 2.5 for the 1962 Mets.

7.  Donnie Anderson and Jim Grabowski.  They didn’t exactly duplicate the production of Jim Taylor and Paul Horning, but they weren’t a complete bust.  Anderson in particular contributed to the Packers success as a RB and punter.  Grabowski had more limited success.

8.  Leon Wagner.  Leon hit 37 homers for the Angels in 1962 and 31 for the Indians in 1964.  Leon‘s bat was almost good enough to offset his glove.

9.  Reggie Smith.  Reggie was a member of the “Impossible Dream” Red Sox of 1967 before going on to be a productive member of the Cardinals and Dodgers.  In all, Reggie was a seven-time all star.

10.  Carl Eller, Greg Larsen, Alan Page and Jim Marshall.  Eller and Page are hall of famers, Marshall is a near all of famer and Larsen was very good.