Have you ever met a Jet player?

[boozer]

About 2 or 3 years ago, I was on a Delta shuttle flight from Ft Lauderdale to NY, sitting in the exit row and someone my size (I'm 6'2" 250lbs) sat next to me. He was dressed nice and had a very large ring on, the person sitting between us asked him about the ring, it was a super bowl ring from '69. I ended up talking to John Schmidt, it was a blast. I have been a fan since 1970 and was able to talk to the person who snapped the ball to my childhood idle. We talked about all the old time Jets (Namath, Boozer, Hill, Maynard etc) The thing that was the most amazing is that all the lineman in his era were smaller then I am. Today 6'6" 320 is nothing, back then he was considered a normal sized lineman.
Anyway anyone else ever meet a Jet player?

[typeOnegative13NY]

I met Marcus Coleman when he was a Jet. Met the Sack Exchange a few weeks ago.

[JeTsInTexas]

I've never met a current player, but I've met Namath.

[dBLitzer28]

I met Victor Hobson on a Club VIP section

[NYMagpies]

I met Victor Hobson on a Club VIP section
intheVIP.com?? :wink:

Ben Graham :)

[hazmat]

About 2 or 3 years ago, I was on a Delta shuttle flight from Ft Lauderdale to NY, sitting in the exit row and someone my size (I'm 6'2" 250lbs) sat next to me. He was dressed nice and had a very large ring on, the person sitting between us asked him about the ring, it was a super bowl ring from '69. I ended up talking to John Schmidt, it was a blast. I have been a fan since 1970 and was able to talk to the person who snapped the ball to my childhood idle. We talked about all the old time Jets (Namath, Boozer, Hill, Maynard etc) The thing that was the most amazing is that all the lineman in his era were smaller then I am. Today 6'6" 320 is nothing, back then he was considered a normal sized lineman.
Anyway anyone else ever meet a Jet player?

Schmidt came into one of my classes at hofstra as a guest. I believe he has a large insurance company now. Very nice guy. I don't think I've met any of the current Jets, I was at a chairty dinner in an elevator with Sean Ellis and Kareen Mckenzie. Two large men.

[vilmas our future51]

i met marvin jones in an atlanta airport
i met pennington at a massapequa mustangs football dinner
Im friends with a guy who played on the 69 jets
I went to a bbq with my family and bernie parmaleys family then we went on his boat and i asked him the wost question which was "hey did u ever meet curtis martin?"
I met Richie anderson becaused he lived in the same house as bernie after he left
I met rick lyle at training camp one year and he was a dick
and i met john abraham at the grand lux cafe

[JetsIn2004]

A good friend of mine and I frequent a place and were friendly with the bartender. Unfortunately, he got into a motorcycle accident in 2003 and passed away. Turns out his son was Chad Pennington's trainer, or one of them, to recoup from the hand injury. We went to the funeral, and who was there? Chad talking to the son. We knew the son, so we went up and said hello, and he introduced us. We spoke to him for about 20-25 minutes, along with some others, after the funeral.

[Pride]

I met kevin Mawae and Ben Graham . Former player Marty Lyons

[jetmatt12]

Not counting the dozens of training camp autographs, I've met Johnny Johnson at a Newsday dinner back when I was like 8, I met Namath, Sauer, and Maynard at an autograph show, met Boomer on an LIRR train and talked to him about the jets for about 20 mins, met Matt Snell in a hotel lobby, met Quinn Early at my high school, where he graduated from and came back to visit

[dBLitzer28]

intheVIP.com?? :wink:

Ben Graham :)

No it was at Bungalow 8 which is a club in the city. i had a VIP pass and i guess he had one too because i met him in the VIP section. I was like "how is the 3-4 going?" and he replied "were learning" and then he was like "who is your favorite Linebacker in the Jets" ... i just said "ALL" cuz i didnt want to say VILMA right in front of his face and i didnt want to suck up to him either. This happened before teh season started btw.

[Barry the Baptist]

When I lived in Arizona I drove a green ford escort station wagon so I had multiple windows to put Jet decals in the windows and I had a Jet license plate. One afternoon I drove to the local record store , as I was getting out of the car this guy drives by in a silver dodge viper with North Carolina plates that read NYJ 29. The guy was also staring at me as I walked towards the plaza. I go into the record store and and the guy also came into the record store. He walked over to me and asked me if I was a Jet fan, I told him I was and he introduced himself to me as Adrian Murrell. This was his 1st year with the AZ Cardinals , he was one of favorites when he was with the Jets and I had season tickets to the Cards as well so he was also my fav on the Cards. He was one of the nicest athletes I ever met. All around nice guy and I was really moved that he introduced himself to me.

I also met Al Toon at Macy's in the Monmouth Mall when I was a kid, I just remember him being very tall.

I went to go see the Jets/Rams a few years ago in Saint Louis and met Rick Lyle's parents at the Arch, does that count?

I also know Matt Snell's cousin, he is a huge horse player here in Vegas.....

[3lixer.]

I met wayne chrebet in a circuit city around '99. He was kind of a prick. It's funny he looked so small out on the field but next to regular people he looked swole as hell.

[SOWELLisGOD]

went to school with na'shan goddard

[10nyjets87]

marvin jones coached football at my school so he was walking around my school one day and i just went up to him and talk about the jets a lil.

[TurkJetFan]

yesss

ive met lav coles where i work....and eric barton where i work as well...

ive also ran into Vinny T numerous times because we live in the same general area.....

ive also met jason fabini, and john abraham....and sowell train

and i also met gastineau at training camp

[The Future]

I 'met' Ian Smart, Jason Glenn, and Mike Nugent at Training Camp within the last 2 years.

[Drew]

I've met Mawae, Erik Coleman, Justin Miller, Jon McGraw, and Brandon Moore at Training camp.

Erik Coleman seemed to be the nicest of the bunch, but unlike the others, McGraw was stopping for pictures. all of 2 people took one with him :lol:

[JetLagInCa]

I've met many Jet players. One who I knew well was John Hall out of Wisconsin, I even visited him in Washington with my kids.

Hell of a nice guy... and no, he's not a stonehead.

[GreenMachine]

Victor Green..most of you have seen the pic...

[ukjetsfan]

I interviewed Nuu Faaola when he was with the London Monarchs and also spoke to Joe Prokop and Brad Quast during World League/American Bowl stints.

Faaola was a great guy, very cheerful and upbeat despite being in, essentially, the minor league.

I went to Iowa University for one year when Quast was there and he was talking about the Airliner bar. He'd just injured his knee and was a bit downbeat as he sat on the treatment table, but he still took the time to speak... probably because he couldn't walk away.

[Barry the Baptist]

I interviewed Nuu Faaola when he was with the London Monarchs and also spoke to Joe Prokop and Brad Quast during World League/American Bowl stints.

Faaola was a great guy, very cheerful and upbeat despite being in, essentially, the minor league.

Nuu Faaola was one of my favs.... how could you not love the name? Was he still sporting the Polynesian fro? I was a Hawai'i fan as a kid and when he and Rich Miano were both on the team at the same time I was so happy.

[gustoonarmy]

I interviewed Nuu Faaola when he was with the London Monarchs and also spoke to Joe Prokop and Brad Quast during World League/American Bowl stints.

Faaola was a great guy, very cheerful and upbeat despite being in, essentially, the minor league.

I went to Iowa University for one year when Quast was there and he was talking about the Airliner bar. He'd just injured his knee and was a bit downbeat as he sat on the treatment table, but he still took the time to speak... probably because he couldn't walk away.

Theres a name I havn't heard in a while.

Who did you interview him for?

[7 to Shea]

I met John Abraham on a shuttle bus after a flight from Columbia, SC. Personable. It was just after his abdomen issues. He said he was feeling OK. When I shook his hand it was as if he was wearing a baseball glove.
His hands were enormous.

[sackexchange]

Ironically, I am the only Jet fan in my family and I'm about the only one NOT to have ever met a Jets player. My parents are currently neighbors to Pete Kendall (he lives in Mass.) and see him around once in a while. My wife met Bruce Harper at some resort-type place in CT. She had her picture taken with him and got his autograph.

[vilmatic]

I saw LArry Johnson coming out of a strip club with a rather buxom lass at 8 in the morning once, but no Jet players.

[BenGrahamFan]

I've met Chad, Vilma, Chrebet, Santana, Herm, Kareem McKenzie and Terry Bradway. Bradway was actually a great guy. I kept trying to wrap up our convo because I figured he was busy and I was annoying him, but he genuinely wanted to talk and wasn't anything but a normal guy.

Some Notes:
-Chad is the only one of them that smiles in EVERY picture.
-Santana hardly speaks english. He just kept mumbling "y'know what i'm sayin." He's also about 5'6"-5'7", nowhere near 5'9"
-Herm really is one of the nicest guys in the world, but I actually felt dumber after touching him.
-Chrebet may be small, but he will fuck up each and every one of us on this board. I posed for a picture with him, and you could see through his shirt just how ripped his back was.

[gustoonarmy]

I've met Chad, Vilma, Chrebet, Santana, Herm, Kareem McKenzie and Terry Bradway. Bradway was actually a great guy. I kept trying to wrap up our convo because I figured he was busy and I was annoying him, but he genuinely wanted to talk and wasn't anything but a normal guy.

Some Notes:
-Chad is the only one of them that smiles in EVERY picture.
-Santana hardly speaks english. He just kept mumbling "y'know what i'm sayin." He's also about 5'6"-5'7", nowhere near 5'9"
-Herm really is one of the nicest guys in the world, but I actually felt dumber after touching him.
-Chrebet may be small, but he will fuck up each and every one of us on this board. I posed for a picture with him, and you could see through his shirt just how ripped his back was.


Jesus! What are you a doorman or something?

[ukjetsfan]

Nuu Faaola was one of my favs.... how could you not love the name? Was he still sporting the Polynesian fro? I was a Hawai'i fan as a kid and when he and Rich Miano were both on the team at the same time I was so happy.

His hair was fairly restrained when I met him, but he was just getting off a trans-Atlantic flight, so it might have livened up again later that day.

I always liked Rich Miano too.

[ukjetsfan]

Theres a name I havn't heard in a while.

Who did you interview him for?

It was for First Down. I worked for them from the 1990 season through to 1992, and I was also the editor of Gridiron for a while. I was just learning my trade and we had desktop publishing installed just as I took over the mag. We had half a day's training on Quark and were then told to go and design a magazine. When I look back at those issues now I cringe at how awful they look, but we were doing our best! It was a great job.

The Monarchs were a lot of fun - actually being able to talk to players and coaches and do the job properly was a great experience. Larry Kennan was a tremedous guy - really intelligent, really open and friendly.

[gustoonarmy]

It was for First Down. I worked for them from the 1990 season through to 1992, and I was also the editor of Gridiron for a while. I was just learning my trade and we had desktop publishing installed just as I took over the mag. We had half a day's training on Quark and were then told to go and design a magazine. When I look back at those issues now I cringe at how awful they look, but we were doing our best! It was a great job.

The Monarchs were a lot of fun - actually being able to talk to players and coaches and do the job properly was a great experience. Larry Kennan was a tremedous guy - really intelligent, really open and friendly.


Wow! Nice work if you can get it. I even still have some old copies of gridiron. I still buy First down , theres always something that I've missed from somewhere and still follow BAFL.

[ukjetsfan]

Wow! Nice work if you can get it.

It was a total fluke. It was the off-season and I hadn't bought the paper for months. On a whim I picked up a copy and there was an advert for the job of staff writer. It was the only issue the advert appeared in!

[BenGrahamFan]

Jesus! What are you a doorman or something?

I went to Hofstra so you see them around

[Hot Rod]

I've met Chrebet, Martin and Pennington. All three were class acts and didn't have any problems talking with me and taking pictures.

[allan1]

I met Rich Kotite once.

[EcKo151]

I met Keyshawn Johnson while he was a Buccaneer...

He came through my line at Walgreens, and I was stunned...Literally jaw-dropped, the man is wearing a wife-beater on his cell phone, the Saturday night before the game...

I give a "Go Jets." and he says "Yeah man." and smirks, then walks away...

I also met Greg Buttle at the Lions game, got a picture with him.

[ToddtoBarkum]

I met countless players in the late '80's ande arly 90's. I went to Hofstra and a guy we shared a house with in East Meqadow, also a student, was the NYJ Asst. Strength coach. He got me field passes a couple of times for practices. Meeting Kenny O'Brien was awesome.

Best meet though was Dennis Byrd at the Fudruckers in East Meadow. I was wearing my Micley Shuler Jersey and he gave me the thumbs up as he walked by. Before I left I went and talked with him he asked me to sit and we talked football for about a 1/2 hour.

[wexy]

I went to Hofstra and worked a couple of days in the dorms that they were staying back in the mid seventies or so. Met Namath , John Riggins, David Knight, Godwin Turk ( he had this amazin van) John Schmidt, Wayne Chrebet at alumni things when he played for Hofstra and afterwards. Mike D'Amato is on one of the alumni committees with me.

[wexy]

And my favorite Jets experiece at Hofstra. I'm sitting by myself at breakfast one morning at a big round table. When the entire Jets offensive line comes in and one player asks me "Can we sit here?" "Sure." I answered.
They have these giant trays of food and we're chatting away. One player got up and asked "Does anyone want anything?" "Can you get me some bacon, please?" I asked. Students were only given two strips. He came back and handed me a plate of 10 strips of bacon. Cool.

[MarcoV]

Browning Nagle...NFL Golf Classic mid 90's in Clifton NJ.

[lude]

Freeman McNeil at a charity basketball game. I was about 4 and wearing his jersey, and he grabbed me out of the stands and sat me on the bench with him and a handful of Jets. I really only remember him though.

[10nyjets87]

And my favorite Jets experiece at Hofstra. I'm sitting by myself at breakfast one morning at a big round table. When the entire Jets offensive line comes in and one player asks me "Can we sit here?" "Sure." I answered.
They have these giant trays of food and we're chatting away. One player got up and asked "Does anyone want anything?" "Can you get me some bacon, please?" I asked. Students were only given two strips. He came back and handed me a plate of 10 strips of bacon. Cool.

what year was this?

[vinsjets]

back when i was living in new york i met a few. I went to training camp one year and met John hall, and accidently ran into Wesley Walker[literally ran into him]. Had no idea it was him, but my dad knew, he was real cool.

Also in the elevator of the apartment building i lived in, i met dedric ward. He was alot bigger then i always thought, looked more like a basketball player

[wexy]

what year was this?

I think it was towards to end of my Hofstra days Fall 75 or 76.

[ganggreengirl]

i met wayne and have a great picture of him and I hanging in my office. everyone comes in and says who is that hot guy your with. :)

[McCareins 81]

I met J-Mac while he was at NIU for a groundbreaking of the schools new athletic education facility. He was so cool, signed two cards, posed for a picture with me and thanked me for buying he jersey.

Awesome guy

[genom]

justin miller once denied me a friend request on myspace

[K. Wright52]

i met kenyatta wright ...he lives in my home town in oklahoma

[mj2sexay]

Carl Banks was a former exec...he kinda counts lol...lives in the same area as me tho i see him all the time real nice guy...was actually on a flight to hawaii a bunch of years back with my jets hat on and who is on the plane but none other then Wayne Chrebet and his wife. Before he found his seat he actually looked at me and said "nice hat" and when we were at baggage claim stopped to talk to my brother and I for a solid 10 minutes. I mean Wayne was always my Jet but after that he lofted himself into Mattingly status.

[mj2sexay]

Slightly off topic but I figured I'd also throw this out there...ex-Giants used to play the local PBA in an annual softball game every year. Dave Megget was a dick, Sehorn was cool and Oj Anderson and Steven Baker were awesome. Steven Baker hit an absolute bomb and then insisted that his name be changed to the "Home Run Maker"

[jamesAngleton]

I was at a bachelor party with Chad Cascaden and he is an absolute deusch. He was working with my buddy at a financial institution. The day started at Belmont Race track. He got wasted and went downhill from there. Everyone hated the guy including the groom to be.

[ViLmAfAn5128]

i've met a giant (strahan) but getting back to the jets, i've met Vilma, Rhodes, and L Coles

[plinko]

i ran into greg buttle last week at duke's in manhattan last week.

[EcKo151]

I forgot to add...The Christmas night game in Miami I got close with Coles, Rhodes, Robertson, Ferguson, and Goddard, all were very nice.

[Beamen]

When I was younger (about 12) I had a catch with Wesley Walker in the VIP parking lot before a game.. I'm pretty sure that was the freezing cold 2000 game vs the Colts.... That was really cool...

Also, as a kid I went to a Jets kids clinic, and I saw Wesley again there... Other guys who I met there and ran drills with were Emerson Boozer (he was the coolest old guy I ever met), Dave Herman, Glen Foley, and a bunch of scrubs who were on the team at the time.... It was pretty fun...

I've met a lot of other players briefly outside the players lot, but never spent a significant amount of time talking to any of them except for Marty Lyons and Shaun Ellis....

Edit... I forgot to mention, Kevin Mawae and I chatted at the Jets/Giants training camp a few years ago... He had pink braces, which I poked fun at him for.. He was a really cool guy, absolutely hated that the NFL made him take the cross off of his face mask.... I almost got him to drop some expletives when I brought that up...

[Scikotic]

yesss

ive met lav coles where i work....and eric barton where i work as well...

ive also ran into Vinny T numerous times because we live in the same general area.....

ive also met jason fabini, and john abraham....and sowell train

and i also met gastineau at training camp

damn man...where you work, i think we all wouldnt mind working there

[camp80]

I met Freeman Mc Neil years ago signing autographs at the SI Mall.
I met Chrebet at DJais in Belmar.

[slimmjim45]

i worked at a boat fueling dock(im young, not a failure). chris baker came in all the time. yeah i pumped chris bakers gass. hes a nice guy who likes to fish. he was pissed when we got doug jolly

[jets94nj]

justin miller once denied me a friend request on myspace

hahaha.. me2

[jets94nj]

i met curtis martin, chad,cedric houston,allan harper gave me his gloves,vinny t, richie anderson,ronnie lott, deniis byrd,chrebet many times,mo lewis,santana moss,brian washington,johnny johnson, freeman mcneil,ray lucas,chris hayes, j mac,jason ferguson,marcus colmen,aaron and jason glenn, matt farmer,randy thomas,coles,key johnson,ray mickens,marvin jones,jumbo, eric ogobu (sp), dedric ward,leon johnson,byran cox, james farrior, rick mirer,pepper johnson,joe namath, the sack exchange, i ran out the tunnel with the ny jets during the patriots game in 2004 and hung out on the side lines with the team. so i guess you can say i met everyone form the '04 team but i wasnt allowed to speak with them. but everyone else i listed i personally met.i have pics and autographs with each player. also met strahan,sissy simms,megget,frank walker,tiki, emaunal mcdaniel,toomer,hillard,kurt warner, brandon jacobs,tom brady,kevin faulk,daniel graham,corey dillon.
i def. forgot a handful....

[Canadian]

Haven't met a single one sigh.....

[Jetscrazy87]

i met curtis martin last offseason at training camp...i knew he was still rehabing his knee and was told he wouldnt be there. I bought an authentic game ball from the jets shop which cost me 199.99...and i was like man now that martin isnt here who will i try to get to sign it? So after practice mccriens, ben grahm and laveranues coles. So im like ok coles will do the trick when all of a sudden i here a kid start screaming curtis curtis...so i ran over and waited, i could tell he was gettin a lil agervated because people wouldnt stop shuving things in his face to sign, and when he came by me i was like curtis would u please sign my ball and i held it in my hands...he reached over the fence took the ball from me signed it really nicely and told me to have a good day. I couldnt believe i met curtis martin, my favorite jet of all time!:martin:

[hickeyQB15]

I've met Mike Nugent, Vinny T, and J Vilma

[Drew]

Add Jerricho Cotchery and Bryan Thomas to my list.

I met them on Saturday in Long Island. Both really nice guys.

[NDmick]

I never met a Jet but in the fall and winter, usually on a weekly basis, I see them on TV.

[Jets81]

Wayne Chrebet came into the gas station I worked at in Holmdel once in a while. He seemed like a nice enough guy.

[asscue35]

I met TY Law right outside the ESPN zone last time the Jets came to Denver.

[Scruggy]

--Brad Baxter and Louie Aguilar at a Hermans doing autographs.
--Boomer Esiason lived down the street from me when I lived in Manhasst, NY. We'd see him all the time. Mega nice.
--Bill Pickel and my uncle are close friends. I tried Pickel's SB ring (he got with The Raiders) on when I was a kid. It blew my little mind!
--Cal Dixon down at Hofstra

I never had the honor of meeting Chrebet. Of course I don;t see as many Jets now that I live in Georgia ::sigh::

[jetbo]

-Met Gastineau, Klecko,Lyons and Salaam (sack exchange) got the top of a box with old jet logo autographed by all 4.
-Got pictures of myself and Wayne Chrebet in 8B, Giants Stadium, and also got the pictures autographed later. Also got Wayne to autograph his book for me
-Met Bruce Harper,Wesley Walker, and Freeman McNeil in parking lot at Giants stadium. Also got their autographs.
-Also met Woody Johnson (Jets Owner), and got my picture taken with him with me all painted up in my gameday costume.

Jetbo, formerly of Lot 8B, but it appears we will be relocated with the new stadium construction

[CurtisMartin 28]

i always used to go to pats training camp to see curtis martin, and now i go to the jets training camp to see the jets

[Catch4Cotch]

Last year at training camp when they came over for autographs the last day i got screwed by coles. He went 2 to the side so no1 would see him and i had a nice 8x10 of him that i wanted him 2 sign. I went over to him (instead of gettin every1 else that day) waited 10 minutes as he signed like envelopes, napkins, lil pink footballs, all crap as i sit there with my 8x10. He finishes everything and im the only one left, he looks at me and says sry i cant and runs off. I was pisssssed off

[laurieo]

claims he was a Jet for 3 mos before injured in '84
owned Swiss Tavern in Lynbrook until 4/2

[laurieo]

why are all these quasi-Jets coming out of thewoodwork?
I have to stop hanging out in Hempstead

[laurieo]

If Dennis Blign ever views these message boards can he tell me if Jerome Butler used to play professional BB in Italy ?

[laurieo]

someone told e they were a special
not sure what this means

[NYGANG]

I met Gastenaeu once, he was pretty much an ass! Met him in a sporting goods store and he was totally full of himself!

[Italian Seafood]

I saw Gastineau a couple years ago outside the stadium after a game, he was signing autographs. Didn't stop to meet him but he was there. Seemed to be cool to all the people who were around him at the moment.

[Cakes]

Aaron Glenn is a good dude.

[bocajetfan]

Back in the day I used to hang out regularly with Brad Baxter. recently I have ran into Leonard Marshall and Keith Byers down in Florida. Additionally my in-laws are good friends with Sam Deluca, so I see him socially several times a year.

[TheSHRIKE81]

I met Boomer Esiason at a celebrity pro-am. Got a Jersey signed.

[ollie]

I met one... we picked him and his buddies up for credit card fraud a few years back... not around anymore

[SomeNoob]

Back in the day when I was a young lad I worked as a foot messenger in Manhattan. At least once a week I would have to deliver packages to NFL properties in midtown. I met many NFL players as well as the old commissioner Paulie T.

[I bleed Jets Green]

For me it was when I was a kid in summer camp. The head director got Mickey Schuler & Marty Lyons. It was awesome and I was just started to get into football back then as well.

I also met Wesley Walker at a Jets Shop sale at the Meadowlands two years ago.

[irishkevin]

at a card show on draft day 95 (sorry about the Kyle Brady flashbacks!). I stared at his SB ring. He even asked if I wanted to try it on. What a feeling! My friend said I "looked like his daughter at a boy band concert" My knees were shaking!