Julius Caesar Watts was mentioned but not the player the Jets drafted right after him that year, '81- Admiral Dewey Larry. Was he called Admiral or Dewey by family and friends? Inquiring minds want to know!
My all time favorite is a one- line transaction I read in the Daily News in 1974- "New Orleans Saints WR Jubilee Dunbar traded to Cleveland Browns for WR Fair Hooker"
That's what I was going to post. Of course I'm biased, being a huge Husker fan, but his name is pretty awesome. Makes a great chant after he does something good.
Jack Youngblood Preston Ridlehuber. Jet trivia: best known for scoring a TD against the Jets in a famous game--a TD no one saw. sidebar: former Viking QB Brad Johnson (who may've been the only QB to have thrown a TD pass to himself) named his son "Maximus" Maximus Johnson. Gee, thanks dad.