(02-20-2023, 04:40 PM)Maple Leaf Wrote: Name four Stanford Wide Receivers who began their careers as QB's, and then shifted to wide receiver.
Hint: Two had starting some games at qb.
Hint: One saw considerable time as a qb.
Hint: One was recruited as a qb but shifted to wr due to shoulder/arm problems.
The answers are:
- Mike Connelly. Played QB in 63, then WR 64 and 65
- Gene Washington and Mark Marquess. Marquess played QB as a Soph and Jr, then started his senior year as a DB then moved to WR due to injuries to the othere WRs, Marquess started against Cal. Took a leave from the football team during his senior year to play for the USA Baseball Team in tournament of teams from Latin America, this was fully supported by John Ralstron.
- Eric Test
(02-20-2023, 05:59 PM)Maple Leaf Wrote: Name two Stanford Football Players who started their careers at Stanford as TE, finished their Stanford careers as DL, were starting OG in the NFL and won Superbowl rings.
The answers are: Blaine Nye who played for the Cowboys, returned to Stanford to obtain a Ph.D in Econ. And George Buehler who played for the Raiders.
Nye was also an outstanding Rugby player at Stanford, who at that time had an outstanding Rugby program coached by a former Stanford Running Back who played in the Rose Bowl.