Elroy ‘Crazy Legs’ Hearse
Or
Badgers, We Don’t Need No Stinking Badgers
(Honorifics to Mark for the alternate epitaph)
NFL Hall of Famer and long-time fixture at the University of Wisconsin Elroy ‘Crazy Legs’ Hirsch died Wednesday at the age of 80. As a freshman at the University of Wisconsin, Hirsch was described as looking like a ''demented duck whose crazy legs were gyrating in six different directions all at the same time.'' Thankfully for posterity, ‘Crazy Legs’ rather than ‘Demented Duck’ was the nickname that stuck. In his lone season with the Badgers, he ran for 786 yards as the team finished 8-1-1, then bailed for the University of Michigan, but Wisconsites desperate for a link to greatness retired his Number 40 anyway. He returned in 1969 and served as athletic director for 18 years. After college, he starred for the Los Angeles Rams from 1949-1957 as part of the Rams' revolutionary "three-end" offense. His best season was 1951, when he led the NFL with 66 catches, 1,495 yards receiving and 17 touchdowns. He also took a shot at the silver screen, playing himself in the biography "Crazy Legs, All American," and went on to star in the movie "Unchained" in 1955 and "Zero Hour" in 1957. He also appeared in an episode of The Munsters as himself as Herman was showing off his athletic prowess.
Badgers, We Don’t Need No Stinking Badgers
(Honorifics to Mark for the alternate epitaph)
NFL Hall of Famer and long-time fixture at the University of Wisconsin Elroy ‘Crazy Legs’ Hirsch died Wednesday at the age of 80. As a freshman at the University of Wisconsin, Hirsch was described as looking like a ''demented duck whose crazy legs were gyrating in six different directions all at the same time.'' Thankfully for posterity, ‘Crazy Legs’ rather than ‘Demented Duck’ was the nickname that stuck. In his lone season with the Badgers, he ran for 786 yards as the team finished 8-1-1, then bailed for the University of Michigan, but Wisconsites desperate for a link to greatness retired his Number 40 anyway. He returned in 1969 and served as athletic director for 18 years. After college, he starred for the Los Angeles Rams from 1949-1957 as part of the Rams' revolutionary "three-end" offense. His best season was 1951, when he led the NFL with 66 catches, 1,495 yards receiving and 17 touchdowns. He also took a shot at the silver screen, playing himself in the biography "Crazy Legs, All American," and went on to star in the movie "Unchained" in 1955 and "Zero Hour" in 1957. He also appeared in an episode of The Munsters as himself as Herman was showing off his athletic prowess.
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