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Title: Garo Yepremian died Post by: MikeO on May 16, 2015, 03:49:00 am Sad to hear Garo lost his battle with cancer on Friday.
I meet him once a few years back at a dinner and he was just a sweetheart of a guy and had everyone laughing! Title: Re: Garo Yepremian died Post by: masterfins on May 16, 2015, 12:55:09 pm RIP Garo! My minds eye can still see the flubbed kick/pass attempt.
Title: Re: Garo Yepremian died Post by: dolphins4life on May 16, 2015, 02:11:41 pm A loss for the Dolphins.
If you watch the America's game documentary on the 72 Dolphins, one of the players, I think it is Manny Fernandez, says that the team's anger over that play came not because of the blocked kick, not because of the pass, but because he didn't throw his body at Mike Bass when he was going down the sideline Title: Re: Garo Yepremian died Post by: Dolphster on May 18, 2015, 08:22:35 am Garo was a genuinely nice man from all accounts and I don't believe I ever heard anyone say anything negative about him. It's a shame that he was forever known for "that play" because he was a pretty good kicker who had a nice career. And if I remember my useless trivia correctly, I believe he was the last NFL player to not wear a facemask. 1966, I believe. I could be wrong though.
Title: Re: Garo Yepremian died Post by: Phishfan on May 18, 2015, 09:38:50 am RIP
Title: Re: Garo Yepremian died Post by: hordman on May 18, 2015, 02:55:32 pm A loss for the Dolphins. If you watch the America's game documentary on the 72 Dolphins, one of the players, I think it is Manny Fernandez, says that the team's anger over that play came not because of the blocked kick, not because of the pass, but because he didn't throw his body at Mike Bass when he was going down the sideline I believe you're correct, IIRC Keuch was also pretty angry for him not doing that as well. I think the Dolphins really wanted to go out with a prefect, unblemished mark and keeping WAS off the board for that game would have been icing on the cake. Would have been sweet to win that SB 17-0 (if Garo had converted) and be 17-0 on the season. Title: Re: Garo Yepremian died Post by: dolphins4life on May 18, 2015, 09:33:16 pm Kickers were nowhere near as accurate in those days as they are today.
Title: Re: Garo Yepremian died Post by: sampras66 on May 19, 2015, 06:49:29 am R.I.P GARO
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