{"id":6390,"date":"2011-08-04T12:02:35","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T17:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=6390"},"modified":"2011-08-05T00:44:25","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T05:44:25","slug":"charles-aaron-bubba-smith-known-as-the-most-intimidating-defensive-end-in-nfl-history-dies-at-the-age-of-66yrs-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=6390","title":{"rendered":"CHARLES AARON “BUBBA” SMITH, KNOWN AS THE MOST INTIMIDATING DEFENSIVE END IN NFL HISTORY, DIES AT THE AGE OF 66 YRS"},"content":{"rendered":"

BUBBA SMITH PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR CHARLTON POLLARD HIGH SCHOOL “BULLDOGS” IN\u00a0 BEAUMONT TEXAS, THE CITY THAT WAS NAMED THE FOOTBALL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD ON WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS IN 1974, BY HOWARD COSELL DURING A LIVE BROADCAST. \u00a0 CHARLES AARON “BUBBA” SMITH WAS THE EPITOME OF WHAT A GREAT ATHLETE WAS DURING HIS GREAT CAREER IN HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, AND ALSO,\u00a0 THE NFL. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0BUBBA SMITH WAS\u00a0 BORN IN ORANGE TEXAS TO GREAT PARENTS, ONE, HIS FATHER WHO WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST FOOTBALL COACHES TO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE COACHING FRATERNITY OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL, AND A MOTHER WHO ATTAINED TWO\u00a0 “(2)”\u00a0 COLLEGE DEGREES THAT WAS SIMPLY UNKNOWN DURING HER YEARS OF GROWING UP IN THE SOUTH. <\/strong><\/p>\n

BUBBA SMITH, CHARLTON POLLARD’S MULTI-TALENTED ALL STAR WAS THE GREATEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT WITH THE CURRENT CLOUD OF SYSTEMATIC COLLEGE RACISM THAT EXISTED DURING HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER, HE WAS SUBJECTED TO MOST SCHOOLS IN THE SOUTH DECIDING THAT THEY COULD NOT OFFER A SCHOLARSHIP TO HIM,\u00a0 DUE TO THAT PARTICULAR PRESENT CULTURE. <\/strong><\/p>\n

WELL, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ENTERS THE PICTURE, AND THE REST IS HISTORY.\u00a0 THE NORTHERN UNIVERSITIES, AND ALSO, THE WEST COAST TEAMS\u00a0 TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE SOUTH’S POSITION,\u00a0 NOT ALLOWING NON-WHITES TOO BE A PART OF THEIR ROSTER, AND UTILIZED\u00a0 THOSE SAME\u00a0 GUYS TO BRING DOMINANCE TO THEIR FOOTBALL PROGRAMS.<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nBUBBA SMITH WAS THE PLAYER OF PLAYERS IN HIGH SCHOOL, THE PLAYER OF PLAYERS IN COLLEGE, AND BECAME ONE OF THE GREATEST PLAYER ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL IN THE NFL, PLAYING DEFENSIVE END FOR THE BALTIMORE COLTS, THE OAKLAND RAIDERS, AND THE HOUSTON OILERS\u00a0 DURING HIS 10\u00a0 YEAR CAREER, AND ATTRACTING DOUBLE TEAMS ON EVERY DOWN.<\/strong><\/p>\n

THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 1967 NFL #1 DRAFT PICK.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 SUPER BOWL CHAMPION<\/strong> – (V).<\/strong><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 PRO BOWL SELECTIONS (2) 1970, 1971.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 1ST TEAM ALL PRO – 1971.<\/strong><\/p>\n

5. COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME.<\/strong><\/p>\n

6. ALL AMERICAN HONORS <\/strong>– 1965, 1966.<\/strong><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 MOVIE CAREER, ACTING AS\u00a0 MOSES HIGHTOWER IN ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST WATCHED MOVIES TO EVER HIT THE BIG SCREEN, POLICE ACADEMY. HE STARRED IN ALL OF IT’S SERIES. <\/strong><\/p>\n

8. THE MOST POPULAR MILLER LITE BEER SPOKESMAN OF HIS ERA. HIS COMMERCIALS FOR THE BREWERY WERE OFTEN RATED #1 BY THE NFL FANS AND LATER BY ALL SPORTS FANS.<\/strong><\/p>\n

HIS PEERS REMEMBER HIM AS THE MOST\u00a0 INTIMIDATING DEFENSIVE END IN FOOTBALL, AND HIS FRIENDS REMEMBER A GIANT OF A MAN (6’7″), THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST CARING AND GENTLE SOULS THAT THEY’VE EVER MET.<\/strong><\/p>\n

MYBOYSAY NFL SPORTS NATION WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT MR. CHARLES AARON “BUBBA” SMITH WILL BE MISSED, AND THAT WE AS A NATION WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT HAVING YOU AS A PART OF THE NFL WAS SIMPLY WONDERFUL AND EXCITING.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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BUBBA SMITH PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR CHARLTON POLLARD HIGH SCHOOL “BULLDOGS” IN\u00a0 BEAUMONT TEXAS, THE CITY THAT WAS NAMED THE FOOTBALL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD ON WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS IN 1974, BY HOWARD COSELL DURING A LIVE BROADCAST. \u00a0 CHARLES AARON “BUBBA” SMITH WAS THE EPITOME OF WHAT A GREAT ATHLETE WAS DURING HIS GREAT […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,8,13,14,1,39,7,9,10],"tags":[977],"class_list":["post-6390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-entertainment","category-health","category-most-commented","category-news","category-nfl","category-sports","category-us","category-world","tag-nfl","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}