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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Growing up I've always heard stories about the legendary Conrad Dobler. I wasn't alive when he played for us, so I never saw him play. I looked up his stats and they show that he was only a Saint for ...
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03-22-2005, 11:37 AM | #1 |
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Conrad Dobler
Growing up I've always heard stories about the legendary Conrad Dobler. I wasn't alive when he played for us, so I never saw him play. I looked up his stats and they show that he was only a Saint for two seasons. That seems like a short period of time considering all the stories I've heard about him.
Anyway I was wondering if any of ya'll know anything about him. Was he that dirty of a player? Was he any good? To me he seems like a football version of Bill Laimbeer. |
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03-22-2005, 11:41 AM | #2 |
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Conrad Dobler
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03-22-2005, 12:41 PM | #3 |
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Being a pure, technically sound football player he wasn\'t, but he more than made up for it with pure tenacity and mean-spirited, somewhat dirty playing ability. I would take a dozen of him on my team, players couldn\'t stand to play against him but there were quite a few that said they liked being beside him on the line.
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03-22-2005, 12:44 PM | #4 |
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Conrad Dobler
You mean kinda like Kyle?
Turley was the best O lineman I had seen here in a LOOOONG time... I wish we could have kept him...I know He was \'\'Vocal\'\', and at times dramatic..But , He was a Warrior..Much like Dobler |
03-22-2005, 01:21 PM | #5 |
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Conrad Dobler
Turley had some Dobler in him, but Turley was more athletically gifted. I would\'ve loved to have seen them side-by-side!
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03-22-2005, 04:35 PM | #6 |
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Quite possibly the man who invented the sternum punch blocking technique and my personal favorite the get your fingers out of my facemask biting technique . |
03-22-2005, 05:26 PM | #7 |
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he had his best all-pro years as a cardinal but he made a big impression while here.
some links- http://www.esquire.com/features/lear...wi_dobler.html http://www.veteranpresence.com/FPOTM/Dobler.html |
03-22-2005, 05:38 PM | #8 |
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Conrad Dobler
Dobler was a scrapper...fun to watch. Put his heart in all the players here today and we have a playoff team for certain. Too bad we only had him at the end of his career. He subscribed to the philosophy that \"it\'s not holding if you don\'t get caught!\"
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03-22-2005, 05:48 PM | #9 |
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Conrad Dobler
I\'ve never heard of him unfortunately... but from the looks of it, having Turley and Dobler isn\'t such a great idea. I mean how many 1st and 30s can you really put up with :P
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03-22-2005, 08:53 PM | #10 |
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Conrad Dobler
He was a convict that played football for a living. Hear he\'s real family man, though. :P [Edited on 23/3/2005 by BlackandBlue] |