Conrad Dobler

bignic26 · 03-22-2005, 12:37 PM

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.

saintz08 · 03-22-2005, 12:41 PM

My favorite Saint .

Cassady37 · 03-22-2005, 01:41 PM

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.

shadowdrinker · 03-22-2005, 01:44 PM

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

Cassady37 · 03-22-2005, 02:21 PM

Turley had some Dobler in him, but Turley was more athletically gifted. I would\'ve loved to have seen them side-by-side!

saintz08 · 03-22-2005, 05:35 PM

Being a pure, technically sound football player he wasn\'t,

Depends on how you look at it .

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 .

LKelley67 · 03-22-2005, 06:26 PM

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

Saint_LB · 03-22-2005, 06:38 PM

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!\"

papz · 03-22-2005, 06:48 PM

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

BlackandBlue · 03-22-2005, 09:53 PM

somewhat dirty playing

Somewhat? :rollinglaugh:

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]

03-22-2005, 12:37 PM	#1
bignic26 100th Post Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 122	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, 12:41 PM	#2
saintz08 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 3,020	Conrad Dobler My favorite Saint .
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03-22-2005, 01:41 PM	#3
Cassady37 100th Post Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Kilgore, Texas Posts: 337	Conrad Dobler 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.

03-22-2005, 01:44 PM	#4
shadowdrinker Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 517	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
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03-22-2005, 02:21 PM	#5
Cassady37 100th Post Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Kilgore, Texas Posts: 337	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, 05:35 PM	#6
saintz08 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 3,020	Conrad Dobler Being a pure, technically sound football player he wasn\'t, Depends on how you look at it . 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 .
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LKelley67 1000 Posts + Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: baton rouge Posts: 2,540	Conrad Dobler 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, 06:38 PM	#8
Saint_LB Deuce Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2,894	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, 06:48 PM	#9
papz Problem? Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Orleans Posts: 11,754	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

03-22-2005, 09:53 PM	#10
BlackandBlue Kinder, gentler Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: dirty south Posts: 3,889	Conrad Dobler somewhat dirty playing Somewhat? :rollinglaugh: 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]