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Who were the last

OldPolack : 8/20/2014 10:25 am
of the 60 minute football players?
I can not remember a Giant player, but the Eagles had a one.
Chuck Bednarik.
Deion Sanders
Bednarik was officially the last  
Defenderdawg : 8/20/2014 10:45 am : link
He retired in 1962...Bill Stacy of the Cards was a All-Pro in 1961 who lined up at both WR part time and started at LCB.

Frank Gifford in 1953 may have been the last two way Giant player...of course any back up lineman was a potentially two way player if injuries struck do to the small rosters...

Joe Morrison started at SS in the 1961 NFL Championship game after playing RH on offense for most of the season, he could have been utilized both ways but wasn't.
Deion  
tomhagen : 8/20/2014 10:49 am : link
Hardly belongs in the "60 minute" or "iron man" category. He occasionally lined up at WR. Plenty of DBs have in recent years. He hardly played a high majority of offensive snaps.
Along that same line  
Defenderdawg : 8/20/2014 10:55 am : link
Dick James, an infamous name in Giants history, lined up part time on offense and defense, he had two interceptions in 1963 and rushed for 384 yards...in the late 50's he was a starting safety who played offense part time.
Should clarify that James was with Washington  
Defenderdawg : 8/20/2014 11:01 am : link
He didn't join the Giants until 1964.

Hall of Famer Stan Jones of the Bears wasn't a two way player at the time, but he did move successfully from LG to LDT in 1963 at the age of 31.
Cardinals Had a Cb (Roy Green?)  
clatterbuck : 8/20/2014 11:10 am : link
who sometimes lined up as a receiver. This was in the 80s. Guy was very fast. Parcells loved him.
How do you define a 60-minute man now?  
Jupiter : 8/20/2014 11:11 am : link
No one has been a starter on offense and defense for a long time. I think the WR/CB from the Pats a few years ago was probably capable and prepared to play as a starter on offense and defense.

Deion Sanders was a pass defender but a matador against the running game. He played half ass defense.
I believe  
MaineGiantFan : 8/20/2014 12:05 pm : link
That you are thinking of Troy Brown. He was a starting WR and came in as a DB in Nickel packages IIRC
Did  
Bill in UT : 8/20/2014 2:11 pm : link
David Wilson last much longer than that?
Troy Brown ... Steve Tasker  
MotownGIANTS : 8/20/2014 3:19 pm : link
not in that order ....
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