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Happy Birthday Rodney Hampton!

Gordo : 4/3/2020 9:31 am
Saw this on Reddit.. Turns 51 today, I never knew he shared a birthday with my son, who turns 14 today!

Hampton Highlights - ( New Window )
Happy birthday to Rodney Hampton,  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 4/3/2020 9:55 am : link
Gordo's 14 year old son, & me! Cheers all!

Loved Hampton growing up. Still remember that playoff game vs. the Vikes like it was yesterday.
Happy birthday big man!  
Keaton028 : 4/3/2020 10:08 am : link
Hampton was my idol when I first fell in love with the game. Even wore #27 in high school in honor of him. I swear he is one of the most forgotten Giants greats ever! You can barely find highlights of his games online.
Happy  
AcidTest : 4/3/2020 10:13 am : link
Birthday to Rodney and Gordo's son! Best wishes! And many more!
RE: Happy birthday to Rodney Hampton,  
AcidTest : 4/3/2020 10:18 am : link
In comment 14858036 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:
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Gordo's 14 year old son, & me! Cheers all!

Loved Hampton growing up. Still remember that playoff game vs. the Vikes like it was yesterday.


Happy Birthday SFGFNCGiantsFan! Best wishes! And many more!
Happy Birthday Rodney!!!  
ShockNRoll : 4/3/2020 10:21 am : link
My favorite all-time Giant. I remember sitting down with my dad and brother with a notebook, tracking every carry and how many yards it went for when I was a kid. Rodney was the only semblance of offense the Giants had for several years. His game in the wild card round against Minnesota in '93 was one of my favorite single game performances by a Giant ever (given I was at the game, and he was my favorite player). Here's to 51 more, Rodney!
RE: Happy Birthday Rodney!!!  
jnoble : 4/3/2020 10:34 am : link
In comment 14858068 ShockNRoll said:
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My favorite all-time Giant. I remember sitting down with my dad and brother with a notebook, tracking every carry and how many yards it went for when I was a kid. Rodney was the only semblance of offense the Giants had for several years. His game in the wild card round against Minnesota in '93 was one of my favorite single game performances by a Giant ever (given I was at the game, and he was my favorite player). Here's to 51 more, Rodney!

Right? Our offense under Reeves was mostly either a handoff to Hampton or a Dave Brown chuck and duck in the direction of Chris Calloway
RE: Happy birthday big man!  
jnoble : 4/3/2020 10:37 am : link
In comment 14858053 Keaton028 said:
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Hampton was my idol when I first fell in love with the game. Even wore #27 in high school in honor of him. I swear he is one of the most forgotten Giants greats ever! You can barely find highlights of his games online.


I remember hearing the stories about how Hampton was never in the weight room, he just showed up to practice and games and that was it. I wonder if a player would be allowed to get away with that nowadays
For years I would tape every game  
mpinmaine : 4/3/2020 11:05 am : link
I remember in 93, 94, and 95 I also made my own season highlights with 2 vcrs.

The team was so crappy on offense in those years I mentioned that even a 6 yard run by RH made the cut on my best of tapes..

His was the first jersey I bought.

I loved him, I have his autograph still. Happy Bday!
Still have his  
Chef : 4/3/2020 11:23 am : link
Jersey
yes me too,  
mpinmaine : 4/3/2020 11:46 am : link
purchased in 95. you can barely read the #
RE: RE: Happy birthday to Rodney Hampton,  
SFGFNCGiantsFan : 4/3/2020 12:09 pm : link
In comment 14858061 AcidTest said:
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In comment 14858036 SFGFNCGiantsFan said:


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Gordo's 14 year old son, & me! Cheers all!

Loved Hampton growing up. Still remember that playoff game vs. the Vikes like it was yesterday.



Happy Birthday SFGFNCGiantsFan! Best wishes! And many more!


Thanks AcidTest! First birthday in awhile where I won't be @ bar, but 2020...(shrugging shoulders).
I love Hot Rod  
weeg in the bronx : 4/3/2020 1:07 pm : link
Met him at a Big Blue Travel event in New Orleans 27 years ago years ago. Could not have been nicer.
Happy B day  
Rolyrock : 4/3/2020 2:20 pm : link
Thanks for all those yards.
I loved Rodney Hampton @ RB  
LeonBright45 : 4/3/2020 3:08 pm : link
He was always my favorite RB. Even though I've got a well developed appreciation for Tiki, Jacobs, & Bradshaw it is Hampton that really had the overall abilities that made me think that he was the rarest of gems.

George Young fought Bill Parcells for him when the Giants were on the clock during the 1st round of the 1990 NFL Draft. Parcells wanted Jackson St. OLB-Darion Conner, but Young used his authority and wisely chose Georgia RB-Rodney Hampton.

He had size, speed, great hands catching the ball, good pass blocking abilities, and the quickest feet you ever saw on a 220 pound RB. He would glide in the hole; moving laterally while his shoulders stayed square & parallel to the line of scrimmage.

He ran with great body lean and could deliver a solid blow. So Dan Reeves over used him running him up the gut over and over again. Each year Hampton came in heavier. He was 215 when drafted and 240 when he retired. He took a pounding between the tackles. Stupid Reeves never ran him outside, never threw him the ball, never let him line up anywhere but in the backfield where everyone knew he was coming straight up the gut. Hampton was the entire offense. Within a few years he was to injured and out of shape to play.

I hope that we don't see a similar fate for Saquon Barkley. I hope that history has taught the Giants that you must block well for your star running back. I hope for the Giants to find a supporting unit of blockers for Barkley.

Blockers like Maurice Carthon, Zeke Mowatt, Mark Bavaro, Howard Cross, Jarrod Bunch & Charles Way before their injuries forced them to retire......... Madison Hedgecock & Henry Hynoski were good too.

We are on our way with some of the new TE's we've accumulated. It's a good start anyway, so let's hope that we continue to supply talent to the collection of people we entrust the blocking assignments to. Barkley & Jones are depending on it, not to mention everyone else involved. Control the ball & the clock while scoring points & keeping our no name defense fresh. :-)
HAPpy Birthday Bulldog  
Spike13 : 4/3/2020 6:56 pm : link
I’d still pick you over 22. Thanks for leaving it all on the field.
Terrific Giant, outstanding human being...  
trueblueinpw : 4/3/2020 11:35 pm : link
I love Hampton as a Giant. He has had a heck of post Giants career vining back a lot to the community. Happy birthday 27!
Didnt he break a long TD run on his first NFL carry?  
cpgiants : 4/4/2020 9:58 am : link
IIRC, may have been the first preseason game?
yes, cp  
LeonBright45 : 4/5/2020 6:32 pm : link
Like 90 yards off right tackle against the Bills in the preseason.
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