For nuleafjhawk. KANSAS JAYHAWKS
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Famous Alumni
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Famous people from Lawrence. Jim Thorpe lived in a dormitory at Haskell.
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Kansas Movies
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A special Alumni moment
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Here is a good shot of “The Diesel”
Pro Bowl selection (1975) AP First-Team All-Pro (1983) PFW NFL Comeback Player of the Year (1978) 1983 NFL MVP (MX) Super Bowl champion (XVII) Super Bowl MVP (XVII) NFL 1980s All-Decade Team 2× Jets MVP (1972, 1975) 2× NFL leader in rushing TDs (1983, 1984) 10,000 Rushing Yards Club 80 Greatest Redskins Redskins Ring of Fame inductee (1990) Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (1992)“Riggo” was the talk of Lawrence back in my days on campus. There was (and still is) plenty of lore about him including the infamous story about him lugging full kegs of beer on his shoulders up the hill from The Hawk to The Wheel (on icy roads). He definitely has “legendary status” in my book.
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Yes, it is KSU but still…pretty spectacular…
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To @wrwlumpy and to the rest that contributed pics to this thread…
Thank you, thank you, thank you…you just proved to me that this broken down old ex-pat Kansan has not grown dementedly sentimental about his old homeplace and its beautiful space and remarkable persons.
This thread of pictures come closer to capturing the Kansas I know and love than anything else I have read or seen.
Rock Chalk All Day Long!!!
(Note: I had once to borrow the great tag line given us by one of our own here.)
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Rim rock
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Famous people!
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John Riggins was to sport what Ken Kesey was to literature.
Riggins could easily have become the next Clark Gable in film, had he been vain enough and set his mind to it.
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True… and imagine the Hollywood lore that would have followed him.
Centralia has never been the same…
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The truly great leave lore…and giant accomplishments.
In high school running for touch downs during games and playing tuba in the marching band during half time.
Running a 9.8 second hundred yard dash weighing 220 pounds in high school track.
And then all the inconsequential accomplishments like the Orange Bowl team of '68 and leading the Redskins to a super bowl.
The beauty of the great is that their giant accomplishments dwarf their lore.
He is just an awesome human being, who has finally turned the fusion that burned within him to a nice comfortable fire with his loved ones now.
Rock Chalk, Riggo, you made it without compromising.
We should all be so lucky!!!
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Here is a nice read on the Menninger Clinic… gone from Topeka.
Famed Psychiatric Clinic Abandons Prairie Home
My grandmother had a few stays there. She said she “hob-knobbed” with Clark Gable and several other huge celebrities. It was THE psychiatric clinic for the rich, elite and famous (and many that weren’t, like my grandmother). Probably because it was in the middle of nowhere (spoken like an east or west coaster).
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P.S.: I would give almost anything to look like that picture of Riggins, even just one day of my life. Imagine looking that way EVERY day. All man. Self needs to have Riggins come in and meet the team. Even the residual of Riggins in later life would be worth it. The man’s life force is as contagious as the common cold.
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I hear they play some really good basketball in that city too.
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Four different views of Mass. St’
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@wrwlumpy - Thank you SO MUCH for this thread! I really appreciate it. I had forgotten about all of the movies and celebrities and it was great to see those again. The pictures are STUNNING, especially that nature shot of Samantha Ryan! lol And I had no idea that ET was from Kansas.
Seriously, I get more aggravated than I should when I hear “outsiders” talk about how flat and ugly Kansas is. We have areas of incredible natural beauty - like most states. We all have some good and some bad.
Thanks again - this is great.
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@jaybate-1.0 so who remembers his brother JR? do you? I do. Love the Riggins
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@jayballer54 JR was on the KU track team when I worked for it. He was a competitor but did not have John’s skills. It must be kind of tough to have your younger brother get all of the pub. Really nice guy.
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I think Bobby Douglas taught John and Junior how to drink.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2012/10/29/john-riggins-and-loosen-up-sandy/
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On their way to cousin Audrey and Eddie’s in Central Kansas. Clark Griswold has a sandwich.
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@wrwlumpy Inigo Montoya?! I’ll be damned.
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@wrwlumpy didn’t cousin Eddie live in Coolidge ks?
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@Crimsonorblue22 Yep
