Subby
11-22-2000, 11:42 AM
<font size="3">Davies Set to Retire</font>
Cleveland (AP) - According to news sources, Blaine Davies, the wildly popular 18-year Quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, is planning to retire. The team has called a news conference for 4pm today, and at that time it is expected Davies will make his announcement. In recent interviews, Davies has hinted at retiring, and his recent signing with talent agency William Morris only fueled that speculation. Davies has also indicated his desire to spend more time with his wife and their four young children at their ranch in Wyoming.
Blaine Davies was the number one pick of the Cleveland Browns and the number one pick overall in the 1999 draft. He previously spent 4 years at the University of Utah, and still holds NCAA records in passing yards, touchdowns, and passing rating.
Davies appeared in 5 Superbowls in his 18 seasons, winning 3 (he missed the Superbowl due to injury in 2005). He was named All-league QB 5 times, Offensive player of the year 3 times and League MVP once. In addition, he holds every team passing record, plus league records in Career Passing Yards (59,303), Career Touchdowns (397), Passing Yards in a Season (4,979), and QB Rating in a Season (110.5).
Coach Martin Force, at a recent Shriner's Luncheon, got choked up when talking about Davies, saying, "there is no tougher football player than Blaine Davies. He is a leader of men and comes from a time when men led by example. He has played through concussions, broken bones, stretched ligaments - you name it. And he never asked for a rest or took a play off. If there is one man I would want my children to look up to - someone who is the very embodiment of integrity - it would be Blaine Davies."
Davies should be a lock for the Hall of Fame and will be eligible for induction in five years.
[This message has been edited by Subby (edited 11-22-2000).]
Cleveland (AP) - According to news sources, Blaine Davies, the wildly popular 18-year Quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, is planning to retire. The team has called a news conference for 4pm today, and at that time it is expected Davies will make his announcement. In recent interviews, Davies has hinted at retiring, and his recent signing with talent agency William Morris only fueled that speculation. Davies has also indicated his desire to spend more time with his wife and their four young children at their ranch in Wyoming.
Blaine Davies was the number one pick of the Cleveland Browns and the number one pick overall in the 1999 draft. He previously spent 4 years at the University of Utah, and still holds NCAA records in passing yards, touchdowns, and passing rating.
Davies appeared in 5 Superbowls in his 18 seasons, winning 3 (he missed the Superbowl due to injury in 2005). He was named All-league QB 5 times, Offensive player of the year 3 times and League MVP once. In addition, he holds every team passing record, plus league records in Career Passing Yards (59,303), Career Touchdowns (397), Passing Yards in a Season (4,979), and QB Rating in a Season (110.5).
Coach Martin Force, at a recent Shriner's Luncheon, got choked up when talking about Davies, saying, "there is no tougher football player than Blaine Davies. He is a leader of men and comes from a time when men led by example. He has played through concussions, broken bones, stretched ligaments - you name it. And he never asked for a rest or took a play off. If there is one man I would want my children to look up to - someone who is the very embodiment of integrity - it would be Blaine Davies."
Davies should be a lock for the Hall of Fame and will be eligible for induction in five years.
[This message has been edited by Subby (edited 11-22-2000).]