Conrad Dobler RIP

Dobler was definitely unique. R.I.P.

didnt Page and Dobler get into it all the time?

@"Chuckf" said: didnt Page and Dobler get into it all the time?

Who didn't Dobler get into with?

@"mgobluevikes" said:

@"Chuckf" said: didnt Page and Dobler get into it all the time?

Who didn't Dobler get into with?

How much $$ does his ghost want to play RG?

Ive shared my story about Dobler here a few times

As a kid, I went to get his autograph & was told to “F off”

My dad equally crushed by that mans reponse to his ten year old son, sat me down and talked to me.

”Ned, I know how much you admire Dobler as a player, but there are BETTER qualities of a person to admire than just what you see on a football field, I want tou to think about that & what qualities are important to you.”

I lost my dad to cancer ten years ago - From that “Dobler” moment on, my pops was the man I admired, and I miss him every day....Dobler, not so much.

@"Kentis" said: My condolences, & a special shout out to @Vanguard83. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/former-cardinals-lineman-conrad-dobler-dies-72-rcna70538

Thanks Kentis.  I never understood as a child why a man I looked up to, would do / say such a thing. But in retrospect, it got my priorities straightened out. Maybe I shouldnt hold a grudge, but it clearly opened my eyes and redefined who I admired.

Not the NFL player I saw on Sundays, but the man who got up every day, made breakfasts and our lunches, and worked his ass off for forty years to provide for his family.

@"mgobluevikes" said:

@"Chuckf" said: didnt Page and Dobler get into it all the time?

Who didn't Dobler get into with?

Read this in your best Dan Dierdorf voice.

When I played for the St. Louis football Cardinals, Conrad Dobler was the meanest guy I’d ever met, let alone played with.