"If you need 3 yards, I'll get you 4. If you need 5 yards, I'll get you 4." - Leroy Hoard
Umm he didn't say if you needed 10 yards he will get you 4 yards
It's always in the details
He actually didn't say either of those because the real Leroy Hoard quote was about getting 3 yards not 4 yards. OP messed up the quote here.
44 was such an awesome RB number.
Riggo the diesel
This was the first super bowl I remember.
Really liked when they put the large air horn in RFK Stadium for his runs…people stomping…always thought the stands were going to collapse. Good times.
I unfortunately never got the opportunity. My pops said he would take me there one day and never did - he did take me to a couple at FedEx… and that was definitely an experience. But an experience that was completely opposite of what an RFK experience would’ve been.
Watching the old videos of it shaking makes me wish I would’ve been old enough to appreciate it.
Beast
The quintessential fullback #
My favorite play by Leroy was in 1991, as a rb for Browns. In Cleveland, vs Steelers, Hoard caught a td from the seat of his pants!
Maybe it's just something that worked better in it's time, but goddamn I hate that helmet jersey combo.
I remember him as a brick back when he was at Michigan.
Moved from fullback to tailback near the end of the 1988 season at Michigan. He was the 1989 Rose Bowl MVP after rushing for 146 yards and 2 touchdowns.
I’m a Dawg, so I remember him from the UW-Michigan game in ‘91. He always looked like a truck. Those early 90s shoulder pads probably added to the impression
That old Viking jersey color definitely looked blue compared to the helmet.
Collecting cards as a Vikings fan years ago could have some of the worst pictures. The print quality was bad enough but that difference between the helmet and jersey sometimes didn’t help. Then there were pics with players looking like it was their practice gear. Not a good look overall.
Facemask had a blue look too compared to the purple of the helmet.
2 teams that never should’ve gone away from those uniforms
Ron Wolfley said it first. Hoard heard him say it as teammates and got the credit for it 😂
3 not 4
The real quote was something like "If you need one yard I'll get you three, if you need five yards I'll get you three"
I remember him as a good back at Michigan.
I watched a lot of Vikings games during that era and I don't remember the weird color variation between the helmets and jerseys...
I remember this quote like it happened yesterday
This post reminds me of the Viking’s RB Chuck Foreman, who also wore # 44. He was a bruising RB fr.
Yup 😂😂😂
He was a great goalline runner late in his career, when Dennis Green was the coach IIRC.
One of my teachers growing up taught him.
okay we get it, you are leroy ‘4 yard’ horad.
Real MAN football not flag football pro bowl sorry fruit bowl all lowercases is what it is
So… 4 yards then?
Fucking legend
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