Gus Frerotte, Washington Redskins
Owner: Hank from Winning The Turnover Battle
Year of Purchase: 1996
Age of Purchase: 11
Jersey Category: Who Owns That Jersey?
Why Is It Terrible?: At first this jersey wasn't too bad. I mean, Frerotte had stepped in and played well to end the previous season, and at the time he seemed like an absolute savior as compared to Heath Shuler. I even had a poster on my wall of Frerotte, Terry Allen, and Michael Westbrook. Then however, two things happened that forever caused me to hate
having bought this jersey. First, nobody at my school could pronounce the name correctly, which resulted in a new nickname for me: "FerretBoy". Then, on top of that indignity, Frerotte went out in the 1997 season and did one of the dumbest things in history: gave himself a concussion by slamming his head into a wall while celebrating a touchdown. I was watching that game, a 7-7 tie against the Giants, while wearing my Frerotte jersey. It was the last time I ever wore it. "
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4 comments:
I know your pain, I also own that Frerotte jersey...ouch.
hahahaha, I LOLed for a long time after reading this.
"FerretBoy" nickname sounds like something that would happen to me while wearing an obscure jersey.
Man I'd kill for that Frerotte jersey! That way anytime I look at it I can laugh about his head-banging escapades on that awful Sunday night game that somehow ended in a tie. Thing with Gus is he's played for about a quarter of the league so you could go in a few different directions with a Frerotte jersey.
-Mike
www.pitchingideas.net
There needs to be a video of that headbutt somewhere I can't find it.
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