Roby named to kicking hall of fame

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Roby named to kicking hall of fame | TheGazette

From article:

The 2013 inductees include Fred Mitchell, Dr. Stephen O’Neal and Reggie Roby. They will be honored during the All-Area Football Banquet presented by the Augusta Sports Council and The Augusta Chronicle, on January 17, 2013 at 7:00 pm in Augusta, Georgia. Also honored during the banquet will be 2012 Ray Guy Award winner Ryan Allen of Louisiana Tech and members of The Augusta Chronicle’s 2012 All-Area Football Teams.
 


HawkeyeHypnosis said:
Roby named to kicking hall of fame | TheGazette

From article:

The 2013 inductees include Fred Mitchell, Dr. Stephen O’Neal and Reggie Roby. They will be honored during the All-Area Football Banquet presented by the Augusta Sports Council and The Augusta Chronicle, on January 17, 2013 at 7:00 pm in Augusta, Georgia. Also honored during the banquet will be 2012 Ray Guy Award winner Ryan Allen of Louisiana Tech and members of The Augusta Chronicle’s 2012 All-Area Football Teams.
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Thanks for posting this. I had seen it elsewhere and meant to share it here but got busy doing something else.

Reggie was a huge punter, a tremendous Hawkeye and an all-around great person. There were fascinating stories at the time of how he learned to kick, all the time he put in by himself (think of that for someone kicking balls 30-50 yards away) on Waterloo lots and golf courses to become a stronger punter. He left us way too early.
 


Someone close to me grew up next door to him and told me that when he was a kid he used to stand in the street and boom punts over his house all day long. Good story
 


1. There is a kicking hall of fame?
2. WHY IN THE HELL DID IT TAKE 5 YEARS TO PUT REGGIE ROBY IN IT?
 


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According to Zabel, Gonder, and Brooks, Roby was the most instrumental in the turnaround season of '81. And damn did he make good cookies.
 








HawkeyeMHA said:
Can anyone recall any black punters now or since?
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No.

In an article looking at the propensity of athletes of different colors to gravitate to certain positions, including kickers and punters, the New York Times two years ago wrote:

...A similar phenomenon is seen in the kicking game. There are no African-American punters or kickers in the N.F.L. While white athletes shy away from cornerback because, in their minds, it requires too much athleticism, many African-American players eschew punting and kicking because it is not athletic enough.

Claude Mathis, the coach at DeSoto (Tex.) High School, said he had to beg his best player to kick and punt. “Kids make fun of you when you’re a punter,” he said. “When you’re an athlete. you don’t want to be labeled as punter or kicker; kids will make fun of you.”

But they didn’t make fun of Bryson Echols: he is an all-American cornerback and “an athlete” at DeSoto, headed to the University of Texas.

“We’re not taught to punt and kick when we’re little; we’re taught to play other positions,” Mathis said of black athletes. “Look at the peewee league, look at the J.V. level, the junior high level, the elementary level, the professional level.”

Ted Ginn Sr., who coaches at Glenville High School in Cleveland, echoed Mathis’s sentiments. “Kids don’t see themselves as a punter because it’s always white punters in the N.F.L. or college,” he said. “They see themselves as a wide receiver or running back, not as a field-goal kicker who can stay in the N.F.L. for 15 years and make millions.”

In fact, kicking is a high-profile position at Solon (Ohio) High School. The last two kickers, who are white, went on to outstanding college careers: Pat Jacob was a two time all-Ivy League punter at Princeton, and Albert Benedict kicked for Gannon.

The lack of white corners and black kickers is less about sports and more about having dreams, seeing possibility and having the courage to explore one’s discomfort zone...


Full article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/s...ns-stereotypes-reign.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
 








The Kicking HOF is a complete sham. They have zero credibility with me until they let Chuck Norris in.
 










Until the NFL HOF includes Ray Guy AND Reggie Roby... it's a huge shame, or sham... even bigger than the Baseball Hall of Fame.
 


Ray Guy gets more praise for catching that high snap vs Washington in Super Bowl XVIII than he ever got for his kicking. Thank Steve Sabol for this.
 


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