Anybody Remember Mike Nelms?

[birdz4gibbs]

he was one of the good ones...
he was tough as they come when returning kickoffs...
i wonder what he,s doing now myself...

[offiss]

Originally Posted by dmek25

offiss, i didn't think you were that old. Eddie Brown single handedly won that game for the redskins

LOL, I have been rooting for the skins since I was 8 years old back in 72'.

[SpeedyDuncan]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

The "first great return man"??

Speedy Duncan - nuff said.

Leslie Duncan (football player - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Football Card: 1971 Topps #148 Speedy Duncan

Somebody remembers.

[DieHardSkinsFan777]

One of the all-time great REDSKINS, much like Mr. Mitchell. Tough and Gritty football player.

[budw38]

Originally Posted by offiss

Nelms was a tough guy out there but so was B mitch, saw both of their careers in full and you can't compare the 2, Mitch was a game changer, and a field position return man, where as Nelms would provide good field position but he wasen't a game breaker, I liked Nelms but he's no B Mitch.

Eddie Brown deserves some recognition as well, who can forget that great kick return in the rain and mud against the Cards on monday night football to win the game for us. One of the all time great monday night highlights.

That was one the the all time great performance's on MNF !! NFL network should air that game sometime , was that 1975 ? J. Washington had a night like that also on MNF < as a Colt > , but I do not remember JW returning much for us !

[offiss]

Originally Posted by budw38

That was one the the all time great performance's on MNF !! NFL network should air that game sometime , was that 1975 ? J. Washington had a night like that also on MNF < as a Colt > , but I do not remember JW returning much for us !

Joe did it against us unfortunatly.

[Mizzin44]

Sure, the human pinball

[Mizzin44]

Originally Posted by redskinsfanatic

how about nick"the trashcan"giaquinto,speedy duncan,and of course when joe theisman joined the skins in 1974,he returned punts for awhile.if memory serves me right,brian mitchell broke all mike nelm's punt return records.he sucked at reciever as a redskin,but had gibbs kept on coaching,
desmond howard and mitchell would have been a really great punt return
tandem.anyone remember mitchell throwing that 30 yard across the field lateral to howard that beat the falcons in gibbs last season 1st time around?

Herb MulKey wasn't half bad.