Did Joe Theisman ever Play with the Miami Dolphins?

Returning punts?? Theismann?????

I was surprised to learn that he was a Dolphin once upon a time, so I'm not going to act like I know it's impossible that he was returning punts. But just let me reiterate the first part of my post:

Returning punts?? Theismann?????Back when he was returning punts it was not based on speed but who was tough enough to take that kind of pounding. Remember those where the days that after you were tackled everybody jumped the pile for one reson or another.

Yeah, I think that he did returned punts his first couple of years. He was here at the end of the Sonny/Billy era and was doing anything he could to get on the field.

I remember reading once that the only thing sonny and billy agreed on was that they both hated Joe. lol.

In his 12-year NFL career, there wasn't much that Theismann, a native of New Brunswick, New Jersey, didn't deal with in some capacity. "I was hated as a quarterback and I was the odd-man out in a three-man quarterback rotation with Billy Kilmer and Sonny Jurgensen. They forged a friendship from their mutual dislike for me," he recalled. "It's true. I was not a favorite of the players or the fans because these guys were worshipped, and rightfully so, in the Washington area."

Theismann can also relate to starting at the bottom of the roster and working your way up, something many young players that star in college have to deal with on the pro level. "I started as a punt returner in the National Football League and was a third-string quarterback," Theismann remembered.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/6886123

Punt Ret. Kick Ret.
PR Yds Avg TD KR Yds Avg TD
15 157 10.5 0
2 5 2.5 0
17 162 9.5 0 0 0 0.0 0

http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/players.nsf/ID/05510047

I know one or two members of this board who would love to see Mark Brunell returning punts.

In his 12-year NFL career, there wasn't much that Theismann, a native of New Brunswick, New Jersey, didn't deal with in some capacity. "I was hated as a quarterback and I was the odd-man out in a three-man quarterback rotation with Billy Kilmer and Sonny Jurgensen. They forged a friendship from their mutual dislike for me," he recalled. "It's true. I was not a favorite of the players or the fans because these guys were worshipped, and rightfully so, in the Washington area."

Theismann can also relate to starting at the bottom of the roster and working your way up, something many young players that star in college have to deal with on the pro level. "I started as a punt returner in the National Football League and was a third-string quarterback," Theismann remembered.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/6886123

You're a beast man!

And though he was controversial, Joe T. did what Sonny, Billy K. - or anyone else - could not: Theismann brought a Super Bowl trophy back to D.C.!

In his 12-year NFL career, there wasn't much that Theismann, a native of New Brunswick, New Jersey, didn't deal with in some capacity. "I was hated as a quarterback and I was the odd-man out in a three-man quarterback rotation with Billy Kilmer and Sonny Jurgensen. They forged a friendship from their mutual dislike for me," he recalled. "It's true. I was not a favorite of the players or the fans because these guys were worshipped, and rightfully so, in the Washington area."

Theismann can also relate to starting at the bottom of the roster and working your way up, something many young players that star in college have to deal with on the pro level. "I started as a punt returner in the National Football League and was a third-string quarterback," Theismann remembered.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/6886123

Punt Ret. Kick Ret.
PR Yds Avg TD KR Yds Avg TD
15 157 10.5 0
2 5 2.5 0
17 162 9.5 0 0 0 0.0 0

http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/players.nsf/ID/05510047

Nice pull! You are, hands down, the research king!

"Although he was runner-up for the Heisman trophy, awarded to the best college player in the U.S., Joe was considered too small for the NFL. The Argos, however, feel they have landed one of the great QBs of the future."

1971 Toronto Argonauts Media Guide

"Although he was runner-up for the Heisman trophy, awarded to the best college player in the U.S., Joe was considered too small for the NFL. The Argos, however, feel they have landed one of the great QBs of the future."

1971 Toronto Argonauts Media Guide

Please tell me you don't have a copy of the 1971 Toronto Argonauts Media Guide sitting around your house.

Check this (http://cgi.ebay.com/TORONTO-ARGONAUTS-JOE-THEISMANN-SIGNED-MINI-HELMET_W0QQitemZ8751138369QQcategoryZ27276QQrdZ1QQ cmdZViewItem) out

They used to have the media guide on eBay. But I guess Canuck bought it already.

Check this (http://cgi.ebay.com/TORONTO-ARGONAUTS-JOE-THEISMANN-SIGNED-MINI-HELMET_W0QQitemZ8751138369QQcategoryZ27276QQrdZ1QQ cmdZViewItem) out

They used to have the media guide on eBay. But I guess Canuck bought it already.

Man, you never what people own these days.

If this guy sells the helmet he should donate a portion to TheWarpath.net!