One story from an old NFL Films tape: Allen would have the Redskins, known as the "Over the Hill Gang" because of the many aged veterans on the team, go out before the game against Dallas in the pregame workout and deliberately look feeble, so that the Cowboys would look at them and think they would be easy to defeat.
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Originally Posted by Clutch
Hi
I'm really interested in learning more about former Redskins coach George Allen. I know that many Redskins fans have mixed emotions about him, but I really like him and would love to hear more about him - so if anybody has info in any form (stories, anecdotes, etc) feel free to post, I would really appreciate it.
A couple of interesting GA tidbits I've heard:
-One of GA's former quarterbacks, Roman Gabriel, talked about an experience where he had lunch with GA who reacted negatively to the fact that Gabriel was eating a ham or roast beef sandwich. GA preferred limiting the intake of meat because he considered animals that ended up slaughtered to provide food as "losers" and apparently by ingesting flesh from a "loser" one would be more likely to become a "loser" himself.
-GA tried unsuccessfully to recruit a pro wrestler named Andre The Giant to play for him. Andre would likely have been a defensive lineman.
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