Moe Gardner set for College Football Hall of Fame
Moe Gardner Selected for College Football Hall of Fame Induction - University of Illinois Athletics
Gardner will join 17 previously selected Fighting Illini in the Hall of Fame, including college football legends Red Grange (inducted 1951), Robert Zuppke (inducted
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Booyah! Well deserved.
Agreed, he was a beast, and a lot of fun to watch.
I can't find the stats, but I just remember him as a guy who got a lot of TFLs on 1st and 2nd down. Those really can change a drive.
Well deserved!
Well deserved!
I don't know about 1st/2nd down, but he had 57 TFL's for his career, per the article, the Illini record (at that time, or still?)
I believe Simeon Rice beat Gardner's TFL record.
I recall he sometimes lined up in a tilted or angled stance, which I think Joe Greene invented at Pittsburgh. There is a YouTube video showing highlights of the All American Bowl, vs Florida, where you can see him doing this. That was an interesting bowl game, Jeff George vs Emmitt Smith. I went to that game, a cold night in Alabama.