Chris Doleman

Tonight while working out I watched the first quarter of the 1987 Thanksgiving Day game: Vikings at Dallas. Tommy Kramer vs Danny White. Anthony Carter vs Mike Renfro. Joey Browner vs Everson Walls. Chris Doleman vs Too Tall Jones. Herschel Walker vs Darrin Nelson. Greg Coleman vs Mike Saxon... etc. What I watched wasn't close - Vikes dominated and were up 14-0 when I turned it off. It's funny how folks are always so down on Darrin Nelson... watching that game and the many others I have on old VHS it's clear he was a hell of a runner - quick little dude. In the quarter I watched tonight, he thoroughly outplayed Dorsett and Walker.

The highlight though was watching Chris Doleman blow around the end on three occasions. Here is one of them... this is the best I could do for capturing old footage.

Note those big ol' paws reaching high and coming down hard... see ball flying from poor Danny's hand off to the right.








6'6" 262 lbs out of Pittsburgh. Dominating Defensive End. In 1989 he logged 21 QB sacks... 151 total in his 232 career games played. Stats are here, among other places.