Happy birthday Fred Dryer

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Dryer in 2016: "THERE’S your Brand, right there......"

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Dryer was so cool, he made the Giants' uniform look cool ...
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Often listed at 235-240, he played closer to 220-225 ... and was a strong run-defender.

Little Trivia ...
Fred Dryer was a finalist for the role of Sam Malone on the great TV Show Cheers ... role went to Ted Danson ... AND ... he married a Playboy Playmate!
 
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When the Rams had him and Jack Youngblood opposing QBs lived in fear. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe they still had Merlin Olsen and Larry Brooks on that front four.
 
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When the Rams had him and Jack Youngblood opposing QBs lived in fear. Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I believe they still had Merlin Olsen and Larry Brooks.
That was the starting D-Line from 1973 through 1976, then Olsen retired.

Cody Jones (very good player) replaced Merlin at DT); and eventually Mike Fanning became a starter as both Jones and Brooks began to break-down with injuries. That group was together through 1980; and the Rams were a playoff team every season from 1973-1980.

Dryer, Brooks, Jones and Fanning were all gone after the next two seasons ('81 and '82) when the Rams won a total of just eight games.
 
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Dryer was so cool, he made the Giants' uniform look cool ... View attachment 76106

Often listed at 235-240, he played closer to 220-225 ... and was a strong run-defender.

Little Trivia ...
Fred Dryer was a finalist for the role of Sam Malone on the great TV Show Cheers ... role went to Ted Danson ... AND ... he married a Playboy Playmate!
And Danson married that ugly witch Whoopie
 
His record of recording 2 safeties in a single game will never be broken. It could be tied but IMO, never broken.