Ray Stargel

Ray Stargel

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About

I grew up playing three and four sports at a time, so for me my life was usually school-practice-practice-game-homework-sleep then wake up and do it again. Sometimes it wasn't multiple sports, just multiple teams in the same sport. In my lifetime I have played basketball, soccer, and tennis from a young age up until freshman year of high school. In high school I played football as a starting Linebacker, Kicker, Punter and a third-string Quarterback; and I also wrestled my junior year at the 215 pound weight class (placing 4th in my county and 8th in my region overall) and as a heavyweight my senior year. After graduating, I walked-on to a Division II football team at Bowie State University as a Punter/Kicker and gradually returned to defense as a 5th-string Inside-Linebacker in 2006. Unfortunately I blew out my knee in spring training that year and missed the entire season. During my high school and college sports careers, I also played in pick-up basketball leagues, and coached Boys & Girls Club Football programs for children who were about to enter high school. Ironically, I actually COACHED football longer than I have PLAYED, lol.
I pride myself on understanding what I am talkiing about either from personal experience or from research. I try my best to confirm to the best of my ability that what I am saying is true before I say it, and if I am proven wrong I accept it and try to learn from my mistake. My favorite quote is;
"Once you decide something is 'Absolutely' one way or another, you close your mind to it, and a closed mind doesnt learn."
and this is something I take to heart very seriously.

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Michael Jordan, Sean Taylor, John Riggins, Cal Ripken, Robert Griffin III, Alfred Morris, Bill Russell, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Lebron James, Art monk, Darrell Green, Clay Matthews, Demarcus Ware, Patrick Willis

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Washington Redskins, Boston Celtics, Baltimore Orioles, Washington Capitals, Baltimore Ravens, Miami Hurricanes, Maryland Terps

  • Favorite Coaches

    Joe Gibbs, George Allen, John Madden, Doc Rivers, Phil Jackson

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    Redskins Superbowl in 1992 was on my birthday

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    My college teammate Isaac Redman's first game vs Redskins in the preseason of his rookie year

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Cal Ripken's Iron-Man acheivement when he broke the record for most consecutive games played

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Ruth

  • Unitas or Montana?

    Not familiar enough with both players to choose, they were both great

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Overall player? Jordan, no question. Best big-man/rebounder/post defender? Russell.

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky. I love Orr but hes doing great without winning it all, Gretzky has already proven himself many times over

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Federer

  • Tiger or Nicklaus?

    Tiger (in his prime)

  • Petty or Earnhardt?

    not a NASCAR fan so I cant really answer

  • Schumacher or Senna?

    Who?

  • ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Pac-12 or SEC?

    SEC.....but I'm a HUGE Miami Hurricanes fan

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