The great Sammy Baugh passed away today at the age of 94. For those of you that do not know much about Sammy Baugh, he was the greatest athlete of his time. He graduated from TCU in 1936 where he was a two-time All-American. He played football, baseball and basketball while at TCU and was drafted to play baseball and football. Baugh was the 6th overall pick by the Redskins in 1937 and was the starting QB, Defensive Back and Punter. One season he led the league in passing, defensive td's and punting. During one game he threw for 4 td's and had 4 int's. He also threw for 6 td's in a game -- twice -- and kicked an 85-yd punt. Clearly this guy was a bad-ass in his day and he revitalized the game of football because of his ability to pass the ball. Slingin' Sammy still holds Redskins' records for career TD's passes, completion percentage in a season and his 31 career Int's is third on the Redskins all-time list. Sammy was last living inductee from the inagural Hall of Fame class. The era of this athlete no longer exists due to the one-dimensional nature of the athlete's trained today.
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