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Abe Gibron

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Football Coach

The Resume

Why he might be annoying:

    As a football player he was stocky, as a head coach he was fat, known more for his eating than his coaching.
    His playing weight was 250 pounds, but by the time he became head coach he was 'well over' 300 pounds.
    His three year record as Bears head coach was an abysmal 11-30-1.
    His pants fell down several times while he paced the sidelines.
    As assistant coach with the expansion Bucs he and head coach John McKay lost their first 26 games.
    One player who dined with him stated, 'Every time you went to dinner it was a banquet.' Another said, 'He used to eat until 2 o'clock in the morning.'
    Not surprisingly he suffered two strokes in December 1996 and February 1997 and died confined to his house.

Why he might not be annoying:

    As a guard for seven seasons with the Cleveland Browns between 1950-56, his team was in six championship games, winning three.
    During this tenure he was selected to play in five Pro Bowl games.
    He had a sense of humor about himself and at one press conference he hoisted a shot of whiskey and stated, 'All right, everything is on the record until this touches my lips, and the minute it touches my lips, everything is off the record.'
    He had a cameo appearance as himself in the 1971 TV movie 'Brian's Song.'
    After being fired as Bears head coach two days after the '74 season, he held his last press conference saying with his typical wit he felt blessed to have been 'one of the few NFL head coaches, not one of the 50,000 sportswriters.'

Credit: Scar Tactics


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 36 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 60.71% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 48.39% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 95 Votes: 45.26% Annoying