Steve Everitt article from Cleveland.com
Great article by Bud Shaw as the town looks back 20 years on the Browns' departure for Baltimore. Lots of Bo-related content.
Pic from 2003:
November 19th, 2015 at 10:10 AM ^
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November 19th, 2015 at 10:13 AM ^
Broke his right hand one year at Michigan, and learned to snap with his left so he could continue playing. Wore a Browns' head scarf under his helmet after Modell took the team to Baltimore in a nice "F you, Art" move. Always liked the guy. Four year starter at C at Michigan too, IIRC.
November 19th, 2015 at 12:42 PM ^
about his broken jaw.
November 19th, 2015 at 10:14 AM ^
November 19th, 2015 at 3:15 PM ^
OK, but was Gregg Allman tough? Because that is clearly Gregg Allman in that picture...
November 19th, 2015 at 10:23 AM ^
That's hilarious. I'd love to hear MGrowOld's feedback on Everitt and the Browns. That is one long suffering city and team.
November 19th, 2015 at 10:23 AM ^
One of the G Wolverines OAT.
November 19th, 2015 at 10:33 AM ^
"...where he majored in fine arts and took his team to the 1989 Rose Bowl. Before the game, he slid down a steep cliff to reach the famous "HOLLYWOOD" sign and have his picture taken hanging precipitously from the letter "L."
http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-sp.wherenow16nov16-story.html
November 19th, 2015 at 10:34 AM ^
November 19th, 2015 at 10:36 AM ^
Definitely one of the greatest stories I ever heard. Wild man and I loved it!
November 19th, 2015 at 10:42 AM ^
November 19th, 2015 at 10:52 AM ^
They were turning the corner. Alexander set the Browns rookie WR yardage mark I belive in 95. All-Star coaching staff. I think they all are or were head coaches somewhere.
Belichick, Saban, Ferentz etc..
November 19th, 2015 at 10:56 AM ^
watching Michigan football - Downing, Lilja, Vitale, Bass, Molk. But I think Steve Everitt was the best and, one of the toughest Michigan players of all time.
November 19th, 2015 at 12:04 PM ^
I forgot all about him until yesterday. We've definitely been spoiled at that position.
November 19th, 2015 at 2:27 PM ^
I remembered his comment about yawning. Tremendous.
November 19th, 2015 at 10:59 AM ^
no one else has even 1% of the vote. JP was at 98.2%.
Go Blue!
November 19th, 2015 at 11:00 AM ^
but right on par for the day I'm, having !!!
Go Blue!
November 19th, 2015 at 12:07 PM ^
November 19th, 2015 at 11:01 AM ^
How can you NOT love Steve Everitt? One of the true badasses of all-time.
November 19th, 2015 at 11:08 AM ^
What a great fricking article. Best line was a quote from Bo:
"Coach went back home telling people, 'You gotta go to Everitt's house. You can play pinball sitting on his crapper.' "
I would have given a lot to be a fly on the wall that day...damn cool.
November 19th, 2015 at 11:10 AM ^
Amy Everitt runs an orthopedic surgeon's office. Steve fishes and takes care of his daughter. So, he's a kept man? "That," he says with a laugh, "is what they taught me at Michigan."
Also:
"[Bo] went back home telling people, 'You gotta go to Everitt's house. You can play pinball sitting on his crapper.' "
November 19th, 2015 at 1:04 PM ^
My thought exactly.
People want to know what the "Michigan Difference" really is. They don't teach you this anywhere else, folks. .
Amy Everitt runs an orthopedic surgeon's office. Steve fishes and takes care of his daughter.
So, he's a kept man?
"That," he says with a laugh, "is what they taught me at Michigan."
November 19th, 2015 at 11:13 AM ^
None of us will ever forget when he wore that Browns bandana with his fucking Ravens uniform.
November 19th, 2015 at 11:13 AM ^
One of my favorite players in both college and in pros! Those were the good 'ol days as a Browns fan....well till '95. He was one mean SOB. How I yearn for those days. Maybe one day the Browns will get back to relevance, but doubtful.
November 19th, 2015 at 12:06 PM ^
Side note: I didn't know that shirt came in maize.
November 19th, 2015 at 12:05 PM ^
Everitt was instantly popular. His attitude and back story were a tailored fit for an otherwise gritty football town. While playing center at Michigan, he broke two teeth, his thumb, a foot, his jaw and hand. After breaking the thumb on his right hand, he snapped left-handed and played on.
I still don't think to this day that you could completely destory Steve Everitt. On the field, he was toughness in human form and definitely a favorite player of mine as well. I still remember my father commenting on how he only took one game off after breaking his jaw and I could only say, "Everitt, man." I don't think further explanation was required.
November 19th, 2015 at 1:03 PM ^
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November 19th, 2015 at 12:11 PM ^
look like a little girl.
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November 19th, 2015 at 3:53 PM ^
Fun fact No. 2: He literally has a screw loose. Surgeons inserted a metal plate in his jaw after he broke it in college. Somehow, one of the screws holding the plate in place fell out - whereabouts unknown.
November 19th, 2015 at 5:30 PM ^
He also played with a broken jaw. He passes the toughness test, I'd say. That late 80's early 90's O-line was ridiculous.
November 19th, 2015 at 4:01 PM ^
November 19th, 2015 at 5:29 PM ^
It'll be a long time before he gets to the Hagia Sophia.
November 20th, 2015 at 7:32 AM ^
Speaking of which, I'll never understand why Christopher Columbus is still lauded as the "discoverer" of the Americas. Dude lost that race by 500 years. Plus he was a genocide committing, slave-trading dick.
November 19th, 2015 at 8:36 PM ^
Why haven't I seen this before?! Sold.