Thread: The 20 Biggest Baddest Bears of All Time; #2 Bronko Nagurski

Originally Posted by bearsinhouston

I'd read that story about Nagurski. It was great I also read another and I think it was also about him. A player was asked what the best way to stop Nagurski was, and he responded something like "Shoot him before he enters the locker room".

I don't even remember if it was a teammate or opposing player, but obviously the guy was hard to stop.

I think it was the coach of the Lions, LOL.

You can figure that if many of the guys who were trying to tackle him weighed less than 200lbs he had to be a load. Guys weren't weight room conditioned like they are today either so whatever strength you had was God given and didn't come from the "clear" or the "cream".

The Bears HOF OG from that era only went around 200lbs or so Nagurski was bigger than some of his blockers. To put him in perspective it would be kind of like having a 6'6" 300lb plus RB who was just ripped and could run a 4.4 forty today. Bronko was the best "3 yards and a cloud of dust" back of all time.

Originally Posted by soulman

I think it was the coach of the Lions, LOL.

You can figure that if many of the guys who were trying to tackle him weighed less than 200lbs he had to be a load. Guys weren't weight room conditioned like they are today either so whatever strength you had was God given and didn't come from the "clear" or the "cream".

The Bears HOF OG from that era only went around 200lbs or so Nagurski was bigger than some of his blockers. To put him in perspective it would be kind of like having a 6'6" 300lb plus RB who was just ripped and could run a 4.4 forty today. Bronko was the best "3 yards and a cloud of dust" back of all time.

You mean it wasn't Jim Otis or Pete Johnson at Ohio State under Woody Hayes? ::GASP::