OJ Simpson vs. Dave Rimington

[knapplc]

This could be the end for OJ.

[AR Husker Fan]

Rimington. Again, he defined the standard for his position. OJ - while a great back - did not.

[Husker Drew]

OJ was great but Rimington stood out as a lineman. Not exactly someone who is in the spotlight by just stepping on the field like OJ was.

[huskernation20]

I can't allow myself to vote for a Murderer and Theif.

[ohiohusker]

This was in my South High School Alumni Tooter that I just got!

 

As any sports buff knows, Dave Rimington attended South High School and was an All-City and All-State football center, leading the football team to a 7-2-1 record in his senior year as a 6' 3", 220 lb lineman. He was also an outstanding high school wrestler.

 

And as they say, the rest is history. Rimington always wanted to play for UNL and during his college years he went from a slow, practically skinny lineman to a fast hole-opening machine---cutting his 40-yard dash time from 5.35 to 5.05 from freshman to senior year. He increased his bench press from 340 lbs to 435 lbs, and was able to squat 650 lbs by the time he left Nebraska.

 

With his drive and determination, he was a two-time All-American at UNL, winning the 1981 and 1982 Outland Trophy, and the Lombardi Trophy twice. Few offensive linemen were as honored or decorated as he was. He was the Conference Player of the Year in 1982 and a three-time All-Conference selection, finishing fifth in the 1982 Heisman Trophy voting. He was named as one of the 100 greatest players of all time, and the Rimington Award, given to the nation's outstanding collegiate center, is named in his honor. He is one of eleven Cornhuskers to have his number retired by the team.

 

Dave was selected in the first round of the 1983 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals, where he played five seasons, leaving to play with the Philadelphia Eagles for two years before retiring at the end of the 1989 NFL season.

 

His excellence in the classroom was impressive also as he carried a 3.25 GPA in economics as two-time first-team Academic All-America, and a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete.

 

Since 1993, Rimington has served with the Boomer Esiason Foundation and has been President since 1995. Dave and Boomer played football together for the Cincinnati Bengals. Before joining the Foundation, he was a graduate assistant football coach at the University of Wisconsin, helping them win the Big 10 Championship and their first Rose Bowl Championship ever. In 1992 he earned his Master's Degree in International Business at the University of Wisconsin, and was a member of Beta Gamma Sigma National Honorary Business Fraternity.

 

Dave was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame-1997; South High School Sports Greats Hall of Fame-1997; Co-SIDA's Academic All America Hall of Fame-2004; and the Omaha Public Schools Athletic Hall of Fame--2007.

 

Dave and his wife, Lisa, and their triplets (boys Chase & Shawn and girl Sienna) reside in New York City.

 

We are proud to claim David B. Rimington as one of our own!

 

He gets my vote!

[restored_order]

One has an award named after him and is a thougthful, intelligent humanitarian.

 

The other is a double murderer...............ALLEGEDLY.