Timing is everything. Men who would have been the giants of the sport have missed their window. Even Bill Curry could have been a giant once upon a time. He came long after his window had closed. The option he was trying to run would've worked several decades before he came to Kentucky, but the spread was cutting edge and made his offense look old and tired.
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Little Tim Masthay tidbit. He was a big soccer player and after he gave up football has been coaching soccer. He gave my nephew some personal lessons and also got him interested in football. My nephew was a high level soccer player but gave it up in High School at Trinity to focus on place kicking. He set several school records and came real close to some state records. He's now the starting Place Kicker for Miami of Ohio."It don't make much sense that common sense don't make no sense no more" John PrineComment
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44 Jon Sumrall
Apr 15, 2005
Injury forces UK linebacker to give up football.
Sumrall who led the team with 72 tackles last season, infor med his teammates that doctors have advised him to quit playing football after an MRI revealed a potentially dangerous condition. He will assist coaches on the sidelines and says he's just going to have to go another route to stay in the game he loves.
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I sure hope he's our future Head Football Coach.44 Jon Sumrall
Apr 15, 2005
Injury forces UK linebacker to give up football.
Sumrall who led the team with 72 tackles last season, infor med his teammates that doctors have advised him to quit playing football after an MRI revealed a potentially dangerous condition. He will assist coaches on the sidelines and says he's just going to have to go another route to stay in the game he loves.
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44 Mike Siganos, CB/KR (1974-77)
Hometown: Norwalk, CT
UK: Holds records for most career punt returns in a game (nine), a season (43) and a career (113).
And he never, ever called for a fair catch," said Fran Curci, Siganos' head coach at Kentucky.
Career:
•Honorable Mention (AP) All-American 1977
•FIrst Team All-SEC (AP & UPI), 1977
Second Team All-SEC (AP & UPI), 1976
•First Team All Deep South, 1976
•Member of All-Century Football Team, 1990 (selection as best Defensive Back) during 100th Anniversary of Kentucky Football.
•Hula Bowl All Star Game
•Invitation to Japan Bowl All Star Game
​​​​​•Free Agent draft selection from the Miami Dolphins and Baltimore Colts, and was drafted by the Hamilton Tiger Cats Canadian Professional Football League (CFL). Played in the CFL.
High School:
Siganos grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut, with a passion for sports and excelled in baseball, basketball and football. Focusing on football, he received a scholarship to St. Luke's High School, New Canaan, where he starred as their football running back.
His senior year he only played 19 out of 36 quarters. He was that good," pointed out Dick Whitcomb, Siganos' coach at St. Luke's who also lived in Norwalk at the time. "Every defense imaginable was concocted to stop him, but none of them worked." If he had attended public schools he would be a household name. Appeared in Sports Illustrated under the "Faces in The Crowd" feature.
From his senior football banquet:
UKs Mike Siganos celebrates after big punt return vs West Va in 1977:
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I really appreciate all the time and effort you put into this thread NewWildcatOrder.Philippians 4:11-4:13Comment
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Thank you, Matt! I enjoy learning more about UK Football in my travels. I have a lot of information already stored but could accumulate 100 times as much the more I read and travel the Internet. It saddens me that the legacy of many of the players is lost with their passing. I gather information from obituaries when available in addition to the public record. It's my shrine to UK Football to pass along the information I can find for younger fans to appreciate and have respect/reverence for the efforts and sacrifices made by those who sought to carve out a place in the record books for UK Football. I'm honored to pass it on!!.Comment
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Mike Siganos was one of the most exciting players in UK history.Comment
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44 Craig Benzinger, LB (1986-1989)
Stone Mountain, GA
Academic All-SEC (1988)
1989: Freshman defensive back, Brad Armstead, #1, and senior linebacker Crsig Benzinger, #44, move in for the tackle against the University of Cincinnati's #21. On Parents Day 1989. UK beat UC 31-0. Source: Kentuckian, Vol. 96 Date 1990
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44 Glenn Shaw, HB (1956-1959)
Paducah, KY (Tilghman)
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UK Career Highlights:
1958
KENTUCKY DOWNS TENNESSEE, 6 TO 2; Shaw's 24-Yd. Scoring Run in Third Period Defeats Volunteers' Eleven
1958 Teamed up with Calvin Bird to make many runs to defeat Mississippi State 33-12.
1960 NFL draft:
11th round, 129th pick of Chicago Bears
(Also played for Rams and Raiders in four-year career).
Player Profile (1958 UK Football Media Guide):
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Bonus: Calvin Bird player profile from the 1958 UK Football Media Guide:
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