Friends in High Places: Joe Theismann, NFL quarterback and broadcaster

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The NFL’s MVP in 1983, Joe Theismann has been involved in the NFL as both a player and then commentator for decades. He led the Washington Redskins to both Super Bowl XVII and XVIII, winning Super Bowl XVII. He was named the NFL’s Man of the Year in 1982.

Photo: Associated Press
Theismann. Photo: Associated Press

A two-time Pro Bowler, Theismann’s playing career was cut short after a gruesome injury on Monday Night Football in November of 1985. Following the injury, he went on to become a successful sportscaster for ESPN, calling games for Sunday Night Football. Theismann still holds several Washington Redskins records, including most wins (87) and career passing yards (25,206).

— Seth Jones, editor-in-chief

“Golf is an individual game. I think golf is the most personal of all the sports because there are so many different swings, so many different ways to get the job done. It’s a real mental toughness game.

“I personally think of all the golf that I watch and all the golf that I play, I don’t think the superintendents get enough credit, I really don’t. I’ve played on golf courses where they’re dealing with weather all the time. Out here for example, they don’t cover the greens all the way down, they stake them so they can breathe. They’ll get seven to ten feet of snow out here. Six weeks ago, this place was under a ton of snow, and now all of a sudden, the greens are as good as I’ve seen them in a long time, the fairways are running absolutely beautiful. The supers deserve a whole lot more credit than they get.”

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About the Author: Seth Jones

Seth Jones, a 25-year veteran of the golf industry media, is Editor-in-Chief of Golfdom magazine and Athletic Turf. A graduate of the University of Kansas School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Jones began working for Golf Course Management in 1999 as an intern. In his professional career he has won numerous awards, including a Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association (TOCA) first place general feature writing award for his profile of World Golf Hall of Famer Greg Norman and a TOCA first place photography award for his work covering the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In his career, Jones has accumulated an impressive list of interviews, including such names as George H.W. Bush, Samuel L. Jackson, Lance Armstrong and Charles Barkley. Jones has also done in-depth interviews with such golfing luminaries as Norman, Gary Player, Nick Price and Lorena Ochoa, to name only a few. Jones is a member of both the Golf Writers Association of America and the Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association. Jones can be reached at sjones@northcoastmedia.net.


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