Our guest speaker for our Saturday October 12th breakfast meeting will be legendary Bronco defensive end Rich “Tombstone” Jackson!
Rich was the first Bronco to be named to the All-NFL first team in 1970 and was a starter in the Pro Bowl that year. His nickname was “Tombstone”, He was famous for moves such as the “head slap” and the “halo spinner” which he used to subdue opposing offensive linemen. In Lyle Alzado’s book “Mile High” he recalled Jackson as the toughest man he’d ever met. Jaclson had 10 sacks in both 1968 and 1970 and posted a career-high total of 11 in 1969. He was named 1st Team All-AFL by the AP, Pro Football Weekly, and UPI at the conclusion of the 1968 season and by the AP, NEA, New York Daily News, Pro Football Weekly, The Sporting News, and UPI at the end of the 1969 season. He was also a unanimous 1st Team All-NFL choice in 1970.
The late Paul Zimmerman, who covered the NFL for decades for Sports Illustrated, named Jackson to his All Century team in 1999. “In his prime,” Zimmerman wrote, “he was the very best run-pass defensive end the game has seen.”
Please join us on Saturday, October 12th to meet Rich! RSVP deadline is Wednesday, October 9th at noon Denver time.
The breakfast meeting will be at:
Fox & Hound
9 am to 11 am
9239 Park Meadows Drive
Lone Tree, CO 80124
Cost? $25 per person which includes a buffet lunch.
This meeting is open to all Broncos fans! To RSVP you can click here, call us at 303-948-2363, or reply to this e-mail with your name and number of people attending.
Bonus! We will be giving away two tickets to the Broncos/Kansas City Chiefs game on Thursday night October 17th!