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Posted on: January 14, 2020 at 20:39:29 CT
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That's right, Rudy Bukich, of Roosevelt High.
"While most career backups aren't talked about with high praise, players of Bukich's era talk about his arm strength with near-mythic reverence. Hall of Fame tight end Mike Ditka told Peter King he once saw Bukich throw a football 100 yards.
" 'It’s true,' Ditka said in King's book Greatest Quarterbacks (h/t Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk). 'I saw Rudy do it. I was on the field that day. Now, I’d seen him try it before, and it’d go maybe 95. But he did throw it 100 that one time.' "
Edited by MoArk at 20:40:09 on 01/14/20