{"id":2337,"date":"2009-09-21T08:43:31","date_gmt":"2009-09-21T12:43:31","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-09-21T08:43:31","modified_gmt":"2009-09-21T08:43:31","slug":"all-time-rock-n-roll-football-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/all-time-rock-n-roll-football-team\/","title":{"rendered":"All-Time Rock ‘n Roll Football Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

Townsman chuckflack<\/strong> was pretty pissed about our recent Mount Rushmore of Rock thread<\/a>, so he did the next best thing to publicly, personally, and shamefully insulting the thread’s author: he drafted his own thread for discussion on The Main Stage<\/strong>! Following is chuckflack’s All-Time Rock ‘n Roll Football Team<\/strong>. Although he would love for you to rubber stamp his roster, he knows better. Hike!<\/em><\/p>\n

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You ain’t nothin’ but a red dog<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Screw Mount Rushmore!<\/em> It might be rock, but it doesn’t roll too well. And it’s supposed to be four faces, and everybody’s crowded the thing with whole bands. Besides, it’s football season. Herewith, my all-time rock and roll football team. If my criteria isn’t clear, make up your own.
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\nOffense<\/big>
\nQuarterback:<\/strong> Elvis Presley
\nFullback:<\/strong> James Brown
\nHalfback:<\/strong> Chuck Berry
\nWide Receiver:<\/strong> Jimi Hendrix
\nWide Receiver:<\/strong> John Lennon
\nTight End:<\/strong> Joey Ramone
\nCenter:<\/strong> Charlie Watts
\nLeft Guard:<\/strong> Keith Moon
\nRight Guard:<\/strong> John Entwistle
\nLeft Tackle:<\/strong> John Bonham
\nRight Tackle:<\/strong> Jack Bruce<\/p>\n

Defense (I prefer the 3-4)<\/big>
\nNose Tackle:<\/strong> Brian Wilson
\nDefensive End:<\/strong> Jimmy Page
\nDefensive End:<\/strong> Bo Diddley
\nOutside Linebacker:<\/strong> Van Morrison
\nInside Linebacker:<\/strong> John Lydon
\nInside Linebacker:<\/strong> Jerry Lee Lewis
\nOutside Linebacker:<\/strong> Joe Strummer
\nRight Cornerback:<\/strong> Mick Jagger
\nLeft Cornerback:<\/strong> Keith Richards
\nStrong Safety:<\/strong> Paul Westerberg
\nFree Safety:<\/strong> Bob Dylan<\/p>\n

Punter:<\/strong> Elvis Costello
\nPlace Kicker:<\/strong> Neil Young
\nPunt Returner:<\/strong> Ray Davies
\nKick Returner:<\/strong> Smokey Robinson
\nHolder:<\/strong> Paul McCartney
\nLong Snapper:<\/strong> Lou Reed<\/p>\n

Head Coach:<\/strong> Phil Spector
\nWaterboys:<\/strong> Simon & Garfunkel
\nCo-Head Cheerleaders:<\/strong> Little Richard and Toni Basil
\nAnnouncers:<\/strong> Alan Freed and Dewey Phillips
\nReferee:<\/strong> Greil Marcus
\nMascot:<\/strong> Captain Beefheart<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Townsman chuckflack was pretty pissed about our recent Mount Rushmore of Rock thread, so he did the next best thing to publicly, personally, and shamefully insulting the thread’s author: he drafted his own thread for discussion on The Main Stage! Following is chuckflack’s All-Time Rock ‘n Roll Football Team. Although he would love for you […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[125],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}