Dissident2 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 DVR alert: A new documentary on Charley Taylor is airing this Saturday at 7 p.m. on NBC4 here in the D.C. area. "Taylor Made for the Hall." Tons of great footage and stories from his early life in Grand Prairie, Texas, where he dealt with segregation, his early days as a running back with the Redskins, the switch to wide receiver, his time as a coach, HOF induction, etc. Should be a good one. Amazing that he initially wanted to play for the Cowboys, who said they were going to draft him. The Redskins and Cowboys had the same record that year, so draft order was determined by a coin toss! Guess who won? Hopefully this will be made available for everyone to watch at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexa Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Can't wait to see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyHolt Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 He was my first favorite player, and always thought it was cool that he got to sport 42 as a WR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Taylor Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 I might be up for this. Thanks for the tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 He was my first favorite player, and always thought it was cool that he got to sport 42 as a WR. He was converted from a running back and man could he run. He was electrifying with the ball after a catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dissident2 Posted August 14, 2015 Author Share Posted August 14, 2015 Preview: https://youtu.be/G4gy2YqRapo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Washington Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 I hope the documentary is better than the preview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwvr Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 I thought it was good, my son who is 24 was impressed watching some of the old video of Taylor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dissident2 Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 The stories were hilarious, especially the one where he's sent by George Allen to spy on the Cowboys facility in Texas when he was injured in 1976. That was priceless. And the highlights of his moves on the field ... he was the best receiver we ever had, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yearns4God Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Missed it hope to catch replay's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB452 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 It is on again tonight (8/17). I forget the channel (some channel I had never heard of), but I have my DVR set. I found it on FIOS by searching for Taylor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluefood Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Any way those of us who aren't living in WRC's viewing area can get a peek of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkB452 Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 It was on Cozi TV at 7 PM tonight. It was channel 460 on Verizon Fios....no idea when it will be on again. Will have to check FIOS, but I recorded it on my DVR. It was 1 hour long...and the spying on Dallas story is incredible if it is true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dissident2 Posted August 18, 2015 Author Share Posted August 18, 2015 It was on Cozi TV at 7 PM tonight. It was channel 460 on Verizon Fios....no idea when it will be on again. Will have to check FIOS, but I recorded it on my DVR. It was 1 hour long...and the spying on Dallas story is incredible if it is true. Yeah, and also the story about him actually getting out of an ambulance in Kansas City on his way back from the hospital after breaking his ankle during a game. The drivers were listening to the game and enjoying the KC comeback. He asked them to turn it off, they didn't, and he demanded to get out of the ambulance to walk back to the stadium. LOL. What a time for football that was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpage520 Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 Considering Taylor is my all time favorite Redskin I'm seriously bummed that I missed this. Assuming there is no chance it is On Demand somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dissident2 Posted August 19, 2015 Author Share Posted August 19, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Thanks Diss. Appreciate it for us out of area people. I'm going to watch it tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dissident2 Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 Bumping this in case anyone missed it the first time and needs something to watch over the bye. Was great to see Charley among the alumni this past weekend. I grew up in the Monk era, but I now actually think CT was the best receiver we ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearfeather Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Bumping this in case anyone missed it the first time and needs something to watch over the bye. Was great to see Charley among the alumni this past weekend. I grew up in the Monk era, but I now actually think CT was the best receiver we ever had. I grew up during the Monk era also, and was just starting to become a Redskins fan around the time Taylor retired. Watched this about a week ago and it was great. Highly recommend it. Charley Taylor. Redskin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dissident2 Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 I grew up during the Monk era also, and was just starting to become a Redskins fan around the time Taylor retired. Watched this about a week ago and it was great. Highly recommend it. Charley Taylor. Redskin. Yeah, the ending really gets to me, seeing him back in RFK and seeing how different he looks these days, how he's walking with a cane. It's very bittersweet. Even when you hear him talk now, he sounds like almost a different person than in the clip of his HOF induction speech. Such a shame what a lot of these older players endured physically and the lack of support many of them got after they left the game. He was one tough SOB, that's for sure. Seems like he still is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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