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4 unusual facts about Clint Longley


Clint Longley

Longley finished the year guiding his team to 11 straight victories and the NAIA championship.

"History says Staubach ripped Longley for mouthing off about teammates, but Gil Brandt said the tiff between Staubach and Longley began with a simple game of boredom.

When the NFL Network did a "Top 10 One-Hit Wonders" list that included Longley, Steve Sabol said he last heard that Longley had ended up selling carpet remnants out of the back of a van in Marfa, Texas.

He would also receive Small College All-America honors and was named along with teammate Wilbert Montgomery, to the 1973 NAIA football All Star team, which backfield included Walter Payton.



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