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11 unusual facts about Lawrence Taylor


1985 New York Giants season

In a game against the Washington Redskins, Joe Theismann's career ended on November 18, 1985, when he suffered a gruesome comminuted compound fracture of his leg while being sacked by New York Giants linebackers Lawrence Taylor and Harry Carson during a Monday Night Football game telecast.

1985 Washington Redskins season

The biggest moment of the year occurred on a November 18 Monday Night Football game, which witnessed Joe Theismann's career-ending injury after a sack by New York Giants outside linebacker Lawrence Taylor.

1988 New York Giants season

The season was marked early by the suspension for substance abuse of star linebacker Lawrence Taylor by the NFL for the first four games of the season.

Abbey Court Apartments

Hall of Fame American football player Lawrence Taylor lived at Abbey Court (then known as Old Well) while he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the late 1970s.

Andre Tippett

In January, 2008, he was voted by a panel of former NFL players and coaches to Pro Football Weekly's All-Time 3–4 defensive team along with Harry Carson, Lawrence Taylor, Randy Gradishar, Howie Long, Lee Roy Selmon, and Curley Culp.

Arthur L. Aidala

In May, 2010, Aidala successfully defended Lawrence Taylor, former professional football player with the New York Giants, against charges of sexual assault in Ramapo, New York which included a felony charge of third-degree rape.

Joey DiPaolo

He recovered, and later on, he was able to attend an AIDS funds gala, where he met NFL football player Lawrence Taylor.

Ron Springs

Springs graduated from Lafayette High School where he played football alongside the former New York Giant and Hall of Fame linebacker Lawrence Taylor, and one of the best return specialists in NFL history in Mel Grey.

He also played with Lawrence Taylor and Mel Gray at Lafayette High School in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Single set back

He believed having an extra blocker on the line would make it easier to keep Taylor out of his backfield.

He also then began utilizing sets of two tight ends as blockers mainly to protect his quarterbacks from Lawrence Taylor.


Curley Culp

In January 2008 he was voted by a panel of former NFL players and coaches to Pro Football Weekly 's All-Time 3-4 defensive team along with Harry Carson, Lawrence Taylor, Randy Gradishar, Howie Long, Lee Roy Selmon, and Andre Tippett.

Quite Frankly with Stephen A. Smith

In its first year, Quite Frankly guests included Senator John McCain, President Jimmy Carter, Tim Wise, Allen Iverson (the show's first guest, appearing for an hour-long interview), Shaquille O'Neal & Deion Sanders (who are the only two guests to have appeared three times), Kobe Bryant, Pete Rose, Wayne Gretzky, Donald Trump, Lawrence Taylor, Michael Strahan, John Thorn, and Jerry Bruckheimer.