Bradley basketball trivia question

[tornado]

I know of THREE players who have played BRADLEY BASKETBALL who have then proceeded to play in the NFL...can anyone name all three??

two of them have recently (in the past couple years) passed away..

I'd throw in a prize - to spur interest - but...I honestly think nobody will get all three, so let's see.........

[Buesch N Chips]

Marcus pollard
Brian baschnagel
John fuqua

What do I win?

[tornado]

nice try - you got one of 'em - go for the other two!

[Da Coach]

There have been 12 Bradley grads who have played in the NFL. Only 1 since 1970. Can anyone name the other 11 besides marcus Pollard?

[tornado]

only three were basketball players....we got Marcus Pollard...and
we have discussed Rocket Ray Ramsey here before...

https://www.bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12981

https://www.bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=21372

so who is the 3rd BU basketballer who played in the NFL?

[Da Coach]

After a little research, I uncovered more info, and there actually appear to have been a total of 6 former BU basketball players who played in the NFL.

I sent the info to tornado- but let's see if anyone can come up with the other 4 names-

[tornado]

sorry - da coach - but wasn't counting that far back...
..two of the names da coach gave me were Roy Carlson and Shorty Elness who played BU basketball in 1926-28
so they likely played in the NFL when records were not kept...
and ... Don Carothers played only in the AFL but if you want to count them - go ahead

I am still looking for just THREE who played in the NFL since the modern records were kept post-WWII
still need one name that nobody's gotten...

[Fansince69]

Marcus pollard
Ray Ramsey
Dick Jamieson

[tornado]

I am unaware that Dick Jamieson was ever on the basketball roster


The name I sought was
Elliott Ormsbee played basketball just before the great teams of the late 40's
http://www.pro-football-reference.co...O/OrmsEl20.htm

http://www.nfl.com/player/elliottorm...522537/profile

[Da Coach]

sorry - da coach - but wasn't counting that far back...
..two of the names da coach gave me were Roy Carlson and Shorty Elness who played BU basketball in 1926-28
so they likely played in the NFL when records were not kept...
and ... Don Carothers played only in the AFL but if you want to count them - go ahead

I am still looking for just THREE who played in the NFL since the modern records were kept post-WWII
still need one name that nobody's gotten...

It was still the NFL, even in the 1920's.
here are the records for those former BU basketball players who played in the NFL-
Roy Carlson-

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CarlRo20.htm

Leland "Shorty" Elness-

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/E/ElneSh20.htm

Don Carothers

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CaroDo00.htm

Elliott Ormsbee-

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/O/OrmsEl20.htm

Ray Ramsay-

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/R/RamsRa20.htm

Marcus Pollard-

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PollMa00.htm

[tornado]

BTW - his name was Leland Elnes (not Elness) and he was #10 on George Halas' 1929 Chicago Bears

http://assets.chicagobears.com/assets/tradition/AllTimeJerseyNumbers2006.pdf

https://www.nmnathletics.com//pdf8/958739.pdf?ATCLID=205718687&SPSID=608647&SPID=1498&DB_LANG=C&CONTENT_ID=%23temp_CONTENT_ID&DB_OEM_ID=3400