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| Frank Robinson |
He's the man who brought baseball back to DC. When the Expos made the trip down to DC to become the Nationals, the excitement was at best moderate, I was 15 and was just a baseball fan, I felt nothing for a team because my town didn't have one. I remember my dad freaking out though saying "HE'S BACK HE'S BACK!" He was talking about Robinson. He brought butts to sit in the seats at RFK Stadium. And even though the team didn't start to see moderate to super success until recently with Davey Johnson at the helm he still helped pack up a fledgling baseball team and give them new life in the nations capital, and made us all baseball fans again.
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| Rod Langway |
NUMBER 9: ROD LANGWAY
Rod Langway was the Capital of the 80's. The "Secretary of Defense" always demanded the best out of him and his teammates, which is what made him a natural captain and leader. While with Washington he won 2 Norris Trophies and made 3 All Star teams. Also....GREAT MUSTACHE!
NUMBER 8: SONNY JURGENSON
No one could ever really stop Sonny, he played until he was 40 years old and even at that time was just as much as a gunslinger as at the peak of his career. Not to mention he was one of those guys that when he peaked he kind of just plateaued there as apposed to getting old and bowing out gracefully, he pushed himself to continue coming back and proving critics wrong. (Sound familiar Brett Favre fans?) The guy left everything on the field every night he played and is one of the greatest QB of all time.
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| Wes Unseld |
NUMBER 7: WES UNSELD
A DC basketball player makes the list? YES! Of course. Wes Unseld Career Stats: 14.0 Rebounds PER GAME, 10.8 Points PER GAME, 3.9 Assists PER GAME. The guy made the Bullets relevant. When teams came to town they would worry about Unseld flipping the script and having potentially the best game of his life, because that was always a possibility with him. 1988 he was inducted and became a Hall of Famer.
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| Alex Ovechkin |
NUMBER 6: ALEXANDER OVECHKIN
Does he belong on this list already? Yes! When Alex Ovechkin laced up as a Cap, DC had finally laid claim to say "We have the BEST player in the world". At one time the BEST IN THE WORLD, at many times the best in the NHL. Next year he and the Caps pack up and move to a new division, a division where his friend and rival Sidney Crosby plays, and we will finally see on a more even playing field who will capture that title once and for all. It's no coincidence that when you see a Caps jersey out in the world it always has an 8 on the back.
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| Doug Williams |
NUMBER 5: DOUG WILLIAMS
Doug Williams, in front of Sonny Jurgenson? It's not about whose the best. It's about the heroes of Washington DC. Doug Williams lead the 'Skins to a Super Bowl win, in the process he also became the first Black QB to start (and win) a Superbowl. Groundbreaking, in the 80's Washington DC's population was 70% black. to offer up a man that wins the Superbowl and is on the national stage it was an iconic moment for DC and it good people....Dougie Fresh man.
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| Freddy Adu |
NUMBER 4: FREDDY ADU
The year is 2004, the DC United draft Freddy Adu. In that year he became the youngest player to appear in an MLS game in addition to winning the MLS Cup in his rookie year. He single handedly made soccer cool to our city, and by the way before that we had already won 3 championships, but it took this electrifying young man to make us watch.
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| Art Monk |
NUMBER 3: ART MONK
If not for Jerry Rice (who is highly regarded as the greatest WR of all time to which i agree) Art Monk would have been the Receiver of the Decade. First guy to reach 900 receptions, scored 68 touchdowns in his career, and 12,721 yards. He wore the burgundy and gold correctly. He was our 81. It was unbelievable how with any QB he worked with he had an almost instant chemistry. An incredible teammate, and incredible talent. Art Monk the greatest Washington Wide Receiver of all time.
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| John Riggins |
NUMBER 2: JOHN RIGGINS:
All I'm going to say to defend this is, go to google...type in "John Riggins The Run". Also if you see former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor ask her about his dancing skills.
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| Joe Gibbs |
NUMBER 1: JOE GIBBS
It's a no brainer. The Washington Redskins have three Superbowl wins, they all belong to Joe Gibbs. When you think Joe Gibbs it's hard not to think of names like Vince Lombardi (who also coached the 'Skins), Bill Walsh, Tom Landry, Don Shula. The reason is because those guys were the best, so was Joe Gibbs. You have this smart guy from California who loves sports, mostly Football and Racing and lands a job with the Redskins as head coach, wildly successful, also wildly popular. The guy was a football magician. Left became one of the best owners in NASCAR. Joe Gibbs even came out of retirement to help an ailing 'Skins team and then took reigns as president of the organization. Great Man, Great Redskin.
-D.D.
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