Sammy Baugh Dies (1914-2008)

11:28 pm EST December 17th, 2008 | Sports | 3 Comments

A legend.

Slingin’ Sammy Baugh, 94, a record-setting passer, punter and defensive back who led the Washington Redskins to two National Football League championships in 16 seasons with the team and whose wide-open style of play helped usher professional football into the modern era, died Dec. 17 at Fisher County Memorial Hospital in Rotan, Tex.

Baugh, a charter member of the NFL Hall of Fame, had lived for the past few years at a nursing home in the small West Texas town of Jayton, about 30 miles from his beloved Double Mountain Ranch. His daughter-in-law, Jean Baugh, said he died of kidney failure and pneumonia. Doctors told her his body just wore out.

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According to legend, Washington Redskins coach Ray Flaherty once diagrammed a deep pass play for his team, then remarked to his passer, Sammy Baugh, “When the end cuts way down here, Sam, I want you to hit him in the eye.” Baugh, knowing the accuracy of his arm, asked, “Which eye, coach?”

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3 Responses to “Sammy Baugh Dies (1914-2008)”

  1. Emily says:
    December 18, 2008 at 9:54 am

    I like how the announcer in the first video says Baugh was voted “the greatest living quarterback of all time.” Doesn’t that combine two categories?

  2. Sean D. Martin says:
    December 18, 2008 at 1:47 pm

    “…of all time.”

    I’ve never really cared for that phrase. It’s a claim that nothing will ever be better for the remainder of time is just too hyperbolic for the casual way it is so frequently used.

  3. Doyle Davis says:
    December 21, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    I am looking for the movie that was made on the Baugh Ranch that featured a cowboy that had no arms, He did eveything with his feet. His last name was Lambert. He could saddle a horse rope a steer and eat a steak all with his feet.
    I remember him from the time I was about 7 years old. I do not know if the movie was ever published but I do know it was made.
    Anyone with information on this pleas contact me at the above address.

    Doyle Davis