Were you good at sports in school?

[ISUBryce]

I was absolutely cheeks in most things. I really liked hockey but my family didn't want to commit to the travel when I got old enough for that level of the sport so I quit. I didn't play basketball then because I thought I was too far behind.

I really regret it now, because when I got to college I didn't really think things through as far as what I would actually do when I got there, found out I just loved playing rec basketball and played basically every day of college. I'm 43 now and I play 2-3 times a week when I'm not injured which is basically constantly.

I also was like 6'1" my freshman year, which sounds great, until you consider the fact that I was about 120 pounds and just got crushed in any sport that had any level of physicality.

My kids do a lot of sports but I don't push anything and they can stop anything they don't like anytime.

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

As a RB for Polk HS, I once scored 4 TD’s in the state championship game. So yeah, I was pretty good.

Spare tire was a wimp!!

 

[desihawk]

I was above average in every sport I tried when young but at about age 12 found my calling, diving.

I was state champion my senior year after having finished 6th and 3rd the prior years so fairly dominate. Was All-American my senior year which led to division 1 scholarship (guess where) which is when any sort of dominance ended.

based on your handle i take it that you aren't the guy with whom the hc of said division 1 school (while wearing khaki pants) jumped in the pool

 

[Hawk_4shur]

4 sport athlete in a small town (FB, BB, Golf & Baseball). Pretty much sucked at FB, but I was pretty good at all the rest. Baseball was my best - all-conference my Sr year. Got 9 Varsity letters.

Gotta love small town athletics when you're growing up!

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

I got knocked loopy tackling Mike Busch on a catch over the middle v North Scott back in 1984.

That’s my claim to fame 😢

As far as the OP….average at best, but I tried hard. Kind of like my posting. 😄

 

[Hawkdiver]

based on your handle i take it that you aren't the guy with whom the hc of said division 1 school (while wearing khaki pants) jumped in the pool

Nope, not me.

 

[CJ Beat Hard]

Ended up playing 3 years of college baseball as a pitcher. My peak was when I was drunk at an intramural basketball game wearing sandals and a hot dog costume and drained a 3 then walked off the court.

 

[Rifler]

Nope, I mostly sucked as an athlete,.. but I was good at it.

 

[soybean]

Broke my foot during first practice at Iowa. Broke it again 6 weeks later when I returned. I then earned 1st team ALL BIG TEN in both woman hunting and dope smoking.

 

[gohawks50]

Played catcher for summer and fall softball and basketball back in the 6 on 6 days. I certainly wasn't a star, but I loved playing and being a part of the team. Most of my HS memories revolve around sports.

 

[Obviously Oblivious]

I was an unremarkable, decent but quite average athlete at an Iowa 2A school.

I loved football but only when I was running with the ball. I was arguably the worst tackler to play at any level in the history of the game. I was the backup RB for a classmate who won the 100, 200 and 400 at State track my senior year so I was essentially mop up duty or if he needed a blow or got dinged up. I still got a lot of playing time because we routinely blew out our opponents and I managed to average nearly 9 yards a carry my last season but most of that credit goes to our OL who were dominant.

Basketball was my primary sport and I had my moments but unfortunately I missed the first half of my senior season due to injury and I was never 100% after coming back into the rotation. I was a high jumper in track and would routinely win at most meets but not good enough to get to the Drake standard. My senior year I got invited to the Dickinson Relays and watched the high jumper from Manly set the new HS indoor record of 7'2" at the time which was amazing and a foot higher than my PR.

 

[hexumhawk]

As a RB for Polk HS, I once scored 4 TD’s in the state championship game. So yeah, I was pretty good.

Ah yes. Set you up nicely for a life of women's shoe sales.

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

Yes. 4A football and baseball.

 

[jasonrann]

I was skinny as a rail in high school so only played basketball past freshman year. I went to a very small school and started my junior and senior years. I was solid for what it was and being able to jump pretty high definitely helped. With only being 6'1'', I knew there was nothing after high school.

 

[franklinman]

me, broke my collar bone the 1st week of FB practice. Now, my grandson did a little better. Ranked between #1-5 TE coming out of hs. with over 50 D-1 scholarship offers, yep, IOWA was 1. After college drafted to the 49ers and then spent 2 years with TB bucs. After 4 yeas and 5 operations on the same knee he retired from NFL and went into coaching. Now coaching at Stanford.

 

[hawkeyeandy]

Wrestled in junior high (always started but never excelled) and played baseball and basketball in high school. Good enough to make the high school teams (we had tryouts) but never started.

 

[JWolf74]

I was decent at football, started at a 4A school at left tackle. Had some offers from smaller schools but elected to go to Iowa instead. Played little league until I was 16 because I loved baseball, but knew I wasn't good enough for the high school team. Similar things for basketball, player freshman year but only made the team because there were 2 freshman teams. I knew I never would have made the cut for sophomore or varsity (our school finished 3rd at state my senior year so they were pretty decent). I did play rec league basketball the rest of high school. I threw shotput and discus because the head track coach was also our defensive coordinator and you were required to go out for track or other spring sport if you wanted to start in football.

 

[Bonerfarts]

Ended up playing 3 years of college baseball as a pitcher. My peak was when I was drunk at an intramural basketball game wearing sandals and a hot dog costume and drained a 3 then walked off the court.

I think you just got me pregnant.

 

[iavagabond]

I was average at best but part of a then great athletic dept- Bettendorf.

 

[InsaneHawkJJP]

Does PE count? I dominated in every PE sport in in my small 2A school.

 

[BrianNole777]

Ended up playing 3 years of college baseball as a pitcher. My peak was when I was drunk at an intramural basketball game wearing sandals and a hot dog costume and drained a 3 then walked off the court.

Nice!

Was your college D1?

How fast was your fastball?

 

[Brown Dog]

Nice!

What positions did you play in football and baseball?

Slow and a lefty so first base and I was the center in football.

 

[Herky T Hawk]

For high school football I would say I dominated on my sophomore team as a linebacker, but that doesn't really count. I missed too much time as a a varsity player because of injuries each year that required season ending surgery. Even without that I was just a starter and not dominant. Track and field had a best varsity finish of 2nd place in the 200 meters in one meet, that was likely a low level meet considering my finishing place. But I usually ran the 400 hurdles where I could occasionally score some team points with spot duty elsewhere in the sprints. Anything but dominant. However, I was dominant in band where I was all-district, a multiple instrumentalist, and section leader who played in every band in the school.

Having said that, I did receive a partial athletic scholarship from the U of Iowa. The first one in school history to receive an athletic scholarship of any size for what I participated in.

 

[B1GDeal]

Played 4 sports in HS and 2 in college. Was pretty good I guess... but it was decades and several surgeries ago. I will say this... these days it's harder. Kids lift and train... nobody did this back in my day. Some guys lifted... but not a lot... and nobody trained or had a sport coach to help hit or throw or whatever.

 

[hawkirugged17]

Didn't the cowboys do the standing te in the past?

You're thinking of the Tom Landry shift. Cowboys did it in victory formation after he passed away. The lineman / TEs would go up and then into their stance.

 

[hawkirugged17]

High school baseball 4 years - part time player and bench jockey junior year and got into regular lineup after an injury to a starter.

Intramurals in almost everything else in HS and college.

 

[DFSNOLE]

Yes.

 

[Bank of Hawk]

really enjoyed playing under the Friday night lights, 1st team all district senior year. Enjoyed basketball but was like a bull in a china shop, I fouled out half the games, weak ass refs. Baseball was fun, I started on a team that went to state semis, basically due to one guy who nearly made it to the majors, had my moments. Ran the 110 highs and got 3rd at conference meet. I was a terrible golfer but still played in a few meets and middle of the pack.

 

[TennNole17]

I was a rather good soccer player, on a very good club and HS team. I was a starter as a freshman on the varsity team, and our club team won state three years in a row, and I did the ODP stuff.

Then I discovered boobs and beer and fizzled

 

[Menace Sockeyes]

Decent enough to be able to play three varsity sports at a large high school (baseball, hockey, rugby) . Really only stood out by my Senior year in one, and the least popular sport of the three (rugby) Had an opportunity to play for a small college on a partial scholarship, but opted for Iowa and their club, not seeing a future in it. I probably would have been more serious about it as a young man today, with the growth of the college game and MLR. I didn’t want to live in a gym and not be able to walk up stairs the rest of my good years.

 

[JMNSHO]

I never took sports seriously and I don’t think that was much of a loss for the sporting world.

 

[GOHOX69]

You're thinking of the Tom Landry shift. Cowboys did it in victory formation after he passed away. The lineman / TEs would go up and then into their stance.

You are correct. Thank you!

 

[Bulldogs1974]

Football multiple year first team all state. Played in juco. I had 1aa offers and walk on opportunities but my parents were not well off and thought I could earn a scholarship. Bad injury ended the journey.
Basketball all district multi year starter we lost maybe 20 times in 4th -12th grade. Played summer ball with some big Iowa names from the early 90’s.
Golf. 4 year starter all confer each year. We lost maybe 6 times all in the districts. One year to Zach Johnson.
Baseball five year starter. Team rated multiple years all conference 2 years.

 

[93hawkeye]

Went to Burlington High School. Was a Junior Varsity level player on Football, Wrestling and Track teams. So, no, absolutely no dominating, haha

 

[SSG T]

2 time 1st team All State in baseball.

 

[BrianNole777]

Football multiple year first team all state. Played in juco. I had 1aa offers and walk on opportunities but my parents were not well off and thought I could earn a scholarship. Bad injury ended the journey.
Basketball all district multi year starter we lost maybe 20 times in 4th -12th grade. Played summer ball with some big Iowa names from the early 90’s.
Golf. 4 year starter all confer each year. We lost maybe 6 times all in the districts. One year to Zach Johnson.
Baseball five year starter. Team rated multiple years all conference 2 years.

What football position did you play?

 

[Bank of Hawk]

Football multiple year first team all state. Played in juco. I had 1aa offers and walk on opportunities but my parents were not well off and thought I could earn a scholarship. Bad injury ended the journey.
Basketball all district multi year starter we lost maybe 20 times in 4th -12th grade. Played summer ball with some big Iowa names from the early 90’s.
Golf. 4 year starter all confer each year. We lost maybe 6 times all in the districts. One year to Zach Johnson.
Baseball five year starter. Team rated multiple years all conference 2 years.

Big Dawg!! Sucks about your injury, what happened?

 

[MepoDawg#]

All-District DB in football, also played QB and RB.

All-District Baseball, pitched, played 3B first two years then moved to outfield. Really good junior year pitching, lost my curveball senior year.

Average wrestler. Ran 800’s first two years of track then moved to sprints. School record holder in the 100. Qualified in sprint relays for Drake and State.

Had small school (NAIA and D3) offers to play football, baseball and wrestle. Even had football & baseball offer from Sioux Falls, but played football at Iowa Wesleyan.

Ended up playing high level slow pitch softball (I know, I know) after high school. Started playing in high school, probably what held me back in baseball.

 

[Bulldogs1974]

What football position did you play?

OG on offense and anywhere I wanted on defense. I would switch to where I thought they were running. My hs coach said all the coaches complained at the all district meeting that I wouldn’t stay in one spot.

 

[Hawkfan_08]

I was the runt who didn't grow until the summer between junior and senior year at a 4A school. I loved to play every sport but knew my physical limitations were always going to keep me from anything. While I was (am) ultra competitive, I constantly had self doubt and never worked as hard as I should have knowing I didn't have the size. I only did golf and soccer in high school. Golf I was bad at, soccer I started but didn't do anything crazy remarkable. My class was littered with an abnormal amount of D1 kids in almost every sport so that didn't help me either.

Once I grew I stopped feeling as sorry for myself and finally put some stuff together. Although still way too skinny, I became a much better athlete in college but just played intramurals, some tournaments and lots of pick up/ adult league stuff. Always makes me laugh that my best years for athletics only leads to stories about intramural sports...

Now that I'm almost 40, but still playing, my mindset is reverting back to pre-senior year.