Number 84

Billy “White Shoes” Johnson played 14 NFL seasons with Houston, Atlanta and Washington and 1 year in Canada. A wide receiver and return specialist, his famous “funky chicken” end zone dance made him an all-time favorite. He was also a 3X All-Pro and made the Pro Bowl 3X including winning the MVP of the game in 1975. He’s also a member of the College Football HOF and the NFL’s All-Decade teams of the 70s & 80s. He’s also on the NFL’s 75th & 100th Anniversary All-Time teams and is the only member of the 75th Anniversary team not (yet) in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

3:12 – “Wow. I was glad it did.”
Billy “White Shoes” Johnson talks about #84 as well as his college number (#46), #81 with the Falcons and his love for #24 which he wore in Canada. And there’s more. Much, much more.

14:33 – “Let’s dive into number 84.”
Tom starts with the hockey list which consists of Guillaume Latendresse and Mikhail Grabovski. That’s it.  That’s the list! Rudy then hops in the Ron Baker and Chris Webber in basketball and we round it out (literally) with Prince Fielder and JT Snow.

19:32 – “Let’s get going with Bob Trumpy.”
The football list for #84 is loaded with talent. Bob Trumpy, Webster Slaughter, TJ Houshmandzadeh (shout out to Michael Hoomanawanui), Jerry Robinson, Javon Walker, Jack Snow, Gene Washington, Brent Jones, Jay Novacek, Joey Galloway, Antonio Brown, Roddy White, Herman Moore, Billy “White Shoes” Johnson (again), Gary Clark (and Gary Clark, Jr.), Randy Moss and Shannon Sharpe.

31:39 – “One is the aforementioned Jack Snow .”
Screen Stars for #84:

1. Mike Lookinland as Bobby Brady in The Brady Bunch (1 episode in 1973)
2. Jack Snow as Cassidy in Heaven Can Wait (1978) 

32:56 – “Let’s do the Derrick Rose Award first.”
Derrick Rose Award for #84:

1. Darryl Stingley
2. Sterling Sharpe

Hall of Shame for #84:

1. Zeke Mowatt

36:20 – “Anybody who went to Harvard and is in the NFL . .  .”
Heat Check list for #84:

1. Jack Doyle 
2. Cordarrelle Patterson 
3. Irv Smith Jr. 
4.  John Curtiss 
5. Cameron Brate 

39:10 – “Let’s go to the Hall of Fame.”
Hall of Famers for #84:

1. Randy Moss
2. Shannon Sharpe
3. Sterling Sharpe
4. Gary Clark
5. Billy "White Shoes" Johnson

Thanks to David Fletcher from the Texas Bowl for helping us to get Billy “White Shoes” Johnson on the pod. Check out the Texas Bowl HERE.