Bubba Smith Found Dead at 66

**edtude** · 08-03-2011, 06:03 PM

He was one of my very first defensive favorites.

**wickedsolo** · 08-03-2011, 06:04 PM

Wow.

Not many of those old timers left. Pretty sad.

**Ngata Nother Suggs** · 08-03-2011, 06:05 PM

66 is way too young to die of natural causes.

**TL24x7** · 08-03-2011, 06:08 PM

I'll remember "Kill Bubba Kill", Police Academy and of course the easy opening cans. R.I.P. you gentle giant!

**GOTA** · 08-03-2011, 06:12 PM

Sad. Bubba Smith was great. He was even did great on screen. RIP Bubba

**HoustonRaven** · 08-03-2011, 06:15 PM

RIP Sgt Hightower.

**BcRaven** · 08-03-2011, 06:17 PM

Originally Posted by Ngata Nother Suggs

66 is way too young to die of natural causes.

You're so right because i'm his same age. RIP Bubba ...

... Bc

**Carey** · 08-03-2011, 06:19 PM

Larger then life personality on and off the field, RIP

**RavNMadMan** · 08-03-2011, 06:25 PM

God Bless You Bubba!

**Mike B** · 08-03-2011, 06:50 PM

RIP, Charles "Bubba" Smith.

#78 was big, strong and fast. Kill Bubba Kill was the call often during his time at 33rd Street, but his career here came to an end because a linesman did not get the first down markers out of the way.

Another, Baltimore Colt is gone. That is very sad.

**edtude** · 08-03-2011, 06:54 PM

Originally Posted by BcRaven

You're so right because i'm his same age. RIP Bubba ...

... Bc

DUDE! You don't look a day over 45!

**Raven 555** · 08-03-2011, 06:57 PM

He was fun to watch! RIP Bubba.

**BLSmokey** · 08-03-2011, 06:59 PM

RIP, big fella...

**Big Bird** · 08-03-2011, 07:11 PM

Rest in Peace my man! You will never be forgotten by us old timers..

**DrUnk** · 08-03-2011, 08:48 PM

All my old heroes are leaving planet earth. RIP.

**AirFlacco** · 08-03-2011, 09:06 PM

RIP old friend.

I couldn't believe it when we drafted Bubba. He was a mainstay on one of
the greatest defenses in history. Speaking of the movies, I remember Bubba sitting in his
cadi convertible at camp during an interview and he said he had no idea what he was going to
do when he retired.

Joe Thomas swept him out like Unitas, Matte, Mackey, Hendricks and the rest of the boys and
along with HOF Hendricks became part of OAKs great defenses and was discovered by Hollywood in
California. What a great career.

He wrote a book that Super Bowl 3 was fixed. Things just didn't seem right from the beginning, he wrote
and Matte and the guys hated him and didn't invite him to the 25th anniversary party of the game. I once
asked Matte if the game was fixed and he fiercely said, yea, and Bubba fixed it. LOL

BTW, there's thousands of old timers still around town that agree with Bubba but we won't mention their names.

KILL BUBBA KILL

**DarthCorvax** · 08-03-2011, 09:08 PM

The general counsel at my job --another Baltimore Colts fan; he decamped to his wife's Eagles in 1984 after the Midnight Run-- said it best when he said the day after John Mackey passed on, "it's always sad when your heroes die."

Bubba Smith was my mother's favorite Colt. She always told her Bubba Smith stories. I remember once when watching one of the Police Academy movies. She just talked and talked about Bubba Smith and the cool things he did on the field. Bubba and Jim Parker were her favorites.

God bless all of their souls and God bless the Baltimore Colts.

Originally Posted by wickedsolo

Wow.

Not many of those old timers left. Pretty sad.

It is.

**BcRaven** · 08-03-2011, 09:13 PM

Originally Posted by edtude

DUDE! You don't look a day over 45!

Thanx so much, man ! Thankfully my wife feels the same way

... Bc

**Ravenous1** · 08-03-2011, 09:22 PM

Very sad to hear this news. Actually was lucky enough to meet him once by chance about 16 yrs ago and he was gracious enough to talk with me for about 10 minutes. Seemed to be the kinda guy who had fun with everything he did. RIP Bubba thanks for the memories