Saturday, April 7, 2007

To all Colts fans (Baltimore & Indy)

I highly recommend this site: Colts Heritage

This site is asking the NFL Hall of Fame to do the right thing: take the former Baltimore Colts out of the Indianapolis Colts section. If you visit the HOF now, you will see Johnny U, Gino Marchetti, Raymond Berry, Lenny Moore, et al in the Indianapolis Colts section, despite the fact that they never played one down in Indy! Here is the quote from the site:

"The Baltimore Colts will never play another NFL game but at least their memory should remain alive. Our primary purpose is to start and present this petition including your signature to the Pro Football Hall of Fame with the hope that it can influence the Hall to properly recognize the careers of those distinguished Baltimore Colts. They earned your respect and adulation as players and they deserve your support in preserving their legacies.


1. Bring the Colts back to Baltimore
2. Restore the Colts logos and colors
3. Affect Indianapolis' history in any way
4. Direct any lingering frustration towards Colts’ ownership (past or present)

Let's be clear... Charm City is Ravenstown. Baltimore no longer dons the blue and white. It now bleeds purple. The city has its own home team just as the Colts have a home in Indianapolis. Yet the players who left parts of their broken bodies on 33rd Street at Memorial Stadium no longer have a home. They are aging and unfortunately some have passed.

The time has come to distinguish these men in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as Baltimore Colts. Besides, does Indianapolis really want Baltimore's players in its exhibit? Would you want theirs?

Restoring the Baltimore Colts’ tradition is a simple yet grossly overdue change that will enable future generations of fans to understand the relevance of Baltimore in the NFL’s remarkable history and to enable the accomplishments of these men to echo in eternity.

It’s the right thing to do.

Together, let's stand up and be counted. Together with this petition we can make a difference."

So far the site has over 27,000 signatures, including Johnny U's son, Joe, several other former Baltimore Colts, and mine. :)

2 comments:

Steve Straiger said...

Hey DK, I was number 27482.

Steve

DK said...

You're a great Indy Colts fan Steve!