I love it when a players impromptu off-field behavior matches his rep. Champ is all class.

I can’t imagine how many times players and famous folk in general have to put up with so many varieties of things from admirers, but what a fortunate occurrence!

I always wonder if any players come read stuff here, or on DB.com about themselves
I just had my first Bailey autograph, that a friend got for me on a mini-helmet at the fan fair! Thanks for the story Kap’n, it’s always good to hear, like SWG said, the off-field matchup of what you believe to exist in a player’s personality.

not only that champ was classy and you got the autograph but that you had to put the clamps down on the old man. although, to be fair, i once saw mike shanahan playing blackjack in vegas and badgered him for an autograph… twice. ugh. (shanny was also total class).

my brother and flew from Chicago to San Francisco and he got upped to first class (gotta love that). Anyway, he had the pleasure of sitting with Joe Montana on the plane. Anyways, they got to chatting and stuff and this was in the midst our dominance between 97 and 98 and my brother asked Mr. Montana about retirement and how he dealt with it. He said he couldn’t bear playing for the Chiefs because he was always a 49er at heart. He also said that he hated having to play the Broncos because he felt that John Elway was a better quarterback. I don’t remember the words verbatim but it was basically that he felt Elway was stronger, smarter and more talented in pretty much every aspect of the game. In hindsight, It’s really cool to know that even Joe Montana is still human and is a fan of the game. He wound up giving my brother a few autographs and mine still sits proudly right next to my autographed Elway rookie card.