By: CHUCK SPOONER

CHUCK SPOONER — Wed, 29 May 2013 18:51:30 +0000

Also in the late 60s you have the LESTO” (Lions Eagles Steelers Talent Organization) based in Pittsburgh,BLESTO AND e Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers and St Louis Cardinals. It grew to include the NY Giants, Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins, and eventually re-emerged as the National Football Scouting organization a.k.a. “the National” based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I am certain that played a role in the players being exposed to NFL teams.

By: Tim Truemper

Tim Truemper — Wed, 29 May 2013 15:34:49 +0000

Some interesting connections between certain school and NFL franchises existed before the NFL became truly national. As a graduate of Ole Miss in the 70’s, we were aware of the Ole Miss to NY Giants connection in the 50’s and 60’s. Seems like they spent time scouting the Rebels even though they were so far away. And if a player was drafted by another team (like Charlie Conerly) before the Giants could get them, they would trade for them. Thus you see Ole Miss as the Giants # 1 connection with most of those players from the aformentioned 50’s/60’s. Many didn’t pan out but some like Jimmy Patton did very well.

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