Friday, December 01, 2006

50 GREATEST GOLDEN BEARS - #23 - SHERMAN WHITE

#23 - SHERMAN WHITE - DEFENSIVE TACKLE (1969-1971)
I became an earnest Cal football fan in 1978, in the days of Rich Campbell and John Tuggle. Wanting to learn more about Bears history and CFB in general, I bugged my parents to buy me a glossy encyclopedia book that happened to include photos of all the Kodak All-America teams. There was Chuck Muncie, Steve Rivera - I knew their names. And then there was an enormous defensive tackle named Sherman White, who made the 1971 team. Who was Sherman White?

  • He was big enough to excel at defensive tackle, but quick enough to start at defensive end for 11 years in the NFL with the Cincinnati Bengals and Buffalo Bills.
  • He came to Berkeley after a year at Laney JC in 1969 and immediately cracked the starting lineup as a sophomore.
  • He played his best against Stanford, including an interception return for touchdown in the 29-28 near-miss loss in 1969 and a dominating effort in 1970's 22-14 upset of the Rose Bowl-bound Indians.
  • He was twice voted first-team all Pac 8, and was a consensus choice as All-America in 1971.
And he's #23 on the 50 Greatest Golden Bears list. That's who Sherman White is.

7 Comments:

At 7:38 AM, Blogger Scott said...

Looks like he also had a career with the Bengals, as the number 2 overall draft pick in 1972.

 
At 1:23 PM, Blogger Tightwad said...

He did indeed (noted in the 1st bullet). A great player.

 
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He achieved the goal that just the best players of NCAA deserve, to play professionally in the NFL.

 
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