SubscribeIt’s all over now, baby blue
The Pittsburgh Steelers 35-24 victory over the San Diego Chargers on Sunday brought an end to the season for Jewish NFLers. Igor Olshansky and David Binn had been the last men standing.
The Chargers’ official website has this to say about Olshansky:
Igor is the first player from the former Soviet Union to be drafted by and play for an NFL team. He was born in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine and his family immigrated to the United States from the Ukraine when he was 7 years old, settling in San Francisco. The Olshansky family spoke virtually no English when they arrived in the States, but the Jewish community in San Francisco embraced them and they quickly assimilated in their new home. For several years Igor attended the Chabad-run Hebrew Academy, where he developed a strong Jewish identity. Igor also stayed true to his family’s Russian heritage and speaks fluent Russian.
Binn plays one of those positions where no one knows your name if you do your job well. But if you screw up…
Again from the Chargers’ website:
The longest tenured player on the Chargers’ roster and the only remaining player from the Chargers’ 1994 Super Bowl team, long snapper David Binn is the franchise’s all-time leader in career games played (223) heading into 2008. Known for pinpoint accuracy, Binn is among the best at his trade. He’s a 15-year veteran who joined the Chargers as an undrafted free agent from Cal-Berkeley in 1994 and has spent his entire NFL career in Lightning Bolts. He is also one of the league’s most durable players, having missed only one game in his career to injury during his first 14 seasons.
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