The New York Football Giants are responsible for the tradition of folks in the stands chanting, “De-fense! De-fense! De-fense!” This began in 1956 because the Giants had so many stars on the defense and basically controlled the outcome of many a contest. Before then, only offensive players were the darlings of the crowd as well as the newspapers.
One of those stars was a DT by the name of Dick Modzelewski. On Friday, Richard Blair Modzelewski passed away at his home in Eastlake, Ohio at the age of 87. They called him “Little Mo” because of his older brother Ed who also played in the NFL.