UF QB Kyle Trask’s football roots trace back to his late grandfather, a Houston Oilers star
Kyle Trask is a humble winner. I'd like to shake the hand (COVID or no COVID) of Kyle's dad for raising such a man as his son. Just wish this season could have been a season without COVID. The Heisman Trophy will be decided between Mac Jones of Alabama and Kyle Trask of Florida and it will come down to their head to head match up in the SEC Championship Game. Both are All-American solid type of guys and as you know Matt Jones is from Jacksonville. (That's Jacksonville,Florida not Jacksonville, Alabama).
The above picture was put on the television screen during last night's ESPN broadcast. It's a picture of Trask's grandfather Orville Trask who played college ball at Rice and then played defensive tackle for two years with the Houston Oilers and one year with the Oakland Raiders. The picture shows Orville receiving the game ball from owner Bud Adams after the Oilers won the first American Football League Championship. According to the article cited in the link above, Orville Trask was a hero for Kyle and is one of the reason's Kyle pursued football. I love that name, Orville Trask. Old school right there.
The American Football League operated for ten years before merging with the NFL in 1970. The old AFL was something else and a lot of people were sad to see it go it joined the NFL. Those old Oilers had some cool helmets with an oil well symbol on the side of the helmet They had stars like George Blanda, Billy Cannon, and fullback Charley Tolar who was known as the "Human Bowling Ball" because of his 5 foot 6 inch 200 pound frame. The old AFL was fun to watch.