Dolphins.

I've been a fan for over 50 years. My neighbor in the 60's and 70's was a guy named Charlie. He played for the undefeated 1972 Dolphins. The only team ever to go undefeated and win the Super Bowl.

Charlie never went to college and signed a pro football contract right out of high school. He was a three sport star in high school. Pat Riley (the Miami Heat president) said Charlie was the best basketball player he had ever played against. Riley was a senior all-american heading off to Kentucky. Charlie was a high school freshman. Outscored Riley in both games they played against each other and locked down Riley.

He would come down to my house and play p/u basketball. He could rain in 3-pts all day long like it was nothing. He looked like he was carved from a solid block of granite. Claimed to have never lifted weights a day in his life.

The year they won the Super Bowl Charlie earned $25,000 including Super Bowl bonus. After his playing days were over, he returned to his hometown and did some coaching. He played semi-pro baseball and routinely knocked balls out of the stadium, not into the stands, out of the stadium.

Charlie worked at the city landfill as an equipment operator. He died about fifteen years ago. He was one of the nicest, sweetest most unassuming person you could ever meet. RIP Charlie.