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Alvin Walton Is a Big Fan of the Mohawk
By Jamie Mottram | January 14, 2008
He played during the glory years, was a tackling machine and sported some variant of a mohawk for at least three seasons, yet I’ve never seen anyone with a Walton 40 throwback jersey. Let’s get with the program, people.
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January 14th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Walton was one of my favorites from that era. He was built like a tank and hit like one too. He was like a defensive Rock Cartwright.
And I seem to remember too that Gibbs said he’d let Walton cut Gibbs’ hair into a mohawk if the Skins won the Super Bowl. Don’t think it ever happened though.
Anyone else remember that?
January 14th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Don’t remember the Gibbs-mohawk thing, but that sounds ridiculous. Even moreso is that Walton was a feared hitter while weighing in at only 180. The NFL was a bit different back in 1990 I suppose.
January 14th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
I grew up in Vienna, VA, and each year they had this town festival thing. In 1983 or ‘84 Joe Jacoby came to sign autographs (I was about 8 or 9 years old). I remember shaking his hand and being just stunned by how enormous it, and he, was. I think he weighed in around 305 and was easily the biggest lineman in the game in the early ’80s.
Yes, things have changed dramatically. Sam Adams would eat Jacoby for lunch these days.
January 14th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Amazing, I wasn’t crazy after all.
If anyone has a pass to buy WaPo archived articles, go for it. But here’s the relevant passage.
Another Scalp For Redskins
From: The Washington Post | Date: 5/17/1988 | Author: Tom Friend
The Washington Post
Washington Redskins Coach Joe Gibbs kept his word, which is why he couldn’t keep his hair.
In a pep talk before last season’s playoffs, Gibbs promised to let safety Alvin Walton give him a Mohawk haircut if the Redskins won the Super Bowl. They made Gibbs pay last Saturday at the conclusion of minicamp.
“But no Mohawk,” Gibbs said before entering Walton’s “barber shop.”
January 14th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
They do however have a Ricky Ervins Throwback from 1994 available.
Speaking of Ervins, he tried to buy a new truck from me a few years ago.
The guy has the worst credit possible.
Infact, he probably couldnt even buy his own throwback jersey.
July 14th, 2009 at 2:34 am
ALVIN EArl Walton is my Uncle