Fred Cox: Remembering the Inventor of the Nerf Football | NFL Films Presents
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- Join us in remembering Fred Cox, former Vikings placekicker, and inventor of the Nerf football.
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Jerry rice: nice invention
Barry sanders: I remember this
Chris colinsworth: I love this toy
Deion sanders: B O Y L E T M E T E L L Y O U W H A T
xD
Lol
Hi
Im dying🤣🤣🤣🤣
Owen Shores speaks likes a grandad lol
NERF - Never Ending Recreational Fun
Edit: Thank you @NFL Films for the love and thank you Fred Cox for the memories!
Nice
Ngl.
🤯
500th like
until the dog eats it
Wiffle balls and Nerf footballs made kids into neighborhood Cy Young and MVP Quarterbacks when I was younger
Damon M foreal man as a kid we had field day and I threw that 60 yards and won first place. Great memories
Exactly Damon!!!
Same
No joke
Hall of fame quarterbacks and recivers with those things.
I remember when they came out with one that would whistle, we thought it was the coolest thing ever, lol.
Oh yea I remember that.
I had one too
Those were awesome too lol, didn’t they have tails?
@@ValensBellator no not the one I'm referring too. Those came after. The one I'm talking about was the size of a regular football, with spiral grooves on it and a Whistler on the side. Red and black split colors. Came out around 91' I think.
The vortex has the tail! John Elways threw it 110 yards lol
Shoutout Mike Trico for actually knowing who that was lol
Football Time I know haha football IQ right there fr
He’s so quick even with the acronym too bad he doesn’t know what is or who he is. Sad.
And Sean Payton
Tirico*^
Not surprised Mile Terico would know that
Freddie Kitchens looks confused lol "A nerf what?...is that like a cake?"
I didn’t understand when he said, “ ie or y.” It sounded like , “i-yee or waw.”
😂😂😂
He sounded out of breath just sitting there.
Legend has it, when he was asked why he took the Cleveland job, Freddie replied:
"Because Ohio still got steakums, and I can't risk losing out."
The Nimble Ninja that’s literally what I was gonna say lol
I wanna hear Deion's top 5 toys.
Same
I want Deion to narrate children's books or do audio books with adlibs
"I could clutch this. I could grip this and rip this sucker." - John Gruden
Bet he dreams he could do that to Derrick Carr.
what a Gruden Grinder
I had a nerf football R.I.P. to him🕊
Dog? 🤔
Same
@neo robertson well, there’s a bird emoji...
@@eddyzow maybe a seagull took it at the beach
neo robertson I think he was talking about Fred cox who died 4 days before this was posted
Nerf football was my first football I remember this one time my mom ran over my nerf ball with her car by accident and it was completely fine afterwards we could play in the house and in the bathtub and at the park. We appreciate you Fred. rest my brother.
Bathtub?
@@teamrevenge5390 heck yeah when it wasn't a truck or boat day I was playing football by myself in the bathtub
He passed?
@@andrewpolosky yep
@@andrewpolosky yeah unfortunately bro
RIP Fred Cox ... many happy memories of his Vikings career and of course the Nerf Football.
saleen367 stfu no rip
Survival I don’t care stfu no rip
Squidward Tentacles wtf
Terrell Brown R.I.P
Julian Marta dudes trynna act tough lol
Gotta thank this guy for making not just mine, but millions of boys and girls’ childhood a fun. RIP
Fred seems like such a genuinely good guy. Really sorry to hear him passing. RIP
He was a great kicker for a long time, I remember him well. Glad he had such success.
Should be in the hall of fame
One time when I was a kid I punted one of these in the house and it hit my mom right in the face. One of the most terrifying moments of my life
That's hilarious! I love it
Then when she wasnt looking you put something in her drink to calm her down.😂😂😂
He passed away 1 week ago. Rest easy 🙏
RIP, ima go cop a nerf ball right now for my guy Fred, rest in paradise
I bet Blair Walsh would have killed to have one of these lol
@Harry Engel yeah wasn't he like 8/8 from 50+
So apparently I have Fred Cox to thank for half of all the fun I had in my childhood...and about 90% of the times I got grounded. :-)
Homework, shmomework. There's a game of NERF football that needs playing!
I told him, "You're gonna have a lot of sore legged little kids running around." Haha, I'm glad he had the foresight to know that going lighter and softer was the way to go. Growing up my friends and I all had one and would take them everywhere. So many memories.
The man that created the deepest ball our little arms could do. The deeper someone ran the longer the whistle would go. Those really helped kids perfect a tight spiral just to hear the ball.
You will never know how many lives you've changed. Rest in Peace, legend.
R.I.P. Fred Cox, the man who brought happiness by a foam football.
I have seen a lot of these NFL mini docs, but never have I seen all the head coaches being this excited 😂😂
RIP to the legendary creator of the NERF football.
Thank you Fred Cox. You made my childhood recess sessions 1000x better than it ever would have been. I have memories of pick sixes against kids I hated and insane imaginary sideline grabs. Thank you man.
Man dad always said
"Want to NEVER have to work again? Invent something!"
RIP to a 🐐🙏
I didn't know he had passed and when I found this video I literally cried
A nerf football was the last gift my uncle gave me before he passed away. I wish I still had it
RIP Freddie.
If we had rain and had recess inside, we'd play silent speed ball.
Passing the ball around and if you dropped it you had to sit down til game was over.
Also thank you for the vortex ball too!!
Gruden the John Daly of HC's just used the phrase "Grip it and rip it."
I can die happy
R.I.P. Fred Cox
I'm 57 and remember Fred Cox as a good kicker and now inventing a toy I played with. RIP Mr. Cox
Thank you Fred! RIP!
Jerry Rice: oh you could throw it in the house
Tony Gonzalez: ReMemBer tHe sMeLl oF ThEsE tHings *sniffs the ball*
“You can throw em in the house and nothing will break”
My brother: throws it like an absolute missile and glass breaks*
Me: :o
yep everything in Jerry Rice's house must've been made out of NERF lol
I broke the lamp in my room, and my mom broke my @ss with the belt and I broke the door trying to run out of the house! Lol! 🤣
your brother should sign with the Jets as a QB, they need one right about now
Thanks for posting in remembrance of a great dude who bought kids of the 70s and 80s a great toy.
The nerf football was my first touchdown pass ever. In middle school in P. E class, maybe a 20-25 yard throw. Ever since then, I've fallen in love with playing qb.
RIP Mr. Cox and thanks for the memories.
Thank you, Mr. Cox.
My condolences to your family.
My favorite was the whistler. My brothers, my friends and myself would play games of 500 for hours on end, just chucking the nerf ball as high and far as we could to get it to whistle the best.
R.I.P. Mr. Cox. Thanks for your invention. Skol!
RIP..wish I had seen this long before Mr. Cox passed away...
the best part about this is how every single one of the people they interviewed has a nerf anecdote to tell. from playing with them at the beach, which brother was better with a real football vs nerf, getting chewed up by the dog etc. this ball has had a profoundly positive affect on so many people and probably coming up on 100% of people in professional football. players, coaches, even the ball boys.
That guy has probably made so many HOF players because of a toy. That’s crazy. Usually kids first interest in football is a nerf. Never knew.
I won several street pickup championships and quarterback M.V.P.s playing with Nerf footballs. So did my three brothers, sixteen cousins, twenty-seven neigborhood friends, and the weird kid down the street.
Gary Pulliam I don’t care 🤷🏾♂️
DAX Nwosu Jr I do lol
Delan_lan good for you🤷🏾♂️
@@terrell3664 that some lebron levels of passive aggressive my guy...
I remember being a kid. Watching Ricky Williams on tv, and having my dad throw a nerf football to me in the house while he sat on the couch and I pretended I was in the nfl. I even put on some gloves (like winter gloves lol). Nerf was awesome.
4:27. Billy “Whiteshoes”Johnson celebration dance.
Damon Gibson my cousin lol
I got excited when I seen it 😂😂
I saw that!
Seriously who didnt have a nerf football when they were a kid.
Perfect toy for a kid. Let you act like you were playing the real sport
Love those balls. The ones with the tail at the end were also great. Loved hearing the whistle.
howard baxter The vortexes were my favorite. And yes the John Elway edition with the whistle was amazing
Legend.
I remember having one that was black with rubber “spikes” on both sides of the laces. Miss it
I had that orange and black one, RIP to a man that started my love for the game with throwing NERF footballs around. SKOL VIkes baby
Inventions of that magnitude rarely go as smoothly for the inventor as it did for Fred Cox. I am glad it did, he deserves it (and so does his neighbor who sparked the idea).
Love this old man
When I was little, we'd always get the off-brand dollar store ones, but when our cousins/friends came with the nerf balls, I knew that there was something special to them. Never going to forget those fun times :)
*Chris Collinsworth remembering the nerf football*
“Now here is a ball that just revolutionized children’s toys”
I remember as a kid I had a giants one and Steelers one. Me and my friends would play all day on Saturdays with those footballs in the front yard. Good times
This is the man who started backyard super bowls
Jay Taylor 🤣
The spiral model came out when I was a kid. I got one for Christmas and felt sooo cool
A true legend! Thank you Mr. Cox for all the childhood memories
Fred Cox was one of my close friends grandfathers. I feel really bad for him :(
Thank you Mr. Cox for giving kids of all ages the greatest toy of all time. RIP, I'm sure you'll be invited to many NERF pick up games in heaven.
Damn that's amazing. We all grew up tossing those things around
On any given Saturday afternoon back in the 70’s & early 80’s I would rush for 350 yards, score 15 TD’s(1 kickoff return, 4 rushing, 5 receiving, 3 throwing and 2 pick 6’s). I would also have 45 catches for 500 yards. I would have another 500 through the air, and another 200 kick return yards- we never punted and always went for it on 4th down no matter how far it was for a first. It was nothing to have over 1,500 all purpose yards on a Saturday. All with a NERF. It’s what made us IMMORTALS! AND THATS WHY WE LOVE THE GAME OF FOOTBALL!
Thank You Fred Cox 🙏🏽
who else remember opening the nerf football and enjoying that *smell*
Thank you. REST IN PEACE.
Rip, to him he was a legend.
Just about every kid was lucky enough to have one of these rip sir.
this legend made my childhood so much fun. thank you 🐐👑
what a great piece of history to share...thank you...
Imagine having that Vikings nerf ball signed by Mr. Cox 🙌🏻
Had no idea Fred invented that in my back yard. I grew up a die hard Vikings fan watched him every week. When the nerf came out our neighborhood group had one right away.
It was the best because we played a lot in the winter and a regular ball was hard as a rock. It also floats for water sports.
Thanks for the memories, Go Vikes!!!
Let's go VIKINGS , I'm gona go get me a couple of them nerf football's in his memory !!
I grew up in Minnesota and remember getting his autograph as a kid.
My favorite football of all time was my Cleveland Browns nerf football lol and my friend had a bengals one so we’d have to take turns every other game. Nostalgia lol
Legendary.
Since 91, he has receiving $200,000 a year in royalties until his death in 2019. Not a bad retirement. Rest in Peace Mr. Cox, you made us Minnesotans proud
Thank you sir for making my childhood fun ❤️
For sure !
For myself and the boys ín the sandlot ,
We all had óne or twó .
I got one every Christmas and birthday .
Thank you for the best tóy ever created ,
So many memories of playing with nerf footballs in the house. Running down the hall after throwing a pass or kicking it around. R.I.P. Fred, you affected so many people and we’re all grateful.
Greatest Christmas gift when I was a kid.
That is so legit! Awesome documentary NFL Films!
The sad thing is Fred died on Nov 20th.
That’s why they made this video 🤦♂️
Skinny CourageJD 😂 😂😂
Skinny CourageJD yeah it was posted after his death obvs
Hey but his family is still reaping the awards. It’s what he would’ve wanted to support his family through his passing
I had many but I’ll never forget the weather blitz football. That commercial was so revolutionary and the other football where you could open it up and make plays with your finger. Good times!
Such great memories playing Backyard football with Netf football's.. I still got a few
RIP Freddie
Recess football was the greatest time of my life!
One of my favorite toys of the 90s ! the one that was mini that looked like a missle, you could throw that thing so far !
Fred Cox nailed kicks turned around and sat tf back down... Legend
What a cool story! I’m smiling!
Man this legend died Nov 20th 2019
R.I.P 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
You’re 10yrs old, it’s Sunday morning in the fall, you and your buds are just waking up from a sleepover filled with gta, Madden, and guitar hero. A mom makes you guys some breakfast, you all start watching a Sunday morning game together. Then halftime hits, you guys grab a nerf, run outside, and proceed to feel like an NFL player in your buddy’s front yard. It’s nerf or nothing, RIP Fred ❤️
He is such an icon, what a good guy
Wow! Never knew Fred Cox invented it. Killed a lot of time throwing these over in the sandbox. God bless you Fred. RIP...Viking legend. You, and Mark Mosely, the last two straight on kickers.
This just made me feel happy.
Some of my earliest memories were tossing the Black & Neon Nerf Football with my Granddaddy growing up. One dropped pass on some asphalt a chunk is going missing.
THAT THE TURBO SCREAMER....
This brings back childhood memories.
Beautiful!!
Even on my 8th grade field trip we had one of these we had a blast
From Minnesota,RIP -Fred Cox was a very good man.Yes,we too had a Nerf football.