MOP Award for 1960: Dave Sherer
By Matt Cordon (kh). Filed in Classic Player Profiles, Dave Sherer, Most Obscure Player Award |
The first annual retrospective Most Obscure Player (MOP) Award covering the 1960 season goes to punter Dave Sherer. Congratulations, retrospectively.
Dallas picked up Sherer from in the 1960 expansion draft. One would think a punter for an 0-11-1 team would have quite a bit to do, and he came through with a 42.5 yard average on 57 punts. Not bad, except
that this was his last year in the league. Allen Green took over the punting duties in 1961. Sherer was more of a legend in his home state of New Mexico than in Dallas, and his notoriety in New Mexico was enough to give him the award in the end. He is not only a member of the Carlsbad High School Hall of Fame, he ranked 47th on Sports Illustrated’s list of New Mexico’s greatest sports legends. (If it helps put this into context, Dewey Bohling ranked 46th).
