Guy McIntyre

I think part of the story is right.

I think he played Fridge during the season to stick it to Buddy, but he also did it to stick it to Bill Walsh because Bill Walsh had a, a Guy McIntyre line up as a fullback-

Yeah, Guy McIntyre

... to give him more work for them.

Yeah.

of you know that three-year um saying that he had and it was more than half the guys were gone

that's incredible well that that reminds me now of Ditka unleashing the fridge, because I believe it was against San Francisco, Jay, correct me if I'm wrong, that Guy McIntyre ran one in against the Bears, so they used him in some outside way during that awful loss in the NFC title game, even though it was improbable that you guys beat Washington, and then that was like...

The great revenge of unleashing the Fridge kids.

A big fat guy who would not be a big fat guy now, quite frankly.

I mean, you, you, you look at that roster when he came in there and the, and the guys that were on that team from Steve McMichael to Dan Hampton to Walter Payton, the y- the list goes on and on, Jim McMahon and, you know, and Singletary and, you know, I'm ...

It- it's just everybody, uh, is reminiscing right now, uh, and going back through the memories because it, it was a, it was an amazing ride, you know, through, you know, it ... '84 into the championship game against the 49ers and losing that game the way that we did and everything associated with the end of that game with Guy McIntyre going in at fullback and Bill, Bill Walsh just pounded, believe it or not, just kept the ball.

And then Mike drafts, you know, William Perry the next year and he returns the favor, you know? Um, I mean, it was just so many things going on.

But, um, Mike was, um, you know, he was very, very direct.

...

so it was just all those, those things that you learn just from observation.

Who, w- the Refrigerator Per- Perry scoring the touchdown against the Packers, w- was Ditka in on that? 'Cause you said Bill Walsh did that with Guy McIntyre the year before, and it really got him going.

But was Ditka, was...

I mean, you, you, you look at that roster when he came in there and the, and the guys that were on that team from Steve McMichael to Dan Hampton to Walter Payton, the y- the list goes on and on, Jim McMahon and, you know, and Singletary and, you know, I'm ...

It- it's just everybody, uh, is reminiscing right now, uh, and going back through the memories because it, it was a, it was an amazing ride, you know, through, you know, it ... '84 into the championship game against the 49ers and losing that game the way that we did and everything associated with the end of that game with Guy McIntyre going in at fullback and Bill, Bill Walsh just pounded, believe it or not, just kept the ball.

And then Mike drafts, you know, William Perry the next year and he returns the favor, you know? Um, I mean, it was just so many things going on.

But, um, Mike was, um, you know, he was very, very direct.

...

so it was just all those, those things that you learn just from observation.

Who, w- the Refrigerator Per- Perry scoring the touchdown against the Packers, w- was Ditka in on that? 'Cause you said Bill Walsh did that with Guy McIntyre the year before, and it really got him going.

But was Ditka, was... w- when that all happened, when that just took over America, you're part of that coach, how was Ditka in that getting the Fridge to fi- the, uh, touchdown and all that, not, things that went with that?

...

I believe it was against San Francisco, Jay, correct me if I'm wrong, that Guy McIntyre-

Yep.

Yep

He, William Perry ran right through the line at the goal line, and George Cumby was sent to a planet Mars.

And Mike Ditka loved everything about using Perry because of what happened in San Francisco with Bill Walsh using Guy McIntyre, and it was payback time the next year.

And wow, that was, it was an incredible era, and I am so fortunate that I got a chance to see it, uh, doing the pre-half and post on the Bears network during that era.

Yeah, it's, it's amazing, like, when you think about, like, the characters in Ditka's life, and George Cumby, as you just mentioned, is, is one of those.

Yes

... that Guy McIntyre ran one in against the Bears, or they used him in some outside way during that awful loss in the NFC title game, even though it was improbable that you guys beat Washington.

And then that was like the great revenge, uh, of br- unleashing the Fridge, kids, a big fat guy who, who would not be a big fat guy now, quite frankly.

[laughs] He was about the-

Legendary Bears player and coach Mike Ditka passed away back in 1984 in a game against the 49ers.

Bill Walsh used guard Guy McIntyre as a fullback in a Niners win over the Bears.

It was called the Angus formation.

Well, the next year on this weekend in 1985, Ditka got his revenge.