Flashback: Mul-Key Was 'Invincible,' Too
Flashback: Mul-Key Was 'Invincible,' Too http://www.redskins.com/cda-web/article-module.htm?id=94E286F3-56... Flashback: Mul-Key Was 'Invincible,' Too By Michael Richman Posted Jul 6, 2007 One of Hollywood's big hits in recent weeks, "Invincible," is the inspiring story of a struggling bartender from South Philadelphia, Vince Papale, who overcomes unbelievable odds to make the Eagles' roster. Papale played special teams for the Eagles for three seasons (1976-78). Just prior, the Redskins had their own Vince Papale-type player in a young man named Herb Mul-Key. But unlike Papale, who played for the Philadelphia Bell of the World Football League before coming to the Eagles, Mul-Key had no pro experience, nor college for that matter, when he attended Redskins coach George Allen's free agent tryout camp prior to the 1972 season. Just one player every three years. That's all Allen wanted for his free agent camps to be considered a success. He found a gem in Mul-Key, a 5-10, 180-pound speedster who played three seasons in Washington (1972-74). He posted more than 1,500 kickoff return yards, including 1,011 with a 97-yard TD return in his only Pro Bowl season, 1973, when he also averaged nearly 10 yards on punt returns. Today, he's second to Bobby Mitchell in the Redskin record books with a 27.87 career kick return average. His rags-to-riches story is rooted in the foresight of Redskins linebacker Harold McLinton. The late McLinton, an Atlanta native, encouraged Mul-Key, also from Atlanta, to attend Allen's free agent camp.
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