I met one... we picked him and his buddies up for credit card fraud a few years back... not around anymore
Back in the day when I was a young lad I worked as a foot messenger in Manhattan. At least once a week I would have to deliver packages to NFL properties in midtown. I met many NFL players as well as the old commissioner Paulie T.
For me it was when I was a kid in summer camp. The head director got Mickey Schuler & Marty Lyons. It was awesome and I was just started to get into football back then as well. I also met Wesley Walker at a Jets Shop sale at the Meadowlands two years ago.
I met Namath at a card show on draft day 95 (sorry about the Kyle Brady flashbacks!). I stared at his SB ring. He even asked if I wanted to try it on. What a feeling! My friend said I "looked like his daughter at a boy band concert" My knees were shaking!