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He was a big guy, but he was really soft. Really loyal, But in terms of being physical, the only thing I ever saw were those hands. He had the largest hands I’ve ever seen. If he shook your hand, he could break your arm.” Roger Penske
“It’s always puzzled me why Les is not in the Hall of Fame, He was a great, great player. I don’t know any linebacker in that era who even compared to him. He was big, he was fast, and he was an extremely productive player. Frank Gifford
“When you prepared to play the Rams, Les was the guy that you really game-planned for. He was their defense. He was successful in business, he was successful in life and was a great person.” Frank Gifford
“Les was a hard worker. He wasn’t one who was going to go off and do speeches, I don’t think he was comfortable with that, He was an operator. He was a player who worked inside the lines, he didn’t catch passes, he didn’t throw passes. But the way he ran his life, he was the guy out there at 5 in the morning setting up all the way through midnight taking tickets.” Roger Penske
“If you looked at Coach, you knew he was a football player, even in his older days, because of his stature, And while he demanded respect because of his history and experience, he never expected it and never made you feel like he was better than you. NASCAR president Mike Helton
“He was very humble, personable, the guy you really just liked being with and working with. He was a good guy for NASCAR because a lot of things were going on and Les was a really great liaison because of his fame on the football field.”NASCAR president Mike Helton
