TODD MCCLURE RUMORS & GOSSIP
Falcons' McClure to join team's 'Ring of Honor'
ATLANTA -- For the last two years, Atlanta Falcons right tackle Tyson Clabo has organized a campaign, replete with baseball caps and backed by social media, to try and get the teams center Todd McClure voted to the Pro Bowl. The sentiment was partly playful, but mostly sincere.
When Clabo made the Pro Bowl himself for the 2010 season, his comments were mostly about how he felt McClure...
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March 25, 2013
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McClure retiring after 14 seasons
Center Todd McClure will officially announce his retirement at a news conference Monday after spending his entire 14-year career with the Atlanta Falcons.
The 36-year-old McClure said on Twitter, ''Hope I can get through it with out getting (too) choked up.'' He added a hashtag with ''falcon4life.''
While McClure had hoped to play another year or...
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March 25, 2013
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Falcon 4 Life: McClure retiring after 14 seasons
Center Todd McClure will officially announce his retirement at a news conference Monday after spending his entire 14-year career with the Atlanta Falcons.
The 36-year-old McClure said on Twitter, ''Hope I can get through it with out getting (too) choked up.'' He added a hashtag with ''falcon4life.''
While McClure had hoped to play another year or...
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March 25, 2013
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Falcons C Todd McClure Set To Retire
One of the most storied careers in Falcons lore has come to an end.
Center Todd McClure, who labored in the trenches of the NFL for 13 seasons and 197 games, plans to file his retirement papers with the league office.
Its going to be different not putting on cleats, the shoulders pads and going out there on the field, but its something that Im looking forward to,...
Todd McClure Will Retire a Falcon After 14 Seasons
After 14 great seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, Todd McClure has decided to hang 'em up.
As is the case with most offensive linemen, McClure was vastly under-appreciated by most casual Falcons fans and will likely leave in the same manner.
After all, with all the excitement surrounding free agency, the recent release of three key starters and the return of Tony...
McClure rarely noticed but in middle of everything
When Todd McClure was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons, the team had just made it to the Super Bowl for the first time.
He figured it would be easy to get back again.
Well, he's still waiting. Fourteen years later.
McClure is the longest-serving member of the Falcons, a center who's always right in the middle of things but rarely gets noticed. He was a big help early on...
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January 18, 2013
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McClure, Falcons' O-line feels relief, redeemed
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. After Michael Turner had pounded the ball into the end zone from one yard away for what would prove to be the Falcons winning score in their 23-19 win over Arizona on Sunday, 35-year-old center Todd McClure, all 296 pounds of him, ran over to Turner and jumped on the running back in celebration.
One week after the Falcons suffered their only loss of the season...
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November 19, 2012
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McClure dodging responsibility for the offensive line woes
Some would call it passing the buck. Others would call it ducking responsibility. But somehow, the Falcons’ offensive line has nothing to do with the team’s short-yardage woes, according to Falcons center Todd McClure. He doesn’t want to hear about how Atlanta’s failure to convert short runs for first downs against the Saints Sunday paralleled their inability to do...
McClure, Falcons agree on 1-year contract
The Atlanta Falcons and veteran center Todd McClure have agreed to terms on a one-year contract.
The team made the announcement Tuesday.
McClure, who will return for his 14th season with the Falcons, had his franchise-best streak of 144 consecutive starts ended when a knee injury forced him to miss last year's season-opening loss at Chicago. He returned to start the 14 of the...
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March 27, 2012
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Todd McClure signing moves Falcons a step closer
With the news on Wednesday that veteran center Todd McClure had agreed to terms, the Atlanta Falcons continue to make steady progress in free agency minus at least one key player.
Judging by general manager Thomas Dimitroffs rough estimate in January that the team would be able to retain eight of its free agents, the Falcons have exceeded expectations by that measure.
McClure...
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March 27, 2012
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