Replay 10 Years Ago in Sports Illustrated

Edited by Steve Wulf

July 29, 1991

Before Rocket Ismail, the biggest name to play in the Canadian Football League was erstwhile L.A. Ram quarterback Vince Ferragamo, who made our July 20, 1981, cover—and then disappeared. One of the Faces in the Crowd in that issue was a high school senior from Bessemer, Ala., who won the state decathlon title and batted .432 for his McAdory High baseball team. Back then, we called him Vincent Jackson.