Friend Encounters is a weekly series featuring friends meeting celebrities.
Today, I feature two champs. Phil Simms was a two-time NFL champ and Tammy Williams was a three-time National Pro Fastpitch champ.
Simms played quarterback from 1979-93 with the New York Giants. He led them to two Super Bowl victories and was named MVP of Super Bowl XXI. He is in the Giants Ring of Honor and the team retired his jersey number 11.
Williams starred at Northwestern before joing the Bandits. She still hold several record at NU. In six seasons with the Bandits, she hit .314 with 28 homeruns,119 RBIs and 145 runs scored. She also played stellar defense. Williams is my all-time favorite Bandit.
She has since relocated to the Indianapolis area where she works in finance. She's making her mark there, just as she did on the field. I follow her online and I see the accolades she receives and all are well-deserved. Any team, business or sports, is lucky to have Williams.
On one of her business trips, Williams met Simms. That's five professional sports titles between them. There is a lot of similarities, too. Each was relatively soft-spoken, but lots of fun when they are off field. Each is underrated for their accomplishments on the field, despite both having their numbers retired.
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