years databasefootball birth_place teams stats article_title position birth_date pfr draftedpick college draftedround draftedyear
1959-1965 1966-1967 1967-1968 hawkiale01 welch , west virginia , united states baltimore colts atlanta falcons baltimore colts y alex hawkins
 running back 2 july 1937 hawkal00 13 -lrb- green bay packers -rrb- south carolina 2 1959
alex hawkins

clifton alexander `` alex '' hawkins -lrb- born july 2 , 1937 -rrb- is a retired american football player who played running back for the baltimore colts and atlanta falcons .
he excelled as a special teams player .
he was a co-captain with the colts .
hawkins acquired the nickname `` captain who '' prior to a baltimore colts/chicago bears game , when the team captains were being introduced to each other before the game .
bears ' hall of fame linebacker dick butkus responded to the official 's reference to `` captain hawkins '' by blurting out `` captain who ? ''
in the 1970s , hawkins worked as a color commentator for falcons radio , and for tvs ' thursday night wfl telecasts and cbs ' nfl telecasts .
in 1977 , the between the minnesota vikings and the dallas cowboys was televised by cbs and covered by play-by-play announcer vin scully with hawkins as color commentator .
at one point dallas quarterback roger staubach was shown jogging off the field , and hawkins commented to scully , `` you know , vin , that roger staubach runs like a sissy . ''
to which scully responded after a period of stunned silence , `` you know , hawk , they tell me you did n't always wear your helmet when you played ! ''
the next day cbs fired hawkins .
