Thomas Edison as a football player
A scouting report from Legends Draft, the parody game where famous people play football. The ratings are made up for fun.
Photo: Louis Bachrach, Bachrach Studios, restored by Michel Vuijlsteke, Public domain
Natural position
TE Tight end
Grade
82OVRHeld more than a thousand patents. A thousand ways to get open.
Ratings
Made up for the game, 40 to 99.
- Arm
- 60
- Speed
- 72
- Power
- 75
- Smarts
- 93
- Clutch
- 81
Best positions
Anyone can line up anywhere. Each position weighs the five ratings its own way, and off the natural position a legend loses a few points.
- TETight end, natural82
- OLOffensive lineman78
- SSafety78
- WRWide receiver76
Scouting report
- Pros
- More than a thousand patents. A thousand ways to get open.
- Cons
- 72 speed. Tesla has questions about some of those patents.
- Pro comp
- Pat Freiermuth
Thomas Edison in real life
Real life
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
- Lived
- 1847 to 1931
- From
- United States
- Known as
- engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, physicist
- Active
- since 1877
- Honors
- Congressional Gold Medal, Commander of the Legion of Honour, Grammy Trustees Award, Benjamin Franklin Medal, and 17 more
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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