him mentioning bob in the speech was something special

Wow , what a great story - regardless of your favorite team you can't help but love this

If they didnt meet at the end I was seriously going to write a letter

I got goosebumps when he starting talking about Bob in the HOF speech.

The fact he was in the crowd when Kenny got inducted. I don’t think even then he thought he might meet him. It was like his dream was fulfilled anyway. This is great.

I am a diehard Raiders fan and for me to give mad props to a Seahawk (who was in the AFC West back then) shows how much game Easley had. He was game changer!

Bob is a great person. People like him actually make a difference in this world.

He runs my flag football league in Virginia and Kenny is such a great dude

He was Earl and Kam in one body

Bob, you did a great, great thing.

This truly is a beautiful story, it hit me hard ngl

Such a great story, I hope everyone has a great Christmas this year!

First off God bless Bob Kaupang. Thank you for helping Kenny be recognized for who he was and what he did for his team. Kenny Easley has always been my favorite player in the NFL or sports period. You can't top Ken in my book. I sure loved Steve Largent but Ken was the MAN! He was legendary and that isn't an exaggeration one bit. He was a the ultimate safety! If there was one man left to stop the opposing teams play it was him. He would appear like a missile and he would hit the opposing player like a f#cking car crash. Causing fumbles, knocking out the opposing player and or himself! He hit people full speed with reckless abandonment for his own safety, knocked himself out, but more often the other player out. Gave and received many concussions! I argued his greatness with many an ignorant NFL fan. Usually a 49er fan. They would say Ronnie Lott was better. I was delighted later to find a Ronnie Lott interview where he proclaimed Ken Easley the GOAT! Also lets address the pink elephant in the room. Lets be clear Motrin and or Ibuprofen prescribed by the team doctors killed his kidneys! Thats what ended his career! I hold a grudge against the Nordstrom family who owned the Seahawks at the time. He was discarded like trash after he gave himself to the Seahawks. It was F#cking B#ullshit how he was treated and forgotten. Thank goodness Bob Kaupang brought redemption to my Favorite player of any sport.

2:35 "Picked off by Seattle at the 45!" And he was number 45 😀

Very moving story. Kenny like so many others got overlooked. Glad someone was able to get him the recognition he deserved.

As a 4 year old, Seahawks fan at the time they came into the league. I can tell you, that NO MATTER WIN, NO MATTER LOSE, this is the greatest period of football to have , ever been put together 1976-1985, was something special!!! Thank you, Kenny Easley! For ALL that you did, for not only a game that you loved! But for the ALL the sports fans, who did as well. 45FOREVERFOREVER45

Good job Bob, Kenny Easley was awesome and one of the most if not the most underrated safety of All Time. If he would have played a more prolific team during his time his quest for the Hall of Fame would have never a question.

BEST teacher EVER..... to live.

Kenny Easley I know something that you'll ever know - KE you'll never know what it was like to watch you and root for you every weekend. You my brother will always be my favorite football player. Thank you Steelers Fan

It kind of shows the ignorance of the people who run the Hall of Fame, that a highschool teacher has to remind them of the greatness of this Hall of Fame caliber player, just so that he can get recognized as a candidate. It does not really surprise me when you think of all the other deserving snubs that get left out for less deserving candidates; T.O. just the latest example. The NFL organization as a whole is poorly run, and it's Hall of Fame is an extension of that.

Someone on here wrote Kenny was earl and Kam in one body. I never thought of it that way but that is the perfect comparison. He was a bad man.

the two best safeties in the 1980's both came out of the L.A schools. Ronnie Lott ( USC ), Kenny Easley ( UCLA )

this is absolutely amazing. got to meet his hero. doesn't get much better than that.

😭 that was a lovely story

Bob, what you did was amazing!

Great story! Kenny Easley is one of my favorite players of all time! And I’m a Chiefs fan lol

This is freaking awesome 👏 he was a beast but time forgot , time had to remember the Enforcer and it did

What an awesome story. Growing up in Montreal I became HUGE Seahawks fan in late 70s and into the 80s. Recall when they drafted Easley in 81. He was first of those big bruising safeties from 1980s along with Ronnie Lott, David Fulcher and Steve Atwater. Athletic, versatile, relentless. I was saddened when I heard he was traded to Cardinals and even more sad that he had to retire due to kidney problems. Even with his brief career I always thought he deserved to be in Hall of Fame. So glad powers that be finally put him in there.

I will say this as a lifelong 49ers who thinks Ronnie Lott is the greatest safety of all time. Kenny Easley is a very close 2nd. I loved watching Kenny Easley play. And I am thrilled that Kenny made it to Canton, Ohio!!

Thank You Bob, as a Bruin Alumnus, what a wonderful story!

One of the most heartwarming stories, made my day

I got a football signed by Kenny Easley when I was 6 years old. I still have it.

I live an hour and 45 minutes away from Redwood Falls. Super cool

Now someone needs to do this for Sean Taylor. Only played for 2-3 seasons but God he was one of the best.

Great Story. Great video. Thank you.

I will always remember watching him play when I was a kid, he was a one man game changer literally, just like LT, I always wondered why he wasn't in the hall of fame

after all these years, this video still holds true. you just need one person to believe in you weather you know them or not.

Great story! Thank you bob

That was a seriously cool story. Thanks!

I love watching old videos and seeing a young mama blue!!

Terrific player and a terrific guy.

What an awesome guy , I almost 😪

The original ed reed

You guys did it again

Touching story

Kenny & Bam Bam were hard hitting SOB's....Marquise & Ugo.....make us proud!!

Awesome story.

Beautiful story. This guy was a legend on defense. Glad to see he finally got into the Hall of Fame!❤

Kenny deserved it. He and Largent were the backbone's of the Seahawk's and the NFL at that time.

Fantastic story

Who could possibly dislike this story?? Sometimes you’ve got to wonder what’s wrong with some peoples heads!?

Wholesome

I got a signed pic. Kenny Easley. 🙏❤ thank you

Will always be one of my favorite Hawks, loved watching him play all those years ago

Awesome story

To this day, The greatest Seahawk!

GOLD!!!

Great story.

As a Raiders fan I was very happy to see Easley inducted, despite a relatively short career. He was impossibly great during his peak. Maybe the Hall can see Lester Hayes in the same light one day?

Thanks Bob Kopang! Go Hawks!

So many onions!

The original legion of boom

It shouldn’t taken a school teacher to remind the NFL of Easley’s hall of fame career. For some reason the NFL forgets about the players that help make it lots of money.

He was a sledge hammer on the field.

2:50 lmao

Thank you Bob kapaung

He could hit like Kam cover like Earl 👀

He wanted to cry so bad when Kenny Easley named him in his speech

Thanks Bob! Kenny Easley is a football God. His omission from the Hall of Fame was a wrong that needed righting.

Niners Nation needs to do this for Roger Craig.

Name any other who can cover and hit with ferocity like #45.

1:55 hell that roughing the passer in todays nfl

Awesome story. #GOHAWKS

What about Dave brown rip

What did he say at 2:50?

original bambam

What a great player Kenny Easley was. Him and Steve Largent were the greatest Seahawks ever until Russell Wilson, Marshawn Lynch, and the Legion of Boom came along

Was that teacher actually the kid in the movie Free Willy? Cuz everyone knows the kid in the movie was the ONLY Seahawks fan at that time of the franchise history ;)

Now to get Ed Jones in

dw TO I'm writing your letter now mate

Work Hard. Do Your Best. Stick Together, and Walk With Honor, In Both Victory and Defeat. And THAT'S why we love sports. Not because of the beer commercials, the glitz, and the so-called glorifying of overpaid athletes. Sports binds us with all of the things that make us WANT to embrace a complete stranger, as much as we embrace friends and family. It's the greatest religion I know.

If he got in ao should Sterling Sharpe

Wow

Go hawks

How is there 6 "dislikes" on this video? SMH

to think he was at UCLA and Lott was at USC.

I like tacos

GO HAWKS BABY!!!!

Am I the only one here

Football is family I love this film thanks NFL films! #Billicheat #fuckdapatriots #sad #GoCowboys

The cowgirls suck and that’s a fact. Kenny is better than any cowgirl ever and that’s another major fact

No offense but he looks like the black Charles Manson

dude goes out of his way to help you get in the hall and you can't give him a phone call?

First

The cowgirls are a joke

Super dope story. But he doesn’t have the credentials to be in the HoF. Less than 90 career games and only 30 picks in total? That’s HoF stats? Unfortunately not.