You've heard of The Godfather. Now meet D-Mob Father.
Flag football standout Charles Scott, at 47, does his rockin' without a chair.
"We don't talk much about Charles's age. . . . We're just happy to have him," D-Mob player/coach Kenny Westbrook said.
The former Thomas Jefferson High (football/baseball) and Virginia Commonwealth University (left-handed pitcher/outfielder) athlete plays a combination receiver/quarterback for D-Mob, national champions of United States Flag Football Association.
Representing Richmond's Weekend Warrior League, D-Mob won the title with a 4-0 run last weekend in Zanesville, Ohio.
There is room for more than one crown. This weekend, they'll compete in the 70-team state tournament at Dorey Park. The winner qualifies for next year's nationals.
Make no mistake: This isn't age-group restricted flag football. This is the real thing.
"Scotty" is old enough to be the father of most of the athletes but still quick enough to slip past or throw over them for touchdowns.
"I use my wisdom now more than my speed," Scott said.
With former Virginia Union star Paul DeBerry the primary quarterback, D-Mob operates out of a spread formation with virtually no blocking.
There are many double passes, with Scott taking a lateral toss from DeBerry, then looking downfield for deeper targets.
"Lots of razzle dazzle," Scott said. "We don't look for the long pass so much as just moving it marker to marker."
The 5-11, 220-pound Scott weighed 195 pounds when he broke into flag football in the early-1980s with the Nighthawks.
The Nighthawks claimed national titles in 1988 and '89 with another ageless wonder, Ricky Johnson, also from TJ.
Johnson, 47, will be scrambling and flipping passes this weekend for Patrick Auto, another of the "A" Division entries from the Weekend Warrior League.
Scott is too busy to take time to feel old. In addition to serving as night supervisor for Quebecor Printing, he has two businesses of his own - laying ceramic tile and running Ritz Beauty Salon.
While at VCU, Scott earned spending money cutting hair.
"For $2 a person, I'd cut the hair of everyone in the room," he said.
Hectic schedule or not, Scott will be there tomorrow. He's easy to spot - the one with gray specks in his mustache.
"Always make time for flag football," he said. "Got to make time for that."
