Captain Grid-Iron

Capt. Grid-Iron is a G.I. Joe character from the A Real American Hero series.

Captain Grid-Iron
Personal information
Real name	Terrence Lyndon
Birthplace	Evergreen Park, Illinois
Military information
Service branch	US Army
Grade / Rank	Captain (O-3)
Specialty	Hand-to-hand combat; Infantry
Training	War College
Organizational information
Faction(s)	G.I. Joe Team

Football jocks are said to be a likable lot. They have a natural gift to cause camaraderie. Captain Grid-Iron is a likable fellow at first. He gave up a position in the War College just so he could serve in the field. That alone should have endeared him to his men. What is wrong, though, is that he tries too hard to be likable that he soon becomes an annoyance to his teammates. The fact that he likes to do John Wayne impressions does not seem to help any. When it comes time for fighting, then that's the time they'll follow his charge, without question. He shows that his is true courage and no mere bravado.

Captain Grid-Iron is the G.I. Joe Team's hand-to-hand combat specialist. His real name is Terrence Lydon, and his rank is that of captain O-3. Captain Grid-Iron was born in Evergreen Park, Illinois, and was first released as an action figure in 1990. He was released as part of the tradition of Hasbro to release a sports figure each year, starting with  Bazooka in 1985. A recolored version was also released in India.

Grid-Iron was quarterback for the West Point football team. He graduated in the top ten of his class. He passed up an appointment to the U.S. Army War college, for a conventional infantry command at the company level. His determination to be "where the action is" brought him to the attention of G.I. Joe. According to his file card, his personality is grating, but tolerable. The other Joes think if he would stop trying so hard to be likable, "they might let him play quarterback at the annual G.I. Joe Fish Fry Football Game!"

Fiction

Comics

A Real American Hero continuity

Marvel Comics continuity

Grid-Iron makes a single panel appearance in issue #130 of the Marvel Comics series. He is seen defending G.I. Joe headquarters from Cobra attack. (Point and Counterpoint)

Devil's Due Comics continuity

Years later he appears on the cover to theDevil's Due series America's Elite #25. He is listed as a reservist in Special Missions: Manhattan.[55] In America's Elite #28, he is listed as fighting in the Sudan.[56] 

Animated continuity

DiC animated series

Captain Grid-Iron's most significant appearances were in the first-season of the DiC G.I. Joe cartoon series, voiced by Dale Wilson. His speech was peppered with football terminology. Grid-Iron was often partnered with Lady Jaye many times during his appearances, and at one point they went out on a social date in the episode "Pigskin.Commandos". He was in charge of the team in the absence of General Hawk and Sgt. Slaughter and took orders from both of them when they appeared. It was unknown if like the Sunbow era Duke out ranked Grid-Iron (who is a Captain), because his last appearance was in "D-Day at Alcatraz". Duke re-appeared after him in the episodes like "The Mind Mangler" and "Stuck on You", taking back the chain command and when Duke appeared in Season 2, Grid-Iron was absent but he was featured in the second-season of episode "Metal-Head's Reunion" where in the episode, it was revealed that Grid-Iron and the Cobra officer Metal-Head both attended the same school.

Grid-Iron maintain a good friendship especially with Pathfinder and Ambush.

Video Game

Captain Grid-Iron is featured as a playable character in the 1991 G.I. Joe video game created for the Nintendo Entertainment System

Toys

A Real American Hero (1990) The only Captain Grid-Iron action figure was part of the 1990 series of A Real American Hero toys. Appearance: light brown hair; light green shirt with dark green urban camo; green vest; yellow pants with gray belt and holster Accessories: light green football helmet; clear visor; small, light green backpack with roll and tab for grenade; light gray shotgun with trigger guard and no stock; long, light gray gun-shaped missile launcher with large scope and second grip on very front; four light gray missiles with two slots on each; three light gray football-shaped grenades. YoJoe.com page/Filecard

Trivia

• Working names included Captain Leyenbacher and Captain Hardtackle.

Gallery

Episode D-Day at Alcatraz with Cpt.Grid-Iron & Pathfinder

Captain Grid-Iron with no helmet

External links

   Write up

Footnotes

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