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Football back in the 70s

doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I was watching this video of Fran Tarkenton spiking the football off of Ron Bolton's head after a touchdown, certainly a different game back then!

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  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Tear away jerseys

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Stick em

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, a tough era for sure.

  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 9, 2022 1:07PM

    Totally different game than what you see today.....Real Football...I liked it better....Just my opinion....



    Oh, those Raider/Steelers matchups!........Times change.....Gotta' roll with it....
    The Immaculate Reception......WOW!!!

    UNFORGETTABLE!!!!

    I don't know how to post videos.... Someone here must know....please post the video of The Immaculate Reception!.... It's The Lovely Mrs. Hydrant's™ favorite football moment... She was just a little girl at the time but she talks about it all the time!....That's when she fell in love with you know who.....


    Fortunately I showed up just in time to save her!

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Hmm, Randy White is one of my all-time favorites. He was a big, ferocious, menacing player, Terry Bradshaw once said that every time they played the Cowboys, he always had to be aware of where Randy White was on the field, he just made Bradshaw nervous.

  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those are like clubs at the end of his elbows

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Tom Dempsey and the straight on kickers.

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    mud!

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So much has been lost under the facade of making it better.

  • MaywoodMaywood Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭✭✭

    With all the cameras in use today the "Immaculate Reception" may have been over-turned. I've still never seen a complete video of the play.

  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here's one. https://youtu.be/dHIXFKrrUhA

  • HydrantHydrant Posts: 7,773 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 9, 2022 1:54PM

    Thanks, Showboat..... I knew you'd come through!...But that video does not show Franco Harris catching the ball just before it hit the ground..... Is there a video that shows that?......Greatest football moment EVER!!!!......The play, the situation, 4th and 10, big game, 40 seconds on the clock..... Raiders and Steelers!....IT WAS CRAZY!.....BEST EVER!

  • thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Hydrant said:
    Thanks, Showboat..... I knew you'd come through!

    ...
    Now you can't say I never did anything for you...😂🎸

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Check out this 1970s advertisement for kids football NFL uniforms, definitely awesome!

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,209 ✭✭✭✭✭

    my wall of fame... B)

  • doubledragondoubledragon Posts: 23,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes, and my wall of fame.

  • coolstanleycoolstanley Posts: 2,884 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Growing up watching the NFL in the 70's and 80's is the reason why I can't watch it today. Totally different game.

    Terry Bradshaw was AMAZING!!

    Ignore list -Basebal21

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Much slower game back in the 70's, really most athletes in today's NFL are physically much stronger and faster, if they didnt adjust the rules to protect these guys there would be a ton of more injuries if they played 1970's style

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,261 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @doubledragon said:
    I was watching this video of Fran Tarkenton spiking the football off of Ron Bolton's head after a touchdown, certainly a different game back then!

    I would love to hear the back story of this fight. something big must have been going on for that kind of reaction from Fran.

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,261 ✭✭✭✭✭

    70s were definitely a brutal time to play professional football.

    I am not a big fan of the college game, so I dont know lots about its history. Was college ball equally as brutal?

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • DarinDarin Posts: 7,093 ✭✭✭✭✭

    IThe guys are just as tough today, it’s just the gigantic shoulder pads that made them look tough back then

  • Alfonz24Alfonz24 Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Maywood said:
    With all the cameras in use today the "Immaculate Reception" may have been over-turned. I've still never seen a complete video of the play.

    I do not think the question was on the catch, but the deflection.

    Back then the rule was an offensive player could not catch a ball deflected by his own team. So the question was whether Frenchy Fuqua of the Steelers touched the deflection, thus making the catch by Harris illegal.

    #LetsGoSwitzerlandThe Man Who Does Not Read Has No Advantage Over the Man Who Cannot Read. The biggest obstacle to progress is a habit of “buying what we want and begging for what we need.”You get the Freedom you fight for and get the Oppression you deserve.
  • coolstanleycoolstanley Posts: 2,884 ✭✭✭✭✭

    True but Raiders fans also say that Harris trapped the ball. I don't think he did, but its debatable.

    Terry Bradshaw was AMAZING!!

    Ignore list -Basebal21

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Darin said:
    IThe guys are just as tough today, it’s just the gigantic shoulder pads that made them look tough back then

    Now most of the players don't even wear leg or hip pads, remember QB's wearing flak jackets

  • TabeTabe Posts: 6,064 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @craig44 said:

    @doubledragon said:
    I was watching this video of Fran Tarkenton spiking the football off of Ron Bolton's head after a touchdown, certainly a different game back then!

    I would love to hear the back story of this fight. something big must have been going on for that kind of reaction from Fran.

    The guy swats/hits Fran way out of bounds.

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,209 ✭✭✭✭✭


  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @GroceryRackPack said:

    I had one of those!

  • StaircoinsStaircoins Posts: 2,566 ✭✭✭
    edited November 13, 2022 7:35PM

    Bum Phillips once said "Some running backs see daylight. Earl Campbell makes daylight."

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