He was great - big and physical, and he could run. He played with The Arizona Wranglers in the USFL (coached by George Allen) then retired, but did come back and play for Mike Ditka in Chicago in 1985.
The 17-17 tie at Baltimore was my first Colt game in person (i was 7). The Ghost to the Post was my last. @ 21.03 is the highlight :) Thanks for posting these great old NFL videos Comrade.
Lem Barney, Alex Karras, Joe Schmidt are members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Interesting to see Fran Tarkenton, Ray Nitscki, Herb Adderly, Willie Davis, Bart Starr, Forrest Gregg, Gale Sayers, Dick Butkus, Jimmy Johnson, Dave Wilcox, Lary Wilson, Merlin Olson, Deacon Jones, Leroy Kelly, Paul Warfield, Allan Page, Carl Ellerd, Mike Tinglehoff, Paul Krause in this highlight film. Interesting fact is that the Detroit Lions make there last appearance at Kezar Stadium in 1969. They would make an appearance at Candlestick Park in the final game of the 1971 season. They would make several more appearance until 2012. 2018 made the first visit to Levi's Stadium. They hosted the Minnesota Vikings in the annual Thanksgiving day classic.
@@jimmyv6703 Too bad he did not live to see it. Alex did make many appearances at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco. Back in the day if you went there, you would see legendary coaches like Weeb Ewbank, Don Shula, Tom Landry, George Halas, Vince Lomardi, Bud Grant, George Allen, Paul Brown. Players including Otto Graham, Marion Motley, Paul Warfield, Lou Groza, Dante Lavelli, Leroy Kelly, Bill George, George Conners, Dick Butkus, Bobby Layne, Doak Walker, Merlin Olson, Deacon Jones, Sam Huff, Frank Gifford, Ed Sprinkle, Bob Lilly, Norm Van Brocklin, Bob Waterfield, Andy Robustelli, Jimmy Brown, Sonny Jurgenson, Charley Taylor, Ollie Matson, Johnny Unitas, Gino Marchetti, Art Donovan, Jackie Smith, Larry Wilson, and many others made appearances at Kezar Stadium.
@@frankdenardo8684 The televised games from Kezar in that era were almost always on muddy fields, on overcast afternoons, with sea gulls flying by the TV cameras.
BTW I think Charlie Sanders (88) their big TE is in the HOF also. Good team, those ‘69 Lions. Detroit was a big sports town in those days with the Tigers, Pistons, and Red Wings in the headlines a lot.
Back in the good ol’ days when the Lions played outdoors in Tiger Stadium. I wish they would return to wearing these old school uniforms instead of their lame arena football ones...😒
I cringe every time I see a close up and see the WCF initials on their sleeve. Like they are rubbing it in that the Ford family ownership is 0 for the Super Bowl era.
1969. 6th year of the “Willie Clay Ford era”(Ford family had purchased the Lions in Nov of ‘63).The downward death spiral was in full swing and would continue for almost 60 years. The one constant has been the Ford family. When will the Illych family purchase them and put Detroit out of its misery by beginning a proper rebuild? 😱
He'd have been playing then, but not Jauron. Jauron came up later with Levi Johnson. As for Larry Hand, I was in elementary school then and he came to speak at one of our open houses. The principal told me to take him a glass of water, which was my first brush with celebrity.
You can see that on the 1969 Vikings highlight film. Maybe that game was the most iconic winter game in NFL history aside from the ice bowl. Tiger Stadium was a beautiful stadium. When you add in the mud and ice and hard hitting, that game was a Norman Rockwell portrait of the NFL in the 60s. NFL Films liked to gloss over anything that wouldn’t fit the narrative of these highlight films
What are you talking about. That snow-covered field with the lateral for a Vikings touchdown was during the Thanksgiving game. The game coverage here begins at 12:53.
@Matt Joseph True. They had a good kicker. Average punter. Quarterbacks Landry and Munson good. Mel Farr very injury prone. Center Ed Flanigan was All Pro on occasion. TE Sanders Hall of Famer. Cornerbakjs Lebeau and Barney are Hall of Famers. Mike Lucci deserves to be in the Hall of Fame. Linebacker Wayne Walker was good. Yes 1969 thru 2972 Lions were tough.
@@brainscott8198 I know. I was 10 years old in 1970. Bought my first pack of Topps Football Cards. Bill Munson was in the first pack. God Bless growing up back then. I feel real sorry for the youth of today.
@@brainscott8198 Yeah, that was a tough loss. If you recall, the Lions drove into Dallas territory in the middle of the game (within Mann's FG range), but Taylor fumbled the ball away. Had the Lions not turned the ball over and had at least gotten a FG, they would have been in a position to win the game on a FG when they drove deep into Cowboy territory very late in the game.
You’re right, Eddy was highly touted when he came out of Notre Dame. Both he and Mel Farr (out of UCLA) had careers cut short by injuries. Altie Taylor came in and became a mainstay - very good RB for them.
Yesterday I was told that now someone else is now responsible for handling out apartments for the Spokane Housing Authority/PHA. The person now with the honor name isn't important but the history of this individual. Some can say that this person was working at 206 S. Post before the 8th of September, 2018. This person works Monday thur Friday but from time to time works during the weekend. The history between my youngest brother could be a rocky one that will end up having sour taste in Juan's mouth. First there was Kim, then Brenda, then Kim again, then and person who never made contact with Juan and now Michelle. When will anyone of these people come up with a final disposition when it comes too Juan and others being treated in accordance with all public, civil rights and finally Americans with Disabilities rules and regulations.?
The Lions played a tough schedule. Bears were 1-13 that year, but the defense was still fiercesome. Then, they got the rampaging Vikings twice, the Packers twice, a very good Cleveland team, a now-competetive Atlanta squad, the Cardinals, whom were plenty tough and better than their record, which would be demonstrated by their 8-5-1 record in 1970, and a 49er team that would put it together and win their division the next year. Lions had Lucci at MLB, a good replacement for coach Schmidt at that position, and they had burning speed at the wide receiver positions. Overall, they were very talented.
Yes, the Lions played in the Central Division, the “black and blue” division. A lot of vicious hits, quarterback tackles, and playing outdoors in cold weather on muddy fields. So different from today’s game!
Yes. Their 1970 squad was probably the most solid Lions team since then. Even though some later teams were good, they did not match the power on both sides of the ball that that '70 squad had.
