Raider Revisit: Lyle Alzado The Original Darth Raider 

Had the chance to meet him in Venice Beach, CA. 4am at a 7-11 I was delivering Hansen juices, it was the store manager, myself when Lyle walked in, I'm a huge Raider fan, so I was introduced to him, the manager says Lyle this is Mario he brings your juices, he'd stop in for juices before he worked out. He talked 10-15 minutes with me, ran into him a couple of times after that, he remembered my name and spoke to me each time. Great Great Guy!

I’m a Ravens fan, but this has got to be one of the saddest stories in the history of the NFL, at least in my opinion. From troubled childhood, he rose from the depths and fought for happiness, even if it meant taking steroids, and he payed the price for it. His heart was so memorable and yet nobody mentions that part of him. Besides being a good football player, he’s a true hero for telling the truth and he’s a good man for what he did with children and charities. His heart was where it needed to be, always. RIP Lyle Martin Alzado.

Anyone else see a beautiful person? With inner anger issues from past childhood trauma ? Honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a better teammate

I grew up watching Lyle Alzado on Broncos played 99 games started 98 The Original ORANGE CRUSH He was a BEAST on Raiders out of control one of the greatest

My dad use to talk about him when I was a kid as I got older I started to watch his videos before going to the gym I’m 27 years old Lyle Alzado is my all time favorite athlete him telling the truth about his use of steroids and telling everyone not to do it that right there is a Hero!! Rest in paradise King Lyle

he deserves more than anyone to be in the hall of fame. who cares if he used steroids, he did it at a time when it wasn't banned or against the rules.

LYLE WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREAT RAIDER LEGENDS!!!! LYLE STOOD FOR EVERYTHING IT MEANS TO BE A RAIDER AND WEAR THE SILVER N BLACK 💯💯💯💯🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤🔥🔥🔥🔥🏉🏉🏉🏉🏉🏉🏉

Im crying rite now i love this Massive man 👨 Lyle ALAZADO

To come clean at the end he bowed down his head and said don’t make my mistakes . You can’t change the heart he had as he did great charity work . Thank you for cleaning his grave buddy 👍

100% Legend!!! Raiders forever!!!

I wasnt alive during the prime of Alzado. But i grew up a raiders fan who grew up on older raider's fans telling me about the legend of Lyle Alzado. Wasnt till i grew up that i looked up clips about him. And qill honestly say hes become one of my favorite players to ever wear that Silver and Black helmet.

Alzado should be in the hall of fame unfortunately the real hero’s aren’t recognized like that he is black balled for being honest personally i love this dude watching him as a kid he was the man absolutely awesome football player

I can't bring myself to knock the man because he took steroids during his playing career because 90% of the NFL were taking PEDs, it wasn't just him and in the end he didn't lie about it, he owned up to it unlike other famous athletes he adamantly for year's denied it like Lance Armstrong did. Overall Lyle was an outstanding football player and brought alot to the NFL, I'm sure he has found what was alluding him his whole life when he died and that was happiness, the dude is in heaven, Thank you Lyle for the great entertainment you brought to all of us! Love this guy!

Raider fan fer life Lyle was a monster on the field rest easy Darth

Still my favorite Raiders. Broke my heart when he admitted to using steroids and sad to see him pass. Still mad that Trent got to wear 77 - he didn't deserve it.

As an Aussie and an outsider this man should be regarded a hero, I can tell that inside this man was really a teddy bear, I had an old man like his so I get it

The humility to tell the truth is rare in our society today. Man of good heart and charity. God love him. RIP

They dont make em like this anymore

RIP lyle. I pray you are in a better place that you can finally call home.

He should be in the Hall of Fame

I recognized Lyle in the PDX airport in 1990. He was gaunt and skinny and clearly very sick. Starstruck, I said "I know you." He looked right at me and said "No you don't." He was right.

Brooklyn Goodheart Miss u LYLE ALZADO DARK Raider 🙏

An absolute beast and such a good person rip big man

The eternal rise of the once powerful great Lyle Alzado's spirit live on! Pure *perfection of greatness.✨

Not a Raiders fan but proudly wear an Alzedo jersey. His brother looks like Robert Kraft

Lyle Alzado - was really a genuine human being . Lived in Denver ; ----------------- SUPERBOWL WIN RAIDERS !! Howie Long was really young ; He & Lyle dominated the game ! Raiders won easy 38 - 9 . --------------‐ Redskins we're the defending champions ! Tampa had a seat right behind Reskins bench So happy that Lyle one a superbowl ring ! He was exceptional with children .... Really a tortured soul ; my Father was an alcoholic, violent ; like Lyle's father ! My older Brother Ken got into a fight with our father too. He was kicked out of our house at 16 ! Really understand How Lyle was scared by his Father ! Lyle pray that your spirit , & soul are at peace ! Praying for divine guidance ...

I'm 50 now, but remember when I was a kid born into a Dallas Cowboys fan filled house where I remember three framed portraits hung up on the wall by height of importance. Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, of course, hung the highest near the wall trim at the ceiling. A foot lower than that was coach Tom Landry, followed by President Ronald Reagan 12 inches below that. My recollection of those Cowboys vs Browns/Raiders games from 1979 to 1985 were ones where we had to worry about Lyle intentionally hurting Roger Staubach and Danny White. Howie Long was great as well, but Howie would just make the normal tackle, get up and move on. Lyle, on the other hand wasn't satisfied with a normal tackle to the turf. He wanted to drive you into the ground, and rub your nose in it. He didn't want to send you to the team doctors on the sidelines to be treated to in the locker room, he'd rather send you to the doctors, unconscious, of course, at the hospital. I'll give him this credit. He was a good man with a lot of mad dog mean in him that the roids helped contribute to him to being, but at least wasn't a nasty POS like another ex Raider/Bronco in Bill Romanowski. He "mostly" tended to leave the rage on the field, though there were incidents of him pulling a Mike Tyson and chasing or following a driver that cut him off only to beat the crap out of him when the guy stopped at a convenience store. His ex-wife, Cindy, reportedly called the cops five times in their only year of marriage, but he was never arrested. The roids definitely contributed to his rage, no doubt, but I believe off the field, he could usually contain it. He wasn't off the deep end like Chris Benoit per say, but still unpredictable. Especially on the football field. I could tell in that lengthy Raiders interview that Alzado was straight up serious when he said that he believed that there was no one in the league that could kick his ass, and the look in his eyes, made me believe it too. He's in my top 5 toughest defensive players of all time at #4. Just slightly above Deacon Jones, but below #3 Reggie White, #2 Lawrence Taylor, and of course, the legend and hero to all that came after him, #1 Dick Butkis. The Monster of The Midway.

Darth Raider for life ☠️☠️☠️

Loved Lyle and he was obviously very intelligent and human who did good and bad but good outweighed the bad...

Guy was awesome should be in the hall.

I remember this guy when I was a kid, he was chasing some dude down the hall after catching him with his wife or something... And how did I know that was Maria Shriver in those interviews 🤔

Lyle, regardless you still are a great man. R.i.p. , thanks for the time in Cleveland. You made it exciting!

Doesn't matter how much steroids you were on, you still need to perform, as a pro athlete. If you where not performing at a high level, those steroids ment nothing.

Fear the Darkside Raider Nation for Life

Reminds me of hercules in WWF back in the days.

It’s sad this guy didn’t understand what true happiness was and chased a dragon till his death, only to realize at the end how wasteful he had been with his life. I feel this is what a lot of people do who chase happiness in fame or money or status in life.

Two penalties and a couple of fights within the first three minutes. "That's not any different from what we usually do." LMAO.

Should be in the Hall... R.I.P CHAMP...

maria Shriver forgets who she's married too!

Lyle was the ultimate Raider. RIP

“For one night in Tampa. Lyle Alzado was truly happy…” 😢

If you think about it, Darth Raider was the perfect nickname for lyle because he and Darth Vader had similar backstories. Both had very rough childhoods, both had extreme temperaments, and both made mistakes that did more harm than good. However, lyle was a great human being. He was a caring soul, and it showed throughout this video. RIP

Lyle Alzado was an American badass on a football field! That's my memory of him! I was privileged to watch him play for my team the Denver Broncos AND to watch him fight Mohammad Ali at Mile High Stadium! LOL I also remember him at Mile High Stadium after he left the Broncos to play for the #1 enemy of the Broncos. The Reviled Oakland Raiders! I remember poor Lyle dressed in a Raiders uniform sitting on the sideline while the offense was on the field and Denver Bronco Fans harassing him to death throwing hot dogs, sodas, trash, the kitchen sink and whatever else was available to throw on him. I remember him finally having enough of it and going off on them.

He did it so what ,he was a great player and a good guy too,and should be remembered as that I will,wish I met him.

Great football player! In the end of his life, I am pretty sure he talked a fair number of young men out there into not juicing. He has my respect. RIP Mr. Alzado.

He would of been a hell of a reality TV 🌟

Alzado only hurt himself unlike Ruff would killed a woman driving at 150 mph drunk

Good on you sir for cleaning the tombstone. I applaud you. Im a Vikings fan but I love and appreciate Lyle for his Raider mindset.

Reporter: "What about Chris Ward?" Reporter 5 seconds later: "oooooohhh-kaaaayyyyy..." LMFAOOO!!!

4 Marriages is not failed love. What's important is no matter how many times love failed, someone else was there to love him.

a true legend

Loved him!!,Lyle was the best ever!!,A real Man, A real Raider!!!

Damn, I went into this expecting a look at crazy Lyle Alzado and came out feeling so sad for him. Wow.

Just for Lyles humanitarian efforts, he deserves nothing but respect. For so many professional athletes or so consumed with money and fame of the game most of them never would have done what Lyle did with those children

Alzado was a hellava player. Forever a member of the Raider Nation. Thats enough.

Forever a HALL OF FAMER in my eyes❤

Steroids or not just off of mentality and morals he is still one of my all time favorite Raiders. Long live darth raider. Mr I love the violence. Ain’t too many gone give up they legacy just to make sure others don’t make the same mistake they did. Respect

14:13 that kind of stuff gives you chills.

A True Hero who told the truth...!

In this part of the video I remember years ago when there was a new team in the NFL and in there 1st year that they won the Super Bowl.And I think that it was the Jaguars because no team knew anything about that team,new coach,and players,but they had the experience and education but like all teams they won't tell you anything until you are on the field then all bets are off the table it's actually a guessing game and the analysis is up to the Gods, may the best team win,and just look at what these players get, signing bonus plus contracts the amount is unreal but look at players from college to the NFL it's unbelievable, look at the stats they are the best of the best as one would say.

When you are on that field, it's war!- Lyle Alzado

*Thanks for the documentary*

I would love to see a film made about this guy, to tell his story and make sure history doesn’t remember him for the wrong reasons

KEVIN James would be a perfect Lyle Alzado if they ever make a Hollywood movie about him

Man as a kid playing in sand lots we wanted to 3 mile Lyle bad! 😎

My hero. My inspiration

I wonder if the person who asked for Lyle's autograph will ever watch this and think to themselves i was the one who asked for the autograph the day lyle forgot how to write his own name due to his undiagnosed brain cancer

Boy, Al Davis was cheap. Flew his AFC Championship team in to the Super Bowl on a United commercial flight instead of a team plane 🤣

He talked the talk and walked the walk, died with integrity. I think he’s a genuine hero and a great man, steroids or no

I know that the Raiders don’t retire numbers, but no-one should have ever been allowed to wear 77 after him.

The League showed their cowardice permitting Alzado to be the steroid fall guy. Anyone that has been in competitive sports knows the prevalent use of PEDs. Alzado was one of the best on and off the field. A good man and A Warrior, period. RIP big man.

In this part of the video I remember years ago when my friend Lee Hyman called me to come work with him in NEW Jersey at a Restaurant and Banquet facility in Hackensack and I didn't like a cook by the name W up Willy,and everytime I saw me,he called me a Bitch,which I hated and I was ready to Quit, so I talked to Lee,and he told Willy knock it off or he will fire him,pay him off,and don't ask for a reference because Lee wouldn't put up with that type of behavior and Lee told the Food and Beverage Manager and the General Manager because they liked the fact that me coming from Queens to Jersey was a very big deal as Lee and I both went to the CIA, but Lee didn't have Hotel experience as I did but the facility was very big,as it could handle large par

He's FAR from the only one to have used steroids. He was one who admitted to it. That being said, steroids wasn't what killed him. He had a brain tumor.

Lyle's sister says that you should love your parents no matter what they do? Her father molested her and she still loves him? If my father ever did that to me I would never love him again. I would forever hate him.

I saw him on a plane trip shortly before his death he looked ashen and grey from his steroid use. So sad.

While they wound up as Raiders, both Lyle Alzado and Bob Brown played for other teams, so they could have faced each other, which would have been epic! 🙂

Excellent story.

Not too many real souls left like his

Don't give a dam if he said if it was fake no fuck that he was a real killer period

It takes a true man to admit that he was wrong

Not only were steroids NOT banned or illegal at the time, fair game, what’s the difference between doing roids and Lawrence Taylor talking about half the Giants roster doing cocaine in the locker room during super bowls/games? I mean shit, that’s def a performance enhancing drug, probably more so than roids. Lmao🤣🤣🤣

Decation. His. Dream. Came. True. The. Best. Football. Pass. Rusher. Every.

My grandpa told me legendary stories about lyle alzado

It's insane that he gets written out of the history of the NFL when most every player in the seventies eighties and nineties was juicing, he may have done it a bit harder in a bit longer than the rest then again maybe not. after the NFL banished him no other players came out to talk about steroids seeing a response from the NFL.

Hello Im from ARGENTINA and I like RAIDERS!!!!! your style is HARD and very RUDE...Im fan of Detroit Bad Boys...but RAIDERS plays with BALLS!!!!!! salutes.

He could've been a hall of famer if he didn't admit to steroid use

That's the worst part of Lyle's life. That he grew up in an abusive household that he had to do anything and everything to help his siblings get bigger and stronger. Then in the NFL he thought he needed the steroids to gain an edge because he probably thought without them he would be cut from the team. Just like his marriages he was chasing romantic love and it didn't last long sadly. Just like his best childhood friend said he sold his soul for fame and riches and eventually it was time to collect.

Long Live Ernest Goes To Camp!!!

In this part of the video I never knew that in his early life that his father was a very bad example of a man,alcoholic, abusive, spent many years in prison and had many women in his life,and his sister is on record for saying what she thought of her own father as what goes through my mind is how his wife put up with this type of crap,because no woman would put up with that type of behavior but my life growing up was all happiness until I went into the Army at 19, but life is what you make of it,as my father told me when I went in.

In this video I didn't know that he passed away as this is news to me but the Raiders were a bunch of reckless players in there hay days but I enjoyed watching them on TV, but I enjoyed watching the NFL in general, and my 2nd pick is the NBA,and now they have a new league called the UFL,which don't have the same schedule as the NFL because it would be a conflict of interest as all people would rather watch the NFL as I would but it's very early in the season as pre-games have started with the regular season is set to start. And I think that FOX,has the rights excluding the other major networks as it's very expensive but the networks are looking at views from the general public and I don't care for golf and other sports specials,with the Olympics coming up from another country as I forgot what country but all I have to do is GOOGLE it.

And one last thing when you spend your life looking for love and acceptance this doesn't stop because you got married. He doesn't want to cheat it isn't apart of his core. It actually hurts him he feels more of a failure because of it. Ask me how I know

I MISS YOU LYLE . I HOPE TO GOD WHER EVER YOU ARE HE WILL WATCH OVER YOU .

Interestingly he looked younger during his brief come back in the early 90s.

John3:16For God loves the world he sent his son for whoever believes in him shall not perish but live eternal life!!!

Brooklyn basher i love ❤️ Lyle ALZADO

Lyle probably saved thousands of young boys by coming out with his admission of steroids. It was huge news for all young athletes at that time. I remember it like it was yesterday.

So he lied who cares he was a pleasure to watch.

Ever clip is him roid raging 😭😭😭

It was the Oakland Raiders!

Can someone please tell me the name of the song at 1:44 PLEASE!!!