The Most FEARED Player in NFL History 

The team of convicts.

The team of last chance players for the 70’s & 80’s. I kinda miss that sometimes. I would love to see Maxx Crosby just go bananas one time after getting held every play and never says anything about it.

That’s accurate. I’m a Broncos fan born and raised in the 80’s our hate for the Raiders is because of the motley crews they put together on the field. And the guy I thought of being a most feared ended his career with the Raiders. But was a 49’er and a Bronco first. Bill Romanowski. Loved him on our team but he was a liability. So after the Broncos he went to where he belonged all along. The Raiders. Bonified Raider Hater here.

If anybody was born to be a 49er, it was RuPaul.

All jacked up in a condition of "roid rage" that finally caused the cancer that killed him?

If it was the mid/late 80s I've probably seen you when I was a kid. I used to watch Craig Monson at Muscle Beach

🙏, he left too early. R.I.P

You go to his restaurant? Heard tell he personally visited every table..no matter who were, or weren't

Kurt, I met him at Golds in Venice also. Myself and my buddy were using a preacher bench and Alzado came up and asked if he could work in with us, like I’m going to say no😳. He had wrists bigger than my thighs and was as big a man as I had ever seen up close. After chatting between our sets he was a teddy bear but very intimidating until he cracked his great smile. Sorry he’s gone, bigger than life type of guy.

In '84 he used to come in where I worked in Manhattan Beach. Never spoke with him, but he was HUGE!

Beautiful.... you made this tall, 56 yr old white kid cry...

Did you grow up in Philly.

I was watching and thinking wow he really had a big heart night and day from who he seemed to be in competition. The man had demons from his abusive father and looks like he did a masterful job of learning to channel that anger by putting it into football, and that allowed to be who he truly was off the field.

"Big Al"? How big was he at 49 years old before he passed? About 6'4" 110 lbs?!?!? - All he cared about was cheating and LOOKING good. What you saw was a n act and he even said so at the end. Stop making hero's of cheaters.

Thank You for sharing your story

I've said the exact same thing. He would have been perfect in the WWE in the 80s. His fate would have wound up being the same sadly. Isn't it crazy too that he died when that steroid scandal hit the WWE in 1992? Still, he would have had a decent little run after his football career.

Vince who sorry when someone says Vince I think of Vince Young but IK that’s not who your talking about

Yes agreed. And, Brian Bosworth #TheBoz was another guy. I could easily see as a Big time Professional Wrestler.

@@VileGeed well if I cite wrestling and you don’t know who is Vince… I don’t think you will get it anyway:)

@@Dr.Sortospino McMahon?

Speaking of 1972 Broncos, Alzado himself would tell anyone that Rich Tombstone Jackson was the most intimidating guy on his team (or in the NFL for that matter) including to Lyle: ru-vid.comUgkxsEFtSOxIMVCqUttGixqnImemZCFUWfHR?si=1gm0RSWUWEJuCVyI

It really is a shame that league politics play such a big role in HoF induction. There's a lot of good players who deserve recognition, it's probably more about the hefty public admission of steroid use.

“Good” players shouldnt make the HOF.

Dude played 15 seasons in the nfl, has 112 career sacks, was twice 1st team all pro, and won a fucking Super Bowl. You don't know what you're talking about.

I like Alzado, but he's a borderline HOFer at best, he had maybe 3-4 years at a truly elite level. He's still an awesome story, coming from a tough upbringing, playing at a tiny college, a stroke of fate getting him noticed by an NFL coach, and parlaying that into a 15 NFL career.

left wing politics, they enjoy it when they can fuck us over

Me too. And I was a Bears fan. Fran was a tough SOB!!

@@ManiacRider3113 Huge Fran Tark. fan here and not familiar with this play, could you PLEASE elaborate a bit for me.....Thank you for your time if you see this.

@@shanghunter7697 I've seen it before but I don't no if I can "elaborate" on this single play but what I can "elaborate" on is he played in 3 Superbowls. Like I said, I was a Bears fan so he kicked our ass twice a year.

Karsten is a 30 for 30-quality documentary maker

Damn. You must be new to this. Kto is good but it ain't that good

This uses clips from A Football Life, that's the true Alzado doc

For sure good video here

FR! That was a damn good movie (series).

That’s right, Vern.

It's the best one!

One of the best family comedies ever made. Jim Varney, John Vernon, Lyle Alzado, & the best fake native on film Iron Eyes Cody

Ernest Goes to Jail and Rides Again are my two favorites.

It's borderline Psychopath.

UFC would have been the perfect home for him.

That was there long before. Street kid straight outta Brooklyn, violence in the home, constant fighting, etc...

He was juiced to the gills. It is what ended up killing him

and crazy

Imagine if all on the Raiders at the time...Suicide for the opponents 😅

The Mighty Raiders! No disrespect to the author of this video, but Jack 'The Assassin' Tatum, also of the Mighty Raiders, is The Most FEARED Player in NFL History. I of course like Alzado, but, sorry, he is behind The Assassin.

Alzado didn't join the raiders until the 80s

Don't forget Sistrunk.

@@PhillipPahinui Otis!

Tatum was one of the most feared tacklers of that time.

Too bad he should've not went for the kill on frenchy. Otherwise no immaculate reception

Not just didn’t regret it he didn’t apologize for doing it either.

Damn that’s savage. Is it on video?

He did regret it. He tried to apologize to Stingley but his family wouldn't allow him to see him.

🤡

Same here. I wasn’t any good, but I loved to hit hard, leading head first, of course. I’m 48 now, and memory issues are getting bad.i take some over the counter stuff, and that does help some.

Several concussions. Most from football. I am now treated for migraines. I fear my memory is slipping. We were taught head first, but to look up and don't get your head crushed downwards into your chest. Not to the side. Follow the mid section/ chest, head first, wrap up and finish by driving the runner down to the ground.

what will be, will be

God be with you guys.

Then he should have been drafted by them it took him 12 years to get to the Raiders

Absolutely true. Darth Raider . Broncos were incorrect about him. Browns (Modell) were incorrect as well. He overcame immense odds -‘life and nfl. He had a soft heart- for kids especially Ruthless on the field. Intimidation of peers and opponents. Legendary. NFL created the “Alzado rule”- a player cannot throw a helmet when a player’s head is attached to it.” Lol 👍👍💪💪👍👍👍

Yah, like now they have to revise all the record books!

He cheated

​@@chuckgator8706 just about everyone cheated back then and to say they didn't well you just lying to yourself

@@BillyBrakefield True....they do today as well, but the technology/science is great ask either masking or shedding said PID prior to testing. You do see a sacrificial lamb from time to time in today's NFL but not often.

@@baronvonslambertit’s the same today. They just use scientists and doctors to build them cycle schedules to be clean when it’s time to be clean.

Because it's the mature thing to be and say. That you didn't achieve that your self, you were mostly who you were due to the chemicals. That doesn't take away from his accomplishments as a player and that everyone else was also on the same chemicals, so it doesn't take away in that sense. I'd much rather see someone who accepts the reality than someone who says "ahhhh, who cares, I wasn't the only one on steroids!"

It’s called integrity. Look it up

​@@baronvonslambertI think he had a fake it till you make it attitude in our eyes he really made it but to himself he never felt like he nade it so only the fake it part felt real Except for that one superbowl vs the redskins

On steroids

makes the most sense to why it was hella aggressive back then

In a nutshell, great way to put it.

Couldn’t agree more! Me to….

@@rickpetersen41too

Typcial Raiders player. Total asshole of a player

Hmm... for me it's Al Davis. He bucked the league in pushing for the merger, then again in bringing them to LA..best thing in LA since the Doors! Mainly, for taking on the ones everyone else had written off. Seriously, we couldn't have won any Bowls without those guys!

Same here. LZ was the embodiment of the Raiders. Hell still is ..

So sad but true.

I don't know shit about american football (although i find these videos interesting) but from what i've seen about Alzado, he doesn't even seem to have been a monster : sure, his football persona was violent but that's just having a gimmick and Muhammad Ali did the same. It's not even close to be a real monster.

Alzado is NOT in the NFL Hall of Fame...

You made an error, Lyle Alzados isn’t in the hall of fame or at least not yet.

@@zoeledwards6617 yep. It's doubtful he ever will. 2 time All Pro and 2 Pro Bowls certifies he was a good player but not HOF worthy. There's plenty of players not in the HOF who have many more and had a greater effect on the game.

source: trust me bro

Not in the Hall of Fame but should be.

Lyle Alzado reprimanded the Barbarian body builder twins? Dude i would love to hear that story.

Yeah man, what's the story?

Right on.... we all agree...

Yes I'm sure all of those combat veterans agree.

Yeah, and most of those players whom you adore, fell apart with screwed up lives.

@@jskok3280 Of course there was a lot to also take away from that decade to make it better. The perfect NFL rule balance between the two sides were the 90s to the mid-2000's. The heart and desire to win is no longer in modern football for most players was my main point of my comment.

Rocky Bliar's autobiography IS an awesome book !! A great, tough runner and wonderful man. Lost part of his foot in warfare, came home and worked hard for two yr to play again. Tough as it gets. Best wishes

I would agree with that not only was Butkus tough but he was all time great player that is overlooked due to his reputation for nastiness.

@@jaepcam I don't think anyone can be called the most feared player ever, there are so many that are in the running for that title. Guys like Dick Lane, Charlie Bednarek, Jack Lambert, Ronnie Lott, Reggie White, L. T., Deacon Jones, Jack Reynolds, Ndamokong Suh, Aaron Donald, any many more. Any of whom would scare the shit out of you!!

@@bobyost42 Come on, Bobby! Do you even watch football? I never heard anyone call Chuck Bednarek "Charlie".

@@jaepcam well Mikey, his nickname was "Concrete Charlie" that was because in the off season he drove a cement mixer, so I guess ya learn something new every day.

@@jaepcam from Wikipedia: Charles Philip Bednarik (May 1, 1925 - March 21, 2015), nicknamed "Concrete Charlie", was an American football linebacker and center who played in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn Quakers, and was selected with the first overall pick of the 1949 NFL draft by the Philadelphia Eagles, where he played his entire 14-year NFL career from 1949 through 1962. Bednarik is ranked one of the hardest hitting tacklers in NFL history,[1] and was one of the league's last two-way players, so he was also known as "60 Minute Man".

What diner?

Ironic because, while watching the video, I was thinking to myself "Greg Townsend should be in the Hall of Fame."

@@MountainMan. when he retired he was 1 of 15 with 100 sacks and everyone else was in the hall

🎯

@@subtlebluntduality5997 that was a clean hit, maybe a bit hard for preseason, but clean. The blame should go to the QB that threw the ball high enough to make Stingley have to leave the ground. That's why Stingley got hurt, everybody knew if you went across the middle against the Raiders there was a price to pay.

@@bobyost42 Privately, Stingley thought it was a shitty pass from Steve Grogan but he didn't hold it against him. But I'm talking about the controversy after the play. Tatum and Stingley were going to meet once for an interview but Stingley backed out after he found out that Tatum was going to promote his autobiography. Incidentally, my wish partially came true because KTO just did a video about the Raiders' Soul Patrol that included Tatum.

@@subtlebluntduality5997 he thought It was a shitty pass because it was!! Stingley had to jump with both hands above his head leaving him unprotected going over the middle. There were teams you could do that and get away with it, but the Raiders weren't one of them. That one play is why Tatum isn't in the HoF and probably never will be.

Actually it was only 3.5 points and honestly that was a stretch in the regular season the Raiders went into Wash. and they were without Marcus, Van McElroy who was an all-pro free safety and they hadn't traded for Mike Haynes yet. They outplayed them slightly (howie had 4 sacks) and were about to win the game and they lost on a kind of trick play with little time on the clock, that play is the same one they tried to run before half time in the SB and the Raiders sniffed it out and it ended in disaster for the Skins. It was only 14-3 that was a pivotal play because at 21-3 the Skins had to dump their game plan and throw which let the Raiders pin their ears back and hammer Theisman. My point is if you watched the Regular season game you would never make the Skins favorites in my opinion even though they won the game the Raiders were better at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball most of the game not having Marcus Allen hurt the Raiders offense and they scored over 30 points including a 99 yard bomb to Cliff Branch the longest play in NFL history it was a great game I'm trying to find that game on YT and if you can find watch it.

@@jameshannagan4256I’m a diehard Redskins fan and couldn’t agree more. They did NOT match up well with the Raiders.

Plus let's not forget the Skins were the reigning Champs.

@@jaggedstarrPI they were. And the 1983 team was probably better - but not at pass defense. They were kind of lucky to win that game. 18 year old me felt that way and soon to be 59 year old me still feels the same. Couple that with being a bit off during the game and it was a disaster. A pity… probably the most forgotten great team …

@@davidfiddleman2312You’re right. The Raiders matched up very well with Washington because Hayes and Haynes could cover Monk & Brown with no help, allowing The Raiders to jam the box and shut down Riggins. I still can’t believe Lester Hayes is not in Canton yet.

Why would anyone cry over a jerk like that ?

​@@mattveteska85596th grade had to be the hardest 4 years of your life.

Lyle, Romo and Meck are my three favorite defensive Broncos players of all time. Romo was the dirty, Lyle was the mean, Meck was just good.

100% correct. Romanowski was pure evil.

Lt destroyed players careers. No one wanted to loose a paycheck he was feared by his contemporaries know one could scheme forbhim

Cocaine cowboy. Still a bad bad LB/DE

LT was my favorite. I'll never forget where I was and the sound that was made when he broke Joe Theismann's leg. He was one of the best

i guess 5 years ago, but things have Changed with this channel i guess.

Romanowski was hated not feared. And the football rules were different on their respective times.

Alzado wasn't dirty, just brutal

LT got my vote

@@anthonyterry8162 He was high on cocaine on the field his whole career.

Also worth mentioning that gh stimulates all cell growth via igf1, cancer more so. AAS are particularly a problem for aggravating breast and prostate cancers if they are estrogen/ androgen receptor positive. But yes, absolutely a 2 edged sword

Spoken like a guy used to making excuses for his lack of effort.

awww how sweet.

He did my Bears dirty in that video ending it with a Packers TD.

He is youtube at its greatest potential

Just don't like his favorite NFL team but he's an awesome RU-vidr

Right?! I love KTO and FlemLo when it comes to deep dives.

Marcus Allen was a specimen 💯

@@Dutch_Rudder Marcus is a Great Athlete with charisma!

That was me....i never recovered from the humiliation. My young wife and child were in the car and watched me as i got hammered next to our car. She took our child and left me.

Lol, mad funny.

Rosa Fidilio is singing/model from Brooklyn too!

In the first minute of this video, I saw scuffles that the cops were afraid to jump into. Tells me all I need to know about those guys.

That was Real Football. Damn I miss it. Soon we will be flag football, hell we dont even have Kick offs anymore. At least real ones. You cant "touch' a QB not even touch his damn head in a pass rush . Everything hard is a personal foul,, ruffing some one , Pass Interference, hands to the face, Illegal contact, and so on. Now they are calling some new BS about dropping your weight down to tackle a guy from behind. Those great Sundays Growing up Watching guys like this come to battle are gone. Damn shame,real Damn shame.

Born in Brooklyn but grew up on the mean streets of Lawrence, NY...a beautiful, peaceful suburb

Sure did! I saw Dolphins play in three Super Bowls in a row winning the last two.