Mr. Jones was the original play-by-play announcer for the Dallas Texans (before they moved to Kansas City and became the Chiefs) Mr. Jones was also an accomplished lawyer and served two years in the U.S. Air Force.
@@bufnyfan1 I love that you brought that up, because I am a Bills Fan! I had season tickets for 17 years to the bills. We were watching the game on TV, with my in-laws, and they were getting killed and we wanted to leave and go look at the Rose Bowl floats in Pasadena, instead of watching that disaster. Fortunately my sister-in-law said “I want to take a shower,“ and she took forever so we got to watch the come back. Thank goodness for slow sister-in-law’s.
I remember that Cuozzo was Unitas' backup qb in Baltimore in 1965. Unitas got injured, Cuozzo got injured, so they had to rely on Tom Matte, a running back for their qb for the rest of the season
I love the professionalism of the announcers the fields the uniforms the rules of the game way Superior football in those days the lack of hype needless stories just the football games with some conversation take me back!
I'm a Tom Landry-era Dallas Cowboys fan, and I started watching in 1964. Not speaking for anyone else, but this era of pro sports, particularly pro football, is far superior than what passes for football today. IMO, domed stadiums, plastic grass, free-agency, unnecessary rule changes, and enlargement of the rosters have totally changed the game....... and certainly NOT for the better. God bless our pro football heroes from a bygone era.🏈
Thanks for posting, "This Week in Pro Football." I grew up watching this every Saturday. IMO, this is the best football highlight show ever, to this day. The way it was narrated and with the music that went along with the highlights, it is the best!
Charlie Jones was an accomplished lawyer before he became a broadcaster. Will never forget his coverage on NBC of the Buffalo-Houston 1993 playoff game that the Bills won after they fell behind-35-3 (and ultimately won in OT 41-38). Thanks for the memories Mr. Jones RIP
Jones and Summerall had some of the best voices for play by play 2:09 - Gene Washington. The size and the lankiness...he looked like 60's Randy Moss out there 3:15...an early recorded SPIKE of the football
Gene was Randy Moss without the drama. Players back then followed Jim Brown's lead and didn't dance around like idiots after every touchdown. They flipped the ball to the ref and got off the field. Barry Sanders was the last guy to do that.
thanks for the blast from the past. I wasn't born til 74 but to see Broadway Joe was cool. Going to see the Jets against the Pats this Thursday. Have a great weekend everybody.
Have these highlights on 16mm and still watch them downstairs in my man cave with some popcorn and a good beer...thanks for sharing this one..plus I was a big LA Rams fan..Gabriel MVP that year.
1969 i was 9 years old - started following football big time always enjoyed the playbacks also followed College football this was the year a lot of teams had 100 on their helmet
Pat and Charley, 2 Arkansas boys. Pat played football at Arkansas and Charley was born in Ft. Smith and graduated from UA law school. One of the all time best broadcasting duos.
@@seveglider8406, PAT who was not born PAT, twas a nickname the son of divorcing parents received from his new guardians= his aunt and uncle because they thought their biological son and P.S. were so sympatico they called them PAT AND MIKE after the candy and the movie featuring K. HEPBURN AND TRACY; no..PAT SUMMERALL was born GEORGE ALLEN SUMMERALL JR. IN LAKE CITY, FLORIDA, and grew up there before going to college in ARKANSAS. He was not a native ARKANSAN.
It was during the Chiefs/Patriots game (49:56) that KC QB Len Dawson tore his left knee’s medial collateral ligament. Five of the six orthopedic surgeons Dawson consulted recommended surgery. Dawson was determined to play in 1969 as he felt the Chiefs had a very good chance of returning to the Super Bowl. After missing 5 games and resting his knee Dawson returned to play and he and the Chiefs won the AFL Championship and then SB 4.
I was a fifth grader growing up in Denver when the Broncos stunned the Jets. The city went crazy. Of course it wasn't long before we came back to earth. Great memory!
I remember just about every player and I miss those days. The excitement and drama were, I guess, largely a product of my 12-year-old mind, but not completely. The game was better, if only because everything wasn't about naming stadiums after cell phones and seeing how many playoff games we can squeeze in since they make more money. Pat and Charlie, we need you now.
Who was your favorite team? Your favorite player? My favorite team in 1969 was the Bills and Butch Byrd my favorite player because he went to my church and was great.
I guess different tastes. When I was a kid I loved Billy white shoes dance and the spike was an art in the late 70s- 80s. I think my overall favorite was Butch Johnson of the Cowboys td celebration.
It’s so embarrassing to see these guys prancing around like Beyoncé or Pink . It looks stupid and is stupid. They must be showing off for women because that’s who they look like .
Kansas City Chiefs HC Hank Stram expected the Chief players to conduct themselves accordingly when off the field as well as on--he had his personal tailor design suit jackets for each of the players with the Chiefs emblem emblazed on the breast pocket and the suits were to be worn on the team bus/hotels they stayed at or where they ate etc
I was just 6 years old on this day and loved my " Vikes ".....they broke my heart for the next 40 years !!! ......*.it was great growing up in the east bay in this now classic era !
I called and ordered the Everybody Polka. "Who Stole The Keishka"..... I was comparing '19 football to '69 football. There is still a lot I like about '69 football. The NFL should move hashmarks back to '69 football. Would increase running and help young qbs coming into the NFL.
In the Jets/Broncos game, Jets Punter Steve O'Neill still holds the record for the longest punt of 98 yards, which I don't think will come close to being broken anytime soon. I wonder what is the actual record at sea level if you take altitude out of the equation
not trying to be a smartass, but google it. very easy to find out. (Shawn McCarthy booted a 93 yarder for the Patriots in Buffalo in 1991.)Randall Cunningham's 91 yarder was in Giants Stadium in 1989. ThePackers' Don Chandler (1965) and the Giants' Rodney Williams (2001) each booted 90 yard punts.
I wish they had shown the punt. If the returner lets the kick roll, then the total roll is added to the yardage of the punt. I recall Luke Prestridge kicked a 90+ yard punt at Foxboro against the Jets in 1984, but at least 30 yards of that was roll. (It still pinned the Jets back to their goal line.)
in the Chiefs-Patriots game (49:57)-Chiefs QB Len Dawson injured his right knee-in Hank Stram's book "There Playing my Game"-he described how Dawson's knee swelled to almost twice its normal size--at least 3 orthopedic surgeons recommended surgery for an ACL partial tear--Dawson realized that that would mean the end of his season-something he wanted to avoid as he felt 1969 could be the year the Chiefs would go back to the Super Bowl-he was told by another surgeon that he could rest the knee and gradually practice again-and that's what he did-and ultimately went on to lead the Chiefs to SB IV
At (49:49) the Chiefs are in the huddle and No. 77 Jim Tyrer is there to the left, he unfortunately ended his life by suicide, he shot his wife then himself with a gun or rifle, in 1980, so tragic.
I remember some Broncos fans were frustrated that Terrell Davis had gone a few years without getting into the HOF, supposedly because he didn't gain 12,000 yards. I reminded them about a guy named Little and told them to relax.
The 78 yard TD pass at 21:50 shows just how good Cook was before he got hurt. Escapes the pressure, spins around and fires a bomb to Bob Trumpy (yes, the same Trumpy who was a long time TV analyst after his career was over) for the touchdown.
The Eagles helmets were hilarious, they all looked like that super-hero Hawkman. Miss the old NFL when you could pick a guy up and body slam him into the dirt 10 yards out of bounds. What, so you break a few collarbones, no big deal.
I was at that game! I was 15 years old. I remember the punt sailing over Billy Thompson’s outstretched arms, and when the ball hit the turf it just took off downfield!
I saw the punt by Steve O'neal on TV of course, the Jets were on their 2 yard line and it was 4th down, he punted the ball over the head of the returner causing him to run back like an outfielder chasing a baseball, I don't know the name of the guy on Denver (I am sure this punt is somewhere on the I net), the ball bounced and rolled several times very fast toward the endzone - 1st and 10 at the 20 for Denver!
Ben Hawkins of the Eagles always left his chinstrap undone. a lot of the kids imitated that. You can see it on that td catch. /he must have averaged about 20 yards a catch.
Fred Dryer (former LA Ram and star of "Hunter") has complained that highlight films should be treated the same way as TV residuals--players who are highlighted should be paid a residual just like actors are from TV shows are---I believe this is actually going before the courts
Am I missing something? At 43:00 Classic Sports says Green Bay finished 2 games ahead of 2nd place Chicago for the Central Division title in 1969. In the universe I live in Minnesota won the Central Division in 1969 with a 12-2 record. Green Bay was 3rd with a record of 8-6. Chicago was 1-13. ???
20:00-23:00 Greg Cook at QB for the Bengals before he suffered the shoulder injury that would prematurely end what would have likely been a very good career. The early 70s Bengals teams were very competitive, and had Cincinnati had a healthy Greg Cook, we would be talking about those matches with Bradshaw to this day.
Absolutely! A read tragedy that Greg Cook suffered that career-ending injury. An incredible natural talent. Bert Jones was another whose career was cut way too short. Both were certain HOF players.
Extremely tragic story--Bill Walsh (who was QB coach for Cincinnati when Cook was there)-had said Greg Cook had more raw talent than anyone he had ever coached (including Joe Montana)-Mr. Cook's rotator cuff injury was misdiagnosed and he kept playing with it--the shoulder degenerated despite some off season surgery-he essentially was never the same after that and ultimately retired. Bob Trumpy (TE for the Bengals then) remained friends with Mr. Cook and said that mentally he never got over the end of his career right up until the time he passed away
@@bufnyfan1 I may be wrong but I think Drew Brees shoulder injury before he was traded from the Chargers was pretty much the same as what Cook had. Talk about a different outcome and what might have been.
@@Stacie45 Orthopedic procedures had advanced by the time Mr. Brees had his injury--and he also was quickly diagnosed--Mr. Cook on the other hand was misdiagnosed and by the time it was found the damage had gotten worse and again the orthopedic science wasn't as advanced so not much could be done
So Joe Namath drives the team all the way down the field for a touchdown that puts them 2 down, then they put in Babe Parilli to go for the 2 point play. What am I missing here?
@@robertsprouse9282 If they saw Namath on the field they would have sent in the regular defense. By sending in Babe and Turner Denver was less likely to send in anything but the Extra point team. It has been a long time but I don't remember it being a last second thing where the Jets absolutely had to try the 2. Analytics weren't big then and trying for the 2 wasn't automatic.
Hafner had injuries, was forced to quit in the 1970's and became an NBC network TV analyst right away with a voice that sounded very similar to NBC's CHRIS MARLOWE the Olympic volleyball announcer and former player.
When football and the players were a great game and off the field issues were quite rare. Yes some rivalries were often bitter but teams were well disciplined. It was common to see an opposing team player help up one of the other team after a play, black players would congratulate white players and vice versa. I'm so glad YT has all these old college and pro games and programs such as this & that I have an unlimited data plan in which I can watch these. Today I read the scores and that's pretty much about it.
Staubach had such a great NFL debut ... how was it that Tom Landry, genius that he was, waited another 2 1/2 years before making Roger the Dodger his regular starter?
Craig Morton, played solid for Dallas in those days. Got them to SB5, where both he and Unitas, played poorly. Boring as hell Super Bowl, and anti-climatic with the first merger Super Bowl being two teams from the old NFL.
Hahahaaaa...I remember that Norelco commercial... Mascot:....”awwww..look at that pretty boy...sooo smooth “ Pretty Boy:....BAMMMMMMMM... what memories
Torn rotator cuff stole his career. If he had modern medical technology available he might have played for 15 years. Same injury Drew Brees had early in his career when he was with the Chargers.
Not only was the game more fun back then, so was the commentary! There were great writers for those highlight shows, but his "stacked" line was surely one of the best.
KAPP was injured in preseason. Two weeks later he threw a record 7 TD PASSES(TIED WITH OTHERS) in a single game to beat the BROWNS= 51-3..THE SAME BROWNS BEATEN by MINNY IN THE NFL TITLEGAME 27-7.. The seven TDs came in his first game of the '69-70 season..
This was back on the days that players were like us . Working stiffs that had to have a second job to make it . Now players can loaf after the season ends and party. They use to make maybe 3 times what the fans made , now its about 20
