Broke our hearts when the Cardinals left St. Louis. My hero was Larry Wilson. A 7th round draft choice who I think turned out to be the best safety ever. Smart fast and tough.

Absolutely amazed at the quality of such old footage. Another thing that I love is that the offensive linemen are blocking with their SHOULDERS & FOREARMS, not the BS grabbing & holding that routinely take place on every play in today's game! This was a great era of football as Anthony Felker has commented. However it was the end of an era for the N.Y. Giants. They won their 3rd consecutive NFL Eastern Division title in '63. Then starting in 1964 after disastrous trades, players retiring, chronic injuries, poor drafting, & poorer coaching, they'd descend into the NFL depths of despair for many torturous decades to follow.

KENNEDY SUNDAY. THE GAMES THAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLAYED. AFL CANCELLED THAT WEEKEND, SHOWED RESPECT.

Thanks for this chance to re-live this old St. Louis Cardinals game. Although their best St. Loiis Cardinals teams are remembered as the Don Coryell teams of the 1970s, the Cardinals had a couple of excellent seasons in the 1960s as well that would have made the playoffs if they only played the East first place versus the West first place at the end of the season unless there was a tie for first place. Charley Johnson was the quartback of the 1960s with Jim Hart coming on next. The Cardinals came up just a little short and rememberr once coming in second just a half game out despite being very comptetive with the Jim Brown Cleveland Browns. I sure remember this New York Giants team as well.

Terrific film, great quality! Thanks!

Wow, This is Great! Thanks for putting this out. I love this era of Football.

Love those old uniforms and playing on the natural surface.

Amazing vid, took a trip back in time. Thank you.

Charley Johnson, Larry Wilson, Pat Fischer a truly great group of players who should’ve won a championship this year.

They did a great job editing this. thanks for posting.

There is nothing like watching footage of the older games and the team I loved in the Cardinals- as a little boy going too every game with my older brother and uncles to Busch 2 stadium. Those where the days and really cold it seemed back them PLEASE BRING ON MORE- THIS IS GREAT!!!

Great post! Thanks.

Cards fan as akid loved Charlie johnson and Larry wilson Jerry stover Bobby joe conrad fond memories

This game was played 2 days after the assassination of President Kennedy and a day before his funeral. The NFL played their full schedule of games that day. The AFL did not play that day

What a great early film, so enjoyed seeing this NFL history.

From out West. St. Louis was out West in 1963.

On Thanksgiving Day in 1968, as a 12 kid, I attended a Washington at Dallas game at the Cotton Bowl. Sonny was a back-up at that stage of his career along with Pete Gent, backing up Lance Rentzel & Bob Hayes. Sonny got in the game, with no receptions, none even thrown his way. He obviously was great as a Card before injuries robbed him of a long career. Great stats for a receiver during the "running" era of the NFL. R.I.P. Sonny Randle #88🏈 GOD BLESS OUR BOYHOOD PRO FOOTBALL HEROES FROM A BYGONE ERA.

Two days after JFK I believed. And as a kid born in 1958 and raised in STL, we've watched two NFL teams come and go. The greatest offensive players during that time? Kurt Warner and Marshall Faulk. The greatest defensive player? #8 Larry Wilson. Looked like Popeye and played like Brutus!

Joe Morrison, you couldn't ask for a better utility player than him.

Because they won this game, The Cardinals found themselves in a three way tie with the Browns and Giants at 8-3. On the outside but looking in were the Steelers at 6-3-2, having just tied the eventual champions, the Bears. Ironically, two weeks later, it would be the Steelers versus the Giants for all the marbles, the Giants winning 33-17.

Looking at these old videos I helps me to appreciate the older players like ex-Cardinals WR Sonny Randle who was one of better deep threats of the early '60s.

If I could go back to 1963 ..I’d go to my nearest Chevy dealership and order me an Impala with a 4-speed dual-quad posi-traction 409..

This game was played 2 days after the Kennedy assassination and wasn't seen on television. Pete Rozelle later regretted not cancelling the games that week

Sonny Randall later became the head football coach at Marshall University.

Now this is tough football no fakes! Wish St.Louis still had the Cards

loved the cards of the sixties .........gave the browns a lot of grief ........lee .........i hear u , when the browns left cleveland in 1995 . that was it for me ...............these old films are better than anything i see in pro ball today ..............TODAYS GAME ........TERRIBLE !

Greatest video ever

A young Tom Brookshire, he still has some of his football bulk here. I also like him doing boxing with Jerry Quarry on CBS. The 1960's early 70's golden age of NFL, this is the only football that I watch can't stand this modern mess.

2 days after 9/11, the WWF had a live event in San Antonio. It was really what we needed. Hearing the wrestlers talk about how they felt, Vince McMahon's speech at the beginning. Gave me goose bumps. The same kind of thing here, I think.

The commissioner of professional football should be ashamed of himself at the time when Kennedy got assassinated on Friday and you never canceled the football games on Sunday.

Love those helmets

It's funny that Pete Rozelle got so much criticism for not calling off the games that weekend, but look at the grandstands. They're packed. Obviously there were a lot of people who weren't so broken up by the events of that weekend that they stayed home to mourn. And this is New York, which was Kennedy territory.

Hard to believe the disrespect towards the Kennedy family, by not canceling the NFL games. I remember being marched out of parochial school and being sent home, when the news came that JFK was assassinated. And watching Jack Ruby shooting Oswald on live tv. Remember it like it was yesterday.

A whole lot of former Niners, playing for the Giants in this game.

Some ppl criticize NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle for not cancelling games during this weekend (JFK assassinated) the day before but,NFL stadiums were still packed with spectators including btw this game,and Rozelle was named sportsman of the year by Sports Illustrated just to lend a little perspective.

Love it

Sunday afternoons in the 50's, early 60's, only one game in b & w and it was your home team

This was a little before my time so,I don’t recognize most of the names. But,this #84,Joe Robb,of St. Louis made two HUGE sacks near the end of the game to secure the win. Pretty impressive.

It seemed our country spiraled down after that terrible day. But nothing like what’s going on today the hate in this country is scary

My favorite era of football was that 10-year period of 1960-1969. There was a nice run-pass balance, and playbooks had a lot more interesting variations than today's inside zone, stretch, draw, and 40 different pass variations. The contrasts between the NFL and AFL added interest. Could the 1963 Chargers have beaten the 1963 Bears? Thanks for posting this video. A cousin of mine was one of the team doctors for the football Cardinals back when they still played at Sportsman's Park.

Old habits die hard. The commentator after the 2nd quarter referred to the Giants as the NY Football Giants.

Memories.

Lots of Larry Wilson fans here! I'd like to remind everyone that Wilson INVENTED the safety blitz. It was in 1960 and Wilson sacked Giant QBs nine times!

Ruby was shooting Oswald not too long before the opening kickoff I think. NBC was the only network covering it live. The other two were covering the 6 grey horses hauling the casket to the U.S. Capitol. They didn't have cable or ESPN. There's no way this game was broadcast live.

If I am not mistaken, I think that there was no TV or radio live coverage of NFL games that weekend.

R.I.P. JOHN DAVID CROW # 44🏈

Didn't recognize Joe Walton without his hat on backwards. Head shots of Cardinals players taken 9/28 at Forbes Field Pittsburgh. @ 4:29 the stacked up chairs behind end zone are the original box seat chairs from when The Stadium opened in 1923. They were replaced in 1947-8 as part of renovations that also moved Yanks dugout to 1st base side. The "first blood"description was a bad choice of words considering the circumstances the past week. Even as a wise-guy Brooksie couldn't be that tone deaf?

The players back in those olden days had regular jobs during the off season .

Tiddle is still looking for Gifford today. Lol

I couldn't find out who won this game until the Night Owl edition of the Daily News came out.I wonder if the players were in the dark with regard to Oswald?

You can't tell from watching this that Hugh McIlhenny is a Hall of Famer

Wow 😲

Tom Brookshire before he teamed with pat sumerall John madden way before this was the might 60's

❤️ oldie NFL 1960S/ 1970S

"Schmidts, a beautiful beer?" That stuff was goat piss.

I saw Hall of Famer Hugh McElhaney no. 39 but he was not mentioned in the intro.

Why were the Giant players sitting below ground level on their benches?...Could it be so the fan's view was not blocked?...

the giants special teams hurt them dropping kick returns and fumbling the punt.

Half highlites and half real time play by play from the recently retired due to injury, broadcaster, TOM BROOKSHIER..

I don't know why, but Larry Wilson's #8 is so abnormal! I can't think of another #8 that was popular.

Nice.

the president of the united states, john fitzgerald kennedy assassinated 2 days earlier. notice the demeanor of the players, most weren't happy about having to play... none of the nfl games (7 of them) were broadcast live, the 3 networks were wall to wall coverage of the assassination and funeral. lee harvey oswald, kennedy's assassin was gunned down 39 minutes before 12 o'clock games started. the vietnam war would escalate under johnson as president, and little to no mention of the war (for years) made broadcast t.v. other than the nightly news. the smothers brothers were infamously cancelled for ignoring warnings from cbs to stop with the political commentary against the war and nixon. they were the top-rated show at the time.

Looking back, it's easy to see now that NO NFL games should have been played that weekend. I believe Mr. Rozelle said it was his biggest regret as commissioner of the NFL...

Schmidts is the schitzs

It wasn't bad enough they played the games, they also presented these highlights like it's just another football weekend.

Only 2 days after the Kennedy assassination. Oswald was shot this day.

how did pro football go from this, mild to no celebrations on a good play and TDs to the ridicules crap you see todays players do

It was sad because it was two days after the assignation of John F.Kennedy.

You don;t think of the Cardinals being good in these years. But I was born in 1969 and I vividly remember six of the Cards: tackle Ernie McMillan, quarterback Charley Johnson, tight end Jackie Smith, cornerback Pat Fischer, linebacker (though it looks like he's setting up as a down lineman in this game) Larry Stallings, and kicker Jim Bakken

Not a good game for Charley Johnson, but Cardinals still win! The offensive line could have done a little better to protect him.

This was November 24th '63? Wasn't JFK's casket going to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda that day? I thought everything was postponed. I realize Kennedy himself enjoyed football, but geeeeze.😮 On a football note, as glamorous as YA Tittle was he sure didn't have much hair did he?

The Giant rbs, for the most part, were big and rather slow of foot...well done, Brookie...

The great Hugh McElhenny reduced to returning kickoffs for the Giants.

two days after Kennedy's murder

I think the NFL did a great service to play in the aftermath of the JFK assassination 2 days earlier. We needed an escape during this time of mourning.

Must have been a stock film of the outside of Yankee Stadium; the flags are not at half-staff

2:29--Look in the background at the scoreboard. You'll see that the Giants are playing the Browns and not the Cardinals.

2 days after the Assassination

The Bears big year. Obviously, if it weren't for a few injuries, it might have been a back 2 back 2 back year for the mighty Pack.🏈

This was two days after the assassination of JFK.

Check out the limp wrist at @ 1:35 😂

Say what you want to about Pete Rozelle, I believe he really tried to execute what was in the best interest of the NFL

They didn't say anything about JFK death because they show has to go on

Nov 24, 1963....two days after Kennedy killing?

Just a few days after the JFK assassination.

2 days afterJFK's murder.

Biggest mistake Pete Rozelle ever made.

The entire country was in mourning. The nfl, though is apparently bigger than the whole country. In today's lingo, giant fail Pete.

Tom Brookshire the announcer did a real lousy job, made like 50 mistakes

Tom Brookshier was drunk this broadcast and he shouted the whole time and his producer and Director kept telling him to calm down and they finally had to give him a shot of Jack Daniels any calm down but he was shouting the whole time

Oswald got shot by a corrupt police set up minutes before this game.

Neither one of these teams could do anything today they would all have to be taken away on the meat wagon

Watch Sam Huff for a series he was so overrated and that jelly belly was getting his butt kicked all game. Ha ha ha