Yes, the pros hit harder than the college players because they are paid more. Thank you for watching and commenting - I appreciate it!

In those days I read that NFL players had second jobs. Raiders' players teaching school! And the city of Oakland would be better off if they were teaching now.

Thank you, John! I agree - the '70's NFL is the best. I'm working on Part 2 which I think will be even better, so please check it out when it rolls out.

Now they play in stadiums that look like something out of Star Trek with fake turf, it's so phoney.

@@smokesletsgo2374 it's so sterile...no character

Playing youth floorball in the 70s , we played on dirt fields and there were more rocks than dirt !

@@integrity-ut8ff We played on similar fiekds. Moms hated all the torn shirts and pants, but nothing they said could stop us from playing.

That's right - on all accounts.

100% correct

Thank you. I appreciate it!

Love this. Way the game should be played on natural grass & mud. Todays nfl has become soft……

@@jamessimms415 I agree; the game should be played on natural grass fields

@@jamessimms415 I think it's less that today's NFL is soft and more that the league prioritizes profit/convenience over anything else. A lot of players have been vocal about how they would prefer to play on grass but the owners pick turf because it's easier/cheaper.

I would love to have that cutting room floor footage! To me, almost every NFL game pre-'80 is worth viewing. There is always something that stands out or is noteworthy. If nothing else, there's always the memories of the players that I grew up watching and the stories that go along with them. Thanks for the comments.....and for watching!

Correct you are, when I was into collecting NFL Films I used to write to Steve and correspond with him directly in the early days because he saw I was buying everything available and once I gained his friendship and trust I begged him for a copy of the Saints at Giants brawl game 1968 at Yankee Stadium which I attended and he told me he couldn't do it. I was able to get highlights and posted them on this channel on another video with other NFL fights.

@@brotzmannsax Wow, that is so cool to hear! Thanks for sharing. Did he ever give you any other collectibles?

@@markgardner9460 I had plenty of hand written letters from Steve and he would always send me brochures and catalogs with free NFL logo stickers and once did me a favor making me a copy of the Vikings-Giants opening day Webster game which is when I tried to get the Saints-Giants game and he declined. Otherwise, I bought all the NFL Films releases as they were released in their white clam shell cases and a couple of personal games I desired a copy of which they produced for me.

@@brotzmannsax That's great stuff. I never received anything close to that good in my Aunt Helen's letters...LOL

I love making these videos and am working on Part 2 right now. Thank you for watching them - I appreciate it.

@@markgardner9460 Keep them coming!

Today's games are a corporate product played like girls, thank goodness for the Sabol's and NFL Films!!

Yeah, I hear ya. Some of our games in the park got kinda rough, too. Great memories.

That's absolutely right! I heard Jim Parker say that Unitas, while in the huddle, stuck mud from the field up his nose to stop a bleeding nose that was dripping onto Parker's shoes. All of the QB's that you mentioned were beyond tough. Pastorini and Bradshaw, in particular, had so more serious injuries during their career that it's amazing they played as long as they did. Thanks for bringing this up, Tommy!

True, and there were many other examples - gotta add Billy Kilmer (17) to that list of gutsy QBs. I recall one game where he led the winning touchdown drive with a broken nose. In the postgame TV interview, he was holding a bloody towel to his face. I believe it was a playoff clinching game - Redskins vs Giants.

@@denisceballos9745 Yes Sir, I remember him giving an interview with the towel. Other gutsy QBs, Bobby Lane, Don Meredith, Roger Staubach, Dick Shiner...man, you could go on, and on...

@@denisceballos9745 Don Meredith was tough...took a lot of clotheslines from The Hangman, Chris Hanburger.

Don't forget Joe Namath, doing what he did on two crippled knees.

Thank you, David! The Dolphins should have never changed their uniforms, in my opinion. Thanks for watching!

And I started school that year.

Almost 50 years ago and those games have stuck with you...means they were quality games, in my opinion

exactly the same here! 12 years old in 1973 and now visions of the football cards I had of these players pop into my head.

@@muttonchopsgayever 50 years later and I can still picture those cards. Great memories.

1973 was when Johnny Unitas was replaced by Dan Fouts, and also Dick Butkus' final season.

I still have all of my cards, most still in NM condition from1971-1979. A collection I am very proud of. I need to make a youtube video showing them off. Thanks for the awesome videos. I can watch this stuff forever.@@markgardner9460

"it was a part of the game", indeed. Players who were hit out of bounds or late just accepted it as such. No sense asking the refs to throw a flag cuz it's not going to happen.

Yep, physical intimidation was viewed as a strategy for winning.

Hi Denis, the NFL and NHL policed themselves back then, if you crossed the line there would be retribution and paybacks, they weren't so concerned about yardage, ha.

@@brotzmannsax Exactly, Good point. The NHL always had an “enforcer” on the team - ready to drop the gloves at the appropriate time. It was just part of the game. You had to be tough to play these sports - you had to enjoy the challenge. Often times the price was high.

The NBA and ABA were the same way back then too.

I do, too! Classic!!!

Thank you - I'm glad that you enjoy watching my videos!

Glad you liked it! Part 2 is right around the corner.

Thanks a lot, Robert. I appreciate it! Looking forward to delivering an entertaining Part 2 soon.

Thank you...and thanks for watching!

Thank you!!! Seriously, how can any QB with a list of plays strapped to his wrist with an Offensive Coordinator speaking in his ear be considered the greatest? Of his era, maybe, but not even close of all-time. Thank you for watching and commenting!!

@@markgardner9460 LOL! Exactly. I feel like I'm in the twilight zone when I hear a group of guys saying how great he is. Brady wouldn't last a quarter if he was sent back to the 70's. Thanks again!

Thank you! I'm working on Part 2. These types of videos take quite a bit of time putting together, but I think that it's worth it for sure.

Yeah, it was kind of like boxing...you knew you were going to get hit, but most of the time not when and where. Thank you for watching and commenting!

Had to have your head on a swivel at all times cuz someone was out to get ya

How did Dan Pastorini survive all those shots to his head plus his head getting bounced off the concrete Astrodome field? The players endured all those head shots leading to CTE.

@@brotzmannsax His offensice line was porous. Defense was lousy...no rushing attack until Earl Campbell, so he had to pass and the opposing defense tee'd off on him big time.

Look at the bears hitting the Detroit lions QB looks like he was severely injured

@@dominicsosa7405 Amazingly, neither team has had a great quarterback since Sid Luckman and Bobby Layne.

Thank you, Jeff. I really appreciate that! Thank you for watching and commenting!

Thank you - I appreciate it. Thank you for watching and commenting.

I have not seen anyone on the streets wear that one. I'd like to score a Pats #73

New has parents in the 70s and 80s. ...that's a man who played through pain.

Thank you, John! More episodes like this to come

You're welcome. Real football.

Thanks, Steve. I'll do my best.

Thank you! Love your thumbnail

That light blue helmet is one of my favorites! I have an 8 X 10 color photo of Bradshaw punting. Oddly, out of all of the positional players to have pulled double duty with their main position, as well as punter, the quarterback position is probably one of the most played positions (Bob Waterfield, Sammy Baugh, Norm Van Brocklin, John Hadl, etc)

Thank you! Looking forward to rolling out Part 2 which may be even better.

Thank you! Is there a particular team, year, rivalry match-up, player, etc that you'd like to see in a new video?

@@markgardner9460 not really I like all your stuff especially the late 1960s through the 1970s Oh and did you try that 506 archive site yet I love it

@@barbaracaroll I'm looking now, but don't think that I see it. I searched for "506 archive". Search for something else?

@@markgardner9460 I just googled it myself it came right up Maybe use chrome see if that works for you

They were - it's amazing that they didn't get some of the rules changed sooner than they did - would have saved a lot of aches and pains

Not anymore. Next season they're doing away with the hip drop tackle. It won't be too long and it won't even be tackle football.

Right on! I'd like to get a Memphis Southmen jersey of his. A rather difficult find, I'm sure.

White was the Dolphins home jerseys also

@@michaelleroy9281 Yes, indeed: For daytime games.

I finally got one a few years ago. It's awesome.

@@billstout2118 a Southmen's jersey or a Dolphins jersey?

Thank you, Thomas. I appreciate that and thank you for watching! I hope that you will check out my other videos, as well. Thanks for commenting, too.

@@markgardner9460 I was about 7 years old during this period of football. I remember my father got me the NFL 72 stamp book from DX/Sunoco and I studied it for hours on end so most of these players i recognize by name Thx again

@@thomasgallagher7092 I remember that stamp book! Almost forgot about it. Thanks for bringing that up!

In the Super Bowl between the Redskins and Dolphins, an upright came into play which most likely caused the Redskins a touchdown (Kilmer pass hit it when a receiver was open in the end zone). The score would most likely would have been 14 to 14 and the first overtime in Super Bowl history would have taken place. Time to move the goalposts to the end lines.

I agree...field level or in some cases ground level views are just outstanding. Much better than views now which are too distant. Thank you for watching

Count your lucky stars for the Sabol family.

Aint it the truth?

That's so cool. Did you watch any games at Yale Bowl? Where were your seats at Yankee Stadium?

@@markgardner9460 We had 4 tickets right on the 50 yard line about a dozen rows up right behind the Giants bench, my father had connections. He took me to most games from Brooklyn to the Bronx and later gave up on the poor team and I wound up going with my friends the last few seasons. The Eagles game was the last game I attended at Yankee Stadium and never went to the Yale Bowl or Shea Stadium in 1975. My father pulled off 4 more seats for relocation from the Stadium and we had season tickets at Giants Stadium from the first game against Dallas in 1976 to the end. I moved out of NY and never attended Met Life Stadium.

@@brotzmannsax Now those are some great seats! Do you have any game programs? Any particular game(s) stick out as your favorite?

@@markgardner9460 Attending games at Yankee Stadium was exciting mostly in 1970 when we beat the Vikings opening day and went to the last home game hoping to make the playoffs only to lose to the Rams slaughter. In 1972 we beat our rival Eagles 62-10 which was fun as well as the last game ever there in the tie against Philly. My father was connected and we had great seats there although nobody believed we sat right on the 50 yard line. When we got the 4 tickets transferred to Giants Stadium we were in section 140 all those years around thee 15/20 yard line, not as good but at least we went. There my favorite games were beating SF in the 85 playoff game and the Redskins for the NFL Championship game the next season 17-0 in the coldest game I ever attended. I had a gam,e program for every Giants game I ever attended but eventually sold most of them on Ebay thru the years as they were starting to go, I had hundreds with home and away games but kept probably a dozen in my Giants collection including playoff games and the Super Bowls.

@@brotzmannsax I think that Tarkenton's Giants twice beat the heavily favored Vikings...once at each stadium. You must have had a bunch of programs...great stuff. Plus you are a super fan going to that many Giants games. I know that week 1 of 1980 was an away game, but I remenber Earnest Gray's 4 receiving td's in the Giants 41 to 35 win over the Cardinals. Thank you for your great comments!

There's good reason as to why Tatum was nicknamed "The Assassin"

The Soul Patrol.

As a kid, the NFL got me through all of life's "stuff". I was glued to the tube for every game I could watch.

I didn't understand all of that but I did understand "Steelers fan"!!! Thank you for watching and commenting!

Only 3 tv channels on our monster-sized black and white tv

Thank you for watching and commenting!

I think Buffalo lead the NFL in attendance for 3 or 4 years in a row after Rich Stadium was built

Most of those will be accounted for. Still working on it. Thank you for the reminder/heads up!

Now it's for casual fans and fantasy football players

"extra credit"......love it!!

He demonstrated it on O.J. in 1972.

@@3243_ I've seen that play. Knocked his helmet completely off and left him reeling. Vicious

Nice attention to detail - could tell that Jack was pleased with himself because he clapped his hands after the hit.

They didn't get much better. Thank you for watching and commenting!

Loved the early '70's Dolphins!!

That was as wild a one as I've seen. I think that it happened at the end of the game, but not sure what caused it.

@@markgardner9460 Even the security and some plain clothes were getting some shots in, ha. I enjoy these videos and your commentary, nice work and great jerseys, I loved Czonka being a Giants fan now living in Miami.

Old George was so tight that he squeaked.

No other decade is even close...so many iconic games and intense rivalry games + Monday Night Football

...nor were the regulations enforced as consistently as today.

I didn't know that ab out Laslavic - thanks for sharing! Lions had solid LB's back then and of course prior to that with Joe Schmidt.

Laslavic was one of those pretty good Penn State linebackers that every team seemed to have. The Lions had a special hatred for Jim Del Gaizo. One time he came in as a sub and completed a 4th-and-27 that helped the Packers steal a game from Detroit.

@@daveconleyportfolio5192 converting a 4th and 27 against any defense would cause serious hatred....unreal Thanks for the info...love it!

Great point! He was something else at Ohio State - wrecking ball

I saw that, too! Probably went home and bragged to his wife about how high he threw it.

Thanks! Filmora is what I use

"The Autumn Wind is a pirate......."

BIG Boo!

What do you mean? I'm not sure I understand.

@@markgardner9460 like Vern Den Herder. 83. 88 Alan Page, 81 Carl Eller

@@kingofallmediums2123 Oh, I gotcha!

I will add these to the list for sure! My Part 2 video has a few clothesline tackles in it.

Thanks for watching and commenting. I placed whatever I thought the best footage was, regardless of the teams or players. I hope you check out Part 2 - it's a good video, too. Thanks again.

All right - I'll definately take that into consideration. Thank for the suggestion!

Today's players wear biking shorts with napkins for pads and teeny tiny shoulder pads because tackling and hitting is being more and more legislated out of the game. Now it's mostly clutching, grabbing, pushing and holding up a runner's progress without him landing on the ground, so the official will whistle the play dead. Nobody gets hurt (including the feelings of fantasy football owners).

Gene Washington made All-Pro each of his first 3 years. He was dynamite!

Today's defenses are so hampered by the rules - it's a joke.

Plymouth Satellite or Duster?

I agree - add Archie Manning and Bradshaw, too. Pastorini was the only pocket passer of the four, so he had no chance of avoiding the pummeling.

whoever the big play guy was on a team, that's who was getting targeted for sure

I have not heard of that footage before.

I guess that qualifies as a hard hit.

They gave 100% and played team ball, for the most part.

No choreographed team dances after touchdowns

I'm glad you liked it!

I don't believe that I have that footage - I hadn't heard of that.

Yeah, the thing about dislocated shoulders is that it seems to me that they are more susceptible to further dislocations....at least it was with a friend of mine.

@@markgardner9460 So true about shoulder dislocations.

Thank you for watching and commenting! I will take into consideration your request for more Oilers-related videos. In the meantime, have you checked out "The Worst NFL Team Of All-Time(Non-Expansion)? and Part 2? They're located in the Special Features section of my Playlist. Thanks again.

Actually, I have and those are two more of the great videos or files or whatever, that you provide. Good stuff. 71 and 72 if I recall. I wasnt complaining about not enough Oilers stuff. I love your stuff. Keep up the good work and thank you@@markgardner9460

Thank you! I have a Pastorini video that I'd like to make, along with one for Burrough. Of course my list is long, but hopefully I'll get to it some day.

Owners told the NFL that they want their high priced ballplayers protected as much as possible against injury so they can get their monies worth......and the NFL complied. Now they have a "tackling zone" that is the size of a postage stamp which is why we see all the stiff arming going on which causes plays that should only go for 4 yards instead go for 12 because the players are chicken fighting all the way down the field,

They should just play flag football today

A defender can't do anything - it's a complete joke! They want every game to be 54 to 51.

There is a Part 2 to this 1973 season presentation, so feel free to check that one out in my Playlist. Thanks for watching this one!

That's why they wore the big boy pads back then. Today they basically don't wear any.

I must have misspoke. Sorry about that