Art Donovan on The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder (1998)

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NFL Football great, Art Donovan is guest on 'The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder' during this November 2, 1998 interview. Art "Fatso" Donovan played 12 NFL seasons, 138 games, was in 5 All-NFL Selections, and played in 5 Pro Bowls.
ART DONOVAN (1923 - 2013) nicknamed the Bulldog, was an American football defensive tackle who played for three National Football League (NFL) teams, most notably the Baltimore Colts. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968. In each of his first three seasons, Donovan played for a team that went out of business. He started out with the first Baltimore Colts, which folded after his rookie season in 1950, followed by the New York Yanks in 1951, and their successor, the Dallas Texans, in 1952. After the Texans franchise folded, many of their players moved to Baltimore when the Colts were awarded a new franchise in 1953 and became the second Baltimore Colts, Donovan played with that team. He became one of the stars in an outstanding defense and was selected to five straight Pro Bowls, from 1953 through 1957. The Colts won back-to-back championships in 1958 and 1959. He was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1968.
During his career, Donovan played in what many believe was one of the most important games in NFL history, the 1958 title game between the Colts and the New York Giants. The contest between the two teams took place on December 28, 1958, and ended in a 17-17 tie. Because it was the championship game, it went into overtime, the first NFL game to do so. Donovan made an important tackle during the overtime, stopping the Giants and allowing Johnny Unitas to lead the Colts on an 80-yard scoring drive to win the game. The NFL's first overtime game, witnessed by 40 million viewers on nationwide television, captured the public imagination and became known as the "greatest game ever played." Donovan was one of 12 Hall of Fame players to take part - six of them Colts - but at the time he was not aware of the game's significance. A lot of guys try to get our attention. Donovan was that rare guy who didn't have to try. He was as good on the field - he was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his second try - as he was off it. He appeared on "Late Night with David Letterman" and "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" and reduced both hosts and their audiences to howling in seconds. Often the jokes were at his expense. Self deprecation is not a quality prevalent today. Like many athletes, who were part of the Greatest Generation, he left football during World War II and joined the Marine Corps fighting in the Pacific Theater including Iwo Jima. His former teammate, Raymond Berry, told NFL.com that he once asked Donovan about the war. "He said to me, 'Raymond, I got shot in the ass on Iwo Jima.' " If you are young enough to have missed Donovan during his heyday on the late night circuit, head to KZfaq.com and check out some of his old clips. If you are old enough to remember Donovan, you should head to KZfaq as well, just to refresh your memory. Donovan died last Sunday at age 89. He was a player and a great storyteller and we'll never see another guy like him. That's sad for us, but it's a darn good epitaph. (wikipedia)
Tom Snyder (1936 - 2007) was an American pioneering television personality and figure in broadcast journalism who brought a no non-sense attitude to broadcast television news. He was best known for his late nigh talk shows Tomorrow (NBC) and The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder (CBS). His engaging style combined with his irascible attitude, made him one of the best known journalists of his time, back when having a nationally televised and thought provoking late night talk show actually meant something. It was a totally different time in television, as the news was delivered as information with no spin or opinion of the newsman. He marked the end of an era.
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@joet378 9 ай бұрын

Wonderful. I'm 74 and saw Donovan play. My uncle's club had a dozen season tickets to Giants games. This was the 50's and 60's before computers. The Giants were always sold out but a few times during the year, he would take my cousin and I to the game. He would go to the ticket booth and say he left his tickets home. They would look up his name and he would pay for the replacement tickets. My cousin and I had the original tix, so we all got in but my cousin ands I had no seats. We would walk around the stadium and watch the game. Saw some of the all time greats; Unitas, Jim Brown, Bobby Mitchell, Berry, Lenny Moore, Bednarik, Night Train, Bobby Layne, Van Brocklin and many many more. Wouldn't trade that era of football (and baseball) for any other!!!!

@dougbrowne9890 2 жыл бұрын

How can this video have less than 5k views? This is a TREASURE!!!

@jacksmith5692 Жыл бұрын

His Sister Joan died last year at age 95 and was an executive with Merrill Lynch working until age 91. She was a female pioneer in the world of Wall Street. A favorite story among her coworkers was when Joan was recognized in one of the Merrill Lynch Inner Circle Clubs and was awarded a "Red Jacket." She was the only female broker and there were only male jackets.

@billbergendahl2911 2 жыл бұрын

I remember Tom Snyder when he hosted a late night show called Tomorrow.

@61dodgelancer 5 ай бұрын

Great interview!

@greenfuzz13 6 ай бұрын

While serving in the Marine Corps in the Pacific during WW2 Art Jr. ran into his father Art Sr., who was by then serving in his 3rd war, and advised him not to get his ass shot off. Incredible.🌏

@sammyvh11 Жыл бұрын

Art was the original run stopper. RIP

@sheleryshtickproductions7070 Жыл бұрын

This dude was my great uncle, idk where the genes went 💀

@jacksmith5692 Жыл бұрын

Ok this was 11/2/98!

@jacksmith5692 Жыл бұрын

Art played in City Stadium until 1957 when the new City Stadium was built which today is Lambeau Field. It became Lambeau Field after Curly Lambeau died in 1965. Snyder was not prepared! If you watch the 1961 NFL title game between the Giants and the Packers, you see it was named City Stadium or New City Stadium and was small under 33,000 people!

@robertsprouse9282 6 ай бұрын

SNYDER, R.I.P., was originally from MILWAUKEE and was using today’s name to reference the stadium for that days’(1998)audiences. You don’t think he knew that LAMBEAU used to be City Stadium?

@Dana-wq5tp Жыл бұрын

Why do I have the feeling that Tom went the entire interview thinking Artie played for the Packers. SMH

@johnguertin3884 Жыл бұрын

SNYDER ASKS HIM HOW LONG HE PLAYED FOR GREEN BAY ??

@robertsprouse9282 6 ай бұрын

He meant “played for Baltimore” vs. GREEN BAY or at GBAY. Both the COLTS and GBAY were in the Western Conference. Fun fact.. Donovan played for two different versions of the COLTS, the ones that originally came over from the old AAFC, which folded in 1950’s offseason, and the new ones that came to BALTY from DALLAS in 1953. He also played for the now defunct NY YANKS, the team whose player contracts were bought by the DALLAS TEXANS(NFL VERSION)ownership and later were taken by the newer BALT. Colts.