Yeah he is...... i hear black exploitation 70s music when earl runs too😂😂

​@@shazam_daghost3427 😂

​@@Romans219"I love football and could care less about skin color " That works in the perfect world, not here on earth

Marion Motley.

Earl Campbell was original unstoppable running 🏃‍♂️ back

Hell fuck yeah my nigga

Jack Tatum lit Campbell up.

@@user-sg8kq7ii3y he do scored lol

I watched him as a kid...bulldozer but incredible speed

Yes he did... However he's paid a bigger price then he was paid. Breaks my heart to see my favorite player and what the NFL, Ownership and even players association has basically turned their backs on him. The Jr Seaus etc. They profit pay these men. n

That calm guy, who goes about his business at a stellar level. Everyone respects him, and all the loudmouths envy his class.

My buddy got let go from NFL, while he was still playing very well. At the time he was devastated. Afterward he played for the USFL, New Jersey Generals. Then the NY Giants picked him up during the strike year. Ultimately his career ended too early. Now, he says it was a blessing, all of his friends who had long NFL careers as linemen, are at best needing a cane to walk, most are in wheelchairs. Very sad, what we allow for entertainment.

Didn't help that Houston had astro turf

Earl Campbell was unstoppable college & NFL🏈 career

What’s even crazier is he played his whole career with a spinal disease

why the hell did they install a turf hard as cement ? Doesn't make sense...........@@lmenzol

Jack Tatum LIT Campbell up!!

❤️ earl Campbell; & Houston oiler fight song & Billy white shoes 👞 Johnson

@@user-sg8kq7ii3y Campbell gave more than he took in his career.

Indeed Earl was "catchable" but really was unstoppable.

And in my humble opinion… the BEST overall running back of all time. Can run through you, around you.. under you… greatest combination of talent I’ve ever seen…. I’ve played college football and he’s the LAST PERSON I’d ever want to play against!!

@@robertanselmo8906 as much as I love him, I think Bo has him beat, handily. but deff top 3 or 4

Jim Brown than everyone else. 👍

Earl had 12 screws in his back. He was in so much pain that he thought about killing himself . Find the documentary that they hid....... good luck !.

@robertanselmo- Bo Jackson could hit a ball , run it down , throw back to the plate And beat the tag! Campbell just ran the ball every play! IN THE HOUSTON ASTRODOME! YOU want to see a bad man LEROY KELLY! Jim brown who?

He had his 5th back surgery. They tighten up the screws n got him off meds and alcohol n he sang with Willy Nelson . Not very good . He said that.

It was too bad that surgery wasn't like it is today. He could have recovered from most of his injuries. Also imagine if he played for a Super Bowl team ?? Straight up POWER !!

My uncle lives close to him in Westlake Austin. He said even years ago that he had seen him outside his house and that he needs a walker to assist him.

What a lot of people don't know is that he was born with a spinal deformity. He always played in pain. He was truly a determined man. And humble

Difference between 🏃 then & now. Past 🏃 were willing to take the punishment unfortunately they bodies paid a high price for absorbing that punishment.

I grew up in Baytown. Luv Ya Blue!!!!

If earl played his whole career. On. Grass like john riggins he wouldve set records that wouldve never been broken 😊

Bum. Phillip's was a good coach but he overused earl

Shame he never got to play in the Superbowl because the steelers were in his way.

Violent running

Forget Oilers history. He’s one of the best in NFL History.

Jerome Bettis closest RB to even compare to Earl Campbell.

@@btcurry1 jim brown?

Tatum was basically the Defensive version of Campbell... both so physical

Great comment. except for the fact his first 4 were the greatest. kinda like Bird. The way both played robbed us of the longevity, but I doubt either would trade their few stellar years for a few more of mediocrity. Just magnificent. Love the Tyler Rose.

EARL CAMPBELL WAS THE JOHN MACKEY OF RUNNING BACKS.

What about Patrick mahomes. He's from Tyler Texas too.

@@johnwest5458 that's not Earl Campbell. 🙃🫠

Like his Earl Cambell hot link's.

One awesome Texan!

Remember the hit Donnie Shell put on him? I believe he broke some ribs!

@@chadrupert4456Overrated hit.Campbell was spinning when Shell hit him.Did you see when Campbell flattened Shell at the 1:56 mark?😂

as a oiler fan i can likewise tip my hat to the black and gold...they were as good as it gets... and it made for some incredible wars in that black and blue central division...

..Damn straight. If you didn't see him play, you just can't imagine "Earl."

Number two behind Jim brown.

@@OG-19 Valid opinion. Respect.

Love Earl, and agree with most of what you said, but he wasn't better than Jim. You can't really argue againist 12 consecutive seasons as a power back and not missing a game.

@@ByronJames7Jim Brown (RIP😔) only played 9 yrs.And perhaps most impressive is he lead league in rushing 8 of the years! 4 MVPs ain’t to shabby.

​@@ByronJames7what is this fascination with trying to correct ppl, while not being correct yourself? It is wide known that Jim Brown retired prematurely at 29. So if he played 12 years like you say, did he enter the NFL at 17 years old? I am pretty sure that he didn't.

@@newagain9964 My mistake. Earl Campbell only played 8 seasons, brotha. Still agreat nonetheless!

@@anitafloyd2554 You say fascination, and yet you are attempting to correct me. Lol the irony. And "prematurely?" what does that even mean? He retired when he wanted to, as an MVP, rushing leader, and NFL Champion. Would you say Earl Campbell retired "prematurely" as well? Because by my recollection, Earl was pretty beat down physically by the time he retired, having played one season less than Jim Brown.

emmitt couldn't make a hole to run thru, he can only thank JJ for building the front line for him to run straight and not zip-zag making the entire defense missing tackles like Barry Sanders!! these two backs just ran out of steam carrying the entire team !!!

I think Emmitt Smith and Tony Dorsett are 2 of the greatest RBs ever but both of them were fortunate to be drafted by the cowboys at a time when the cowboys had a real team on offense and defense. Which brings me to the other side of the coin which is RBs that were drafted by shitty teams. People don’t mention Earl Campbell in this regard but if you take him off those oilers teams they’re nothing. Also Walter Payton was unlucky in this regard because the Bears didn’t have a real team until Payton was well into his thirties. It would’ve been fascinating in both instances if those 2 had been drafted by good teams. We’ll never know the difference but I think conventional wisdom would suggest they would’ve won multiple Super Bowls.

@@averydaymond1560 I couldn’t agree more.

Look how fast and shifty he is too. He is almost on a level where he should be banned.

@@arbyarby3259That’s not true. Just taking a shot at Emmitt.

I grew up a Walter Payton fan but let me say this, always was a fan of Earl Campbell fan as well, admired both. What football players should be. Thanks for all the memories 👊

Not "one of", he was the greatest.

YES, YES IT IS , I LOVE IT IT'S ABOUT TIME

I'm not so sure that was a tearaway. He was just that powerful. I watched a ton of his runs and never saw him rip any other jerseys.

@@napoearth If he had a tear away he would have gotten another 1, 000 yards. Looks like about half of the tackles are from being pulled down by his jersey. A true gladiator.

@@napoearth definitely tear away jerseys

We used to call them "throw aways" in high school, lol. @@poindextertunes

Too bad they ran him in the ground, they gave him no help, he can barely walk now.

@@johnnywilcox4343 Truth. Although I've seen he's gained some mobility back over the last several years with physical therapy. The Astroturf was like playing on concrete, took a terrible toll. :(

@@johnnywilcox4343 study it out , er guessing. ✌️

❤️ earl Campbell one man gang & Houston oiler fight song & Billy white shoes johnson

Campbell was the best power running back I've seen in my lifetime. I didn't get to see Jim Brown play, but I know he was great as well. ( maybe better ?) I'd take Earl over any power back I've seen. He had great burst speed, in his first 2 steps, and great top end speed, and could run faster than defensive backs. He had it all, power, great speed, and great moves. Guys would bounce off him like toothpicks, and must have had fear when they saw him break thru the line. I'm talking power backs, and not finesse runners like Barry Sanders, Tony Dorsett, and many others. Campbell was pretty much the best "all time" for power backs. Likely maybe tied with Jim Brown, or better ?

EC was diagnosed with Spinal Stenosis a few yrs back. He had had it since birth. Docs were amazed he played football, much less as a wrecking ball.

​@jeffreywillis4258 You're right. He was a beast who knew he was playing with borrowed time. He left everything out on the field.

How was he underrated?

I remember when the Oilers played my Raiders. Earl Campbell ran through Jack Tatum. UNSTOPPABLE !!

@@petermontoya1796 Fun memories for sure.

they were thisclose many years, but had to meet the Steelers in the playoffs damn near every time (and barely lose) Bum Phillips would come to the end of year parade and say EVERY time "we knocked on the door, next year we'll kick it down!!" sadly never did

The oilers were good when he played for them. They went to the AFC championship game, but they had to play the Steel when they were the best.

The renfro incident is the most overrated post situation in NFL history. Oilers head coach Bum Philips and QB Dan Pastorini admitted the call didn't determine the games outcome , that event occurred in the 3 qtr ,there was still the remaining 3 qtr and full 4 qtr to play ,if the TD were allowed ,if the extra point was successful it only ties the contest ,, Pittsburgh proceeded to score ,10 points afterwards,the oilers 0 , the oilers hadn't produced a single offensive TD in the previous years AFC championship game loss 34-5 against this same Steelers team ,up until the questionable renfro catch hadn't achieved it ,there only points were by a defensive TD . There actually is a camera view from above showing renfro slightly bobble the ball before he cascaded out of bounds ,thus the notion by many fans that the refs call had absolutely no foundation behind it is baffling. The Steelers were robbed of a ample opportunity to potentially secure home field advantage throughout the AFC conference post season, if by the end of the regular season they compiled more wins then the chargers who the Steelers lost against during that regular season .That actual egregious call by refs in the 1979 Monday nite contest at the astrodome selectively gets forgotten , selective amnesia. When Pittsburgh recovered a obvious on side kick , needing a fg to send the game into OT , the ref incredulously stated the Steelers player didn't have possession of the ball before he ran out of bounds , he literally ran for several yds before going out of bounds with the ball securely in his hands ,the Monday nite announcers were puzzled at the call,as the replays clearly showed conclusively the Steelers player successfully waited until the ball advanced 20 yds before grasping it ,validating Cossell and Meredith's puzzlement over the call rightfully so . The decades long procedure in pondering a myth that the oilers were jobbed ,which they weren't is a slight the 1979 steelers legacy shouldn't have . Inthe 1974 conference championship game on the road vs the raiders ,the Steelers John Stalworth caught a one handed TD side line toe tap that was wrongly ruled a no catch ,a reception unquestionably a TD , Pittsburgh regrouped after the bad refs decision and proceeded to win their very first conference championship, if the oilers were that good,they would have persevered,nevertheless,the renfro supposed catch had grounds to be ruled a incomplete pass , remember the oilers still had downs on that particular possession to obtain a first down, eventually leading to a game tying TD . Objective Context applied ,the renfro post season incident is the most overrated moment in playoff history .

I’m a diehard Steelers fan since the 70s. I loved Earl Campbell he was Bo before Bo. Size, power, speed and finesse when necessary

If you were a GM and you could choose Earl Campbell or Walter Payton who gets the nod

wonder how many SB the stellers would have won with the PEARL

His thighs were larger than my waist back in 78-79 measured an insane 34 inches. Earl had literal old oak tree trunk for legs, and as strong! 😳

36 inches.

YES, THE CARRIES PER GAME, PER SEASON. UNMATCHED, UNBELIEVABLE.

Don't insult Earl Campbell by comparing him to Marshawn Lynch...

I'm not doing that to insult him I'm just keeping it 💯

@@RK-um9tu You got that right, Earl had way more class.

I bet Darrell uses that speed to run away from Earl I doubt she would try and tackle Earl

Commanders Legend

@@TheHeston83 LMAO

@@TheHeston83 🤣

@@TheHeston83 Lmfao

JUST FELL SHORT OF 10,000 YARDS AND 2000 YRDS RUSHING IN A SEASON. THAT IS THE FILM WE ALL HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. I CAN NOW ENJOY WATCHING THE MOST POWERFUL RUSHING BACK OF ALL TIME DO HIS THING. DON'T KNOW WHY THEY SHORT CHANGED HIM. HE DESERVES MUCH BETTER ACKOLAIDS. 👏 YES HE PAID THE PRICE FOR HIS BRUTAL RUSHING STYLE BUT IF HE DIDN'T , WE WOULDN'T HAVE THOSE BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES. THANK YOU EARL CAMPBELL FOR EVERY YARD OF YOUR ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER. 🦏 🏈 🎳 🚂 3️⃣4️⃣

Heck yeah he was a beast in that game. I remember I had a vicious team I went like 15-1 during the season and I played Earl Campbell's team in the championship game man he ran for like 230 yards on my number one ranked defense and I lost 34-13

Earl was jim brown 2,0 by the way,,,, the long run he had on MNF against miami was broken brown from a physics stand point on a sports science show some years back, that last 50/60 yards,, you just saw a five foot eleven.235 pound man with28 to 34 pounds of pads on run a 4,38,,,,,,no wonder thosE 190 pound dbs could not catch him,,,,,,,UNF@#KINBELIVEABLE!!!!!

I miss those old Oilers uniforms.

You missed out brother. IMO this was when the NFL was the shit. Physical man i loved it

Yeah I get it...I'm in my mid 60's and that Era imho was the beginning of the end of "football". Which is why I insist we'd not be having the conversation of brady being the goat. He wouldn't have made it back them because he could be 'HIT"

Earl Campbell said that Tatum hit him the hardest ever. He said he felt that blow down his spine and into his toes. He said after that hit, "something felt wrong." Jack Tatum was a vicious hitter who feared no one. He was willing to die on the field.

Campbell went to the locker room after that Tatum hit.

Watching that sequence in slow motion... you realize the incredible amount of power and agility he possessed...

He didn't fold Jack Tatum...