“Make sure when anyone tackles you, he remembers how much it hurts.” - Jim Brown

Great video Mark, once again showing what a different game it was back then. I feel fortunate having witnessed a lot of it back when I was a kid. Today’s game is soulless, sterile. Your videos never get old!

Despite being named to three Pro Bowls (one of which he dominated, although they gave the MVP to O.J.) Marv Hubbard was the most underrated fullback of all time.

Everyone knew how great Csonka was and he was still underrated. His yards per carry as a fullback were amazing from 1970-1973

Some of hits these guys took, it is amazing how anybody lasted in the NFL.

You had to be tough to play in the (60s-70s) NFL...You had to be exceptionally tough to compete in the black & blue division! I, living in Des Moines as a kid got to watch the Bears, Vikes or Pack every week. I used to chart plays w/special attention to Brown, Anderson, Pitts, Sayers etc. I loved Willard too & his crew cut with fenders. Did you notice the Ref in red stripes and red socks? Anderson was an iron man going from frozen to concrete turf. The fullback in today's game is an H back, an F Receiver an added "blocker". The fullback is kind of invisible like middle linebacker...but I appreciate it when I see it today - call 'em what they will. Thanks brother, you're appreciated.

Bill Brown was a legend.

My pick: Tom Nowatzke; first round pick in 1965 by the Detroit Lions. Super Bowl Champ in 1971 (Super Bowl V), where his 4th Quarter Touchdown tied the game. His truck & trailer repair shop is just up the road from me in Whitmore Lake, MI.

Fullbacks, I love tough runners who never fumble and are hard to tackle

Larry Csonka was the best of his era and is in the Hall of Fame for good reason. He was incredibly difficult to tackle and no one on the field was tougher. He benefited from playing behind some Hall of Fame lineman, but honestly, he could also run block as well as they could, even the great Larry Little. At 6'3" and 250 lbs on game day (not on the football card) he was also comparable in size to the offensive linemen in front of him and throughout the league at that time. The Dolphins had the best wide receiver in the league at that time, Paul Warfield, but threw to him sparingly because Csonka was so dependable. The great Warfield, often the skinniest guy on the field, became a huge threat as a blocker, perfecting the vicious crack back block that was outlawed partially due to his proficiency with it. It sprung Csonka on sweeps where hapless DBs had to find a way to slow down Csonka enough to get gang tackled.

Great video as always! I'm 68 and grew up watching all those guys play. Matt Snell of the Jets and Jim Nance of the Patriots were also 2 underrated fullbacks

the Best RB 50S AND 60S 70S AND THANK YOU fOR old VIDEO.

The very best channel for old school NFL..A credit to all NFL historians..Marc Hubbard, Mark Van Eegan, Matt Snell, Emerson Boozer, Riggins, just to name a few 🏈🏈🏈🏈

Another epic episode. Donny Anderson was a bull. Lucky for the Cards they picked up another bull named Otis in 1973. Lots of sexy blondes in attendance along with the always stunning Big Red Line

Absolutely a great video! As for the future of fullbacks. Football is a cyclical game, and one day they will return.

Great video. Enjoyed seeing these tremendous players. Great names from the past. FBs were not one-dimensional players then.

5 foot 11 230 is a TANK..

Great fullbacks and film, again. Gracias,

Hi Mark - I’m wearing my number 46 Chuck Muncie chargers blue jersey for this video - nice to see you’re wearing another Chuck’s jersey. Oh, I remember Boom Boom Brown and the golden Palomino. Brown was on kick returns at end of career - amazing

One notable name I mention is Don Perkins. Perkins(along with QB Don Meredith) signed a services contract with Dallas in 1959. Meaning before the Cowboys were even a team. Perkins broke his foot in 1960, so 1961 was his official rookie season. He gained over 1100 scrimmage yards and was named Rookie of the year, and made the Pro Bowl. Perkins was the first Cowboys to be named All-Pro in 1962. He retired after the 1968 season. He finished his career with 6,217 yards. Placing Don Perkins as 5th on the all-time rushing list at the time. His replacement, Walt "Pinch between the teeth and gum" Garrison would call Perkins "The best FB The Dallas Cowboys ever had". Perkins did all this while playing FB at less than 210 Lbs. Don Perkins was placed in the Texas Sports Hall Of Fame in 2006. Perkins was also inducted into the Cowboys Ring Of Honor in 1976. RIP #43

Great job! Wonderful collection of highlights (from an old Packer fan).

Excellent

Good footage as always Mark.

Tom Woodeshick of the Eagles was another underrated FB in the same mold as Bill Brown and Ken Willard. He could catch the ball, too. All these guys played hurt. They were usually just taped up and sent back out there.

Donny Anderson looked like a natural catching the ball. Had he been a bit bigger he might have made a pretty decent TE.

Great list. I’ve forgot about some of these guys

Great video!

Wonderful upload....my favorite show !! Incredible Bill Brown and what he sacrificed for the Vikings....the JIm Otto of the NFC. Couple of points for you: - Think Dale Hackbart was also a future draft pick. Selected # one by the would be Vikings ( no name at the time ) in 1960, he ended up signing with Green Bay since the Vikings jumped to the NFL and had to sit out 1960 - Anderson had a spectacular 50 yard + run while with St. Louis, could not believe his speed. He tried to latch on with the Dolphins , think in 1975, retiring while in training camp.

I started watching. Football as a kid when Donnie Anderson came to the ST. Louis Cardinals . I remember him . I was a Cardinals fan growing up . I also liked the KC. Chiefs. Ed podalack . Misspelled ! No “14

Back when players were so much tougher

"Analytics"being "what it is "today"used to"grade"and "vet" players"or "predict" certain"outcomes"...."was unheard of...it was just"X's and "O's"! "Thanks"Mark" point " proven"!!

Absolutely fantastic video, again! You have every team jersey?😂 Joey in Cleveland

Boobie Clark deserves a mention as well. Rookie of the Year in 1973.

The fullback is part and of the special O packages using the 3 TE set where it’s usually lineman eligible or an actual TE that can take a pitch block or short catch. Alas the day the FB barreling into the hole and decleating LBs or Safeties are gone Mike Alstot comes to mind

Great vid , Great Chuck Foreman Jersey ! How many in total do you have ? Thanks f9r the great vid

This is Dean: 0:30 , Good grief absolutely amazing.

Great subject great video. I love Bill Brown getting his due..........here is an unsolicited suggestion: Top 5 Punters and Punt Returners of the 70's and/or Top 5 Kickers and Kick Returners of the 70's.

As someone who was born in 1966 I feel so fortunate & blessed to have watched football when it was truly a man's sport. The players from football's early days through the 1970s & early eighties were tough as nails. I know he's fairly popular but I've always admired Rocky Blier physical toughness. I hear all the time that today's player's are bigger, faster, stronger, etc. None of those attributes equates to physical & mental toughness, which these men had in spades. I always thought Jerome Bettis had the physical toughness of these older backs. John Riggins did as well in his day. Thanks for a wonderful video and football time capsule. It's sad that the current NFL is both weak & woke in my opinion.

Marv Hubbard, Hewitt Dixon, and Van Eagan … You should just do a video on those 3 great players to make up for this one!

Bring back Fullbacks……..T, Wishbone, Single Wing, etc

I've had a theory that offesne is actually devolving to some degree due to the running QBs of the present. To protect those guys it's sometimes necessary to have that extra back and more routes than ever run through the flats now. The FB could definitely make a comeback but probably not out of the I-formation, something more like a T or a box.

Always thought Anderson was underappreciated. He was a good player. I was surprised he only played nine seasons. Playing with that type of offense with the Cardinals I'm surprised he didn't stick around longer

One thing that's clear from this video is that technique for accepting the handoff was horrible back then. Great stuff as always!

:33 A fullfront, if you will.....

didn't Norm Van Brocklin ''the Dutchman '' pass for over 500 yards in one game in the 1950s , unheard of in that era .

Bill Brown never gave up the high and tight. He went on to do commercials for a Minneapolis tire store.

Lest we forget

Donny Anderson: I wonder if there was ever a player after the two way player era that was ever a punter AND a punt returner.

Bronco Nagurski was a badass

Mark, see if you cant find a video of the HIT that Donny Anderson put in Fred "The Hammer" Williamson of Kansas City in the first Super Bowl. Thanks

There were a couple of years when Boom Boom was the entire Vikings offense.

Again SUPER, UM Mark ,k :) u r the man please dont go away to quick" best era to me so full- hold up today' for interest games on TV

San Francisco makes good use of a fullback, and there's a possibility that Pittsburgh, under new OC Arthur Smith, will be using tight end Connor Heyward in a fullback role. I'd like to see the fullback position revived not for the blocking so much as pass catcher. That's exactly what Heyward does best. Here's hoping!

I think the full back position is done at least for the near future… to bad!

When a running game & a stout defense was the key to winning football! Unlike this wide open passing game that's now played! Back then it was football now it's entertainment! The only thing missing is to have Ed Sullivan announce the results of every play at midfield! Watched all those Running backs play! The 50's made the NFL Football a must watch! But the 60's & 70's made NFL Football America's Sport replacing MLB! Those players are the reason current NFL Players are making all the $$$$$$...!

Great Fullbacks are Middle Linebackers of the offense

Enjoyed the video, but why show Nagurski - who played in the 1930s - in an essay about the 1960s-'70s?

Mark ,sorry i missed the narrative '' underrated full backs '' i wondered why you didn't mention Jim Brown and Larry Csonka

Mark , William '' refrigerator '' Perry played full back on occasion in the 1980s . lol

I'd rather watch this than the NFL today...no nonsense Football

Fullbacks nowadays are only used for goal line and certain special plays I wish nfl teams would throw some t formations or an A Formation. The last teams used Mack strong Larry centers Mike Alstot the last known true

Also another underrated player was Jim Braxton. Bills FB.

I’m a letter carrier for the Postal Service and I have a former NFL player that lives on my route and I deliver. He played for the Seahawks and the 49ers his last name is Sandifer curious if you know who he is? He played in the 1970s.

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I heard George Halas claimed trading Bill Brown was the worst trade he ever made.

These owners had no loyalty..they trade u in a minute after you gave them multiple championships

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That oilers logo lol

Cards made a dopey trade. McCarthur Lane was bigger and faster. Just made no sense for them to want Anderson. Grabowski ended up with Chicago. Read that Jim Taylor played out his option, miffed that Anderson and Grabowski got all that money after all he'd done with the Packers. And, Cardinals also got Ken Willard, whom, I think, wore #20 with the Cards, in 1974.

I better see Marv Hubbard … I’m 4:57 into the video and Van Eegan better make it also

You ever hear of Larry Csonka?

The Fullback position will always exist, but with the "Sissy-Mary" philosophy that poisoned Football in General starting in the 1990s, we are unlikely to see bruisers like these guys....sadly

You forgot Bill "Boom Boom" Brown had as part of his replacements two wives. Just kidding they were wonderful women.

Was Jim Braxton any good?

Was Jim Brown a full back ? he sure was big enough to play the position .

Donnie "White shoes" Anderson?

0:34 who goes to a football game wearing a dress?

Don Perkins, Walt Garrison & Calvin Hill, you're a bit biased on your lists my friend.

These guys were good but the two best fullback in NFL history are both named Jim. Brown and Taylor. No debate.

Thumbs down for A.I.

I lost interest in the game after this era.

No AFL guys? Matt Snell? Marv Hubbard? Hoyle Granger?

Great stuff ! Maybe it's because ( no offense to players of that era ) they were slower and maybe not as graceful as today's players....those guys back in those days ran HARD ! Maybe it's because the rules were different then, I don't know...but when you see clips of Csonka, Bill Brown, Ken Willard, Marv Hubbard, Grabowski, Anderson etc., they just seem to be running harder than today's backs. And for Bill Brown to average 14.9 YPC for a season ??? Hell, you'd be hard pressed to find many TE's with those numbers ! And YES ! I do believe that the FB WILL make a comeback ! Football is cyclical..it may morph into another name ( like the H - back ) But it's such a great weapon, it allows you to do so many different looks set - wise...Pro Set, Full House, I Formation...you could run the Veer, the Wishbone...especially when you have a guy who can run AND catch, as well as block ! I'd love to see some OC's with enough balls ( and of course TWO talented backs, FB, HB ) to go back to the old 2 back sets...it's not like it stopped working, the league just became pass - happy and had to carry more WR's and TE's and to do that they sacrificed using a "traditional" FB, and made their 2nd or 3rd TE ( that was the best blocker ) into an "H - back". If some brave coaches have the balls to do it ( AND the right personnel ) it WILL come back.

I think Jim Bertelsen for the Rams was really tough

Lest we forget