Mud, clotheslines, late hits, piling on...real football!
I've been watching a lot of old football clips from the late '60s and early '70s, as a result of the Showtime AFL series I am embedding.
The 2nd part of the AFL series, while worthwhile watching, is a probably the weakest of the 5 installments as far as star power. But the stories are great fun!
Who goes to a desert dude ranch for training camp?!! Rats, snakes, tarantulas...and the scariest thing of all...the non-working toilets.
Fun to see Jack Kemp and Ernie Ladd, though. And Bill Belichick and John Madden.
Ernie Ladd. My memories of him are really as a professional wrestler in the '70s which I watched on Saturday or Sunday afternoon All-Star Wrestling. He was huge, I believe he was 6'9"...loved the crown, and the "Promises Promises" warm up.
He was a heel, though, and I never rooted for him that I can recall. I was a Dick the Bruiser fan, and it seems he usually wrestled against him.
I am including as a bonus video the 1968 AFL Championship game highlights. This is the famous Jets team that won Super Bowl III.
I think the Raiders team here, coming off a Super Bowl loss the previous year, would have won Super Bowl III against the Colts as well.
Loved those white and silver unis.
Enjoy both.
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