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As a Giant fan it’s a shame what happened to the Browns! They were the pride of the NFL and now they like the Giants are a utter JOKE!

Terrific watching this. Those were the days when football was FOOTBALL!

This is a fantastic video. I love your channel!

Cool vid

This is the very first season Vince Lombardi became head coach of the Green Bay Packers. They were an ugly 1-10-1, the season before. The Packers were considering bringing original coach Curly Lambeau out of retirement, but management said no. The executive committee didn't want any of his vitriol in the front office. Prior to his arrival, Lombardi had been an offensive coordinator under Jim Lee Howell. The Packers had their first winning season since 1947 with a 7-5 record and finished in a third place tie with San Francisco in the Western Conference.

Did the weekly football games have a specific title ?

I remember Bailey Goss, I think he died young in an auto accident. Chuck Thompson's moniker for 49ers, "prospectors" was unique.

According to both Steve and Ed Sabol of NFL films, this and the 1975 Oakland v. Pittsburgh AFC Championship game were the most violent, brutal and physical games he ever witnessed. The battle between Sam Huff and Jim Taylor in this game was unreal.

So the day after I was born the Bears played to a tie. No additional sudden death playing time? Interesting.

Thanks for this post. Navy and Staubach were a great story in 63.

Air Force QB became a pilot who was stationed in Korat AB Thailand. Flew bombing missions over Vietnam. I was there in Thailand.

Jim Trafacanti the QB at Pittsburgh U. the former congressman ?

This was the year before I started watching the NFL. I’m amazed that Ollie Matson and Hugh McElhenney were still playing in ‘61!

LOVE THE LA RAMS

College allstars vs detroit lions? Wow they did a whole team before

Staubach had to serve his commitment to the Navy after graduating from the academy. Served in Vietnam working supply at the docks.

Jay Wilkinson was an All American at Duke but did not pan out in the NFL.

When Lombardi took over this team and watched the films, he decided the most immediate need was at defense - and it’s not hard to see why. He traded for tackle Henry Jordan, safety Em Tunnell, and a year later end Willie Davis and safety Willie Wood (free agent). All four are in Canton . The only player he added those first two years who played a significant role on offense was guard Fuzzy Thurston (they also drafted Boyd Dowler in 1959 but the draft was conducted before Lombardi joined). The pieces were all in place on offense - Lombardi just didn’t know who his QB was.

No cheat gloves on the receivers.

It's amazing that when a player scored they didn't go crazy and acted liked they cured cancer!

Bert Reichier (spelling?) #44 the long distance kicker for the Colts, once kicked a 56 yard field goal. It was an NFL Record until Tom Dempsey's 63 yarder to beat the Detroit Lions for the Saints in 1970. I was in the old Tulane Sugar Bowl Stadium on the cold November day to witness his record shattering kick.

Rookie Jerry Richerson not only made the team, played a few years, became a businessman & was the first owner of the expansion Carolina Panthers in the mid 1990s.

Back in that time the pros played 6 "Exhibition Games" to play themselves in shape. There were no OTAs & Offseason Minicamps so most held regular jobs. This Allstar game would have been the 7th for the previous season's Champions. If I remember correctly fans were not forced to buy a ticket to these games as part of the Season Ticket Package. Look how fat some of the Colts' linemen are in this game & how long they played. I started watching football in the 1962 season as a 9 year old & was just telling my teen grandson some of the many changes to the game I've seen throughout the years. He was amazed that the goalposts were on the goal line instead of the end line.

Brock was ready for the NFL a freshman at UGA.

Those guys played in A LOT of dirt!!

where is ad blocker when you need it there more commercials than i could count at 5 in 2o minutes what bovine excremant

The image is grainy and the sound comes and goes but I'm still glad to be able to watch this. I'm a Syracuse fan and 1959 is a sacred year.

I watched the championship game live on TV. The extreme cold really hurt the Giant offense, especially the Tittle-Schoffner bomb threat. A wide-open Schoffner dropped a sure touchdown pass, something that rarely happened. No doubt his hands were just too cold.

Darn, I was a Baltimore Colts fan & the sound goes off.

Notice how short the uprights were back than.

Deacon Jones and Jim Brown are at least two names that young fans need to be aware of when they opine on greatness. And there is almost twice the contemporary passing game compared to most of the '50. The NFL didn't track QB sacks until '82 but there has been an unofficial effort to research them. They make a difference when you are talking best of the defensive players.

Interesting that players often did double duty as punters, unlike today when it’s a full time specialty.

THWG!

To think , the Packers out scored the Bears 87-7 in their two games against each other . Think Lombardi wanted to rub Papa Bear Halas’ nose in it ???

The beer narrator is Chris Shenkel, who did bowling in the late 70s, right?

Bubba Smith, wow

The highlights here proved to me at least that Elijah Pitts was a better runner than Hornung. Pitts was quicker and definitely a 1000 yard rusher by talent alone. Hornung was a great team player, blocking, receiving, rushing in the red zone, besides the threat to pass, he was versatile, probably our best comparison in the modern game is Taysom Hill, but Pitts appears to have been a talent who was largely untapped. I wonder what could have been had Hornung been a successful quarterback or if he played Tight End where he probably was more suited.

Wow! This channel is like a goldmine for historical football film. Never seen this before, thank you!

Awesome Find! Very rare to see color footage from this era. Thank you for sharing!

Great stuff!! Thanks for posting !!

Names I still remember over 60 years later

Great editing on these games--there are even slomo replays!

Many of the Army and Navy Players fought in WW2 - plus a lot of empty seats because both sides were in Europe fighting in the War🇺🇸

I was at the 1968 game also with the Packers. That was notable because about 3 weeks later was the 68 Democratic convention

Chicago's Willie Galimore and John Farrington were both killed in an auto accident in 1963.

Later Packers Bratkowski to Dale

Kudos for sharing this. It's striking how less commercialized and less theatrical the pro game was at this time.

My in-laws, young couple back then, were at every game. Unitas & co., forever champs in my heart.

That opening animated Beer commercial, very creative!, year I was Born( Oct) think this the actual last time the Lions won it all!, right now, they are having pethaps their best season since then, 71 years later. SUPER BOWL lookin more and more possible!