"TARKENTON HAS RANKED AMONG THE NFL'S TOP 10 PASSERS SINCE HIS ALL AMERICAN DAYS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA...HE'S EXPECTED TO BE THE GIANTS ANSWER TO JOE NAMATH, COLORFUL NEW YORK JETS QUARTERBACK"
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@1sabbsfan Жыл бұрын
Fran the man. Tark and Foreman were my hero's growing up
@howie9751 Жыл бұрын
My favorite player. He got me into football.
@jackkitchen737 Жыл бұрын
This is amazing. Thank you for posting Fran's NYG years
@rockylombardo69782 жыл бұрын
Luv Sir Francis best ever.
@Noname-ni1dy8 ай бұрын
Fran was my first football hero. It was devastating to me when the Giants traded him back to Minnesota.
@user-iy6rm6pm4j7 күн бұрын
Twelve years old. Fran Tarkenton. Homer Jones. Life is sweet!
@audieconrad8995 Жыл бұрын
Pure New York Football Giants awesomeness.
@jeffsmith2022 Жыл бұрын
I became a life long ,NY Giant fan ,around the time Francis was brought aboard...
@lawrencelittlefield5254 Жыл бұрын
Fran's best years as an individual player were in New York, but the Giants lost out on both Tarkenton trades. In the first trade, they Giants didn't have enough to win and should have rebuilt instead of trading for a star. By playing out of his mind Tarkenton won enough games to reduce their draft position and they never improved. Meanwhile, among the players the Vikings got with four Giants draft choices were Hall of Famer Ron Yary, three time pro-bowler Ed White, and one time pro-bowler Bob Grim. Then, when they traded Fran back to Minnesota, they didn't get enough back. They got Norm Snead, Bob Grim, Vince Clements, and blew a first round draft choice in 1972 on Larry Jacobson. The only good player they got was from the Vikings second round pick in 1973, used to draft five time pro bowler Brad Van Pelt.
@SingleTax11 ай бұрын
Unfortunately the team as a whole was mediocre, which is why, during the Tarkenton era, the Giants had only one winning season and failed to make the playoffs even once. That, combined with the fact that Bud Grant had replaced Norm Van Brocklin as head coach of the Vikings, is obviously why Fran requested to be traded back to Minnesota.
@mitchellmelkin407810 ай бұрын
@@SingleTax, Tarkenton later remarked that the Giants' personnel in '67 was the least talented of any team he had ever been associated with, which was saying something!!!
@nicholasmuro174210 ай бұрын
Giant's ownership was a shambles. Uncle and nephew co-owned the team and didn't get along. NYG didn't turn around until George Young became GM and took over.
@jamesdamenti2092 Жыл бұрын
i became a life long giants (possessed) when fran starred for them...!
@timothyzakaria7397 Жыл бұрын
Very exciting to watch especially when he played with Minnesota no dome at that time.
@ccth222 жыл бұрын
For those young people who are perplexed by the Giants recent “brain freeze” take note. They decided to trade this Hall Of Famer. He led the Vikings to three Super Bowls in the 70’s. While the Giants played in the tidy bowl.
@duane9830 Жыл бұрын
He wanted out. He didn't get on with giants mgmnt.
@duane983011 ай бұрын
Yeah, he didn't want to play for us anymore.
@paulnguyen89102 жыл бұрын
And his number is shared with Eli Manning in retirement, mate.
@nflxfiles2 жыл бұрын
I must say Eli and Fran even look little alike (no offense to Archie)
@SingleTax11 ай бұрын
The question is: could he have played in today's league? His size alone would probably have excluded him from the draft.
@Boxscot498 ай бұрын
He’s basically the same size as Drew Brees and more mobile so I think he’d be incredible if he played today especially if he refined his passing the way that modern qbs have.
@Noname-ni1dy8 ай бұрын
He would have been better in today’s game, his mobility and scrambling was not considered to be something teams wanted. That is the main reason the Giants traded him.
@SingleTax8 ай бұрын
@@Boxscot49 Brees has a much stronger arm.
@Yeomannn6 ай бұрын
bryce young is much smaller than tarkenton
@guylindquist3382 жыл бұрын
Probably his best years but not the best team.
@margaretjiantonio939 Жыл бұрын
His style was run for your life because 6'5 300lb linemen are chasing me with murderous intent.