Jack Tatum (The Hardest Hitter in NFL History) NFL Legends

Why is this dude not in The Hall of Fame? Seriously! Do you guys see why they call him The Assassin? God i would've hated to play against that Raider secondary being a receiver with those old school rules yikes! There have been a lot off hard hitters in the league's history but nothing like this guy i believe he was one of the greatest defender's ever just because of the fear factor of getting flatlined over the middle that's a game changer and so is he!
#RIPDarrylStingley #RIPJohnMadden #RIPJackTatum

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[@raybrown3865]

So he had two numbers 31 an 32 ?

[@lewiswinthorpethe3rd657]

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[@rhikdavis]

It's amazing that any player survived that era.

[@markrouse2416]

Pure hype or should I say BS. The old films tell you one thing: there was room for slower people. Running styles that would be painful to watch in today's NFL.

[@omni-man4624]

​@markrouse2416 Well ok but they were tougher and on drugs and I preferred that old school football Ass....H!

[@vxer1000]

@@markrouse2416 Quiet little boy. The men are talking.

[@paulrogers5559]

@@markrouse2416 With all respect to Tom Brady , - he wouldn't have lasted 2 games against these Raiders. He wouldn't have survived a month during Terry Bradshaw's time.

[@gregorytyussr4570]

That’s when football was football

[@alicedee5540]

That entire Oakland Raider secondary was something to see. Jack Tatum, George Atkinson, Skip Thomas, & Ol' Man Willie Brown....The Soul Patrol, best I've ever seen in the 60 plus years watching football.

[@user-lg1dx6fy6f]

True dat. Facts.

[@r.merida6062]

You're speaking straight facts!

[@user-li4qf3pm1x]

The Soul Patrol

[@gregschweitzer8478]

There's a KZbin video on Bob Brown you'll love. These beloved psychopaths thought he was crazy😂😂😂 Brown's first practice is hilarious as is the story of Mean Joe Green doing a solid for L.C. Greenwood for exactly 1 play. I love this team and always will. RAIDER NATION RISES AGAIN!!! A.P. lead us to the promise land❤

[@AdventuringwiththeS.G.O.C.C]

Back when the NFL actually had hard hitting men who played every minute as fierce as could ever be played.

[@milojanis4901]

Jack Tatum was the biggest ASShole in NFL history

[@STEEPPOW]

Go play in todays league and show us how tough you are.

[@AdventuringwiththeS.G.O.C.C]

@@STEEPPOW I am 61, in my youth I absolutely was considered a "tough" guy.

[@AdventuringwiththeS.G.O.C.C]

@@STEEPPOW That and I actually met Tatum and several players of the 70s when I attended the Offense/Defens football camp back then.

[@LinbellJohnson]

F him. I never liked him for what he did to Stingley. I ran into him in public once and spit on his shoe and tried to get him to fight me. That old p**y just looked down and limped away. If he woulda made a move I woulda knocked him TFO. He aint tough.

[@raiders1221]

I’ve been a Raider fan for 55 years and he is my favorite Raider player. I grew up watching and playing football back then and loved playing that type of football. I can’t stand football today. I believe in the 2023 pro bowl you see the future of the NFL soon to be the NFFL (National Flag Football League). Tatum is a HOF !

[@crashburn3292]

Seriously, how is possible that Jack "The Assassin" Tatum, Lester (13 ints in a season, 3 Pro Bowls) Hayes, Jim (Two Super Bowl Rings) Plunkett, Cliff (Cenntenial team Runner up) Branch, Todd (5 Pro Bowls) Christensen, Steve (13 Pro Bowls, 2 ALL Pros) Wisnewski, and Dave (All Pro, 3 Super Bowl Rings) Dalby are not in the Hall of Fame? Not to mention Tom Flores. - Each one of these player's numbers exceeds other Hall of Fame players.

[@howardtonio9262]

The nfl is petty because Al Davis beat Pete Rozelle. In 1980 about his ream moving. And marching to the beat of his own drums

[@BigLX2235]

I completely agree. The NFL has a vendetta against The Raiders. Always has been!!

[@koprcord5338]

Flores is finally in, agree with the rest.

[@richardmorris7063]

Its become a joke almost as bad as the rock & roll hall of fame which is even worse.I think the league had always had it out for Raiders & I'm no fan.

[@1983jblack]

I'll agree on some of those - Branch, Flores, Wisnewski, and maybe Hayes. Plunkett won 2 Super Bowls but sat right into the driver seat of a Super Bowl team twice (I think Marc Wilson could have even led the Raiders to a SB win with the '83 team). He couldn't lead the Pats or 49ers to sustained success. Tatum is on the line (He was good but not great; He was beaten in pass coverage quite a bit and instead of playing fundamentally would go for the knockout any chance he had). He actually was a better DB his last 4 yr of his career and his last season in Houston was his best statistically when he quit playing head hunter

[@AJdet-2]

Played a game of Billiards with Jack Tatum in Santa Rosa. You're damn right I let him win

[@badsaturnz23]

You win and he tells you, "Hey buddy, do me a favor and hold onto this football for juuuust a moment?"

[@AJdet-2]

@@badsaturnz23 😮 Perfect.. It would almost be worth it, Great story for the grandkids

[@bluegregory6239]

That is cool experience and a funny story!

[@travelinggirl8257]

He could have handled paralyzing Daryl Stingley in a way that would have won him a red carpet to the Hall of Fame but instead, he handled it in a way that kept him from it. Football is a great sport and being fierce is part of the game, but this was someone's life. There was just no genuine respect paid to that and a lot of the others in the league recognized it and probably voted accordingly. I really appreciate learning about what John Madden did though. He seems like he was not only a great coach but a very good man. Thank you for this footage.

[@bauerj3398]

Nah, he was not getting into the Hall. The numbers are just not there.

[@mosesmartinez3957]

According to John Maddens book,Tatum tried to reach out to Stingley,but was denied by Daryls family.

[@kesslermontijo6304]

Had the opportunity to meet and briefly talk with Tatum after he had already had leg amputated (diabetes).. Was truly sad to see one of the toughest MF'ers ever to lose the big game in the way he did. RIP Jack! (former season ticket holder who moved)

[@williamweiss6128]

That was my team back then. 70's Raiders.

[@jasonsabourin2275]

Did you look like like a goof back then too?

[@gregschweitzer8478]

Still is. I bleed Silver and Black. Truly America's team!!!

[@pulsarlights2825]

Tatum was only 5'11'' 200 pounds but he had that timing thing down to perfection..

[@georgeherrington574]

Tatum and Atwater we're my favorites!!

[@kato2531]

The good ol days of football that we will never see again.

[@curtisfranzen986]

My Dad was an administrator at The Rehabilitational Institute of Chicago at the time. That's where Mr. Stingley went for care. Yes, obviously Mr. Madden visited. What many people don't know is that Mr. Tatum visited regularly also.

[@alltimeraiderfanwinbaby826]

What people don't understand that the hit was legal, there was nothing dirty about that, this why hitting in the game has change an another reason why the good old boys of the nfl have aginst the raiders, you can't prove that there are 20 better wide receivers in the Hall of Shame than Cliff Branch, should have been in 2002, the most feared safety of all time Jack Tatum, how is Dick Bucks if you look at his games like a group of us did he was not most of the time not a one on one tackler, notice what I said tackler not hitter, you take time to look at at any position of a player that is in the hof an you would take at least 60 players out, some got in because of their name, some got in before the game really got exciting, the raiders should have more players in there

[@curtisfranzen986]

@@alltimeraiderfanwinbaby826 Thank You. I'm a Chicagoan, and I have always loved my Bears. My other team has always been the Raiders. My dream Superbowl is Bears/Raiders. No matter what happens, I'll have something to cheer about every single play.

[@nathandodge665]

That is a total lie he never contacted Stingley unless it was about writing his book

[@curtisfranzen986]

@@nathandodge665 Unfortunately, that your lack of knowledge. I believe that's called ignorance. I personally witnessed it. Because Mr. Tatum didn't advertise doesn't mean it didn't happen. Also, are you so ignorant as to argue with an Eye Witness? Other points you can lose an argument about. It's cold in Chicago Right now. I have a stove in my kitchen. Are those also false statements?

[@roverwanderernomadvagabond6392]

@@curtisfranzen986 yeah you're full if shit. Here's what Stinger and Tatum both said.. According to Stingley in his 1983 autobiography, Happy To Be Alive, Tatum never made any effort to apologize or to see him after the incident. . Tatum had said he attempted to visit Stingley in the hospital, but was rebuffed by Stingley's family.

[@Brian-zo1ll]

Tatum's book, "They call me assassin", is one of the best and most entertaining sports auto-biography i've ever read. For those of you who have never read it, I highly recommend it. You wont be disappointed.

[@robertcherry1369]

Yes the book was awesome

[@mikelh.7958]

I'm about to check for.it. if it aint good, yall owe me 100 push ups!

[@Brian-zo1ll]

@@mikelh.7958 If you dont like it, ill give you 500.

[@coachcleats13]

I read that book and patterned my HS game after him

[@dennisstornelli5413]

Die hard Raiders fan here and the late 60's-70's I was 8 in 1965. This team cememented my love for them. I read Tatum's book, The Snakes, Madden's I read 3 of his!!!!!! Jack never liked that nickname The ASSASSIN..........It's in his book. even though that's the title!!!!!!!!!!

[@denisceballos9745]

What’s amazing is that Sammy White (85) got up and walked off after that hit by Tatum (32) in the Super Bowl. Like getting hit by a wrecking ball.

[@Bob31415]

And he held on to the ball.

[@dallasbrubaker6054]

Dick Butkus hit Charlie Sanders so hard that Sanders said that he didn't feel any pain because he was numbed. This hit may have been the same.

[@denisceballos9745]

@@dallasbrubaker6054 Good point. I know the hit you’re referring to. Just laid him out cold.

[@user-li4qf3pm1x]

@@dallasbrubaker6054 So hard it knocked the numbers off Sanders' jersey.

[@stevepeterson1377]

I watched Ohio State football games when Jack Tatum played for the Buckeyes. From the stands you could sometimes hear the impact when he hit someone. I played football and have been to many games - high school, college, and professional and have never heard that sound except when I heard him. Obviously, I never forgot it.

[@thebighousencaaattendancer478]

I'm a Michigan fan and you guys sure could've used him this year! 42-27 HAIL TO THE VICTORS! 🤭

[@stevepeterson1377]

I have a close friend that is also a Big Blue fan. He was more than a little anxious before THE GAME because of Ohio State’s previous two routs. I suspect you may have been too. We had a good time after “I” lost because I don’t define the fate of world by how the Buckeyes do, but I do like it when they beat Michigan. I am going to read Tatums book, it gets good reviews. BTW a lot of the comments on line we from those who don’t appreciate that the game has changed and head to head contact was not illegal. Some of the Tatum shots I heard at OSU were pad to pad contact, not to the head. Like I said I have never heard that sound since.

[@eternalyfeful]

@@thebighousencaaattendancer478 ... I'm not a fan of Michigan or Ohio State, but you should keep your mouth shut the way they whoop y'all every year. They're a much better, much more successful program than Michigan. Y'all beat them once and you talking noise....lol, smh

[@BigLX2235]

Phenomenal!

[@GawdNas]

@@thebighousencaaattendancer478 3-18 against ohio state in this century

[@vesubioromo9425]

"Your hits don't intimidate me. I wanted to die anyway." -someone Jack Tatum hit

[@herbertmckenzie4710]

Ironically Tatum died only three years after Darryl Stingley. I call that KARMA!

[@trollkenobi6727]

@@herbertmckenzie4710 nope

[@timciccarelliciccarelli8583]

Jack Tatum wasn't just The Assassin, he was a gentleman and a good friend. I shared a lot of moments with Jack, Denise, Justin, and Louis. The Tatum's always treated me with kindness. God bless Jack Tatum.

[@txchau8444]

You were… friends with him?

[@jasonmormon966]

Oh wow jack Tatum was my favorite player that's awesome you know him I wish I could have

[@jamiemcdonald4279]

Yeah? Why couldn't he ever just apologize?

[@philiprea8340]

A gentleman would have apologized to Darryl Stingly

[@peaceseeker9927]

Tatum was a coward who made one way vicious and often unjustified hits on defenseless players in vulnerable positions. But you like him because he was "kind" to you. Do you not see the folly in this?

[@garycollier6950]

Jack Tatum's defensive backfield running mate was ferocious also George Atkinson.

[@davidgamboa918]

You ain't kidding. Ronnie Lott played next to Dennis Smith at usc. Like that johhy cash song goes " I hear that train a coming "

[@kirbyl.4646]

Dr. Death Alonzo Skip Thomas was a no joke either.

[@JAWrightonline]

​@@kirbyl.4646All held together by Hall of Fame cornerback Willie Brown AKA "Old Man Willie."

[@donniecook9757]

Amen

[@AceManifold]

That’s right, and frankly I think George Atkinson laid more people out with that clothes line. Didn’t they make that illegal?

[@eduardolamboy4776]

Intimidation was a huge part of the game back then. If you could instill fear in your opponent before or during the game, way more often than not, you were winning the game. Today's gentler softer NFL has all but eliminated the intimidation tactics. You can't step on Brady's shadow without getting a 15yd flag for roughing the passer. Brady woulda played 10 yrs max if he played back then.

[@curtisfranzen986]

I know, right. There are flags flying in the NFL now that weren't even considered as "flagrant" in '90's NBA. Reference Greg Ostertag's take down of Mike. I played both Football and Basketball. I don't know where the games are going. But what I do know is that if you B!tched back in the day like some of these "athletes" do now, they would have been laughed at.

[@tytiger7176]

Brady in my opinion,is not the goat.He benefits from modern rules, protections and cheating/ game fixing.

[@nala3038]

@@tytiger7176 you’re clueless

[@michaelchiorello9165]

@@nala3038 I'm trying to formulate in my mind what it means to be a GOAT in professional football. And I'm in the early stages of concluding it is PREPOSTEROUS to label any single NFL as "the GOAT of his sport." I think that's where people make the mistake and don't use critical thinking skills. Most professional football players only play on one side of the ball---offense or defense. There is so much more to winning a football game than being able to throw, run with, or catch a football. Baseball players and especially basketball players are required to play both sides of the ball; making the GOAT conversation much more appropriate within these sports. Debating Tom Brady among the greatest QB position specialists? By all means. Debating Brady/Jerry Rice/Jim Brown/etc among the greatest football players ever? Most likely a lost cause.

[@flashh6919]

I’d say 5. If even that

[@modestoraider536]

As a lil kid I used to read my dad raider books and from then on I was a 10 year old talking about the soul patrol from then on Jack Tatum was my favorite safety #RN4L #JUSTWINBABY #RIPMADDEN

[@spaceghost4474]

I'm old enough to have seen both Tatum and Butkus play, and they were BOTH feared, because opposing players knew that those two would knock them into a time warp, which made receivers and running backs hear VERY LOUD footsteps. It was definately a tougher NFL.

[@BigLX2235]

The 1976 Raiders with Coach Madden were the First team in NFL history to win the Super Bowl with an ALL BLACK SECONDARY. "The Soul Patrol" as you mentioned. At that time it was believed, falsely I may add, That black men weren’t intelligent enough to quarterback the defensive backfield having two Black safeties. The Greatest defensive backfield EVER.

[@modestoraider536]

@@spaceghost4474 I didn't get the privilege to watch Mr Tatum demolish our rivals but I have read and watch ever highlight I could. I believe there are lots of great raider players that changed the game that don't get the recognition they deserve. Mr Tatum was the ultimate safety, true thumper,original bad ass and Dave Casper one of the first receiving TE. I'm glad you were able to watch them. #RN4L

[@modestoraider536]

@@BigLX2235 jack Tatum and the hitman George Atkinson. We're the top safety tandem ever, plus old man Willie Brown and Lester Haynes. The soul patrol were feared because they could crumble any man but they were trail blazers,first all black secondary to win a SB. We always hear about the bears '85 D, ravens D with Ray Lewis or the legion of boom even the garbage donkeys and there no fly zone get more recognized then the soul patrol and that's just wrong. These men pumped fear but were also great. Some can pump fear but be garbage, these men could really ball. #RN4L #SOULPATROL

[@spaceghost4474]

@@modestoraider536 It really was a treat to watch the Raiders then, especially when they and the Chiefs went to war. There was genuine, shall I say, DISLIKE between those two teams. It started with Al Davis and Lamar Hunt, and went all the way to the bottom.

[@Ern5183]

Thank you so much for making this video. The next generation needs to see what an amazing player Jack Tatum was. The NFL should be ashamed of how they treat their legends. The best they get is a MUT character with likeness in name only. Keep this going!

[@Fireyninjadog]

He's a hall of famer in my eyes. He was a raider. Dirty, brutal, tough, and he never quit

[@harleylawdude]

Yes HOF

[@user-oe5dm7tb9o]

Nothing dirty about the Raiders. They played the game the way it was meant to be played. All out. No dispensation for anyone, including QB's.

[@gabrieltoldme5308]

As a steeler fan those games were brutal. Nothing like that in todays game. We called it last man standing football. I believe there were talks about criminal charges on Tatum and Atkinson for mugging Swann in 1 playoff game. Todays game sucks. All show offs!

[@guins99]

Definitely dirty…. More dirty than anything else in fact

[@ErnestNeal-oj7nz]

That is the way football was played in those days and the refs didn't pull a flag out of their pockets after every play and you can see the difference now in how clean the uniforms look the uniforms back then was dirty and torn up with blood on them as well those dudes played hard

[@billhawk2745]

Ahh yes we Raider fans gotta go back 40 some years to smile 😃

[@user-bn4wo3pu8s]

Jack Tatum was a dirty cheap shot artist who only hit people when their back was turned.

[@larrysluss737]

Been a Buckeye fan for 56 years and Jack Tatum is still my all time favorite player. I saw him on campus once and I was afraid to make eye contact with him. He delivered blows when he tackled like no one I have ever seen.

[@garyaugustus690]

Snot bubble....that's what one of his DB coaches at Ohio State told him to make come out of the nostril of any receiver he hit. That's how it all began... It sounds funny and trite, as in "..knock the snot out of somebody...", but that was a distinct directive to be executed.

[@earlmonroe9251]

Me too ... on a '68 Buckeye team LOADED with all-Americans, my dad would take me to the games and I would have the binoculars focused on Tatum the entire game.

[@iluvthiccwomen4656]

This is the raiders we need now!!!!

[@EnjoyLifeNow24]

I wish that was possible today, but with the NFL rules that have been created in the last 10 years, it would be impossible for Jack Tatum and the football players of the era to play true football in the NFL today. I think the NFL is softening up the game to bring women into professional football to play with men. It will be a genderless sport by the year 2030. Guys who are not physically blessed will be able to play in the NFL. No more combines, that will be considered discrimination based on physical skills, physical strength and physique. Inclusion will be the norm in the NFL. I can see that coming. Former Green Bay Packers' linebacker, Clay Matthews III said "They (the NFL) is making the game soft" after he was penalized for sacking a QB because the NFL came with specific rules on how to sack a QB. Cultural Marxism has taken over the NFL.

[@datboyphil]

@@EnjoyLifeNow24 genderless sport ??? Im sure about that one. But however i do agree with you saying the sport has gotten soft. Its hard hitting guys like tatum and a few others that kinda made them put in these extra rules now for safety of players cause back then there were no boundaries. I get what your saying i mean ill for taking hits and hittin back i love football. But at the end of the day id love to be able to go home from play makin sure im safe. Tatum was a bad dude but he was wreckless with his hits.

[@EnjoyLifeNow24]

@@datboyphil I agree with rules to make the sport safe, but nowadays they have gone too far to the point that the sport is not even the shadow of what it used to be in the 1970's and 1980's.

[@carlhicksjr8401]

They'll probably do better without having to pay Gruden all that frikkin' money for lousy coaching. Did the League do Gruden wrong by leaking those emails? Probably. But the fact of the matter is that Gruden was also a poor NFL coach who thought he was above and beyond his players. I mean, I'm a lifelong Seahawk fan and even **I** thought you guys were fighting with one hand tied to the opposite foot.

[@treeman2660]

@@EnjoyLifeNow24 Whats next? Boxing? They'll be forced to kiss and hug each other before a match. And then the loser gets bent over lol 😂

[@robertmays116]

This is when football was a man's game 🤯

[@jamesfitzgerald6581]

JACK TATUM was the ultimate BEAST. I was lucky enough too see him play. One of my favorite players of all time. You could feel those hits through the TV. Definitely should be in HOF as do many other Raiders. RIP JACK

[@intlvoiceofreason9239]

indeed, he made Mel Blount and Donnie Shell look like PANSIES!! Also, how is Cliff Branch not a HOF??

[@larrysluss737]

I was at Ohio State as a student, a year behind Tatum. Once I saw him on campus and I was afraid to make eye contact with him. When he hit people they would explode. My all-time favorite Buckeye who should be in the HOF. If he played today he would be permanently banned from football.

[@bauerj3398]

Very short list of biggest hitters in NFL history, but not a HOF player. 3 Pro Bowl appearances and zero All-Pro. Combine that with being a safety without a huge number of picks, and he is not getting in

[@JAWrightonline]

​@@bauerj3398Stop it. Cliff Harris' sorry, overrated ass is in the Hall of Fame and he had 29 INTs in 10 years as a free safety compared to Tatum's 37 INTs in the same period of time in the same era. It's strictly political. Jack Tatum was a far superior player and athlete than Cliff Harris. You want a litmus test? The prime lab rat in this experiment is HOF WR Lynn Swann: In four games (two Super Bowls, two regular season) against a secondary anchored by Harris, Swann ran freely with no fear, setting records and scoring three TDs; In six games (three Conference Title games, three regular season games) against a Tatum-anchored secondary, Swann set no records, had no 100-yard games and scored ONE TD. "Short list of hard hitters but not a Hall of Famer." GTFOH!

[@JAWrightonline]

​@@larrysluss737A few years before he died, Jack Tatum was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. #GOBuckeyes #OSU

[@waynerazzi7308]

Lifelong Raiders fan. 70s Raiders wouldn't be the 70s Raiders had it not been for Jack, helped create the mystique. All-time hard hitter. RIP Jack.

[@jzon-lb5zy]

*all-time hardest hitter, most dangerous hitter, most vicious player. RIP The Assassin

[@realadanmost5951]

Jack Tatum was Ronnie Lott, Steve Atwater and John Lynch rolled into one... Jack was a heat seeking missile man!! 💪🏾🏴‍☠️☠️

[@stevec6455]

True that for Lott and maybe Atwater (and Howard Cosell would add Donnie Shell). But John Lynch, not so much.

[@user-sg8kq7ii3y]

Tatum hit harder than all of them.

[@PabloMartinez-gt9yw]

JACK TATUM FROM PASSAIC NJ TO OHIO STATE,I THINK HIS POSITION WAS CALLED THE MANSTER,WHEN THE RAIDERS DRAFTED HIM I WAS JUMPING UP AND DOWN ,ALSO SOMEONE MENTION ALL THE RAIDERS THAT SHOULD BE IN NFL HOF AND YOU ARE RIGHT BUT THE NFL HAS IT FOR THE RAIDERS, THE TUCK,AND NOW THE WHISTLE

[@Bob31415]

Why are you yelling?

[@JeepTJWheelin]

The manster was Randy White.

[@FOEHMR0024]

Tatum was badass! I was lucky enough to see him play when I was a kid.

[@earlmonroe9251]

Just finished reading "BADASSES", the story of Madden's Raiders. You've got to read it -- Fantastic.

[@denisceballos9745]

You can’t touch wide receivers in today’s game. If your pinkie brushes against their shoulder pad, you get flagged for P.I. It was a totally different game in Tatum’s time. The game was more hard-fought, more intense, albeit, more dangerous for the players.

[@GORILLA_PIMP]

One of the reasons why we'll never see players like tatum again

[@leonbanks9500]

Facts corny!!!! Now

[@seansartor]

How powerful was Earl Campbell to stumble into the End Zone after that HIT !!!!

[@freedomfrom6827]

How more powerful was jack tatum weighing 50 pounds less than earl Campbell

[@otisgreer8429]

@@freedomfrom6827 thank you

[@skeeterssurpriseful]

Earl Campbell was beast mode before beast mode.

[@seansartor]

@@freedomfrom6827 😂 It's true Jack Tatum was a Human Missile !!!

[@jeffreywillis4258]

@@freedomfrom6827 Weight doesn't mean shit when your a head hunting cheap shot artist. Tatum didn't steam roll Earl, he sucker punched him helmet to helmet trying to knock him out of the game. Didn't work.

[@richardbrowning9953]

Tatum would've been thrown out of every game if he were playing today......he was fierce 🏈

[@Chrishagen]

And rightly so. He deliberately initiated helmet to helmet, dirty hits on defenceless receivers and ended up paralyzing a man. There is nothing to admire about that.

[@scottduyser1222]

Yes. His style of football would not roll. In The pantyhose league today..

[@spaceghost4474]

@@Chrishagen The rules were different then, and very seldom did he make an illegal hit. He was a fearless player. Just like Dick Butkus. I suggest a tamer sport for you. Maybe Tiddly Winks is more you speed.

[@spaceghost4474]

@@Chrishagen Their choice to play. NOT YOURS. Let me add, that judging from your posts you probably aren't a football fan, and your hypocrisy is showing. You probably support people's CHOICE to use drugs as they wish, or commit other self destructive behavior such as CHOOSING to drink at whatever level they want too, whether they are an alcoholic or not. The result of both is death, crime, disability or ALL of those things at a frightening level. Professional football players aren't FORCED to play. You are someone who wants people to base their life choices or lifestyles on what YOU think they should be. Those things make you both a hypocrite and a authoritarian.

[@spaceghost4474]

@@Chrishagen It's still their choice to play, NOT YOURS, pal. I notice you were silent on my other points, so you proved me right. If THEY want the rules to be changed, then let THEM get together and demand change. End of conversation. 🖐

[@bonnerwf]

He was also a great interceptor .

[@ericmeeuwsen2226]

I always liked Jack Tatum. And for a University of Michigan alum to say that, that's quite something! I wish that style of play would come back -- it won't, but I wish it would. Today's football is kind of like watching a fast break basketball team -- not horrible, but a far cry from the way things were.

[@earlmonroe9251]

I remember the OSU-ichi game in 68. Ichi had a star TB named Ron Johnson who burst up the middle on a draw play, right past a blitzing Tatum. I can still see Tatum stopping in the backfield and starting to sprint after RJ who had a full steam ahead and was already 10 yds downfield. Tatum caught RJ from behind and made the tackle. Wasn't a vicious Tatum hit, but an incredible hustle play on a team that won the National Championship by smoking undefeated USC and OJ Simpson in the Rose Bowl.

[@kennethgrahamiii4477]

My favorite defensive football player Jack Tatum should be in the Hall of Fame!!!

[@billrayburn2775]

Tatum and Lott......my two safeties for eternity

[@user-sg8kq7ii3y]

Lott actually looked up to Tatum.

[@williamcornish3175]

I have loved The Raiders since I could understand the rules of the game. 68 was my first real season of watching The Raiders with my dad and grandfather. My dad had played against Daryl Lamonica in high school and Al Davis was the man.

[@chrisgray318]

I miss this kind of football, not a fan of Goodell's version.

[@thedolt9215]

Jack Tatum, once said, in his book that Lance Alworth of the San Diego chargers was one receiver, he could never intimidate… Interesting!

[@user-li4qf3pm1x]

@@JeepTJWheelin No "e."

[@godfatherx8334]

Why I can’t stand anyone talking about how great Tom Brady is. He wouldn’t have lasted 4 years back in the day. So much money invested in players today, that the owners have put a skirt on favorite Quarterbacks. Guess that they listened to Jack Lambert.

[@bluemarvel4601]

That era of football would've destroyed Tom Brady lol

[@alltimeraiderfanwinbaby826]

First of all check this out, I'm going backwards---- aginst slants, all they had to do is kick the field goal, but they wanted Matt Ryan to get mvp so they try to throw the ball for a TD--- 2 the chiefs, always in crucial moments, first the kick returner thumb touch the ball, an then roughing the passer when the defense player hit him on the shoulder it was 3rd an 12 they got that call in score,----3 the Jacksonville jaguars the pass interference call, an if that wasn't enough the hit on gronk he hit him in the shoulder, the call hitting a defensive player bull shit, AN now the great bull shit call, the fu--ing tuck rule, bill went to the refs an said look in the book, something none of our coaches did aginst the Bengals, an how can you make a rule for 1 QB the Brady rule

[@alltimeraiderfanwinbaby826]

I ment aginst slants falcons

[@makula5543]

People like you saying that same shit about Joe Montana when he was kicking ass in 80's. Talent wins in any era kiddo

[@Goodsense215]

@@makula5543 Nobody said that about Montana. They could actually hit and tackle without overthinking in his era.

[@raiderjohnthemadbomber8666]

Coach Madden loved and taught "smash mouth" football. Jack Tatum was a semi in a world of VWs.

[@JayDogTitan-he6wo]

That is great way describe Jack Tatum.

[@mountainadventures7346]

I met Jack Tatum. I was shocked at how small he was. Great guy.

[@tytiger7176]

If jack hit you,you would have an outer body experience.Tatum was really a paid assassin 100 💯 Percent.

[@tytiger7176]

I never knew he wasn't in the hall of Fame.I assumed Tatum, branch,,plunkett,hayes we're in the HOF already.

[@GORILLA_PIMP]

Nfl players all look 7ft tall on tv lmfao But the craziest is NBA players I've seen quite a few of them in person an man they all looked like skinny kids!!!

[@earlmonroe9251]

I always wondered how Tatum could deliver such vicious shots on a regular basis. And he wasn't a huge guy, but he had powerful thighs. His freshman year at Ohio State, frosh were not allowed to play, but his DB coach was Lou Holtz. Tatum's freshman class was loaded with talent an the next year the Buckeyes won the National Championship by smoking the undefeated USC Trojans and OJ Simpson in the Rose Bowl.

[@mrosaka7711]

Real football. He played within the rules of that time.

[@georgem3673]

Exactly! I think Tatum doesn't get the respect he deserves, he's grouped in with George Atkinson, who was a dirty player. But Tatum played it clean.

[@ursirius4878]

Tatum played within the rules? That's funny.

[@georgem3673]

The rules were a lot different in the '70's. Most people just throw Tatum in the same category as George Atkinson, but it isn't true. @@ursirius4878

[@carlhicksjr8401]

THAT brother hit so hard you could damned near hear it on TV, man. Due respect to Dick Butkus and all, but Jack Tatum and Lyle Alzedo are the only two dudes in 100 years of the NFL that are even in competition with Lawrence Taylor for the 'Badest Mofo In The Valley' Award.

[@headhunter7719]

I love him where did he used to put his helmet

[@Michael-dj9zq]

Try spell checking before you attempt to know what you are talking about (Lyle Alzado)

[@carlhicksjr8401]

@@Michael-dj9zq So how is spell check gonna help with a surname? Also, exactly how is a mispell on someone's name when I am trying to give them due respect gonna subvert my point? It would be different if Alzado was alive and I was calling him out on something, but the man's been dead for, what, 30 years. When was the last time you saw his name in print?

[@julsc2106]

Not even close LT is the goat. And second is Ronnie Lott and he ain't close

[@JeepTJWheelin]

Rich "Tombstone" Jackson was a bad mofo too! 🏈

[@ltravail]

Did I hear Skip say the Raiders played "clean" football? That's hilariously delusional. There was no such thing as "clean" football in those days, and the Raiders and Steelers were among the dirtiest teams in the league. They were what Steelers coach Chuck Noll himself called the "criminal element" in the NFL while on the witness stand in a civil lawsuit! That's why they won so much. Except it wasn't called "dirty" play...it was tough and intimidating play. The game was played with mental intensity , will power, and intimidation. It was psychological warfare as much as physical combat. That kind of intensity has pretty much been removed from the game today. Looking at those old film clips from back in the 70s/80s you can see the game was so much more brutal than it is now. That intensity and brutality is what made the sport so much fun to watch back then. And if people thought Tatum nasty, just go watch old film clips of Dick "Night Train" Lane from the 1950s!

[@victorevanssr.5034]

Sean Taylor would have been a great raider awesome timing

[@RobertBare]

Jack Tatum belongs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame

[@middlefinger1565]

He ended Daryl Stingley's career with one of the dirtiest hits. Who knows how good Stingley might have been?

[@alltimeraiderfanwinbaby826]

He needs to look at the film, it was not a dirty hit, I prayed that stingily would get better, yes he was one of the best him an his partner Stanley Morgan, but the hit was legal just like the hit in the immaculaent reception only frenchy was bigger than stingily, but he was down nobody nobody said that hit was dirty, the hit on Earl Campbell was not dirty an you see how big he was plus he had a running start an he had to be help off the field

[@curtisfranzen986]

He is.

[@MarcG7424]

I wish people would stop judging his career on one play and using 21st century rules to do it. There was no such rule as defenseless anything back then. Btw Deacon Jones the inventor of the Head Slap ( responsible for more than a few blown ear drums and permanent deafness) until it become illegal is in the HOF

[@middlefinger1565]

@@curtisfranzen986 He is in the College FB HOF...but NOT in Canton. He's the Pete Rose of the NFL. A really dirty player.

[@gjeetkunedo8170]

I'm a Steelers fan, but i loved the way Jack Tatum played the game!

[@ThumperT51]

At 6yo, I got a foster family. My dad got me Raiders pajamas and jerseys for Christmas... a few years later... I got the book "They Call Me Assassin"! My new dad was a Steeler fan. He loved the fact that the Raiders were my favorite. He wanted a tough kid!!! Sooo happy he adopted me❤

[@robertbishop5357]

That John Madden was the only person to consistently visit Darryl shows how much of a class act he was. Tatum I believe felt bad about that tragic outcome. That's probably why he's not in the HOF. It's sad and shows how silly these people are who chose those to get in. All Tatum was, was a hard nosed, tough, clean player.

[@bauerj3398]

Nah. He is not in the HOF because he did not have a HOF career. 3 Pro Bowls and ZERO All-Pro.

[@earlmonroe9251]

Jack did go to the hospital to visit Stingley after the game but was told only family members were allowed in.

[@edwardlandry1113]

Dirtiest player ever

[@a.d.jenkins5835]

One of the few stars I ever met. I told him he was the greatest of all time. He said I appreciate that young man 🙂

[@kennyjerome3683]

Grew up watching this kind of football ,not for the weak or timid. Players of today would have never made it back then,there too soft. Put those big shoulder pads back on and you can deliver a good shot with the shoulder ,Tatum loves to use the shoulder ,lots of power, no real hitters intodays game , I have always wondered why the NFL and college went too the hockey style shoulder pads ,put the big ones back on and feel the thunder.

[@troutaholic8834]

Jack Tatum was the only guy Woody Hayes would not allow to go full tilt in practice scrimmages. Ohio State has high school scouting footage of Tatum in a state championship game. In the third quarter ,it shows one of the receivers Tatum was playing against, waving his arms to his quarterback, motioning not to throw the ball his way. Yes, Tatum broke your will, because he hit so hard.

[@troutaholic8834]

Jack seemed to be tapped into a different energy plane. He was like a martial artist. He could release this chi, that seemed use the players momentum against himself. Jack exploded into players, sending them flying in a way that I have never seen, since the Tatum playing days. I sat next to Jack on a plane. Very nice man.I was surprised at his size. He was listed as 5’11 205 lbs, but he looked to me to be maybe 5’’09. 185 lbs. He played like a giant, for sure.

[@anthonypenn4122]

Yeah me 2. Straight Menace out thurr

[@merlball8520]

Tatum was dirty, as were many of the rest of the Raiders back then. Madden was a talented coach and a great commentator, but he was also a scumbag for pushing that team to the edge of the rules and beyond. Also, others could hit harder. Tatum would just rather allow receivers to catch the ball and hurt them afterwards.

[@mikegike7273]

As a Steeler fan since '74...I dunno about your last comment. As Jack said in his autobiography, he didn't get paid to catch interceptions. He got paid to hit and intimadate 'pretty' receivers.

[@jasonsabourin2275]

@@mikegike7273 that's B.S. I don't care how good a hitter you are, your going to miss your hit and the guy's gone, and no one wants to admit that Tatum got burned many times when he should have went for the ball, or just made the tackle, yeah it's fun to watch him hit(I love the Big hits TOO), but constantly going for the big hit gives you the lowest percentage for making the Defensive play, if he played with that mentality today he wouldn't make it in today's NFL. P.S. Everybody just wants to remember the hits, but good coverage wins games, it just doesn't make for good highlight films.

[@patrickflaherty6586]

But Sammy white never gets credit for unbelievably catching that ball and not dropping it!!!

[@marvinhunt1049]

FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY!!! They give this man the recognition!!! The original Knockout Artist (Not Ronnie Lott). He and Gene Atkinson had Lynn Swann and other receivers's head on a swivel! I remember that collision with he and Earl Campbell on the goal line! The hard hitter against the hardest running back. The only time that I saw Tatum lose a 1 on 1.

[@just_a_little_trolling9380]

... actually... ... a True 'Stale-mate'... ... E. Campbell staggered backwards into the end zone...

[@jonshields437]

I'm an oiler oldie but he barely lost on that collision trust me. Earl still felt it more

[@marvinhunt1049]

@@jonshields437, oh trust me, I know! I'm a Cowboy fan but the Oilers were my second team (I lived with my mom in Ft Worth and my dad in Houston). Earl BARELY won that "almost" stalemate! Lol!

[@footsoldier4000]

Jack Tatum one of the real greatest Dion Sanders this man's name should never come out of your mouth look at those hits man wow

[@bryanwalz3455]

The hardest hitter to ever play the game bar none. 45 career ints. Multiple rings. A crime he isn't in the HoF. My favorite Raiders players both wore 32. Jack and Marcus.

[@MarcG7424]

Every opposing reciever had reason to fear when playing the Raiders back then and for good reason he's definitely HOF material

[@bauerj3398]

No, he wasn't. He had 3 Pro Bowl appearances and zero All-Pro's. Meaning, he was never one of the top few of players at his position. Combine that with a career in which he did not accumulate counting stats. In other words, he did not have the raw numbers, and he did not have the individual recognitions.

[@bauerj3398]

@@MarcG7424 What does the 49ers have to do with Jack Tatum not having a HOF resume? Are you saying that because he was part of the Raiders' dynasty of the 70's, which does not even remotely stack up with the 49ers, every good player should get in. Looking at the 49ers from their dynasty era, and the players who were primarily 49ers, they all have resumes that dwarf Tatum's. Montana, Young, Rice, Lott, and Haley. The best comparison is Lott, since they played similar position, and Tatum couldn't carry Lott's jockstrap. Lott was a 6-time 1st Team All Pro, 10 time Pro-Bowler, had 26 more picks, 3 seasons in top 10 of Defensive player of year, etc.

[@MarcG7424]

@@bauerj3398 Wrong thread

[@stevencruz4738]

One of my favorites growing up

[@lookylou6333]

Big Earl Cambell gave him some of his own medicine.

[@antonchigurh3794]

God Bless the Soul of John Madden. No one had more knowledge or love for the game than he did. I'm so glad that I grew up during his era of the game. I just don't look forward to the games like I did when he was around.

[@brianh8801]

Today, he'd be called for the clothes lines and extra curricular activities away from the play and after it, but if you watch his biggest hits, he leads with his shoulders, not his helmet...like you're supposed to. He was out to do damage both physically, but more so mentally. He wanted receivers hearing footsteps anytime they knew they would be going into or near his area...causing them to grow alligator arms. Hearing your route called in his domain must of been an Oh $#@! moment in the huddle! Alligator Arms was a business decision!

[@georgem3673]

No, everyone was taught to picture your forehead hitting the target when you were tackling. Obviously, they mean the part of the helmet protecting the forehead, but that's the way a "form tackle" was taught. Stingley got paralyzed because he ducked his head, and the impact caused his head to violently drop towards his chest.

[@ericadams1849]

That hit on Earl, he definitely lead with the top of his helmet

[@MultiEviscerator]

Don't know if he was the hardest hitter, but certainly was the hardest hitter as a safety. He took on beasts like Campbell & Czonka head on, and left them seeing stars.

[@bluegregory6239]

Ronnie Lott should be in this conversation. And Kenny Easley.

[@HoustonRebel]

No, Earl left Tatum seeing stars

[@antonioallen1763]

INCREDIBLE... Right up there with a Butkus hit! A wreaking machine like The Beast.

[@user-xw8lo5pv4r]

Jack Tatum the great Raider and the hardest hitter the NFL ever had.

[@anthonypate1482]

Video brought a tear to my eye. RIP fellas.

[@harrycallahan686]

That's cool! I've seen most of it since 1972. We need New Legends!

[@ear4funk814]

Yep ... knew Jack Tatum was a hard hitter. For example in his rookie season, there was a pre-season game against the Baltimore Colts. John Mackey was this huge tight end ... John catches a pass and running up the field, and rookie Jack Tatum hits him square on ... Jack Tatum sticks to his chest and John Mackey's legs fly out like in the cartoons ... stop him dead in his tracks ... crowd goes oooh! And in the same game he knocked out two opposing players. Definitely the hardest hitter ever in NFL ... I knew that would be the case after that game.

[@kevinsamuels3140]

Rip the GOAT Jack Tatum.💯

[@LDReyman]

Played football in the late sixties and early seventies it was all about wining, it was fierce. Football today is over regulated and full of overpaid cream-puffs.

[@user-sg8kq7ii3y]

But the players in the 60's and 70's were half the size of the players today. The NFL players in the 60's and 70's wouldn't have even the slightest chance of blocking Aaron Donald one-on-one. They'd have to TRIPLE TEAM him, and he'd still blow right thru and manhandle the QB.

[@michaellauletti6552]

what a class act john Madden was.we miss you

[@stevemarce1988]

Absolute Beast 💥 🦍🦏💀☠️🏴‍☠️

[@richardmccormick859]

I've been saying that for decades!! The first man to paralyzed a player and the only man to knock put Earl Campbell out a game!!💪💪💪🏈🏈

[@umami0247]

Grew up watching these old great players. Duck Butkis Jack Tatum Jack Lambert and for secondary players no one hit like Jack Tatum. He broke helmets from hitting other players. And let me tell you it's hard to break a Helmut even with a Sledgehammer. This is when football was a sport and players had to be tough today's football is a joke compared to this era.

[@erikgification]

My mom is an OSU alum and when I was a kid she gave me the Tatum biography book "They call me Assassin" when I was like 9 or 10. Here you go sonny boy! He deserves to be in the HOF. The Raiders mystique back then was amazing, I loved them.

[@TheRealChicanodad]

We love you John madden

[@satinwhip]

Tatum was an aggressive, hard hitting and intense player. He could have intercepted Bradshaw's pass and thwarted "The Immaculate Reception" but he was more intent on turning Frenchy Fuqua's lights off. He played with a level of aggression that wasn't necessary to get the job done and he didn't care about the outcome. That's why he is not in the Hall Of Fame.

[@123slasher.16]

Jack Tatum was ferocious.

[@antonioallen1763]

Many outstanding men played the sport. Some were horrific casualities of the sport they played.

[@mrstanbmw]

Look folks and this is the truth. The greatest rivalry in the history of the NFL was from 1967 to 1973 Raiders Chiefs. there are about a dozen HOF on those 2 teams they hated each other and you could tell by the way they played of bunch of HBCU guys on those teams.

[@davidzallie6067]

100%!

[@jinavl]

Stingley jr is gonna be pro next year..the grandson

[@allmoneyin676]

Who does he play for?

[@jinavl]

@@allmoneyin676 he will get drafted this year..hopefully he gets on the pats like his grandfather

[@middlefinger1565]

@@jinavl Who does he play for? What college?

[@curtisfranzen986]

I wish him great success. If he is as fast and gifted as his name suggests, I hope he gets drafted by the Bears or Raiders.

[@JamesWhite-sl2sb]

@@middlefinger1565 "L S U .

[@juliovasquez5777]

Hell yeah “ let the players be themselves”. “Play Hard Baby” 😎 guud ole daiz!

[@Sonic8577]

If he played today, he'd break the guniness world record for the most fined athlete who ever lived.

[@alanwise2996]

The Oakland Raiders of the mid 70s had the best goal line Defense of all time Monte Johnson did his part BUT A WHOLE LOT OF REASONS FOR THAT WAS JACK TATUM

[@hawkeye6626]

Tatum must have hammered you too, because he knocked the memory of the Steel Curtain out of your mind!🤣

[@marcryan1974]

Imagine Jack Tatum and Rodney Harrison on the same team 😳😳

[@ML-pn5fx]

Jack and Ronnie lott

[@brianshomette6970]

Rodney Harrison really 😆😆😆Harrison was nothing close to jack

[@Mr.Random3D]

John madden is a real one seeing another teams player to see if he's ok 10:20 better coach then the others

[@calvinwalters1556]

I find this era of nfl much more entertaining than what they have today. Back then the trade off was much more visible, they sacrificed their bodies to get rich playing football. All the fame and fortune came at a physical risk. Nowadays they do everything they can to reduce that risk. Players from Jack Tatum's era would decimate the current players.

[@joebloe8994]

STEVE ATWATER IS ON LINE ONE..

[@Snakeman612]

THANNNNNK YOU

[@paulwarder6609]

I read this about Jack Tatum when I was a kid. "When Jack Tatum tackes someone, they stay tackled. Nobody jumps up quickly from a Tatum tackle. Some don't jump up at all."

[@alltimeraiderfanwinbaby826]

Yes know body jumps up an points to a first down they made or a catch they made, that idiot that called Jack Tatum a dummy would not say it to his face, in if it wasn't, for the refs an how they felt about the raiders in Al Davis Brady would not have some of the SB rings that he had, let again let me name them in reverse-- Alanta falcons, kick the field goal, Kansas City, roughing the passer, in the ball did hit the kick returner thumb, Jacksonville jaguars, two crucial calls the pass interference an the hit on gronk called a defensive player bull shit, an then the famous Tuck rule, now if our coaches this year would have known that they could go to the rule book, the Bengals touchdown would not have counted, none of them knew nothing, but the record might say he the greatest but he's not, oh like they said about mahome's an Russel Wilson Brady had a great defense an great coaches enough said, Montana, farr, stabler, an a few more I would take over Brady, they did not have a rule name of them

[@mikebattle9765]

Like hell ! Dick Butkus hit twice as hard as Tatum. And I am not even a Bears fan.

[@adrianmedrano6650]

Amazing player 👏

[@dizzodiz3714]

I would say Atwater hit harder and cleaner, Tatum was a dirty hitter like the cat from the Bengals #58 Burfict

[@hookerdick8493]

U bumped ur head atwater was as dirty as anyone and the only guy who even came closeto hitting the way no 32 did was 26 mr chuck cecil

[@brianshomette6970]

Atwater is or was never on Jack's Level you must be a bronco fan

[@TickleSalty]

I remember watching Earl Campbell running over everyone, that is until Tatum met him at the goal line and knocked him silly. Nobody hit harder than Tatum.

[@mikegike7273]

And in Jacks autobiography, he had said that no one hit HIM as hard as that goal line hit, or his clean hit on Walter.....

[@kwasimensah6013]

Don't forget the hit that Donnie Shell, leveled on Campbell.

[@texasscratchking4568]

Earl Still made the End Zone tho ...Earl was a Monster from my neck of the woods BTW

[@robertbenedict4651]

If you haven't seen it watch the hit Donnie Shell put on Earl Campbell. He did not get up from that one. That was rare for Earl Campbell.

[@earlmonroe9251]

@@texasscratchking4568 Earl said he was never able to remember what happened on that famous hit because he was out cold. Earl was a BEAST.

[@battlestarmarc]

Tatum was a monster in the 70's.

[@roscoepride2577]

I played high-school football in the mid,70 and was a half back an safely that love his style

[@kurtisgardner1733]

I'm a proud "Raiders fan" and I became a member of our beloved "Raider Nation" since 1979 and I own the Jack Tatum's jersey; I wear it proudly, always on every Wednesday on my Job; I own over 70 Raiders that I wear proudly on Wednesday's; it is a shame not to see this man in: The Pro Football hall of Fame; the "leader" of: "The Soul Patrol"; the building blocks of the "Raider's History"