NFL "This Week in Pro Football" 1969 week 12 highlights

[@barbaracaroll]

Charlie Jones the voice of the AFL

[@billmalone5050]

I always thought that both Charlie Jones and Curt Gowdy were the two voices of the AFL from 1965 to 1969 when NBC televised the American Football League games and they were also the two main voices of the AFC during most of the 1970s after the AFL-NFL merger of the 1970-71 season.

[@barbaracaroll]

Charlie Jones did a lot more football he also did this week in the AFL Kurt gowdy did lots of MLB games

[@billmalone5050]

I am glad that I am old enough to have been around to see / watch the AFL as a separate pro football league before it merged with the NFL in the summer of 1970. I will never forget watching in a state of utter amazement and complete shock as the AFL champion Kansas City Chiefs thoroughly dominated and overwhelmed the NFL champion Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowl 4 by the score of 23-7 on January 11, 1970 in old Tulane Stadium (the original home of the Sugar Bowl) in the final AFL vs NFL Super Bowl. I loved those great voices from the past like Charlie Jones, Curt Gowdy, Ray Scott, Pat Sumerall and Tom Brookshire and we can never forget the greatest voice of NFL Films; the one and only John Facenda. The AFL was the best thing to ever happen to the NFL and pro football in general.

[@barbaracaroll]

Nice Billy I love learning about the history of the different leagues in sports especially football 🏈

[@billmalone5050]

The NFL dates all tbe way back to 1920 when it started out as the American Professional Football Association. It changed its name to the National Football League (NFL) in 1922. The Green Bay Packers are even older than the NFL itself. They began playing in either 1918 or 1919.. The Packers, the Decatur Staleys soon to become the Chicago Bears and the Chicago then St. Louis then Phoenix and then Arizona Cardinals are the only original teams left that started playing in APFA in 1920. The New York Giants joined the NFL in 1925. And some other familiar teams joined the NFLin the 1930s. There were two earlier versions of the AFL in the 1920s and the 1930s. But they didn't last too long. From 1946 through 1949 the All American Football Conference (AAFC) went head to head against the NFL . It was completely dominated by the Cldveland Browns. The AAFC folded after the 1949 season and the NFL took in the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers and the original Baltimoe Colts (whose story is quite fascinating). Cleveland won the 1950 NFL Championship in its very first year in the NFL. And then came the most successful version of the American Football League in 1960. At first the NFL scoffed and sneered at and looked down on the upstart AFL. But as the 1960s moved forward, the AFLgradually got better and better and finally proved itself equal to the NFL, winning Super Bowls 3 and 4 after losing Super Bowls 1 and 2 to the older league. And then the AFL and NFL officially merged in the summer of 1970 . I urge anyone with an interest in the history of pro football to look up on the internet or read about it. And for you fans of the AFL (1960-61 through 1969-70), then check out the website REMEMBER THE AFL. It was created by the ultimate AFL fan and historian Angelo (Ange) Coniglio. There is also a great book by the same name and a sports documentary that goes along with the book. To all you football history fans out there; I hope that you have as much fun as I did learning about the incredible and entertaining history of pro football in America. The games, the players, the coaches, the owners and pro football's impact on the social and cultural history of America are all truly fascinating to learn about. ENJOY !!!!!

[@buddykowalski]

Who else is here for that old timey NFL highlight music ?

[@jose.luis.ayala.]

Look up the INTROS for NFL football on CBS & NBC. I really liked THE older NBC INTROS.

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[@davidderitis9068]

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[@danholm4952]

todays fast QBs would be a non factor in these bad weather games

[@michaelfalsia6062]

For me TWINFL came on TV Saturday at either 9 or 10 pm saturday in NYC. I couldn't wait to watch every week. From 1968 to 1973 I never misses a single program. And that music.

[@samuelgates5935]

Fran Tarkington, "THAT'S INCREDIBLE!" If you were alive, you know!

[@steventhorson4487]

The old AFL was awesome 👌

[@ArthurHarmon-f1j]

This is so awesome thanks very much real football

[@RafaelSale]

Who's here to see real football being played back then.

[@dwaynecoy1871]

As a 10 year old NFL fanatic, I used to absolutely love this show. Back then, this was the only access we had to any NFL highlights (except of course, the roughly 10 minutes you got on MNF halftime) and living in Seattle, we didn't have a local team, so this my live in terms of seeing the entire league. In Seattle, they used to broadcast this on Sunday morning the following weekend, before the start of the Sunday games that week. But being on Sunday, I'd have to wait for some religious program, followed by the most tedious show in the world for a 10 year-old - a Gardening Show! I remember it was called "Gardening with Ed Hume". Oh how I hated that damn Ed Hume. Also, didn't Tom Brookshire take over in subsequent years for Charlie Jones?

[@rogerwilliams5366]

Love the Music! And everything else ♥️🏈🏆

[@sonnymaupin9267]

man shot from the past when they named Leroy Kelly. I was born in Cincinnati and when the Bengals were formed in 67, Kelly and Paul Warfield were the reasons I remained a Browns fan

[@stevedrake604]

Warfield was one of the smoothest players ever.

[@jeffreycooper5187]

I was 4 years old in 69. I remember this!

[@wr70beh]

The only game Lombardi ever coached in played on Astroturf.

[@Fireyninjadog]

What about at Dallas that year? The cotton bowl had artificial turf back then

[@efrem1]

​@Fireyninjadog Astroturf was installed at the Cotton Bowl the following year in 1970.

[@DrewWeinmann]

Joe Namath played the game with an unstriped practice jersey due to theft.

[@FranBushardt]

The Chiefs - Bills game as in that Old Kansas City Stadium, Both Teams Used the Same Sideline. Not across from Each Other. That Would Never fly today!

[@montymartell2081]

I was 10 years old watching football with my grandpa we were atheists during football season😅 me and my grandpa also watched the first super bowl in 67 I sure miss old grandpa

[@LesterMoore]

I would like for the NFL to rename the Texans THE HOUSTON OILERS again and ... the ASTROS to bring back the variegated sunburst jersey. Now those are classic!

[@musicman76enator]

1:39 - 1:43 That would NOT be allowed or accepted today. You get arrested for that sort of thing Nowadays.

[@HoustonRebel]

For real. That was kind of a normal thing back then. I remember in junior high in the late 70s our school would have ribbons that we wore with slogans like "Hang the Rams" for instance, or "Destroy the Bears" whatever the name of the team that we were playing that week. With a cartoon picture on it showing a Bear with a football helmet on being destroyed in some way. It was"t even a big deal. But with all the political correctness we have these days, almost everything seems to be risque.

[@davidderitis9068]

The country and the sport was a lot tougher back then, nowadays you can't even slide your finger across your throat without getting fined, everyone has to play in a temp controlled arena free from the elements and players get sidelined from a hangnail ! 14:49

[@vpking77]

Strung up in effigy. No one took it seriously. As I said in a previous post. The golden age of pro football. I actually attended a game in Franklin Field in Philadelphia sometime around 1966-1967. My uncle was an Eagle season ticket holder. I don't remember much but I was definitely there.

[@josephstimpfl4594]

Whoops! Kansas City and Minnesota.

[@montymartell2081]

One thing I do miss about the 60s and 70s baseball was on TV a lot and it was always on the radio now you got to pay $1,000 just to see 10 seconds worth of baseball on a TV

[@bufnyfan1]

KC's Mike Garrett (39:58) was beloved by his teammates but had a very poor relationship with head coach Hank Stram. In 1970 Stram traded Garrett to San Diego. Many of the Chiefs were bitter about this.

[@vpking77]

Golden age of pro football decades before they made the game safer. I feel bad for the players who suffered dementia and other issues but nobody ever said the game wasn't a contact sport. What you are seeing in the footage is how the game is supposed to be played. Hard hitting and vicious. It's a gladiator sport. No one ever forced a person to play professional football. It was a choice. The game will never be played like this again. Now they are flag filled contests with offensive players and quarterbacks fully protected. The last straw was this ridiculous kick-off rule. So now teams just kick everything into the end zone. No one is worried about the extra 5 yards.

[@RobertMay-tr1yx]

Well said, football is a violent sport I'd love the 69 season I was 13 years old, watching the NFL in 2023 is totally different, 69 that's the way the game should be played, if you're scared of fire don't become a fireman, if you don't want to get shot at don't become a police officer, if you don't want to get hit in the head, don't become a boxer, so yes I miss the old NFL, real Men real elements and real football 🏈

[@WC3POchannel10A]

Just skip the boring NFL and watch the AFL highlights for some exciting football!

[@mf7482]

That American flag flapping in the breeze should have been taken down and according to the proper disposition of an American flag when torn burned and destroyed and a new flag flown in its place, that was terrible. At the Dallas game.

[@russellseilhamer4552]

Jerry Smith did not make that catch, not even in 1969 was that a catch for a TD

[@danholm4952]

ground cant cause fumble

[@antonewilson4310]

Ron Acks ended up with the early 70s Patriots, the worst team in pro sports. His name was called a lot. He must have thought he was in football purgatory.

[@montymartell2081]

Good old George blanda quarterback field goal kicker and I forget the third thing he did was it receiver or kick return

[@midwesttraffikc271]

4:00 the 🏟 got its own style