The TRAGIC Death Of John Matuszak

[@raidershistory351]

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[@b.t.2796]

As a Viking fan in the '70s I hated the Raiders. What a dummy. Now I spend hours here watching Raiders stuff from that era and realize that my hatred was actually jealousy. The Stickum gang was awesome!

[@williamnewell7784]

He was my line coach for a week at Mickey Marvin’s football camp 1981. I wore his number my senior year at Enka High school. He was amazing to spend time with that week.

[@WilliamReed-i4y]

I GOT TO SPEND TIME WITH BOB WINDSOR. MY DADS BEST FRIEND. AWSOME GUYS BIG GUYS. GUI.

[@Senormojado75]

“I went out to make sure no one else went out.” True words of a Champion!

[@CorvetteLS7427]

Raiders will always be, Oakland Raiders to me, no more Home Field in Vegas, maybe if they start winning, they might get more Raider fans, but it will never be like Oakland. I don’t think the Raiders will ever come back to Oakland, I think the Raiders are gone forever. Hope one day, the Raiders can start winning, in Vegas, like the early days in Oakland, can only hope, the Raiders have been horrible for over two decades.

[@littledynamoquack]

Oakland is a crudhole. No NFL team would touch the place.

[@larryleyba6496]

When I was ten years old, my family had business in the Bay Area when the Raiders won Superbowl XV, I lived over 900 miles away. Our family were huge Raider fans. We went to the celebration parade. The players each had their own classy cars in the parade. It was raining buckets so there was a small turnout for the parade. They were allowing fans to go to the players and shake their hands or giving high fives. Here came my favorite player, The Tooz. He was acting like a madman and screaming with his head and body out the window, police were not allowing people approach John and had a motorcycle escort on either side of his car. I was able to run past the police and went to slap his hand. The Tooz grabbed me by my collar, picked me up and shook me around and screamed straight into my face. The police grabbed me and sent back on my way. I was 10 years old at the time.

[@StephenTrunkwalter]

The Raiders belong in Oakland! The A's belong in Oakland!

[@erixun]

Not anymore

[@dangrimes5078]

I know how you feel but the city of Oakland is run by people who are incapable of doing big things. People with no vision.

[@paulrobinson8041]

Oakland is a total dumpster fire and the city has been destroyed by terrible leadership.

[@Raider352]

Don't worry a new team will come in about 10 years when they drive the price down on property they will rebuild Oakland

[@vincec727]

No, they don’t. Oakland is a shit hole.

[@dennissaunders5247]

R.I.P TOOZ. GOD BLESS HIM AND HIS FAMILY. RAIDER LEGEND.

[@robertscheinost179]

The guy was a beast! If he ever practiced, he would have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.

[@dallasrivers7396]

True story if anyone is interested… When I grew up, John Matuszak was the previous resident. We lived a half hour from the Oakland coliseum. We never knew him personally, but everybody in our neighborhood did and they all had interesting stories. Our house had holes in the walls where he’d punched them. I also remember 2 wooden crates he left in our backyard. They were stamped in black ink with his name and I remember it said Houston, Texas At the time, I didn’t know he had been on the Houston Oilers, Prior to the Raiders..Later, it all makes sense. He was quit a character from what the neighbors said. Very aggressive guy in real life not just football. I’ll never forget my parents took us out of school because the Raiders had a parade when they won the Super Bowl in 1980. It was the coolest thing ever to see all these star athletes going through the streets of Oakland on Cadillacs and stuff. I remember seeing John Matuszak and he looked larger than life. He was huge, especially to a little kid. When he died at 38, I was shocked but not surprised. My neighbors told me about his drinking episodes and it wasn’t good. But, he was a helluva football player. The

[@MojoMedicineMan]

RIP John ❤

[@roberthyatt1163]

"John Matuzak" Was The Man I Loved To Watch Him Play For The "Oakland Raiders" To Put It simply John Matuzak Was A "Blast"!

[@omni-man4624]

Loved me the TOOZ...My step dads brother used to hang with him, since hes from Tampa!!!

[@Zeitgeist997]

This proves that you don't have to be an athlete in tip top shape to play football. It's not like basketball where you're always running. It's 5 or 6 seconds of action and 55 second breaks

[@Ariesmount]

Thank you for this! I remember his name and watching him play, but I didn’t know anything about the guy. This has been very entertaining.

[@NaderM-i3v]

He played Sloth in The Goonies.

[@kmh6582]

No shit

[@paulenger-dt1bw]

No that was Peyton Manning 😂🤣😆

[@m.i.smooth810]

Is that why he had such a ROCKY ROAD?

[@crashburn3292]

I don't understand the question about the Raiders returning to Oakland. That's never going to happen so why even bring it up? Thanks to nepo-baby Mark Davis, the Raiders are stuck in LV where all their home games are now away game.

[@pulsarlights2825]

Pro wrestler Dick Slater supposedly KOed Matuszak at a college party in Tampa, Tooz was hitting on Slater's girlfriend.

[@hectormunoz578]

When the Raiders were in Oakland that stadium 🏟 was falling apart and political problems rebuilding that place. Now the A's are gone as well and the Warriors. But warriors and As both originally from Philadelphia Pennsylvania

[@picmanjoe]

When I was about 10 years old I met Jim Otto at a football clinic in Wiesbaden Germany. I was a Raiders fan from that point until they moved to Vegas. All the moves for money just got to me. I don't think I'll ever root for them again even if they move to Oakland. Because they'll just move again when someone gives them a new stadium or huge tax breaks.

[@Turfsurfer62]

I still have a hard time getting used to saying las Vegas raiders? From Oakland to LA, to Oakland to LV… they should return and stay home in Oakland

[@FrankMagadan]

@@Turfsurfer62 Unfortunately this once great Oakland Raiders Organization died along with the great Al Davis ..RIP 💐

[@zedsodead]

This was well paced, well narrated, and researched. I went to your channel. I'm wondering if you do other content or have another channel? Great content.

[@TAllyn-qr3io]

I was born in the early 60’s and as I grew my love for the NFL paralleled my growing. I never had a favorite team, I was into the players and a love for the game as a whole. From Fran Tarkenton to Larry Csonka. Alan Page to Fred Biletnikoff. I dug the entirety of the NFL. Jets to Dolphins and Redskins to the Rams! It was, to me, the best time in the NFL! Watching games on TV, not for a team but, to see a defensive tackle destroy a QB or halfback or a QB chucking it downfield and a magnificent catch was made. I miss that in sports. 🫡🤙

[@neneshubby]

Stabler has a whole chapter devoted to his time living with “The Tooz” in his book ‘Snake’. Its hilarious.

[@FrankMagadan]

OAKLAND RAIDERS FOREVER

[@DEADLIESTMAN1]

Matuszak and Alzado were killers on the field.

[@huskerchuck9212]

You mispronounced Dan Devine's name. It is DeVINE, not DeVEEN.

[@kimmccabe1422]

That mentality is what screwed the Raiders

[@Artamusgordon]

It would thrill me to see the Raiders in Oakland again. However, Oakland has progressed even further down the crap hole than ever & is a run-down hell hole. Although I hardly watch the game anymore, I did make it to Las Vegas to watch the final game of the 2024 season. I hardly recognize the game anymore & it’s a far cry from the glory days of the Oakland magic they used to have. Those days are long gone, never to return again. I was born the same year the Raiders were in 1960 & will always be a Raider. My time on earth is almost over & after the last of my generation are gone, along with us the memories will be gone. I got to witness the greatest games that were ever played on a football field. Las Vegas??? Well, lots of people go there to lose their money & it’s a shame the once mighty Raiders have found their place as losers in the city of sin.

[@CARDINAL701]

I remember him being in North Dallas Forty with Nick Nolte.

[@williammoroney8111]

Your documentaries are excellent! Thanks for creating!

[@williamrowlett740]

Read Ken Stabler's book "Snake". He was "Keeper of the Tooz". Sad to see them both gone.

[@jpmnky]

The Raiders won’t be back in Oakland ever again. In my opinion it’s a terrible idea to have any professional teams in Las Vegas but all that was put into motion years ago.

[@Jon-oi3me]

Agreed

[@Roger-lt9fe]

You don't know the future!! So be quiet 🤫🙊!!!☝️

[@dangrimes5078]

​@@Roger-lt9feNobody knows the future. Let's just say there is less than a .01 percent chance the raiders will come back to Oakland in the next 50 years.

[@RoninGaijin]

Oakland never did offer a decent stadium for the Raiders. I believe Oakland is the best and rightful home for the Raiders, however what they have in Vegas is beautiful and Reliant stadium is a jewel!

[@popcorn9791]

A bully is a bully...

[@pulsarlights2825]

North Dallas Forty is worth watching just for the Tooz

[@zedsodead]

I grew up when they were in Oakland. To me, they'll always be The Oakland Raiders. I think if you change cities you should change the name of the team. Start your own legacy and leave them theirs. If they come back to the same city you can jave your old name back. Like the Browns and Ravens.

[@lanceshaw4421]

I'd love to see the Raiders back in Oakland but that aint gonna happen. No way the city could ever pony up enough to build anything close to what the Raiders now have in Vegas.

[@RoninGaijin]

The Raiders are now and forever will be THE team in VEGAS! Oakland is the Genesis city for the RAIDERS, however, they never could give the team a decent stadium to play in. They had the BLACK HOLE fan base but they didn't have financial backing to be successful in Oakland. Vegas is too perfect for this team and it's history!

[@markholliday2984]

Raiders belong in Oakland!!!

[@mcbroombob4081]

I think California is gone. Every team will be leaving that zoo.

[@Fabioman3]

Will be forever "Cruzin' with the Tooz" and the old Raider way!

[@popcorn9791]

It's a good thing that he stayed away from those nasty steroids. That might have effected his health. Good thing!

[@jhs8496]

Oakland. Raiders.

[@danduffy7974]

He made choices, bad choices. He never learned from his mistakes. He let fame go to his head .I hate when people make individuals like him "FAMOUS" He is NOT in the football hall of fame, therefore it looks like he wasn't famous, just a DOPER!!.

[@1962LIBBY]

Imagine, colleges cared about his grades. 😂

[@John-ls2gp]

Darvon, the pain killer any dr. would give ya, now banned.

[@RoninGaijin]

Allegiant Stadium is too perfect for the Raiders to ever leave and return to Oakland.

[@barronvonpitbull4544]

OAKLAND RAIDERS! Or nothing at all! I quit watching football now they left OAKLAND for the second time! Don't miss it! I was a kid when we won superbowl 11 I grew up 5 miles from the OAKLAND Coliseum! I won't spend one more dime on the nfl! Football sucks now!

[@Mr.FlacNaty]

The Raiders r the East Bay!

[@robertdavila3780]

Who you kidding, college's don't give a shit about your academic scores if your talented. Most of the players today wouldn't be playing if that were the case!!

[@johncortazzo4942]

Maybe because I'm a raider hater this is the most boring football story I've heard get to where he did uncut cocaine and his heart blew up

[@werewolvesofsanger4649]

Your comment might make sense if you used punctuation and better grammar.

[@joshfreeman4644]

HEEEYYY UUUUU GUUUYYYSSS!!

[@johnsouza539]

Al is gone. His son will never bring the team back without significant concessions by Oakland as well as a new stadium.

[@jerrywagner4690]

Good Lord No! Have you seen that City lately. People would get everything they have stolen or worse just going to a game.

[@ginopaolini-j2x]

I agree

[@LBG-cf8gu]

Of course he was given a slap on the wrist. After all, he played a game with a ball.

[@TheFunkhouser]

Did he like Oj Simpson 😳

[@MA_808]

I saw John in person at Raider training camp and even sitting at a bar in Montclair by himself. He was massive and in comparison he made Lyle Alzado look like a 7th grader. I wont watch the video. I will just remember how much I liked him on the field during some good years. he is no here to defend himself so these videos dont do anyone any good.

[@BradleyHolland-y3k]

To me they will ALWAYS be the OAKLAND Raliders. Playing in Vegas sucks! They should have had a new stadium built and never left Oakland.

[@charlesbandurski8546]

It's pronounced Dan De Vine.... Not De Veen.

[@WilliamReed-i4y]

LIKE#346

[@mynameisgladiator1933]

"But he didn't just excel at sports. He began to do well playing football." What bullshit writing this is.

[@kevinarmstrong751]

Did he play with Lyle Alzado ? imagine those 2 monsters on the same team .

[@mcbassinfaas7285]

bet that cadet never talked to someones lady ever again lol

[@richardkusiolek5198]

I LIVED IN OAKLAND IT HAD BECOME A DRUG AND CRIME CITY-- PEOPLE WHO WENT TO THE GAME HAD THEIR CARS JACKED AND GANGS WOULD DRAW THEIR GUNS AS YOU LEFT THE GAME IN THE PARKING LOT-- TO STEAL YOUR WALLET AND JEWELRY...WHO WOULD WANT THE TEAM TO COME BACK INTO A BLACK CRIME CITY???

[@WilliamReed-i4y]

OAKLAND RAIDERS. GUI.

[@dallasrivers7396]

True story if anyone is interested… When I grew up, John Matuszak was the previous resident. We lived a half hour from the Oakland coliseum. We never knew him personally, but everybody in our neighborhood did and they all had interesting stories. Our house had holes in the walls where he’d punched them. I also remember 2 wooden crates he left in our backyard. They were stamped in black ink with his name and I remember it said Houston, Texas At the time, I didn’t know he had been on the Houston Oilers, Prior to the Raiders..Later, it all makes sense. He was quit a character from what the neighbors said. Very aggressive guy in real life not just football. I’ll never forget my parents took us out of school because the Raiders had a parade when they won the Super Bowl in 1980. It was the coolest thing ever to see all these star athletes going through the streets of Oakland on Cadillacs and stuff. I remember seeing John Matuszak and he looked larger than life. He was huge, especially to a little kid. When he died at 38, I was shocked but not surprised. My neighbors told me about his drinking episodes and it wasn’t good. But, he was a helluva football player. Sad that he died so young.