Sad to hear about Tittle, I would have guessed him to have passed long ago.
He was probably the 1st QB name I remember, Y.A. Tittle just sounded pretty cool to me and earliest NFL memory was probably around '63 season when I was 8 and living in NYC area.
Lightfoot, pretty impressive!
I got same as 77 Trashcan except I was certain of Brodie. I recall several of the other names but not associated with the matching team from that photo.
I looked up the missing 2.
Looks like the pic must have been from '61.
#14 QB for Cards that year was Sam Etcheverry. He was 31 that year. He was only in the NFL '61 and '62.
The Lions QB #15 in '61 was even more obscure, Jim Ninowski although he managed to stick around from '58-'69 although only 5 of his 31 career starts came after '62.
Played for Cleveland in '66. Appeared in all 14 games and threw 4 TD passes. I actually lived in the Cleveland area that year. Attended a game and I have a team photo, he must be in it. But no way I could recall that name.
I didn't even realize Meredith was in the league that early!
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