[77 TRASHCAN]

I've seen pictures of him, in the day. He looked quite old back then.
RIP.
Had no idea he was still alive.

[Lightfoot]

Yeah, I looked him up a year or so ago to see if he was still alive and was pretty surprised.
The thing I always remember about him was: He used the same pair of shoulder pads throughout his whole NFL career, maybe even from when he played in college.
They are on display in the Hall of Fame.

[Lightfoot]

A favorite photo of mine from the golden era of the NFL.
He was 'only' 34 when this was taken but he looks old enough to be a grandfather.



A good sports trivia question would be to name as many of these QBs without looking them up.
I could name all but the Cardinals and Lions guys.

[400 4spd.]

In all of my years I've never cared about pro football, but I just confirmed that Unitas is the only one I recognized. Not for the colors or number, but facial recognition.
I'll assume the one with the skin stripe on his head is Tittle.

[77 TRASHCAN]

Wow, that picture was before my time, Starr, Tarkenton, Unitas, and Tittle...I'm done. Is that John Brodie, number 12?.

Who are the rest?

[Lightfoot]

Originally Posted by 77 TRASHCAN

Wow, that picture was before my time, Starr, Tarkenton, Unitas, and Tittle...I'm done. Is that John Brodie, number 12?.

Who are the rest?

[spoiler] front row left to right;
(Lions QB), Fran Tarkenton, Don Merideth, John Brodie, Sonny Jurgensen, Y.A.
back row left to right;
Milt Plum, Bobby Layne, (Cardinals QB), Billy Wade, Bart Starr, John Unitas, Norm Snead, Zeke Bratkowski
[/spoiler]





Here's a candid sideline photo of Tittle after retirement with Brodie.

[Goatracer1]

Before NE had the Pats he was my favorite quarter back.

[fred jernejec]

Wow! none of them are taking a knee!

[77 TRASHCAN]

Originally Posted by Goatracer1

Before NE had the Pats he was my favorite quarter back.

So, we're you a fan of Joe Kapp when he QB'd the Pat's?

[John V.]

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!

[fred jernejec]

Frank Ryan was starter for the Browns in 66. Jim Ninowski was back up! The last time Cleveland won Championship was 1964 with Frank Ryan QB. I used to deliver his drycleaning when he lived in Lyndhurst Ohio. His wife wrote articles for the Plain Dealer. A REAL LONG TIME AGO!!!

[2manyT/A'S]

Originally Posted by 77 TRASHCAN

So, we're you a fan of Joe Kapp when he QB'd the Pat's?

Here's a bit of "foreign" Joe Kapp trivia..

I'm sure I watched...or listened to EVERY game he played...from 63-66....That was REAL football.....on REAL grass......with rain, mud and even FOG..

. Kapp is the only player to quarterback in the Super Bowl, Rose Bowl, and the Grey Cup.

http://bclionsden.ca/the-locker/bc-l...ack-1961-1966/

[Simple Man]

What a great picture!

Sorry to hear about Y A. May he finally win a championship up there.

[carcrazy]

Y.A Tittle....one of the best football names ever. I was a big fan when he was a Giant. RIP.