Imagine being 12 years-old and watching this every week as your imagination and emotions run wild with excitement and to not have a care in the world nor worry about money, etc.?
I loved this as a kid, but I had things to worry about. I did have the NFL FILMS music playing in my head out in the front yard when we were playing two-below. And, I loved spiking the ball in the driveway endzone, or running high stepping-style, just like CALVIN HILL OR BOB HAYES did, lol..or playing in the cold weather and thinking I was just like A MINN. VIKING..or running and spinning "like" PAUL WARFIELD OR GAYLE SAYERS, lol..or putting my hand on the ground when I stumbled, like ALTIE TAYLOR did so well. A clunky, skinny, white kid modeling his athleticism after black pros.. THAT IS THE BEAUTY OF SPORTS. Those were the days.
I myself was born in 1967 and I absolutely loved these highlights or highlight shows. I was a HUGE fan of This Week in⚾️🧢Baseball🧢⚾️ so this version of This Week in 🏈🏉Football🏉🏈 was also a huge part of my childhood memories. I remember begging Mom and Dad to PLEASE allow me to stay up on Monday Nights until Half-Time. That was of course the Half-Time Highlights on MNF. Howard Cosell's highlight reel was awesome. As you remember we didn't have 300+ channels of TV back then. We had ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS. and a couple of independent networks. We had channels 18(WVTV) and later channel 24(WCGV). So we weren't able to get to see every team play. Or see multiple games. We'd get 2 or 3 on Sunday, then one on Monday Night. Sometimes a occasional Thursday Night Football game would appear or a Sunday night game. On Thanksgiving you always got a couple of games as well. But we weren't able to see every team play like now. So these Weekly highlights were for me anyway like a live newspaper 📰 Sports page, and I loved it! I did a lot of drawing, ✏📝pencil✍✏ sketches, charcoal drawings, cartoons, and especially NFL Logos! I loved those. I used to collect the $0.25c little plastic NFL Helmets from the quarter machines. You had to place the logo on the sides, and the stripe(if necessary) on the, or in the middle of the helmet. I remember collecting quarters or going to the customer service and cashing in💸💵dollars💵💸 to get 🪙🪙🪙quarters🪙🪙 and then I'd come home with between 2-20 helmets. Funny part? I lived somewhat close to Green Bay. Milwaukee was near Chicago, Detroit and Minnesota. That was the black and blue division! But the funny thing is I could never get the Packers helmet! I had probably 10 Chicago Bears, 8-10 Vikings, and 15+ Lions, but No Packers? LOL! These are memories that these shows bring back. Great memories, stories, experiences, and adventures. One quick example. We had a Jewel Store on 27th and College Ave. It was about 2 blocks north of where I lived. It was very close but I wasn't allowed to go there because I'd have to cross a busy street(College Ave.), also 27th Street was basically a mini highway. It was/is considered🛣Hwy-41🛣 and if you follow it south it connects to I-94. It can be a madhouse! But when I got permission to go there? It became my first adventure as a kid and it was fun. All so hopefully I could get a Mini Packers helmet! So cool, so simple, yet so fun! I sincerely miss those times! Again such a simple time, yet it was such a wonderful time. The 70's were really the BEST ERA EVER!
@@robertsprouse9282 Yes, that's pretty much what I did too. I used to draw the end zone on the driveway with chalk, spelling the team names or trying to draw the team logos. Loved the NFL music by Sam Spence. The 70's were a great time to be a kid. Those were simpler times.
These just take me back to watching the highlights as a kid. The music, REAL MEN playing a game for the LOVE of the game and the competitiveness, not just a paycheck. 70's the greatest era in NFL history. Thank you so much for the wonderful content. I can literally watch these for hours.
I think you are right, I was a huge rams fan and they won the division every single year, then lost in the playoffs year after year. But it was great to watch all the games. I think the 70's is the greatest era for a lot of things, music being one of them, great movies, great tv shows, everything
Imagine watching these, for me on a early sunday morning every week. you wanted to watch your favorite team, no way to record anything, so if you were called away for something by your parents, or your sister wanted to change the channel, you were out of luck and you missed it. never to see it again. you would never know what had happened except for reading some statistics in a newspaper
Exactly Fred. I lived for these as a youngster. The music, the slow-motion highlights on some plays and it made these men, moments and memories larger than life. Truly the greatest time ever in the NFL. To think, some of these men and those before the 70's played for the love of the game and the competition as many had to have off-season jobs to supplement income. Not the stars, but quite a few. Before the '70s, many pro athletes held regular jobs in the offseason. I remember watching either a documentary or some television show that looked in-depth to what professional athletes would do for a living in the off-season, wish I could remember the name as I would love to watch it again. Great stuff for sure Fred, your comment hit home perfect. Peace brother.
Yep, no recording them..although, we got the show on Saturday morning at 11AM ON the only local UHF station in the early '70's, CHANNEL 39.. The rehashed NFL FILMS' NFL GAME OF THE WEEK was on Thursday nites. I rarely got to see those, but thanks to my stepmom going out shopping on SATURDAYS, most of the time I saw these TWIPFs. Yep..
@@robertsprouse9282 Absolutely! The Raiders playing on Sunday afternoon was the best part of my Sundays in Southern California, being able to watch those great teams...miss that - Loved watching Brookshire and Summerall comment on this before the next week -
1970, Warren Wells was an NFL star. 1971 he spent 10 months in prison and never played again. In 1976, he was arrested for panhandling. Fame was fleeting those days.
Late 60s and early 70s were lean years for the Boston Patriots and Buffalo Bills. I thought Buffalo might have been a little more talented, though they suffered defensive woes. Patriots began showing signs of life @1974. Broncos tied for 1st place here before losing to Oakland. They could be quite tough and teams that didn't play hard could get knocked off. They were, after all, a Lou Saban team. Big year for the Giants, as they go 9-5. Also, St. Louis Cardinals started strongly in 1970 (8-4-1) A rugged defense whitewashed the Cowboys, 38-0 on Monday Night Football and they trashed the Oilers in another big shutout, but they faded late in the year and a tie with the NFL Champion Chiefs did not help.
KC CHIEFS were the defending PRO FOOTBALL CHAMPS AND the defunct AFL's CHAMPS..NOT THE immediately previous NFL CHAMPS..that was the MINNESOTA VIKINGS. At the end of the SEASON, BALTY'S COLTS would be the AFC CHAMPS AND NFL CHAMPIONS. So, in reality, there were two returning league champs, but only one defending league titlist..in 1970-71, the final season in pro ftball that such a crazy scenario was the case. Oh yeah, there were no defending AFC OR NFC conference champs(regardless what the records book said) going into the season. Never again..
I remember feeling sad watching Gayle Sayers, who was a shadow of himself by 1970 trying in vain to catch Alan Page. His brilliant career was cut short like a shooting star.
@@michaelleroy9281 But was still cheap many year later signing Ditka to a head coaching contract 3 years for $300 K. Ditka made more in his failed attempt with the Saints. Now that's cheap.
Imagine being 12 years-old and watching this every week as your imagination and emotions run wild with excitement and to not have a care in the world nor worry about money, etc.?
I started watching these in the mid-late 70's. I was about 6-7 years old at the time
I loved this as a kid, but I had things to worry about.
I did have the NFL FILMS music playing in my head out in the front yard when we were playing two-below.
And, I loved spiking the ball in the driveway endzone, or running high stepping-style, just like CALVIN HILL OR BOB HAYES did, lol..or playing in the cold weather and thinking I was just like A MINN. VIKING..or running and spinning "like" PAUL WARFIELD OR GAYLE SAYERS, lol..or putting my hand on the ground when I stumbled, like ALTIE TAYLOR did so well.
A clunky, skinny, white kid modeling his athleticism after black pros..
THAT IS THE BEAUTY OF SPORTS.
Those were the days.
I was there with you buddy.
I never missed an episode 😂👍
I myself was born in 1967 and I absolutely loved these highlights or highlight shows. I was a HUGE fan of This Week in⚾️🧢Baseball🧢⚾️ so this version of This Week in 🏈🏉Football🏉🏈 was also a huge part of my childhood memories. I remember begging Mom and Dad to PLEASE allow me to stay up on Monday Nights until Half-Time. That was of course the Half-Time Highlights on MNF. Howard Cosell's highlight reel was awesome. As you remember we didn't have 300+ channels of TV back then. We had ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS. and a couple of independent networks. We had channels 18(WVTV) and later channel 24(WCGV). So we weren't able to get to see every team play. Or see multiple games. We'd get 2 or 3 on Sunday, then one on Monday Night. Sometimes a occasional Thursday Night Football game would appear or a Sunday night game. On Thanksgiving you always got a couple of games as well. But we weren't able to see every team play like now. So these Weekly highlights were for me anyway like a live newspaper 📰 Sports page, and I loved it! I did a lot of drawing, ✏📝pencil✍✏ sketches, charcoal drawings, cartoons, and especially NFL Logos! I loved those. I used to collect the $0.25c little plastic NFL Helmets from the quarter machines. You had to place the logo on the sides, and the stripe(if necessary) on the, or in the middle of the helmet. I remember collecting quarters or going to the customer service and cashing in💸💵dollars💵💸 to get 🪙🪙🪙quarters🪙🪙 and then I'd come home with between 2-20 helmets. Funny part? I lived somewhat close to Green Bay. Milwaukee was near Chicago, Detroit and Minnesota. That was the black and blue division! But the funny thing is I could never get the Packers helmet! I had probably 10 Chicago Bears, 8-10 Vikings, and 15+ Lions, but No Packers? LOL! These are memories that these shows bring back. Great memories, stories, experiences, and adventures. One quick example. We had a Jewel Store on 27th and College Ave. It was about 2 blocks north of where I lived. It was very close but I wasn't allowed to go there because I'd have to cross a busy street(College Ave.), also 27th Street was basically a mini highway. It was/is considered🛣Hwy-41🛣 and if you follow it south it connects to I-94. It can be a madhouse! But when I got permission to go there? It became my first adventure as a kid and it was fun. All so hopefully I could get a Mini Packers helmet! So cool, so simple, yet so fun! I sincerely miss those times! Again such a simple time, yet it was such a wonderful time. The 70's were really the BEST ERA EVER!
@@robertsprouse9282 Yes, that's pretty much what I did too. I used to draw the end zone on the driveway with chalk, spelling the team names or trying to draw the team logos. Loved the NFL music by Sam Spence. The 70's were a great time to be a kid. Those were simpler times.
Great memories growing up
These just take me back to watching the highlights as a kid. The music, REAL MEN playing a game for the LOVE of the game and the competitiveness, not just a paycheck. 70's the greatest era in NFL history. Thank you so much for the wonderful content. I can literally watch these for hours.
I think you are right, I was a huge rams fan and they won the division every single year, then lost in the playoffs year after year. But it was great to watch all the games. I think the 70's is the greatest era for a lot of things, music being one of them, great movies, great tv shows, everything
Imagine watching these, for me on a early sunday morning every week. you wanted to watch your favorite team, no way to record anything, so if you were called away for something by your parents, or your sister wanted to change the channel, you were out of luck and you missed it. never to see it again. you would never know what had happened except for reading some statistics in a newspaper
Exactly Fred. I lived for these as a youngster. The music, the slow-motion highlights on some plays and it made these men, moments and memories larger than life. Truly the greatest time ever in the NFL. To think, some of these men and those before the 70's played for the love of the game and the competition as many had to have off-season jobs to supplement income. Not the stars, but quite a few. Before the '70s, many pro athletes held regular jobs in the offseason. I remember watching either a documentary or some television show that looked in-depth to what professional athletes would do for a living in the off-season, wish I could remember the name as I would love to watch it again. Great stuff for sure Fred, your comment hit home perfect. Peace brother.
Yep, no recording them..although, we got the show on Saturday morning at 11AM ON the only local UHF station in the early '70's, CHANNEL 39..
The rehashed NFL FILMS' NFL GAME OF THE WEEK was on Thursday nites. I rarely got to see those, but thanks to my stepmom going out shopping on SATURDAYS, most of the time I saw these TWIPFs.
Yep..
@@robertsprouse9282 Absolutely! The Raiders playing on Sunday afternoon was the best part of my Sundays in Southern California, being able to watch those great teams...miss that - Loved watching Brookshire and Summerall comment on this before the next week -
Wish the special feature could be viewed more often on these programs.
These are just so great to watch - thanks so much for uploading these!
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Great MUSIC!
Da BEST! CB
1970, Warren Wells was an NFL star. 1971 he spent 10 months in prison and never played again. In 1976, he was arrested for panhandling. Fame was fleeting those days.
Late 60s and early 70s were lean years for the Boston Patriots and Buffalo Bills. I thought Buffalo might have been a little more talented, though they suffered defensive woes. Patriots began showing signs of life @1974.
Broncos tied for 1st place here before losing to Oakland. They could be quite tough and teams that didn't play hard could get knocked off. They were, after all, a Lou Saban team.
Big year for the Giants, as they go 9-5. Also, St. Louis Cardinals started strongly in 1970 (8-4-1) A rugged defense whitewashed the Cowboys, 38-0 on Monday Night Football and they trashed the Oilers in another big shutout, but they faded late in the year and a tie with the NFL Champion Chiefs did not help.
KC CHIEFS were the defending PRO FOOTBALL CHAMPS AND the defunct AFL's CHAMPS..NOT THE immediately previous NFL CHAMPS..that was the MINNESOTA VIKINGS.
At the end of the SEASON, BALTY'S COLTS would be the AFC CHAMPS AND NFL CHAMPIONS.
So, in reality, there were two returning league champs, but only one defending league titlist..in 1970-71, the final season in pro ftball that such a crazy scenario was the case.
Oh yeah, there were no defending AFC OR NFC conference champs(regardless what the records book said) going into the season.
Never again..
24:23 "slashing runs"
I remember feeling sad watching Gayle Sayers, who was a shadow of himself by 1970 trying in vain to catch Alan Page. His brilliant career was cut short like a shooting star.
Paul Brown’s Bengals
battle Browns!! CB
forgot the jets played saturday night home games, but I thought it was pre-merger and ended in 1969?
I was at that SAT night game...it was my first NFL game. 😊
I guess 5:27 was the original tuck rule.
When the uniforms were nice and simple not the garbage NIKE puts out there now just to make money
feel free to move to North Korea if you don't like capitalism
The Bears and Cheapo Halas. Went 6-8. Won 1st two games then 4 losses in a row. Season over.
Cheapo Halas retired from coaching in 1968
@@michaelleroy9281 But was still cheap many year later signing Ditka to a head coaching contract 3 years for $300 K. Ditka made more in his failed attempt with the Saints. Now that's cheap.
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The Lions never beat the Redskins in Washington until 2013.
49ers best uniforms in football
Sorry, no. You meant Green Bay!
1972 Houston Oilers. CB
1971 Denver Broncos. CB
The Raiders have always had the best uniforms in football
Astro-turf SUCKS