NOTE: Because the NFL has no concept of what fair use is or how it works, and just decides to abuse the absolutely broken copyright ID system that RUclips, a portion of this video around the 8:00 mark had to be removed. The 10-second transformative clip talked about how Huff, while not as good in 1969 as he was in his prime, still had a solid season. If you notice a weird cut around that time, that is entirely out of my control. I'll say this- I am a law student who is well versed in copyright law and has taken multiple classes on copyright and fair use, and is well versed in copyright cases and the four fair use factors. I can say with 100% certainty that the NFL is abusing the copyright ID system, and I am considering pursuing further legal action and remedies, because this has gone too far.
I never had the good fortune to watch Sam Huff play - I first knew him as a broadcaster, part of the legendary Redskins radio broadcast team of Sonny, Sam and Frank throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s. I miss those radio broadcasts. Like many Redskin fans, many of us were annoyed by the idiotic network television broadcast teams and would turn down the TV sound and turn up the radio so we could hear Sonny, Sam and Frank calling Redskin games.
THanks for this. I got to meet Sam twice when I was much younger. His playing days were over but he really was one of the nicest celebrities you'd ever want to meet.
Great video, thanks for doing this! Quite inspiring! Anyone who didn't grow up in the DC area, after he retired, Sam Huff eventually was the voice of Washington Football along with Sunny Jurgenson and Frank Herzog... for MANY years! He clearly loved this team and his passion for the game showed.
Probably a lot of the redskin success of the 80's was fake. Scripted. One year they had +44 turnover ratio - basically that's impossible unless certain members of the opposing teams are giving you turnovers on purpose. They also won 3 super bowls with 3 different QBs. Very unlikely without it being scripted. And none of these QBs were great players. Probably the 'Skins were a babyface to make the Reagan administration seem more glamourous.
@@johnellizz well, you're entitled to your opinion, but I will back you up on one thing: the reason three different QBs won three different SBs was not because of those QBs. We had the best offensive line in football. The Hogs.
@Matt Joseph Hi, Matt. Yeah, the NFL is not nearly as fun for me since I learned to spot the Kayfabe. (That's the term for a fake sport where they pretend it's real.) But there's a different type of amusement that goes with spotting Kayfabe. Since the NFL tries to disguise it's Kayfabe that makes it fun to try and spot the fakery. By the way the 49ers were also scripted back in the 80's. The league had actually been rigging games from the beginning, according to the FBI. But I would not have figured it out until the Patriot dynasty. This fake team was so preposterous that it made it possible to get suspicious. Once I got suspicious I learned to spot the Kayfabe. It's really obvious once you learn to see it, actually.
@@arthurtaylor2593 Yeah them Hogs were beautiful! Not saying the Skins weren't talented...but certain things were hard to explain: A washed-up QB from the USFL comes in and scores 35 points in just one quarter in a Super Bowl? Hogs or no Hogs that sort of thing is preposterous.
Considering the fact that another famous defensive player from that era who also wore #70, Jim Marshall, is still waiting for David Baker to knock on his door, it can’t be that surprising that Huff waited as long as he did to make the Hall.
I think what is going against Jim Marshall’s HOF candidacy is his infamous wrong way run and the fact that he was pretty mediocre against the run. The fact that he couldn’t play the run very well was exposed in big games in the Vikings’ Super Bowl losses.
Great work, as usual. I really enjoy your videos. One thing to add: I heard that Lombardi was watching film of the Redskins on defense and barked, "What's with #70? He's too slow! We've got to get him off the field!" Then he realized who he was talking about. "Sorry, Sam."
Let me just say @OfficialJaguargator09 Excellent work. Honestly, i do appreciate the time, effort and hours you put in with everything from editing to research. Keep them coming. Lombardi could talk you into almost anything. The man had great player psychology. Retiring is hard but unretiring is harder i think. You miss the game, the camaraderie and the lifestyle. Good for him. Most definitely earned his spot in Canton. A bit late but well deserved.
I saw Sam Huff play up at Lambeau in '63 (or so). He was famous, of course, but Packer fans weren't so enamored of him. At one point, Starr threw a TD to Dowler and, amidst all the cheering I heard people calling out "Where were ya Huff?", we Packer fans being such good sports and all. Thanks for bringing this great player to light. You should perhaps look into the demons that Nitschke had to deal with early in his career.
He had a boat that he kept in the marina at Stratford, CT. He was always super nice to us kids. He was quite handsome and soft spoken, he didn't seem like a mean guy at all.
You should do a video on that coaching staff from the giants as Lombardi was the offensive coach and another little known coach was the defensive coach tom Landry
Sam Huff Gino marchetti and Bob Lilly wonderful players from years gone by I know there's a big list of defensive players are great but in my book in that era of the 50s and 60s those three guys were amazing
@Matt Joseph Can't blame Huff, it sounds like Sherman hurt his spirit with a really dumb decision. Huff basically was sent away from his beloved 'home,'.
@Matt Joseph Thanks for the info. I'm not a NY Giants fan, but always respected them. As a kid I always saw them as a forgotten team under the Jets' shadow, of course I'm talking about mid to late 1970s.
Huff was fading throughout the 60's and was defiant to Allie Sherman. Tom Landry's defense put him in position to make most of the tackles and become a big name in the 50's. As he started to slow down and the defense changed to take pressure off him. He wasn't happy about not being the star and became a malcontent. He would change the defensive plays in the huddle and publicly blame Sherman for losses. Sherman took the blame for the trade, but Well Mara was the GM. It's understandable why it took so long to get into the Hall of Frame. Although the Giants went from first to worst from '63 to '64, the Huff trade was far from the only reason. Check the list of players that retired between '64 & '65. The few "big names" that remained were done, such as Del Shofner. Tittle was hurt in '64 and they had no one to replace him until they made trades, further weakening other parts of the team.
My dad was really excited not just for Lombardi, but for Huff coming back. 1969 was a magical year in Washington sports. Ted Williams led the Senators to a winning record. Then Lombardi led the Redskins to one. For once the Baltimorons couldn't call us losers.
Huff didn't reinvent the middle linebacker position. He invented it. Defensive coordinator Tom Landry invented the 4-3 defense and made Huff the middle linebacker
Back in the antediluvian days, the seven man defensive line evolved into a six man line, with the middle man moved a few feet back to give him greater ability to rove, making plays from sideline to sideline. There's debate as to whether Germany Schulz of Michigan or Pa Corbin of Yale was the first of the "roving centers."
You could make a related video on why the Dolphins 70-burger yesterday is not the highest score in NFL regular season history. Supposedly Sam Huff called a timeout with 7 seconds left and the Redskins leading the Giants 69-41so he could embarrass Sherman with a field goal, which made it 72-41, keeping that score above yesterday's Dolphins total.
Jerry Kramer had to wait 50 years to get into Canton. Alex Karras has been dead for years and they finally voted him in. There are many players that wait a lot longer than 6 years.
This is why Allie Sherman was a horrible coach. Trading away Sam Huff in his prime would be a lot like Ozzie Newsome trading away Ray Lewis or Chuck Noll trading away Jack Lambert in their primes.
Not to take anything away from Huff, but how much of his greatness with the Giants was due to his defensive line of Robustelli, Grier, Modzelewski, and Katcavage? Isn't a rhetorical question; I'd like to read others' opinions.
im an old time giant fan.that was at that time a great defensive line.but sam huff was a great linebacker ,smart quick good hitter,good hands.remember he was coached by lombardi in his formative years.his games against cleveland and jim brown were the stuff of legends.brown was unbelievable good
I wish. It could be like a sort of a pro bowl movie but then all of the starters get injured. Too bad it would be too expensive to hire the players as actors and then too hard to choose starters.
'The Violent World Of Sam Huff' is the movie Arnie never made! But here it is: ruclips.net/video/wKeAX9rmzbk/видео.html When playing against Sam Huff you would have been better off spiking the ball into the ground on every single play, OJG9 forgot to say that.
NOTE: Because the NFL has no concept of what fair use is or how it works, and just decides to abuse the absolutely broken copyright ID system that RUclips, a portion of this video around the 8:00 mark had to be removed. The 10-second transformative clip talked about how Huff, while not as good in 1969 as he was in his prime, still had a solid season. If you notice a weird cut around that time, that is entirely out of my control. I'll say this- I am a law student who is well versed in copyright law and has taken multiple classes on copyright and fair use, and is well versed in copyright cases and the four fair use factors. I can say with 100% certainty that the NFL is abusing the copyright ID system, and I am considering pursuing further legal action and remedies, because this has gone too far.
Do it! Someone needs to take them down a peg
Man I thought I knew a lot about football and the NFL...UNTIL I found this channel, it's really opened my eyes and taught me a lot that I didn't know.
Me too, amigo. This man is a walking encyclopedia!
Such an interesting story about Huff--Really enjoyed this one about how a movie changed a retirement decision. Great video, as always
According to David Maraniss' biography of Lombardi, "Second Effort" was the best-selling film of its type at the time.
I never had the good fortune to watch Sam Huff play - I first knew him as a broadcaster, part of the legendary Redskins radio broadcast team of Sonny, Sam and Frank throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s. I miss those radio broadcasts. Like many Redskin fans, many of us were annoyed by the idiotic network television broadcast teams and would turn down the TV sound and turn up the radio so we could hear Sonny, Sam and Frank calling Redskin games.
Huff played before I was born.
Violent world of Sam Huff is awesome every football 🏈 fan should watch it especially incident with Number 88 RIP Sam Huff
THanks for this. I got to meet Sam twice when I was much younger. His playing days were over but he really was one of the nicest celebrities you'd ever want to meet.
RIP to the greatest middle LB of all time. Sam Huff made me proud to call myself a Redskin fan. Hail to the Redskins! And Hail to Sam Huff!
And an even greater NY Giant
Rest In Peace Sam Huff
This guy Sam Huff made me love football
Great video, thanks for doing this! Quite inspiring! Anyone who didn't grow up in the DC area, after he retired, Sam Huff eventually was the voice of Washington Football along with Sunny Jurgenson and Frank Herzog... for MANY years! He clearly loved this team and his passion for the game showed.
Probably a lot of the redskin success of the 80's was fake. Scripted. One year they had +44 turnover ratio - basically that's impossible unless certain members of the opposing teams are giving you turnovers on purpose.
They also won 3 super bowls with 3 different QBs. Very unlikely without it being scripted. And none of these QBs were great players.
Probably the 'Skins were a babyface to make the Reagan administration seem more glamourous.
@@johnellizz well, you're entitled to your opinion, but I will back you up on one thing: the reason three different QBs won three different SBs was not because of those QBs. We had the best offensive line in football. The Hogs.
@@johnellizz also, Huff never played for us in the 80s. Not even the 70s.
@Matt Joseph Hi, Matt. Yeah, the NFL is not nearly as fun for me since I learned to spot the Kayfabe. (That's the term for a fake sport where they pretend it's real.)
But there's a different type of amusement that goes with spotting Kayfabe. Since the NFL tries to disguise it's Kayfabe that makes it fun to try and spot the fakery.
By the way the 49ers were also scripted back in the 80's. The league had actually been rigging games from the beginning, according to the FBI.
But I would not have figured it out until the Patriot dynasty. This fake team was so preposterous that it made it possible to get suspicious.
Once I got suspicious I learned to spot the Kayfabe. It's really obvious once you learn to see it, actually.
@@arthurtaylor2593 Yeah them Hogs were beautiful! Not saying the Skins weren't talented...but certain things were hard to explain: A washed-up QB from the USFL comes in and scores 35 points in just one quarter in a Super Bowl?
Hogs or no Hogs that sort of thing is preposterous.
Another interesting "un-retire story" you might want to consider doing is on the Redskins' Bill Malinchak in 1976.
Oh, that's insane. He came back for one game because George Allen thought he'd be able to block a punt. And he did.
Considering the fact that another famous defensive player from that era who also wore #70, Jim Marshall, is still waiting for David Baker to knock on his door, it can’t be that surprising that Huff waited as long as he did to make the Hall.
Maybe Baker was going the wrong way.
@@PaulGaither Took a while for me to get it, well played.
I think what is going against Jim Marshall’s HOF candidacy is his infamous wrong way run and the fact that he was pretty mediocre against the run.
The fact that he couldn’t play the run very well was exposed in big games in the Vikings’ Super Bowl losses.
@@davester1970 - Did you even read my comment? Haha
@@PaulGaither - I get it now. 😂
I have learned so much about the NFL watching your videos. You do great work. Keep it up man. I really think this will take off.
Great work, as usual. I really enjoy your videos. One thing to add: I heard that Lombardi was watching film of the Redskins on defense and barked, "What's with #70? He's too slow! We've got to get him off the field!" Then he realized who he was talking about. "Sorry, Sam."
Great old clips of Sam Huff (70) in his early career. I remember him with Washington, where he paired with another HOF LB; Chris Hanburger (55).
Let me just say @OfficialJaguargator09
Excellent work. Honestly, i do appreciate the time, effort and hours you put in with everything from editing to research. Keep them coming.
Lombardi could talk you into almost anything. The man had great player psychology. Retiring is hard but unretiring is harder i think. You miss the game, the camaraderie and the lifestyle. Good for him. Most definitely earned his spot in Canton. A bit late but well deserved.
Excelllent video and story. Top notch stuff
Another excellent inside scoop. You must live at NFL films HQ, excellent film you share hard to compare. Happy 87th BD Sam !!!
I saw Sam Huff play up at Lambeau in '63 (or so). He was famous, of course, but Packer fans weren't so enamored of him. At one point, Starr threw a TD to Dowler and, amidst all the cheering I heard people calling out "Where were ya Huff?", we Packer fans being such good sports and all. Thanks for bringing this great player to light. You should perhaps look into the demons that Nitschke had to deal with early in his career.
RIP Sam Huff
Thank once again for posting, excellent job at combining football practical knowledge with inspirational human-interest determination.
Watch him alot of Sundays, as a Giant fan, sold me out went to Washington !!!
I really like these videos. I have given up on the present-day crop of players. Too much money and spoiled. The old guard is the best!
Dude I love your vids
52 Years Ago
He had a boat that he kept in the marina at Stratford, CT. He was always super nice to us kids. He was quite handsome and soft spoken, he didn't seem like a mean guy at all.
Imagine Ray Lews, and Sam Huff on your defense. Offenses would dip.
love learning new things, especially of 60s NFL. would you do video of joe kapp & patriots please?
I think it was the defensive coordinator for the giants at the time that changed Huff's play a fellow named Tom laundry
Laundry?? He's washed up.
You should do a video on that coaching staff from the giants as Lombardi was the offensive coach and another little known coach was the defensive coach tom Landry
It's interesting that it was Lombardi who talked Sam out of quitting; when at the time, his position coach with the Giants would have been Tom Landry.
@Matt Joseph True, Lombardi was a team first type of guy. He saw something in Huff and knew it would help the team, and he was more than right.
Sam Huff Gino marchetti and Bob Lilly wonderful players from years gone by I know there's a big list of defensive players are great but in my book in that era of the 50s and 60s those three guys were amazing
During their 1966 shootout, Huff convinced the coach to,kick a meaningless FG, Just so Washington could set the single game scoring record.
@Matt Joseph Can't blame Huff, it sounds like Sherman hurt his spirit with a really dumb decision. Huff basically was sent away from his beloved 'home,'.
@Matt Joseph Thanks for the info. I'm not a NY Giants fan, but always respected them. As a kid I always saw them as a forgotten team under the Jets' shadow, of course I'm talking about mid to late 1970s.
Huff was fading throughout the 60's and was defiant to Allie Sherman. Tom Landry's defense put him in position to make most of the tackles and become a big name in the 50's. As he started to slow down and the defense changed to take pressure off him. He wasn't happy about not being the star and became a malcontent. He would change the defensive plays in the huddle and publicly blame Sherman for losses. Sherman took the blame for the trade, but Well Mara was the GM. It's understandable why it took so long to get into the Hall of Frame.
Although the Giants went from first to worst from '63 to '64, the Huff trade was far from the only reason. Check the list of players that retired between '64 & '65. The few "big names" that remained were done, such as Del Shofner. Tittle was hurt in '64 and they had no one to replace him until they made trades, further weakening other parts of the team.
My dad was really excited not just for Lombardi, but for Huff coming back. 1969 was a magical year in Washington sports. Ted Williams led the Senators to a winning record. Then Lombardi led the Redskins to one. For once the Baltimorons couldn't call us losers.
Huff didn't reinvent the middle linebacker position. He invented it. Defensive coordinator Tom Landry invented the 4-3 defense and made Huff the middle linebacker
Back in the antediluvian days, the seven man defensive line evolved into a six man line, with the middle man moved a few feet back to give him greater ability to rove, making plays from sideline to sideline. There's debate as to whether Germany Schulz of Michigan or Pa Corbin of Yale was the first of the "roving centers."
You could make a related video on why the Dolphins 70-burger yesterday is not the highest score in NFL regular season history. Supposedly Sam Huff called a timeout with 7 seconds left and the Redskins leading the Giants 69-41so he could embarrass Sherman with a field goal, which made it 72-41, keeping that score above yesterday's Dolphins total.
The only year vince lombardi coached in Washington. Lead them to their first winning season since 1955
Why is 75 calling timeout @5:25 ?
I had the same thought. Didn’t the clock stop on change of possession back then?
Second effort is not bad at all. A lot of good points in the movie.
Can you do a video about the time when Harry Carson threatened to retire and join the air force?
He didn't become eligible for Canton until 1976, but yeah, 6 is too long.
Jerry Kramer had to wait 50 years to get into Canton. Alex Karras has been dead for years and they finally voted him in. There are many players that wait a lot longer than 6 years.
Did that ball hit the goal post then Mr. Huff had the INT?
Link to "The Violent World of Sam Huff":
ruclips.net/video/wKeAX9rmzbk/видео.html
This is why Allie Sherman was a horrible coach. Trading away Sam Huff in his prime would be a lot like Ozzie Newsome trading away Ray Lewis or Chuck Noll trading away Jack Lambert in their primes.
Not to take anything away from Huff, but how much of his greatness with the Giants was due to his defensive line of Robustelli, Grier, Modzelewski, and Katcavage? Isn't a rhetorical question; I'd like to read others' opinions.
For what it’s worth I find it surprising that Grier isn’t in the Hall.
im an old time giant fan.that was at that time a great defensive line.but sam huff was a great linebacker ,smart quick good hitter,good hands.remember he was coached by lombardi in his formative years.his games against cleveland and jim brown were the stuff of legends.brown was unbelievable good
what if the entire nfl did a movie about how all 32 teams needed to beat some alliens if they want to save their planet
I wish. It could be like a sort of a pro bowl movie but then all of the starters get injured. Too bad it would be too expensive to hire the players as actors and then too hard to choose starters.
@@Gluu4 yeah :(
It would never happen. Washington would side w/the aliens to make sure the Cowboys got killed.
Jimmy Brown called him Big Sam
5:45
'The Violent World Of Sam Huff' is the movie Arnie never made! But here it is: ruclips.net/video/wKeAX9rmzbk/видео.html
When playing against Sam Huff you would have been better off spiking the ball into the ground on every single play, OJG9 forgot to say that.
#LT56 #LawrenceTaylor minus cocaine = #SamHuff
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