He may have had the greatest season by a tight end ever in 1961. As a rookie, in his last 12 games (he had 1 catch for 18 yards in his first game), Ditka had over a thousand yards and 12 touchdowns. As a ROOKIE TIGHT END IN 1961. He was on pace for 1400 yards and 16 touchdowns, which would break Kittle's record that he set this year.
Xavier Vega EXACTLY!! They were contemporaries. Note how each of them caught important TDs playing in back to back SBs (#s 5 and 6). There are several TEs of this era who have more career catches than Ditka and Mackey COMBINED. But D&M opened up the possibilities that made other's more prolific careers possible. Ditka's definition of a TE being an extension of the tackle position was on point for the era in which they played. Most teams took the Paul Brown philosophy on passing: there are 3 things that can happen when you pass the ball, and 2 of them are bad!! The old school footage of both Ditka and Mackey running after their catches is remarkable!!
“If Ditka played in today’s game, he would catch 100 balls a season easily; he was that type of talent,” Buffone said. “In that era, you destroyed the tight end as he came off the line, absolutely destroyed him. There was none of this free release stuff you see now.”
The whole generation of men born around WW2 was a hard working generation of guy's that took care of business. My dad was a great all around athlete and in HS was the 2nd highest leading scorer in the state of Wisconsin two years in a row in the late 50s. He retired at 58 but has worked for me ever since and when he takes on anything it get's done! I know a lot of other guy's my dad's age and all are the same, it's like the worst thing they could possibly do is not take care of something that they were responsible for.
He really is. The kind of guy whose word is as good as a contract. He is beloved, and the primary reason why Dallas became "America's team." A true role model.
Roger Staubach was a great leader as well. He got his players to play above thier own expectations. He was tough as nails. Could take a beating that todays quarterbacks don't have to worry about
The Original Gronkowski. Mike Ditka was the first 1000 yard receiver at the Tight End Position. He did that in a 14 game season in the early 1961 and scored 12 TD's!!! The next season he got over 900 yards . He had 5 straight Pro bowl seasons to start his career and had a 75 catch 900 yard season in his career. That would be good in Today's NFL. OH, and by the way, in his rookie Season -- HE AVERAGED ALMOST 20 Yards Per CATCH!!! That's a top 100 player of all time!
@@strykrpinoyNo, the question is whether those skinny white guys would survive trying to tackle 6’6” 265 pounds Gronk if they had trouble tackling 6’4” 228 pounds Ditka 😂
The only reason Ditka was the first TE elected to the HOF, was because of John Mackey's role in the players forming a union. Even Ditka asked How did I get into the HOF before Mackey!
What’s amazing about that catch at run at 0:44 is that that took place the first game after president Kennedy was shoot and afterwards when he was asked about it he said Kennedy was a man who gave it his all so he felt that he owed it to him to give his all
I got to see Ditka play as a Dallas Cowboys as he finished his playing career with them. He was still tough, and a good tight end even then. Ditka was tough...almost like having a defensive guy on offense. He later coached as an assistant for the Cowboys.
Bill Swerski: Now, gentlemen, let me ask you this: What if Da Bears were all 14 inches tall, you know, about so high? Now, what's your score of today's game? Carl Wollarski: Against Da Giants? Bill Swerski: Yes, give 'em a handicap. Carl Wollarski: Bears 18, Giants 10. And that would finally be a good game. Pat Arnold: Yeah, it would be a good game. Mini Bears 24, Giants 14. Todd O'Conner: What about Ditka? Would he be mini, too? Bill Swerski: No, he would be full-grown. Todd O'Conner: Oh, then, uh.. Mini Bears 31, Giants 7. Carl Wollarski: Oh, hold on. Then I change mine, too. I thought it was Mini Ditka.
Is it just me, or did I miss something. In how many of these other top 100 videos did they show a receiver dropping a ball...a player on defense missing a tackle...a quarterback throwing a bad pass...an offensive lineman missing a block...but out of the kindness of their hearts they show ditka dropping a pass in the Superbowl. Here is a great football player and I believe all of these videos are not much longer than 6 minutes...to dedicate any time to one bad play isn't the best idea when you are promoting that this guy belongs in the top 100 players of all time.
Definitely a trend setter at TE. Started off his career like a house on fire, but really had a lot of meager years once he was traded. Not sure he'd be that popular if he played on bad teams.
George Halas made a Huge mistake trading Mike Ditka to Philadelphia for Jack Concannon. But He made an even larger mistake by letting George Allen leave to Coach the Rams.
Well actually Payton was given the ball 3 times when the Bears were inside New England's 5 yard line at different times earlier in the game. He had his chances, he just couldn't get in. But everyone only remembers the last time when he gave it to Perry.
I was a senior in HS for the 85' Bears thing, and didn't care for the Mike Ditka of that time at all, just because I didn't care for the heavy ego types, but I also didn't know his background and now I have the utmost respect for the guy. Even at 80 or pushing 80, that's a dude you don't want to mess with!
You do know because of jealously, he took the Bears out of the 46 Defense, as soon as Buddy Ryan left, out of jealously and the Bears, under Ditka, never came close, again, to winning anything?
the bears had some great teams from 1984 to 1991, won their division 6 out of 8 years, in the playoffs 7 out of 8 years. should have been to more than one super bowl, i was a big bears fan back in those days and imo ditka would get out coached in playoff games, especially against joe gibbs. the nfc was extremely dominant in the 80's and 90's, they won 15 of 16 super bowls
Real Bears fans know Ditka was a great leader, but the truly elite coach on that team and reason for the defensive dominance was Buddy Ryan. Ditka earned his respect but he gets more credit than he deserves for the '85 Bears. If he had it his way, Buddy Ryan probably wouldn't have been there that year, and they probably wouldn't have won it all.
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He may have had the greatest season by a tight end ever in 1961. As a rookie, in his last 12 games (he had 1 catch for 18 yards in his first game), Ditka had over a thousand yards and 12 touchdowns. As a ROOKIE TIGHT END IN 1961. He was on pace for 1400 yards and 16 touchdowns, which would break Kittle's record that he set this year.
👍💯 1st TE to ever attain 1000 yds in a NFL season
MIke Dikta and John Mackey revolutionized the tight end position.
Xavier Vega EXACTLY!! They were contemporaries. Note how each of them caught important TDs playing in back to back SBs (#s 5 and 6). There are several TEs of this era who have more career catches than Ditka and Mackey COMBINED. But D&M opened up the possibilities that made other's more prolific careers possible. Ditka's definition of a TE being an extension of the tackle position was on point for the era in which they played. Most teams took the Paul Brown philosophy on passing: there are 3 things that can happen when you pass the ball, and 2 of them are bad!! The old school footage of both Ditka and Mackey running after their catches is remarkable!!
Ditka never had Johnny Unitas though .
@@timothyantoine914 he had billy wade than at the end roger staubach
With respect to Ditka he could not hold Mackeys jock.
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Mike Dikta looks like a young Mike Dikta.
lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol YOU TUBE COMMENT OF THE YEAR lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol
Well you aren't wrong
lol 😂
Ditka
Ditka was a beast, great tight end great running after the catch
“If Ditka played in today’s game, he would catch 100 balls a season easily; he was that type of talent,” Buffone said. “In that era, you destroyed the tight end as he came off the line, absolutely destroyed him. There was none of this free release stuff you see now.”
"Presented by Roger Staubach"
What else need be said about how good Mike Ditka was?
He was a beauty. The tightend position wouldn't have been what it became without Mike
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Jesus how many guys did he truck.
All of them. He trucked all of them.
@@TheNerdForAllSeasons This is the only acceptable answer to that question.
@@TheNerdForAllSeasons: Including the ones on the bench. . .
😂😂😂
They all stayed trucked until today
The whole generation of men born around WW2 was a hard working generation of guy's that took care of business. My dad was a great all around athlete and in HS was the 2nd highest leading scorer in the state of Wisconsin two years in a row in the late 50s. He retired at 58 but has worked for me ever since and when he takes on anything it get's done! I know a lot of other guy's my dad's age and all are the same, it's like the worst thing they could possibly do is not take care of something that they were responsible for.
cowboysfan782008 what part of wisconsin?
ok boomer
Oh shut up.
Great player. And not a bad Head Coach and broadcaster either!
This dude played defense on offense. The absolute madlad.
Tough S.O.B!!!
Staubach seems like a great QB and person
He really is. The kind of guy whose word is as good as a contract. He is beloved, and the primary reason why Dallas became "America's team." A true role model.
Staubach is a great person and a great role model that’s why so much people look up to him and called him “captain America”.
Yeah he's just catholic
Roger Staubach was a great leader as well. He got his players to play above thier own expectations. He was tough as nails. Could take a beating that todays quarterbacks don't have to worry about
A veteran!
one of the best tight ends and head coaches of all time
The Original Gronkowski. Mike Ditka was the first 1000 yard receiver at the Tight End Position. He did that in a 14 game season in the early 1961 and scored 12 TD's!!! The next season he got over 900 yards . He had 5 straight Pro bowl seasons to start his career and had a 75 catch 900 yard season in his career. That would be good in Today's NFL.
OH, and by the way, in his rookie Season -- HE AVERAGED ALMOST 20 Yards Per CATCH!!! That's a top 100 player of all time!
Ask him why he didn't go to ND or Penn State, who also recruited him. CLUE: It has to do with him being a genius in the classroom.
His best year was 1964.
A great, slightly crazy player and coach, memorable in every way.
"This is not a game for the most well-adjusted people."
--Bill Parcells
4 Rings. Player '63 Bears; Player '71 Cowboys; Assistant Coach '77 Cowboys; Head Coach '85 Bears
The [BIG SHOT]
The original Iron Mike. People don’t know. They see Gronk break a few tackles and he’s the GOAT.
Thank I've been saying the same thing
Cause Gronk is the GOAT. The dude mike is playing are literally skinny white dudes
@@J4den444 Would Gronk have survived in Ditka's era thou is the question.
@@strykrpinoy they would’ve burned him at the stake for witchcraft. Gronk is destroying that era.
@@strykrpinoyNo, the question is whether those skinny white guys would survive trying to tackle 6’6” 265 pounds Gronk if they had trouble tackling 6’4” 228 pounds Ditka 😂
Mike Ditka was the first modern nfl tight end
The only reason Ditka was the first TE elected to the HOF, was because of John Mackey's role in the players forming a union. Even Ditka asked How did I get into the HOF before Mackey!
Cool🙄
@@vicalamuso3427 clown
@@Lawomenshoops edgy.
He was a beauty.
What’s amazing about that catch at run at 0:44 is that that took place the first game after president Kennedy was shoot and afterwards when he was asked about it he said Kennedy was a man who gave it his all so he felt that he owed it to him to give his all
That's crazy how he played for the bears in coach for the bears years later.
Yeah, it was a dream come true for us Bears fan. 💀🔥
I got to see Ditka play as a Dallas Cowboys as he finished his playing career with them. He was still tough, and a good tight end even then. Ditka was tough...almost like having a defensive guy on offense. He later coached as an assistant for the Cowboys.
Aliquippa, Pittsburgh native
Now this was old school NFL football
Bill Swerski: Now, gentlemen, let me ask you this: What if Da Bears were all 14 inches tall, you know, about so high? Now, what's your score of today's game?
Carl Wollarski: Against Da Giants?
Bill Swerski: Yes, give 'em a handicap.
Carl Wollarski: Bears 18, Giants 10. And that would finally be a good game.
Pat Arnold: Yeah, it would be a good game. Mini Bears 24, Giants 14.
Todd O'Conner: What about Ditka? Would he be mini, too?
Bill Swerski: No, he would be full-grown.
Todd O'Conner: Oh, then, uh.. Mini Bears 31, Giants 7.
Carl Wollarski: Oh, hold on. Then I change mine, too. I thought it was Mini Ditka.
Ditka 17, Giants 14 - A late Ditka field goal, and that’s after the heart attack.
Ditka vs. God in a golf match?
Happy Birthday to Mike Dyczko aka Michael Keller Ditka 10-18-39.PA.
if this man gets a criminal record everyone is gonna call him a deltarune reference
Mike Ditka didn’t play football, he was football. 💀🔥
The greatest coach, the geratest TE and one of the greatest man on my Bears team!
Also the greatest Ukrainian in the NFL!
Mike was tough
Damn he really laid dudes out. That’s crazy
I love Mike Ditka!!!!!!!!! Miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiike!!!!!! -An African American Lady from Chicago
A beast
This...Was Football....
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(Really) good coach, GREAT TE (first one enshrined in Canton!)
Iron mike 🏈
Only player in NFL history to make the HOF as a player and win a Super Bowl as a head coach!!
With absolutely NO DISRESPECT intended to 'The Dodger,' the intro SHOULD be Mike Ditka presented by...MIKE DITKA!
Thank god there posting the bear players now, they have at least 10 players on this list
The first true tight end in the nfl
Ditka's numbers in that number of games and in that era are amazing. I love today's TEs, but Ditka should be on any Mt Rushmore are his position.
The old days of playing at Wrigley.
"invented the position". Sums it up.
Yup a beast like Gronk but decades before him.
As Tough as They Come, Dddiiitka da Bears!!!!
Butkus and Ditka were insanely tough,intense players who loved beating the crap
out of their opponents
Is it just me, or did I miss something. In how many of these other top 100 videos did they show a receiver dropping a ball...a player on defense missing a tackle...a quarterback throwing a bad pass...an offensive lineman missing a block...but out of the kindness of their hearts they show ditka dropping a pass in the Superbowl.
Here is a great football player and I believe all of these videos are not much longer than 6 minutes...to dedicate any time to one bad play isn't the best idea when you are promoting that this guy belongs in the top 100 players of all time.
Ditka was a beauty. He always spoke highly of Tom Landry as well.
Ditka is just football personified
As great as he was I will always remember him best for farting live on air and loving every second of it. lol
Lol Cris Carter's face right when he did it was hilarious
Roger and Mike bonded over cursing each other out. Ahh, respect the way it used to be.
Can anyone tell me the name of the music at the end?, I've been looking for years
Before Kellen Winslow Sr., Shannon Sharpe, Tony Gonzalez, Antonio Gates, Rob Gronkowski, Travis Kelce, and George Kittle, there was Mike Ditka.
Ditka looking like Sgt Carter from Homer Pyle
Jay Hardin Gomer.
Why did Iron Mike go from a single bar face mask to cage with no bar in front in 1969 to a full cage.
I don't get it either. I figured he would be taking bars off his helmet as the years went by. Eventually wearing no helmet in his last few seasons.
"Talk to the trainer. Next!"
Mike Ditka
Iron Mike Ditka and John Mackey imho are the two greatest TE's who ever played football.
Definitely a trend setter at TE. Started off his career like a house on fire, but really had a lot of meager years once he was traded. Not sure he'd be that popular if he played on bad teams.
The Ditka effect .
The OG Iron Mike!
We ain’t gonna talk about how coaching
Mike has a restaurant in Pittsburgh
Renault Ft-17 cand Chicago and either aliquippa or philly
Best Tight End Ever
+NRobbi42 close but I think that honor goes to tony Gonzales
I think Tony G is personally better but Ditka is def up there
+jacob alterman 2nd or 3rd. You can make an argument that Keller Winslow is number 2 but in my opinion Ditka is 2
FACTS HE GOAT AT TE
Don't forget John Mackey!!!
0:10 - 1:25 track?
Daniel Murphy it’s in a compilation of nfl songs
In da 1960s, DA BEARS prevailed, winning da first 2 Super Bowls and hoisting up da Ditka Trophy!
Gronk reminds me of him
OK. Was he better as a player or as a coach?
To be on a 100 best list
Got to be 👍
What's the name of the song after the intro.
PabloBro it’s Sam Spence heroes of war
DITKA! DAAA BEARS!
All time great
He went to pit
Iron Mike
Before Tyson
Presented by Roger Staubach? Man, i gotta sit down and properly absorb this…
Staubach looks like nick saban
After the 'Ditka- effect', Dallas became "America's Team"
Only a handful of guys can play in any era doesn't matter the era it's all about the mindset how bad do u wanna be great
The guys tryna tackle him did not look like athletes lmao. These guys playing in the black and white days are "great"
George Halas made a Huge mistake trading Mike Ditka to Philadelphia for Jack Concannon. But He made an even larger mistake by letting George Allen leave to Coach the Rams.
Da Coach
41 thumbs down & 41 people getting punched in the face the next time they answer the door.
Where is bob Hayes
Jonathan Giles not worthy
Give me a juice box, juice box!
People couldn’t tackle him! As a kid it pissed me off! I was a packer fan!
Poland called, wants it's finest back
This was tropical depression Ditka….not quite hurricane Ditka yet
Ditka versus a hurricane? But the hurricane’s name is Hurricane Ditka.
Mike Ditka & Roger Staubach. When men were men.
I never knew he won a Bowl with Dallas? Wtf?
If only Ditka would've made sure sweetness had scored a tad in his super bowl
Well actually Payton was given the ball 3 times when the Bears were inside New England's 5 yard line at different times earlier in the game. He had his chances, he just couldn't get in. But everyone only remembers the last time when he gave it to Perry.
I was a senior in HS for the 85' Bears thing, and didn't care for the Mike Ditka of that time at all, just because I didn't care for the heavy ego types, but I also didn't know his background and now I have the utmost respect for the guy. Even at 80 or pushing 80, that's a dude you don't want to mess with!
You do know because of jealously, he took the Bears out of the 46 Defense, as soon as Buddy Ryan left, out of jealously and the Bears, under Ditka, never came close, again, to winning anything?
Mike Dikta is A Chicago Bear.
Mike was more of a leader for the cowboys than Jason witten
👍🏿
BEE P BEE PP ty ice
2nd highest in HS Basketball that is.
great player, not so good a coach.
Led arguably one of the greatest teams to a supper bowl victory and a 15-1 record?'yes, he didn't do much after that but that's enough.
the bears had some great teams from 1984 to 1991, won their division 6 out of 8 years, in the playoffs 7 out of 8 years. should have been to more than one super bowl, i was a big bears fan back in those days and imo ditka would get out coached in playoff games, especially against joe gibbs. the nfc was extremely dominant in the 80's and 90's, they won 15 of 16 super bowls
tomitstube 2 coach of the years and a super bowl ring as coach
Real Bears fans know Ditka was a great leader, but the truly elite coach on that team and reason for the defensive dominance was Buddy Ryan. Ditka earned his respect but he gets more credit than he deserves for the '85 Bears. If he had it his way, Buddy Ryan probably wouldn't have been there that year, and they probably wouldn't have won it all.
Brought the bears from losers to contenders great coach terrible assessment