Hey man I appreciate the look at my great uncle he was & still is one of a kind who brought terror to the defense with every run. Hard to find anyone now a days who even has a clue who he is or how a fullback was once utilized. Thank you again!
Stephen Csonka man, you're uncle brought a lot of pain to my Bills. I got to winder, though, had he and a couple of other Dolphin players not been in the WFL, would they have three-peated in the Super Bowl? Your thoughts?
Csonka. What a great name for him. One of the real tough guys. He would just wear you out. By the 4th quarter, people didn't want to tackle him anymore.
Players didn't want to tackle him the first three quarters either. I remember watching him, and he rarely even tried to juke defenders-- he purposely ran directly at them, time and again!
@Wired for Understanding I remember hearing a couple interviews with Henry where he did have that mentality. He constantly talks about how they’re a team and how much they help him. He also chose to let the backup RB play in a game that they were leading by a good margin
1976...i was wearing a Larry Csonka jersey to kindergarten...hell yeah. Mans man, the mold has been broken, Lynch greatness or not...truly unstoppable.
The only way that would happen would be if they only have him like an 83 ovr speed because his truck would be unstoppable so they would have to make him slow to catch him.
1:43 Did I see him lift that Cardinal up in the air with one arm? I thought Otis Anderson's SuperBowl uppercut against the Bills was nasty, but damn...Csonka was on another level.
I loved Csonka. I remember a reporter once asked him what he was thinking whenever the ball was handed off to him. His answer, "I looked for somebody to hit." Hall of Fame linebacker Willie Lanier said of Csonka that "Whenever you tackled him you risked unconsciousness."
I remember playing NFL Street as a kid and when we would play the “Crush the Carrier” mode everyone would fight over who got to be Larry Csonka...he was unstoppable...
Alex you mean young knuckeheads who no nothing about football past 2000 don't talk about ZONK, This Guy was feared, the closet thing to Zonk the past 30 years was Alstott, who in my opinion belong in the HOF
That was one helluva backfield. Czonka, Kiik, and Mercury Morris. When Czonka needed a breather, Kiik would carry the load and continue the pounding and battering ram fest of the defense. When the defense would load up against them, Morris would burn them with scat back speed. But Czonka's mind bending and body breaking blend of speed and power made it work. And nobody had a better OL than the 72 Dolphins. Czonka and Dick Butkis were the heart and soul of the NFL in that era. And the way they each dominated their respective positions defined the way football should be played. And this type of play is altogether missing from the modern league.
@eds9c1 Nope more garbage results. Your coaches suck, the GM sucks, and the owner needs to be changed. A dysfunctional team who continues to make bad decisions. Everytime you think they've changed you find out the hard way that these dudes suck.
Naszarine Rivera They’re sucking on purpose right now. I don’t like it but I guess they got tired of being a ~.500 team for most of the last decade and a half. I really doubt their ability to make the most of these draft picks though.
I'm a dyed in the wool Steelers fan but I loved Csonka's game. He was as tough a runner as there ever was and you just had to love the fact that he played the game the way it was supposed to be played!
I once met Larry Csonka in my Florida town in the summer of 1972 (After Super Bowl 6) where he and Jim Kiick were signing autographs in a department store promotion. I was 11 at the time and was absolutely stunned by how big the man was!
Yea Larry didn't say it but every body knew it , it was this don't get in,my way because I'm gonna, make you pay,,great guy Larry hec wasn't a mean guy very nice but he ment to bulldoze you over in a game that was just him being good at what he did nothing personal just professional hard hitting. Straight ahead running ,
Zonk had more records than john riggin but only got recognition in the 72 dolphins season then in 73 He made Shula when coaching was , to pound the defense and wear them down. That he did well i remember zonk running through the defense in 73 season and winning the S.B. my dad was always glued to the tv on Sundays watching the dolphins , great memories jumping and screaming in the house and my mom yelling at us to be quite. I will never forget.
You are right about him about running into people by choice. I commented on that at the time. If he broke into the secondary, he started looking for someone to run into.
If were talking GOAT power backs... not having Earl Campbell in here is a major injustice... The Tyler Rose was the epitome of power backs who could run plain over you, or around you but he looked to run over people. Ran the ball consistently 30 to 50 times a game. Bum Phillips and the Oilers ruined his career by never doing anything but running him. His body took so much abuse... truly one of the greatest. Love Csonka though... same style of runner...
Larry Csonka was a Badass! Hard-nosed Fullback that punished the defenses that he faced while also defining the term that we all know as “Old Skool.” Humble guy who will always say that it was his teammates that contributed to the only undefeated team in NFL history and not just himself. There will never be a #39 worn in Miami again.
Campbell was more than just a tank. He was the complete back...unfortunately, his two chances at the Super Bowl were played on sloppy sleet-covered Three Rivers vs an ATG team
As an English fan of the NFL, but not knowing all that much about the history of the game, this was a very enjoyable video. I suppose the closest player in style to Csonka in rugby union was probably Jonah Lomu. He would simply run through would- be tacklers (see 1995 World Cup New Zealand-England). But Lomu would never actually look for opponents to run at and hit when carrying the ball!
I hope KTO makes a video on Bronko someday. If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if Derrick Henry time traveled to 1933 and played in the NFL then, Bronko is pretty much the answer to that. He was a beast of a man and probably would get drafted in the top 10 if he were around today (which is just absurd when you realize how much smaller and slower NFL players were back then)
Enjoyed this to the hilt. Larry Csonka has been and will always be my favorite. I wish he had stayed with Miami and put up bigger numbers so that some folks would know how great he really was. And he was great. Would love if you put together a longer video showing 39 plowing through tacklers. Thanks for this work
@@nick5865 - Campbell played after Csonka, so he can't be the original. Csonka wasn't even the original, that would be Bronko Nagurski followed by Marion Motley, Jim Brown and Jim Taylor. Campbell was great though, probably one of the 5 best RBs ever.
You left out one of my favorite plays. When he was with the Giants, a Cardinals' safety hit one of our WR as he was going out of bounds. The WR, Robinson I think, was injured on the play. Csonka told him he'd get the safety if he had the chance. Later in the game Csonka broke through the line and had a full head of steam heading for the endzone. The only man in his way? That safety. I don't think he even tried to tackle Csonka, but Csonka and completely ran him down and pounded him into the dirt, left him knocked out on his way to the TD.
My dad showed me footage of this guy when he was teaching me the basics of playing linebacker. That forearm move still gets the job done if you need a little room to breathe
One of the greatest fullbacks ever. What a class act too. Worked his butt off. That undefeated season shows how a team that works together can accomplish anything.
Especially since FB are the eyes and ears of the running backs. Instead of making that one man miss, the RB can get out into open space and do his thing. An unfortunate casualty of the NFL trying to cater to the passing game.
I was just thinking the same when the packers in one drive had a 1st & G on the 8, 2nd & G on the 5, and then a 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th & G on the 1 and went with a pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass. It was just about the saddest display I’ve ever seen lol... such a lack of faith (justifiably) in any semblance of a run game really shows where this league is at right now.
Great video dude...I was a young boy growing up in Cocoa Beach Fl., when Miami got the Dolphins...they were instantly my favorite team and then Shula showed up and well everybody knows what a run we had after that...
"When Csonka goes on safari, the lions roll up THEIR windows" - Monte Clark (Dolphins Offensive Line coach/Offensive Coordinator, 49ers/Lions Head Coach)
It's become a corporate entity.NASCAR also went corporate.Anytime stuffed pompous soy boys get involved in anything it gets cheapened.Walmart,IBM,Apple and Lockheed or our national space program getting involved in anything is turning it into a freak show where even the nonsensical is rationalized.Football was much different then.Now you can't even watch the super bowl without being preached to about how gay love is beautiful,women can play football too,only better.Gotta be a Berkley or Georgetown study.Harvard studies indicate the same thing.This was a football player tough guy.The real deal. I can't imagine Csonka pontificating corporate value systems.Which is on its own is totally laughable.
Not that I like the Patriots either, but if you don’t realize that everyone is cheating, and always has been, you desperately need to wake up. There are millions of dollars on the line in every organization and every part of that organization will do anything and everything to win.
This arrogant generation of NFL professionals can't hold a candle to those who played in the 1960s, 1970s. Today's athletes may be bigger and faster but they are sorely lacking the heart and passion for the game. Czonka was the defination of a true warrior. Believe me, in the open field, he was fun to watch. You had to feel sorry for anyone in the defensive secondary who had to tackle this guy. I'm so glad I had the opportunity to see him play. A true legend of the game.
When I was a kid before school would start for the new year my mom would take me to Belk Lindsey school clothes shopping and I would always get a new #39 Larry Czonka jersey with my name ironed on the back! I love watching The Czonk run the ball!
Man, I appreciate this video, grew up in miami, he lived behind me in Cutler ridge, used run every morning with a baseball bat, was always so nice to us kids then, his second year he moved over towards coral gables, the man eas the true beast.
First and foremost: Mershawn Lynch can't carry Csonk's jockstrap!! The only "Beast" besides Csonka is Earl Campbell and John Riggins. Csonka is a classic old school HOF runner! The only time Lynch ran as hard as Csonka was back when he hit a Buffalo policeman with his car and got off Scott-free! Thank you for video and "history lesson" and most importantly Showing what made the NFL great back: "When Pride Still Mattered!!" GO-PACK-GO!
Anthony Biggers what an idiotic comment. You know someone has zero factual basis for their shitty opinion when their closing line is a tired ass, ad-hominem.
It was a gentleman's game in origin, and with what the league has devolved into... I can see why. Anybody that submits today's players as role models for kids has got to have a couple of screws loose.
I agree the guy is a punk he couldn't hold a candle to have two running backs he was on a good team that's what made him good not great good all these other running backs like Franco Harris Larry csonka Tony dorsett John riggins those are great running backs
When the Dolphins played the Vikings in the Super Bowl very early on I/we all knew the Vikings were in trouble when #39 carried a few solid Viking defenders a few yards. For me I remember my saying "oh shit" when I saw him grind and plow up the middle. GREAT FOOTBALL PLAYER !
Born in florida in 1965. I watched the Dolphins every Sunday on TV. I watched them at the original Orange Bowl and Larry was my favorite player. I had a book on Larry when I was a kid. I even wanted to name my son Larry.
Actually ...There was a monday night game between the bears and the dolphins....on one play Zonk blew through the line ....Butkis was right in the middle .....there they were ...one on one ....They collided like two freight trains ....all momentum ceased instantly .....they both went down on that spot ....What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?" Time stands still for a second then they both fall to the ground facing each other. I will never forget that play.
I remember watching Csonka play. Opposing team players called him "a two Percodan headache" as he'd just run right over you if you were in his way. Jist an awesome player.
If you don’t know who Ernie Davis is watch the movie express he ended up dying before he played in the NFL. he could have been one of the best running backs ever
He was amazing! My favorite team ever! Watched every game they played that year and he was the key. Also Greise, and two Bulldogs Jake Scott and Bill Stanfield
Hey man I appreciate the look at my great uncle he was & still is one of a kind who brought terror to the defense with every run. Hard to find anyone now a days who even has a clue who he is or how a fullback was once utilized. Thank you again!
Stephen Csonka man, you're uncle brought a lot of pain to my Bills. I got to winder, though, had he and a couple of other Dolphin players not been in the WFL, would they have three-peated in the Super Bowl? Your thoughts?
Let me get one of his jerseys
One of my favorite players as a kid !!
Mean Joe Greene said that he was trying to tackle a freight train on a incline !!
Au contraire my man.I remember this beast of a runner.He was joe kapp but as a fullback.
Csonka. What a great name for him. One of the real tough guys. He would just wear you out. By the 4th quarter, people didn't want to tackle him anymore.
Ah yes, the most terrifying of Hungarians.
Players didn't want to tackle him the first three quarters either.
I remember watching him, and he rarely even tried to juke defenders-- he purposely ran directly at them, time and again!
No finessing back then just warrior brutality and survival of the fittest!
"My team mates. I wouldn't have got here without them."
GOD DAMN, I sure miss humility in the NFL.
Don't see too much of that TODAY.
You didn't see dancing in the endzone with this guy.
Really! I think it was in his Hall of Fame induction speech he said "I didn't get here on my own. I rode in on the shoulders of my teammates".
AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN AMEN. God bless you
@Wired for Understanding I remember hearing a couple interviews with Henry where he did have that mentality. He constantly talks about how they’re a team and how much they help him. He also chose to let the backup RB play in a game that they were leading by a good margin
1976...i was wearing a Larry Csonka jersey to kindergarten...hell yeah.
Mans man, the mold has been broken, Lynch greatness or not...truly unstoppable.
He should be a Ultimate Legend in Madden
He cant bc he would get a touchdown every play
idiscomanor UR FUCKING RIGHT
Landon Shinski he’d be to op
Agreed
The only way that would happen would be if they only have him like an 83 ovr speed because his truck would be unstoppable so they would have to make him slow to catch him.
This dude is like a madden glitch
like my hairline
Well said.
Truly the best modern simile .... ever.
He was a slower version of Bo Jackson.
Earl Campbell, John Riggins, Jim Brown. Miss those old school wrecking balls!
They were fun to watch. I've got Campbell's and Brown's RCs because they will always be football classics.
Peyton Hillis, his one hit wonder year before he went loony brought back shades of those guys.
Randy Smith prime Adrian Peterson was scary too 👀
Campbell, Riggins and Brown were all really fast for big men, too. Riggins was the fastest of the three in his prime.
Jerome bettis was a carbon copy of Larry Z........
1:43 Did I see him lift that Cardinal up in the air with one arm? I thought Otis Anderson's SuperBowl uppercut against the Bills was nasty, but damn...Csonka was on another level.
Yes you did I was at the game almost 48 years ago.
I loved Csonka. I remember a reporter once asked him what he was thinking whenever the ball was handed off to him. His answer, "I looked for somebody to hit." Hall of Fame linebacker Willie Lanier said of Csonka that "Whenever you tackled him you risked unconsciousness."
Seahawks would've ran the ball with him on the 1 yard line
OG Bobby GOT EM
OG Bobby do your home work... the pass play was the right play. beast was having a bad year in the redzone!
mach-a-chine seahawksgoonie L
OG Bobby how so?
mach-a-chine seahawksgoonie L
I'm not a Dolphin fan, but that's a football player right there. A solid old fashioned RB.
Mike Alstott probably was the last of that breed
I am a Dolfan, and it all started with Larry Csonka. He was the first player I ever tried to emulate.
I remember playing NFL Street as a kid and when we would play the “Crush the Carrier” mode everyone would fight over who got to be Larry Csonka...he was unstoppable...
Yes!
I fcking hate 30 second ads that you cant skip
Csonka is too underrated!
Alex Reppert NFL just put him on top ten hardest RB to tackle...
Jay P you don't see many fans talking about him...
Alex, ppl that know football, we know how great ZONK was, thats why he is in the HOF
Kiwanis Hinton but not many football fans know about him. He is rarely talked about.
Alex you mean young knuckeheads who no nothing about football past 2000 don't talk about ZONK, This Guy was feared, the closet thing to Zonk the past 30 years was Alstott, who in my opinion belong in the HOF
That was one helluva backfield. Czonka, Kiik, and Mercury Morris. When Czonka needed a breather, Kiik would carry the load and continue the pounding and battering ram fest of the defense. When the defense would load up against them, Morris would burn them with scat back speed. But Czonka's mind bending and body breaking blend of speed and power made it work. And nobody had a better OL than the 72 Dolphins.
Czonka and Dick Butkis were the heart and soul of the NFL in that era. And the way they each dominated their respective positions defined the way football should be played. And this type of play is altogether missing from the modern league.
"My teamates I didn't get in here by myself". That proves what class this guy has.
Dolphins were badass in the 70s
Ik
Phins up does down!!
@eds9c1 rip this comment didn't age well
@eds9c1 Nope more garbage results. Your coaches suck, the GM sucks, and the owner needs to be changed. A dysfunctional team who continues to make bad decisions. Everytime you think they've changed you find out the hard way that these dudes suck.
Naszarine Rivera
They’re sucking on purpose right now. I don’t like it but I guess they got tired of being a ~.500 team for most of the last decade and a half.
I really doubt their ability to make the most of these draft picks though.
I'm a dyed in the wool Steelers fan but I loved Csonka's game. He was as tough a runner as there ever was and you just had to love the fact that he played the game the way it was supposed to be played!
I once met Larry Csonka in my Florida town in the summer of 1972 (After Super Bowl 6) where he and Jim Kiick were signing autographs in a department store promotion. I was 11 at the time and was absolutely stunned by how big the man was!
youngins don't know this guy . WAS PURE NASTY NASTY HE WAS TRYING TO HURT YOU FOR STEPPING IN FRONT OF HIM
Ok 🅱️oomer
I know him
Atrophuis Ok stupid.
Witt Wells Simp...lol
Yea Larry didn't say it but every body knew it , it was this don't get in,my way because I'm gonna, make you pay,,great guy Larry hec wasn't a mean guy very nice but he ment to bulldoze you over in a game that was just him being good at what he did nothing personal just professional hard hitting. Straight ahead running ,
For a man his size, had great speed 3:57
Dude look like he was falling the entire run
Damn he burst through that hole
4.5
What?? He ran a 4.5?!?!
He's a fucking tree in person, so is his grandson.
Zonk had more records than john riggin but only got recognition in the 72 dolphins season then in 73
He made Shula when coaching was , to pound the defense and wear them down. That he did well i remember zonk running through the defense in 73 season and winning the S.B. my dad was always glued to the tv on Sundays watching the dolphins , great memories jumping and screaming in the house and my mom yelling at us to be quite. I will never forget.
Whenever the latest back becomes the one everyone talks about I think of Larry Csonka. My all-time favorite. Csonk, Morris and Kiick, what an era.
This is when men played the game.
What??
2ManyTattoos *vegetables*
2ManyTattoos but a lot of “men” from that era now can’t even walk or function properly. So was it really worth it?
and who the fuck are you.
@@CFrame_ with almost no money to their name.
I became a Dolphins fan, in western PA, in 1971. It wasn't easy to even get a tossle cap back then. Csonka was the man.
That's one hell of a Linebacker running the ball
You are right about him about running into people by choice. I commented on that at the time. If he broke into the secondary, he started looking for someone to run into.
As a Baltimore Colt season ticket holder, I had the experience of being able to see Larry play.....he was a true badass.....
My favorite NFL player!! Marino 2nd!! Thank you for this video!!
Now he's enjoying his days fishing in Alaska.....damn I'm jealous!!! lol
Do a video of Christian "The Nigerian Nightmare" okoye. He has an interesting background and was one of the best powerbacks
but he got walloped by steve atwater
ZachtheDuke oh for fuck sakes gtf with that bullshit okoye ran all over him so many times it was one hit get over it
if u think hes the best running bac ever your the dumbass
If were talking GOAT power backs... not having Earl Campbell in here is a major injustice... The Tyler Rose was the epitome of power backs who could run plain over you, or around you but he looked to run over people. Ran the ball consistently 30 to 50 times a game. Bum Phillips and the Oilers ruined his career by never doing anything but running him. His body took so much abuse... truly one of the greatest. Love Csonka though... same style of runner...
Bradley Updyke Another beast for sure.
Larry Csonka was a Badass! Hard-nosed Fullback that punished the defenses that he faced while also defining the term that we all know as “Old Skool.” Humble guy who will always say that it was his teammates that contributed to the only undefeated team in NFL history and not just himself. There will never be a #39 worn in Miami again.
Finally, someone’s highlighted this great player!
what about Earl cambell? Nobody ever talks about him and he was an absolute tank
Alex Whitman I just bought his jersey actually lol
Alex Whitman Earl Campbell was the ultimate beast.
Earl was like a fucking freight train. He definitely was a hard guy to take down
Campbell was more than just a tank. He was the complete back...unfortunately, his two chances at the Super Bowl were played on sloppy sleet-covered Three Rivers vs an ATG team
Ppl talk about him a lot
I think this was back then when you could use your helmet as a weapon
Eero Vitikainen Myles Garrett has entered the chat
Eero Vitikainen
Also elbows ,forearms ,knees, etc.
1972 dolphins are the greatest team of all time
Their '73 team was even better, despite 2 losses
They have their own little spot at the HOF, gave me goosebumps.
I once met an old linebacker for the Dolphins. He said even in practice you didn't want to tackle Czonka. You knew it was gonna hurt.
As an English fan of the NFL, but not knowing all that much about the history of the game, this was a very enjoyable video. I suppose the closest player in style to Csonka in rugby union was probably Jonah Lomu. He would simply run through would- be tacklers (see 1995 World Cup New Zealand-England). But Lomu would never actually look for opponents to run at and hit when carrying the ball!
Cool to see someone across the pond that loves the NFL!
I want to make a trip to Ireland to watch hurling as it's supposed to be played
The "Original" original was Bronko Nagurski.
No joke. Dude ran into a brick wall during a game and then said “Who was that last guy that hit me. He’s tough”. And he played both sides of the ball.
Lol! You’re absolutely right
Did bronco punch a guy mid play I didn’t think so
I hope KTO makes a video on Bronko someday. If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if Derrick Henry time traveled to 1933 and played in the NFL then, Bronko is pretty much the answer to that. He was a beast of a man and probably would get drafted in the top 10 if he were around today (which is just absurd when you realize how much smaller and slower NFL players were back then)
I’m pretty sure a coach who was going against Nagurski was asked about how he would stop him, he then answered “with a shotgun”
Nice blast from the past, Schick commercial😄. Czonka is my favorite rb of all time. He and Jack Lambert defined football for me.
Csonka was truly a beast on the field. Never one like him before or after!
Enjoyed this to the hilt. Larry Csonka has been and will always be my favorite. I wish he had stayed with Miami and put up bigger numbers so that some folks would know how great he really was. And he was great. Would love if you put together a longer video showing 39 plowing through tacklers. Thanks for this work
You know it's gonna be a good day when kto uploads
Larry is the original “beast-mode”
[Cold Steel Builds] that's earl Campbell his is the original best mode
@@nick5865 - Campbell played after Csonka, so he can't be the original. Csonka wasn't even the original, that would be Bronko Nagurski followed by Marion Motley, Jim Brown and Jim Taylor. Campbell was great though, probably one of the 5 best RBs ever.
Jim Taylor was beast mode before Csonk.
@@rtosborne3 Yep, spot on.
I’m so happy I got to see this man play the game
Another great quote about Csonka - "When Csonka goes on safari, the lions roll up their windows." - Monte Clark
He was one tough SOB.
Bronco Nagurski was the first beast mode
I am 55 now and remember THIS MAN! He was a MLB playing FB ! I'D TAKE #39 at FB and OJ at HB FOR THE ALL TIME 70'S TEAM !!
You left out one of my favorite plays. When he was with the Giants, a Cardinals' safety hit one of our WR as he was going out of bounds. The WR, Robinson I think, was injured on the play. Csonka told him he'd get the safety if he had the chance. Later in the game Csonka broke through the line and had a full head of steam heading for the endzone. The only man in his way? That safety. I don't think he even tried to tackle Csonka, but Csonka and completely ran him down and pounded him into the dirt, left him knocked out on his way to the TD.
The "O" Line was outstanding!
Full of Hall of famers
Also having Mercury Morris, Jim Kiick both also 1000* yard gainers
Full of mostly rejects. Late round draftees or undrafted free agents.
Just Morris and Csonka had 1000 yd seasons
Csonka was the original bad ass.
My dad showed me footage of this guy when he was teaching me the basics of playing linebacker. That forearm move still gets the job done if you need a little room to breathe
One of the greatest fullbacks ever. What a class act too. Worked his butt off. That undefeated season shows how a team that works together can accomplish anything.
I'm from Youngstown...
Northeast ohio... 67 years old.. the list of players is historic....Google search is great
its sad the full back postion isn't used more.
Especially since FB are the eyes and ears of the running backs. Instead of making that one man miss, the RB can get out into open space and do his thing. An unfortunate casualty of the NFL trying to cater to the passing game.
The Patriots still use the fullback as a blocker on some plays to throw off the defense
I was just thinking the same when the packers in one drive had a 1st & G on the 8, 2nd & G on the 5, and then a 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th & G on the 1 and went with a pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass.
It was just about the saddest display I’ve ever seen lol... such a lack of faith (justifiably) in any semblance of a run game really shows where this league is at right now.
Tennesee used one all year last year. 22 plowed every team they played. Damn near made it all the way. FB not quite dead yet...have heart friend!
Dave P Derrick henry is a HB
Hell yes Czonka finally gets his appreciation
I loved watching Csonka play. He, Kick and Morris. I loved that team.
Great video dude...I was a young boy growing up in Cocoa Beach Fl., when Miami got the Dolphins...they were instantly my favorite team and then Shula showed up and well everybody knows what a run we had after that...
Very underated. My favorite running back, and also my dad's favorite player. Very good player. I love the videos about the real good players KTO!
Thank you for the heart!
"When Csonka goes on safari, the lions roll up THEIR windows" - Monte Clark (Dolphins Offensive Line coach/Offensive Coordinator, 49ers/Lions Head Coach)
I rooted for the hapless Pats then but I loved to watch Zonk. Utterly fearless on the field.
My friend and I always marvelled at how after Csonk started to fall, he would still get another 5 yards before he it the ground.
$20 says the only dislike is a Marshawn Lynch fanboy lol
bob guy lol
bob guy Aight you owe me $20
bob guy i love marshawn lynch but this guy is the real beastmode
How do you become a fanboy? I liked Lynch before he went to Seattle...
- fanboy
OMG He saw a safety and ran more yards toward him than the end zone.
I imagine he *loved* finding safeties in the open field 😂
Safeties were probably hors d'oeuvres to Czonka..
Teaching lessons 4 quarters at a time.
I never get tired of Csonka clips. Like making a running back on Madden, and giving him a lineman's body (well 1970s version of a lineman)
When football was a REAL tough guy sport..Nfl today is a shadow of what the game used to be.
It's become a corporate entity.NASCAR also went corporate.Anytime stuffed pompous soy boys get involved in anything it gets cheapened.Walmart,IBM,Apple and Lockheed or our national space program getting involved in anything is turning it into a freak show where even the nonsensical is rationalized.Football was much different then.Now you can't even watch the super bowl without being preached to about how gay love is beautiful,women can play football too,only better.Gotta be a Berkley or Georgetown study.Harvard studies indicate the same thing.This was a football player tough guy.The real deal.
I can't imagine Csonka pontificating corporate value systems.Which is on its own is totally laughable.
Rich Moore the thing is it’s just about keeping the players safe so they can play longer and actually be able to talk without slurring their words
Great work KTO. I am so happy that you have brought some light on one of my favourite player's of all time.
Great video as always but for a future video should be about Cameron wake and his perseverance though out his life
Love the idea
Luca Falsetto yes
Luca Falsetto 👍
Luca Falsetto boom👍
Eddie R yeah!!
I remember those great Miami offenses with Larry Czonka, Mercury Morris, Jim Kiik, Paul Warfield, and Bob Griese at QB.
I died at “The. Hawaiians.”
Me too. Forgot all about the WFL
Csonka's dolphins are the only NFL team to play a perfect season!!! Without spying on their opponent or deflating footballs. Do I need to say more?
Not that I like the Patriots either, but if you don’t realize that everyone is cheating, and always has been, you desperately need to wake up. There are millions of dollars on the line in every organization and every part of that organization will do anything and everything to win.
Also Miami was the least penalized team in the league. Unlike the dirty cheating Raiders.
I got huge goosebumps when I heard : We're gonna score or somebody is gonna have to kill me ! EPIC!!!!
This arrogant generation of NFL professionals can't hold a candle to those who played in the 1960s, 1970s. Today's athletes may be bigger and faster but they are sorely lacking the heart and passion for the game. Czonka was the defination of a true warrior. Believe me, in the open field, he was fun to watch. You had to feel sorry for anyone in the defensive secondary who had to tackle this guy. I'm so glad I had the opportunity to see him play. A true legend of the game.
He came into my family’s shop one time in Alaska. Man lemme tell u it was amazing to see him in person
Love me some Csonk.
Yes the entire backfield were super stars, then the O line, the DEFENSE! Loved that TEAM!
The Killer B's
When I was a kid before school would start for the new year my mom would take me to Belk Lindsey school clothes shopping and I would always get a new #39 Larry Czonka jersey with my name ironed on the back! I love watching The Czonk run the ball!
Man, I appreciate this video, grew up in miami, he lived behind me in Cutler ridge, used run every morning with a baseball bat, was always so nice to us kids then, his second year he moved over towards coral gables, the man eas the true beast.
One of the best
I luckily I grew up in Miami
I got to every game he played as a dolphin at the Orange bowl
First and foremost: Mershawn Lynch can't carry Csonk's jockstrap!! The only "Beast" besides Csonka is Earl Campbell and John Riggins. Csonka is a classic old school HOF runner! The only time Lynch ran as hard as Csonka was back when he hit a Buffalo policeman with his car and got off Scott-free!
Thank you for video and "history lesson" and most importantly Showing what made the NFL great back: "When Pride Still Mattered!!" GO-PACK-GO!
Anthony Biggers what an idiotic comment. You know someone has zero factual basis for their shitty opinion when their closing line is a tired ass, ad-hominem.
It was a gentleman's game in origin, and with what the league has devolved into... I can see why. Anybody that submits today's players as role models for kids has got to have a couple of screws loose.
well said!! EXCELLENT piece here !!
Anthony Biggers lmao 🤣🤣
Hey, you left out Alstott. If you want to mark Czonka as the best Full back in league history go ahead. But Alstott is a close second.
No way dudes nowadays can pull off such an amazing commercial. Legend
Love the old footage of these players been watching alot recently, keep up the great content and thanks
And oh yeah, Csonka never walked out of the stadium during a game. Half of Lynch's rep is derived from stunts like in last nights Chiefs game.
I agree the guy is a punk he couldn't hold a candle to have two running backs he was on a good team that's what made him good not great good all these other running backs like Franco Harris Larry csonka Tony dorsett John riggins those are great running backs
I swear your videos get Better and Better! Nice Work
When the Dolphins played the Vikings in the Super Bowl very early on I/we all knew the Vikings were in trouble when #39 carried a few solid Viking defenders a few yards. For me I remember my saying "oh shit" when I saw him grind and plow up the middle. GREAT FOOTBALL PLAYER !
Born in florida in 1965. I watched the Dolphins every Sunday on TV. I watched them at the original Orange Bowl and Larry was my favorite player. I had a book on Larry when I was a kid. I even wanted to name my son Larry.
straight legend right there csonka vs butkis would be nice
Butkus was in bad shape by the time the Dolphins became a dynasty.
He came in the league in 65 with Sayers.
Hell yeah, two brutes right there.
Actually ...There was a monday night game between the bears and the dolphins....on one play Zonk blew through the line ....Butkis was right in the middle .....there they were ...one on one ....They collided like two freight trains ....all momentum ceased instantly .....they both went down on that spot ....What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?" Time stands still for a second then they both fall to the ground facing each other. I will never forget that play.
This guy was much better the Lynch
put the pipe down all he did was run into people thats not impressive cuz he qas big and can run over people.
They aren't comparable, they play a different game almost entirely
Lynch is a soy boy joke men use to play football
No
@Austin Rowden You are 10000% correct on that one.
KTO, you make some of the highest quality videos for this genre on RUclips. Huge fan, lots of respect for you.
Thanks for making this. Love Larry Csonka, he was a true monster on the field.
Yea I got Cszonka and Jim Brown in my all-time backfield
Syracuse.
you should do a video on marion motley he was the best fullback in the 40s and 50s. He played for the browns and helped brake down the color barrier.
Warren moon would be another player that would be good for that video title as well.
This kid doesn't know about that stuff. He ain't got no balls to do it.
Yeah, Motley was Beast Mode - no doubt about it. And, he was fast, too.
Excellent video. Great job. The Czonk Master was truly "THE Iconic Football Player."
I remember watching Csonka play. Opposing team players called him "a two Percodan headache" as he'd just run right over you if you were in his way. Jist an awesome player.
If you don’t know who Ernie Davis is watch the movie express he ended up dying before he played in the NFL. he could have been one of the best running backs ever
Roger Vick from Texas A&M was a fullback drafted 21st overall in the 1987 NFL draft by the New York Jets
Not exactly an all timer
MSProuctions - Jamaal Lewis of the Ravens was a fullback playing halfback at 245lbs same style as Csonka !!??
MSProuctions - Also Barry Redden outta Richmond U was drafted #1 by the rams back around year 1983-4.
Thanks for making a video about a true football LEGEND!
He was amazing! My favorite team ever! Watched every game they played that year and he was the key. Also Greise, and two Bulldogs Jake Scott and Bill Stanfield
Thank you so much for making this video lol
" We're gonna score or someone is gonna have to kill me." Wow
Im really glad that a person of Hungarian origin is a considered legend in the NFL. Gives me the inspiration on the field.