I was 7 then and couldn’t wait for this show to come on. It was awesome. You got to see players from many other teams you never saw play. Plus two of the best ever announcers.
Yes, it was a great weekly summary of the previous week’s action. The commentary by Brookshire and Summerall was excellent. The footage was beautifully shot and the music, perfect accompaniment
Yes as a kid I waited until Sunday morning for this show, didn’t have any other way to see the highlights, only thing was, I had to go to church and miss it most of the time 😫
Plus getting to see these classic helmets and uniforms 👌 is so great to see. The 1969 Washington Redskins for example had such a great look. The maroon helmet with the spear was such a epic look. I still can't believe they had to change to the "Commanders". UGH! Oh and BTW, I am a Chippewa Indian and the Redskins name and logo did NOT offend me at all. Nor did it offend my Dad, my Grandfather, or any of my elders who were full blooded Chippewa Indians as well. Granted we were all Green Bay Packers fans, but we weren't offended by any Indian name or mascot. If anything I'm more offended that people felt the need to erase them from existence. I apologize for getting "political", but this issue, is to me anyway, a waste of time, money, and efforts. There are so many more serious problems/issues in today's world that claiming a group of people demands that a team, a sport should change a mascot? A name? As a Indian I was PROUD to be an Indian and I was PROUD to wear my Washington Redskins Starter Jacket my Dad bought me for my birthday. I grew up in Milwaukee during the 70's, and I was and still am as I said a Packers fan. However as I also said I wore that jacket with pride. For one reason my Dad bought it for me, and two, I was d*mn proud of my heritage and history. And yes I also did like the Redskins team as well. My point is with all of the famine, hunger, insane violence, and cruelty, to worry about a Sports Franchise name, logo, and mascot? To waste valuable resources on fabricating agendas to change the names of these teams instead of focusing on again FAR MORE SERIOUS ISSUES AND PROBLEMS to me is ridiculous. NUFF SAID!
You're so right! And their explanation for it was weak too. "Representation of Natives as savages"... Excuse me? Only idiots would think that about them. All I see when I look at that logo, is a cool face. ^^ The Minnesota Vikings have also got a typical face as their logo and no Scandinavian cares if some idiots who don't get it, think of them as "savages" because of a logo.
Colleges started getting red of Native American mascots/nicknames back in the 80's.... To me it's like they are trying to minimize American history and it's roots.
Well said! Sadly, it’s the cultural Marxism that now dominates our society and much of the world. I love my country for what it was or at least what we thought it was. But I’m just about done with the wickedly evil elites who have purposely destroyed this country. What a shame…..
@@kbrewski1 I remember it being 2 in the afternoon when I was a kid, but it wasn't a "network" show so I can imagine some local stations carrying different times a day.
Boy I have been watching the NFL for many, many years now and my favorite period is still from 1968-71...especially the '69 season. As a huge LA Rams fans back in day, I watched them every Sunday winning 11 straight...even today I can still name their entire offense/defensive starters under George Allen, as Roman Gabriel was named MVP. Wished sometimes the AF/NFL had never merged...Summerall/Brookshier a great tag team for Saturday reviews...hearing Sam Spence music brings me back in time.
1969 was NFL 50th year celebration. I love how the Eagles used two helmets. At home, white helmet with green wing and away green helmet with white wing, MY FAV. Not to mention, the wing wasn't a decal, it was painted on! Just like the Vikings and Rams helmets were also painted on.
And usually a quick ball flip to the ref after tds and other great plays. Players acted like they had been there done that not the,sometimes over the top, look at me reaction so common now
Some Of These Old Uneees Were Nothing But Class And Cool ........ The Bears ...... Cards .... Rams ........ And Eagles .... For Sure ........ Excellent Videos .... Great Memories ...... THank U .. !!
I remember Travis Williams, Dave Hampton, and even a fading Bart Starr. I was brought up a Packers fan but got on the bus too late as '68 would be about when I became cognizant of the NFL. This Packers team was never a contender. I don't remember Bobby Williams but I remember Lem Barney. Dude could play. Loved the weather games. Loved going out in the backyard on a rainy or snowy day and pretend to be these guys. Come back home and lay out my soggy, muddy jersey on the floor like it was some kind of trophy. I remember Sayers, but again got on the bus too late. This was his comeback year, and while these highlights look better than I expected, I remember being disappointed. I dunno, maybe the hype was too big. And I remember that he rushed for over 1000, which was the benchmark back then, but even as a kid it seemed to me that it was a result of getting a lot of carries. Anyway, I don't remember many runs like the ones they show in this video. I remember all the featured backs well except for Harmon Wages. This video jostled my memory of him, but it's still kinda vague. Falcons weren't that good. But when I caught a glimpse of #87 defensive end in a Falcons jersey Claude Humphries came to mind. What kind of kid absorbs this stuff so much that he recalls it a gazillion years later? Loved this game. 9:38- "Kill him, break him in half, rip his head off!!" heh-heh. Heck, that kind of talk probably violates some kind of pc standard in today's world. I do remember Bill Nelson for the Browns, but I also recall a name of Frank Ryan. And I can't really separate them in my memory. Seems like they both wore the same number and were inseparable in terms of performance. Or maybe there isn't a Frank Ryan and I'm just not remembering Nelson's name right. Seems like it might've been 1969, but I remember in this era the Browns had my favorite triplet of running backs in Leroy Kelly, Bo Scott, and Ron Johnson. Czonka, Morris, and Kiick was good group as well for Miami. There were several great tandems, as in those days most all teams had two backs who essentially split the carries. Johnson was soon traded to the Giants for whatever reason. And speaking of trades, what's with trading off all these great receivers? I mean, it was much more of running game back then, so receivers weren't nearly as valued as they are today. But still, none of these 1969 teams could use Paul Warfield, Roy Jefferson, John Gilliam, or Harold Jackson? 19:08- Gabriel might've got off to hot start, but I remember watching him on TV throw a pick six early in a playoff game against the Vikings. Wasn't until recently I saw on RUclips that it was called back. I didn't remember that part. I just remember big 'ol Carl Eller streaking down the sidelines and I believe holding the ball in one hand. They don't show it here but this sure looks like the same game. But they do show him throwing an interception to another D-lineman in Alan Page. The Rams always posted a good regular season record but faded in the playoffs. Cleveland Browns were the same way. I dont remember much of the game here when the Vikings crushed them in the championship game. But I do remember the Colts crushing them something like 34-0 in another championship game. But I don't remember if it was the year before or after this.
Travis Williams in 1967, set an NFL record which still stands, with four kick returns for scores. His story had a sad ending, as he died on the streets homeless. Dave Hampton also played for Atlanta, where in 1974 he became their first 1,000 yard rusher. Sayers did have his comeback year in 1969, and he barely got a thousand yards, and it seemingly took him a million carries to do it. Roy Jefferson had a thousand yards in both 1968 and 69, and was the lone offensive bright spot on an otherwise lousy team, the Steelers won just three games in 1968-69. And Bill Nelsen wore #16, and Frank Ryan wore #13. Frank Ryan went on to become a doctor, while Gary Cuozzo, who backed up Joe Kapp that year in Minnesota, went on to become a dentist. Ron Johnson joined the Giants in 1970, where that year he became their first 1,000 yard runner. Roman Gabriel was league MVP that year, as the Rams started out 11-0 before losing to the eventual league champion Vikings.
You were just in time to watch the Vikings decade of dominance from 1968>1978. Vikes won the Central Division almost every year. 4 NFL/NFC Championships. The frozen tundra of Metropolitan Stadium. I loved it! In 1969 the Vikings obliterated the Browns 51-3 in the middle of the season, and then shellacked them again 27-7 in the last NFL Championship. The Browns also got demolished 34-0 to the Colts in the 68 NFL Championship. The funny thing is, the Browns played in the NFL Champ in 64, 65, 68, and 69...4 of the last 6 NFL Championships. Re the Rams (Ewes), they were 0-4 vs the Vikings in the playoffs btw 69>77, including 0-2 in NFC Championships.
@@CarlosReyes-qe2iq The Vikings beat the Rams in LA in the 12th game of the season to break their 11-0 start,then beat the Rams again in Metropolitan Stadium for the Western Conf title. The Vikes broke the long standing NFL record for consecutive games won in 69 with 12 in a row. Ironically they lost the 1st game of the season to ex Vike Tarkenton 24-23 to the Giants. Then lost the last game of the season in a muddy rainy quagmire to Atlanta after they had already clinched.
@@glenlivingstonegl gotta disagree low key NFL players today are a lot faster, bigger, and know the game a lot more than the players back then.Don’t get me wrong the Nfl during the 70’s was a rough and tough league but Some of the players during that era would have a hard time getting into a team today.
Now this particular show I would have only been 2 or 3 years old when I aired. Born in 1967 I didn't get to see these, but later on, NFL Films became a huge part of my childhood. My Grandparents used to take me every summer to the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. I used to love the Small theater where they showed older Packers highlights and historical "movies/films". It got me really into sports. From the NFL to MLB's This Week In ⚾️Baseball⚾️ became a childhood favorite of mine. Thanks for sharing this with us. I may not have been able to understand this back then, but I love it now.
As a little boy growing up in Ohio I remember it seemed like these two fellows were on every Sunday afternoon at 4pm doing a Cowboys game. I would go to my room and on a 13 inch black and white TV watch every game. I thought I was living large since my friends didn't have a TV in their room.
This is so sweet for my 58-year-old-sports-lovin-nostalgic-ass. I looked up every single player no matter if I had heard of them or not and for the official record; Pat Summerall is the GOAT
...7yO laying on floor playing electronic football set.... Redskins Larry Brown #43 was my fav player back then - set em up/ flip the switch...bzzzzzzzzzzz TOUCHDOWN! 🏈🏈🙂
I met Carl “Moose” Eller some years ago and shook his hand. He was 60 something but the palm of his hand was so thick and dense. I have decent size hands but my finger tips seemed to only be just able to grasp the outside of his hand. He was a powerful presence even then.
The game has changed so much that the defenses of those days would have been penalized every single time the ball would be snapped today. QBs had to be real tough to take the hits that were delivered with no remorse on part of the player.
I couldn't wait for Saturdays to watch this show! Tom Brookshire and Pat Summerall laid the foundation for the NFL commentators of today with their concise reporting and witty lines in between getting you caught up on all the NFL action. Both of their legacies are thoroughly cemented into the hearts of true football fans who cut their "NFL teeth" enjoying This Week In Pro Football.
Her: "That's so sexist!" Him: "I'm watching football! Shaddupa you face!" Her: "You can't to me like that!" Him: "Yes I can! When's dinner going to be done? Oh, your sister Linda is HOT!!!!" Her: Turns on stove and oven....
Pretty generous touchdown calls by the officials back then. Many runs ended being tackled at the 1 or 2 yard line but the refs allowed for “continuation” and as they slid in after being down and were awarded a touchdown. Nowadays with replay, we are conditioned to know a player is likely down prior to the endzone if they were going down just prior to breaking the plane.
I remember that season a Chuck Knoll's first season going an anemic 1-13. At the end of the year, he had a meeting and frankly told the Steeler team the problem is that many of you are just not good football players, I am going to get rid of most of you. Of that team only four or five of that team was left when the Steelers won their first Superbowl five years later and a dynasty was born.
Where do you find this stuff? I find it incredible to see NFL stuff from the 60s. Did you actually record this stuff, or is there a trove of old school football programs Im unaware of? Either way, thank you!
You're welcome! These came from the NFL Films Super Bowl Collections DVD sets. If you google that you can see what it is. Each Super Bowl highlight program is accompanied by the season review. Plus the one collection set came with a whole bunch of bonus features which I also put up. You can find those in the team collections.
@@80sFootballCards I have those Super Bowl sets, but don't remember the season preview looking this good, they were regular DVDs. Did you somehow upgrade them to HD, or buy the blu ray direct from NFL Films?
I was hoping you were going to highlight Greg Cook of Cincinnati, '69 was to be his only year in the NFL because he needed what would be known as Tommy John surgery to repair a rotator cuff injury that rendered his arm useless.
mf7482 Right on brother! Greg Cook was a GREAT QB! He was WAAAAYY BETTER than today's "running qbs!! Cook was like Brett Favre and Mahomes or even like Otto Graham! He could read defenses and was accurate while throwing on the run!
Helmets were so cool to a kid back then. I still have most of a collection of these little plastic helmets with stickered logos and plastic facemasks that could be removed. I no longer have the plastics goal posts that the helmets could be displayed on - one post for each division, which I dilligently kept up to date per the current standings. I went down to the basement to grab them and am looking at them as I'm posting. I was surprised to see the updated redskins helmet on display here in a 1969 video. I wanted to verify my remembering the maroon helmet with the arrow, which I found and I'm thinking I couldn't have had these helmets much earlier than 1969, given how young I was. And I think the highlights here show the redskins wearing the maroon helmets, so maybe the switch was made in '70 and they already changed the display in this video. I'm noticing some duplicates in my collection and am getting foggy memories of maybe buying a second set after the merger cuz I'm not finding any duplicates of the AFL teams. And I've found a second Redskins helmet that is also maroon, but the logo is a picture of and Indian with a feather. As I look at the Browns helmet, I am reminded that even back then, I regretted putting on the stickered logo that has a CB on it. The manufacturer apparently wanted to identify the Browns but I shoulda left it blank with just the stripe on it. All the others seem to be the same except my Eagles helmet is green with a white wing, I can't find the Bengals but I know I had them and they matched the video's display, my Oilers helmet is Blue, and the Broncos logo is a bronckin horse. Lotta the logos are faded but these helmets still look pretty cool. Kinda wish I had the goalposts now, cuz I'd probably set em up if I did.
I started collecting the gumball helmets in the late 70s. I continued to raid any machine I could well into the 90s; so I ended up with a lot of blank helmets. I started to make my own throwbacks and college helmets by hand. Eventually, I was able to make exact labels on the computer and print them on full page sticker sheets. I gave up on making college helmets, I just couldn't keep up; but I have a helmet for every D-I FBS team and a select number of D-III helmets. Right now in my collection I have almost every NFL helmet from 1960 to the present, almost every CFL team since 1960; almost all of the Arena Football League, all of the Continental Football League, the WFL, the original USFL, and the WLAF/NFL Europe. I also have custom helmets for my fantasy football league.
@@tygrkhat4087 I don't remember them in the gumball machines. I'm wondering if they were the same design/manufacturer that I had in either the late 60s or very early 70s. Sounds like they were. That's a lot of helmets and an impressive amount of depth. So every NFL team since the 60s. I'm wondering how it looks compared to the questions I had on my original post. Did the Browns ever have a CB on their helmet for a season? And what was the progression of the Redskins helmets from the late 60s to early 70s?
Yikes, what was Brooky thinking with that jacket? 3:32 This is why I idolized Lem Barney.... 23:29 65 Toss Power Trap.... Fun fact: Len Dawson went to Purdue and not Ohio st because he liked one of the Purdue assistants. Some guy named Hank Stram....
check out all the old team logos on the helmets,they look so cool ,i see the long gone oliers hemet,....pittsburg,cleveland and baltimore were still in the nfl ,following year 1970 they went to the afl
Yes he did. Packers fan and I remember it. Can't say for sure how it turned out cuz I was so young, but I know replay caught it and the announcers were talking about it. I seem to remember that the refs didn't catch it on the field and back then it couldn't be overturned, so that's six, baby.
If it could have ever been, Gale Sayers and Travis Williams, though they played on competing teams, they could have been a venerable kickoff receiving duo on the same team.
So at 1:22 I see Gale Sayers leading the Bears on to the field and you notice the 355 paint on the brick wall and the ivy .....Oh they are play at Wrigley Field
Funny, at the end of this video Pat Summerall picks the Cowboys, and they did end up going to the Super Bowl at the end of the 1970 season. But then they both speak highly of the two teams meeting in the 1st Monday Night Football game ever, the Jets and Browns, neither of which have even been to the Super Bowl in the 50+ years since. Ouch.
1969 season ok this was the Super Bowl 4 season right?That year the Chiefs beat the Vikings 23-7 final i believe.It was before the AFL-NFL merger back then AFL teams didnt play NFL teams til the Super Bowl comes around.Man this was a long time ago cool.Fast forward now.2023 NFL season and the year of Super Bowl 58 hosted in Las Vegas,NV 32 teams competing for that same trophy that the 1969 Kansas City Chiefs held high after there super bowl win.I also cant wait for the 2024 NFL season which Super Bowl 59 will be held and played in New Orleans,La which that city hosts the super bowls but first we have to get through the 2023 season which right now we are a little past the halfway part of the season.Its just crazy how the NFL has evolved and is one if not the most popular sport in history. 🏈 Go Cowboys!
Does anyone out there remember the CocaCola contest where you collected bottle caps and you taped them to a piece of paper kinda like a bingo card and you could win prizes.
No. This is a football comment section son. Go take your little bottle caps and tiddlywinks and go to the kiddie park. The men folk are talking football.
If it wasn't for the STEEL/STEELRS emblem you wouldn't see their helmet. BEARS black and GIANTS blue also blends in. Cleveland and the Bengals colors and unforms are close. Who knows why?
Thanks for this, the NFL used to be so cool, hitting the quarterback was allowed!! Wow ! Mind boggling!! Only us “old folks” remember when it was an actual contact sport. Also, the modern game sucks ass because THERE ARE NO KICKOFF RETURNS! They should kick the freaking ball off from their own goal line. That would be fun. Travis Williams should be enshrined in Canton. One of the all time greats!
What a great show, they did their business for an hour and then you went on with your life, unlike to nonstop nausea of Trey Bradshaw and the other suit wearing clowns.
I was 7 then and couldn’t wait for this show to come on. It was awesome. You got to see players from many other teams you never saw play. Plus two of the best ever announcers.
I never saw this show. It was probably on in Denver, but I watched the highlights on the Today Show before going to school.
This was like the closest thing we had to ESPN back then, one hour a week. But it was awesome. Good times.
Yes, it was a great weekly summary of the previous week’s action. The commentary by Brookshire and Summerall was excellent.
The footage was beautifully shot and the music, perfect accompaniment
I was eight, and felt the same way. Great stuff
I loved this show, also I miss the voice of John Facenda best NFL Films narrator.
This Week in Pro Football was such a great show!!!! So looked forward to it every week!!!!
Yes as a kid I waited until Sunday morning for this show, didn’t have any other way to see the highlights, only thing was, I had to go to church and miss it most of the time 😫
Yes it was
@@NathanSmith-xf7rk sorry to hear about missing most of it! I live in the Philly suburbs and got to see it on Saturday morning.
@@NathanSmith-xf7rkI know the feeling and no VCRs in those days.
brookshier and summerall, just classic and a reminder of the good old days
Not to forget about John Facenda. People may not know the name or the face, but they definitely know the voice.
This is so great to see again. I devoured this when I was little and obsessed with the NFL
@6:50 Harmon Wages of the Falcons that was my boy along with Jim "Cannonball" Butler, I was a Falcon's fan at 10.5yrs old.
Plus getting to see these classic helmets and uniforms 👌 is so great to see. The 1969 Washington Redskins for example had such a great look. The maroon helmet with the spear was such a epic look. I still can't believe they had to change to the "Commanders". UGH! Oh and BTW, I am a Chippewa Indian and the Redskins name and logo did NOT offend me at all. Nor did it offend my Dad, my Grandfather, or any of my elders who were full blooded Chippewa Indians as well. Granted we were all Green Bay Packers fans, but we weren't offended by any Indian name or mascot. If anything I'm more offended that people felt the need to erase them from existence. I apologize for getting "political", but this issue, is to me anyway, a waste of time, money, and efforts. There are so many more serious problems/issues in today's world that claiming a group of people demands that a team, a sport should change a mascot? A name? As a Indian I was PROUD to be an Indian and I was PROUD to wear my Washington Redskins Starter Jacket my Dad bought me for my birthday. I grew up in Milwaukee during the 70's, and I was and still am as I said a Packers fan. However as I also said I wore that jacket with pride. For one reason my Dad bought it for me, and two, I was d*mn proud of my heritage and history. And yes I also did like the Redskins team as well. My point is with all of the famine, hunger, insane violence, and cruelty, to worry about a Sports Franchise name, logo, and mascot? To waste valuable resources on fabricating agendas to change the names of these teams instead of focusing on again FAR MORE SERIOUS ISSUES AND PROBLEMS to me is ridiculous. NUFF SAID!
You're so right! And their explanation for it was weak too. "Representation of Natives as savages"... Excuse me? Only idiots would think that about them. All I see when I look at that logo, is a cool face. ^^ The Minnesota Vikings have also got a typical face as their logo and no Scandinavian cares if some idiots who don't get it, think of them as "savages" because of a logo.
Colleges started getting red of Native American mascots/nicknames back in the 80's.... To me it's like they are trying to minimize American history and it's roots.
Well said!
Sadly, it’s the cultural Marxism that now dominates our society and much of the world. I love my country for what it was or at least what we thought it was. But I’m just about done with the wickedly evil elites who have purposely destroyed this country.
What a shame…..
There are just as many native American who objectively are offended .
Used to watch it every Saturday night with my dad in the late 1960’s early 1970’s. Loved this show.
Sat night? This show was on during the day when we watched it in the 70s.
@@kbrewski1 I remember it being 2 in the afternoon when I was a kid, but it wasn't a "network" show so I can imagine some local stations carrying different times a day.
Yep Saturday afternoon viewing for me then out to do my paper route
Boy I have been watching the NFL for many, many years now and my favorite period is still from 1968-71...especially the '69 season. As a huge LA Rams fans back in day, I watched them every Sunday winning 11 straight...even today I can still name their entire offense/defensive starters under George Allen, as Roman Gabriel was named MVP. Wished sometimes the AF/NFL had never merged...Summerall/Brookshier a great tag team for Saturday reviews...hearing Sam Spence music brings me back in time.
Sam Spence’s “March to the Trenches”is still on my favorites playlist!
I miss those fields , real grass and mud !!
Hard nose smash mouth football!! Those were the best days for the NFL imho.
Came with a price unfortunately
@@FreshPrincex4...yes it did and it still does.
@1:32 Saw that kick return by Williams on my great grandmother's 25" Philco b&w console.
loved this show not just for the great highlights but the great acid jazz music was fantastic
Always watched this with my big brother, to this day the music is what we loved the most
I missed this season when I was in Vietnam, so thank you ! 😊
I thank you for serving. My dad got there in December 1969.
Thank you for serving. My father, fresh out of the Navy, enlisted in the Army in 1970 then went to Vietnam in November 1971 - October 1972.
1969 was NFL 50th year celebration. I love how the Eagles used two helmets. At home, white helmet with green wing and away green helmet with white wing, MY FAV. Not to mention, the wing wasn't a decal, it was painted on! Just like the Vikings and Rams helmets were also painted on.
That was gimmicky. I love that the Vikings classic horned helmets have always stayed the same.
@@kbrewski1they have lengthened the horn to look like it wants to wrap around the helmet, make it look more dynamic
They played for the love and glory of the game and not the money. Lord I miss those days.
And usually a quick ball flip to the ref after tds and other great plays. Players acted like they had been there done that not the,sometimes over the top, look at me reaction so common now
Some Of These Old Uneees Were Nothing But Class And Cool ........ The Bears ...... Cards .... Rams ........ And Eagles .... For Sure ........ Excellent Videos .... Great Memories ...... THank U .. !!
I remember Travis Williams, Dave Hampton, and even a fading Bart Starr. I was brought up a Packers fan but got on the bus too late as '68 would be about when I became cognizant of the NFL. This Packers team was never a contender.
I don't remember Bobby Williams but I remember Lem Barney. Dude could play.
Loved the weather games. Loved going out in the backyard on a rainy or snowy day and pretend to be these guys. Come back home and lay out my soggy, muddy jersey on the floor like it was some kind of trophy.
I remember Sayers, but again got on the bus too late. This was his comeback year, and while these highlights look better than I expected, I remember being disappointed. I dunno, maybe the hype was too big. And I remember that he rushed for over 1000, which was the benchmark back then, but even as a kid it seemed to me that it was a result of getting a lot of carries. Anyway, I don't remember many runs like the ones they show in this video.
I remember all the featured backs well except for Harmon Wages. This video jostled my memory of him, but it's still kinda vague. Falcons weren't that good. But when I caught a glimpse of #87 defensive end in a Falcons jersey Claude Humphries came to mind. What kind of kid absorbs this stuff so much that he recalls it a gazillion years later? Loved this game.
9:38- "Kill him, break him in half, rip his head off!!" heh-heh. Heck, that kind of talk probably violates some kind of pc standard in today's world.
I do remember Bill Nelson for the Browns, but I also recall a name of Frank Ryan. And I can't really separate them in my memory. Seems like they both wore the same number and were inseparable in terms of performance. Or maybe there isn't a Frank Ryan and I'm just not remembering Nelson's name right.
Seems like it might've been 1969, but I remember in this era the Browns had my favorite triplet of running backs in Leroy Kelly, Bo Scott, and Ron Johnson. Czonka, Morris, and Kiick was good group as well for Miami. There were several great tandems, as in those days most all teams had two backs who essentially split the carries. Johnson was soon traded to the Giants for whatever reason.
And speaking of trades, what's with trading off all these great receivers? I mean, it was much more of running game back then, so receivers weren't nearly as valued as they are today. But still, none of these 1969 teams could use Paul Warfield, Roy Jefferson, John Gilliam, or Harold Jackson?
19:08- Gabriel might've got off to hot start, but I remember watching him on TV throw a pick six early in a playoff game against the Vikings. Wasn't until recently I saw on RUclips that it was called back. I didn't remember that part. I just remember big 'ol Carl Eller streaking down the sidelines and I believe holding the ball in one hand. They don't show it here but this sure looks like the same game. But they do show him throwing an interception to another D-lineman in Alan Page. The Rams always posted a good regular season record but faded in the playoffs.
Cleveland Browns were the same way. I dont remember much of the game here when the Vikings crushed them in the championship game. But I do remember the Colts crushing them something like 34-0 in another championship game. But I don't remember if it was the year before or after this.
Travis Williams in 1967, set an NFL record which still stands, with four kick returns for scores. His story had a sad ending, as he died on the streets homeless. Dave Hampton also played for Atlanta, where in 1974 he became their first 1,000 yard rusher. Sayers did have his comeback year in 1969, and he barely got a thousand yards, and it seemingly took him a million carries to do it. Roy Jefferson had a thousand yards in both 1968 and 69, and was the lone offensive bright spot on an otherwise lousy team, the Steelers won just three games in 1968-69. And Bill Nelsen wore #16, and Frank Ryan wore #13. Frank Ryan went on to become a doctor, while Gary Cuozzo, who backed up Joe Kapp that year in Minnesota, went on to become a dentist. Ron Johnson joined the Giants in 1970, where that year he became their first 1,000 yard runner. Roman Gabriel was league MVP that year, as the Rams started out 11-0 before losing to the eventual league champion Vikings.
You were just in time to watch the Vikings decade of dominance from 1968>1978. Vikes won the Central Division almost every year. 4 NFL/NFC Championships. The frozen tundra of Metropolitan Stadium. I loved it!
In 1969 the Vikings obliterated the Browns 51-3 in the middle of the season, and then shellacked them again 27-7 in the last NFL Championship. The Browns also got demolished 34-0 to the Colts in the 68 NFL Championship. The funny thing is, the Browns played in the NFL Champ in 64, 65, 68, and 69...4 of the last 6 NFL Championships.
Re the Rams (Ewes), they were 0-4 vs the Vikings in the playoffs btw 69>77, including 0-2 in NFC Championships.
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The Vikings beat the Rams in LA in the 12th game of the season to break their 11-0 start,then beat the Rams again in Metropolitan Stadium for the Western Conf title. The Vikes broke the long standing NFL record for consecutive games won in 69 with 12 in a row. Ironically they lost the 1st game of the season to ex Vike Tarkenton 24-23 to the Giants. Then lost the last game of the season in a muddy rainy quagmire to Atlanta after they had already clinched.
This was the real game that we all knew and loved not a single player of today could play in the league we all grew up watching
That's what I was thinking too. Much more violent than the GAMES they play today.
Back when football was played by REAL football players, and not those overpaid, wussy, prima donnas now.
@@glenlivingstonegl gotta disagree low key NFL players today are a lot faster, bigger, and know the game a lot more than the players back then.Don’t get me wrong the Nfl during the 70’s was a rough and tough league but Some of the players during that era would have a hard time getting into a team today.
This might be the best season preview ever!
Best era
Was in the Army ten thousand miles away that year...
Glad you made it home.
Saturday afternoons I always watched this show.
Now this particular show I would have only been 2 or 3 years old when I aired. Born in 1967 I didn't get to see these, but later on, NFL Films became a huge part of my childhood. My Grandparents used to take me every summer to the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. I used to love the Small theater where they showed older Packers highlights and historical "movies/films". It got me really into sports. From the NFL to MLB's This Week In ⚾️Baseball⚾️ became a childhood favorite of mine. Thanks for sharing this with us. I may not have been able to understand this back then, but I love it now.
As a little boy growing up in Ohio I remember it seemed like these two fellows were on every Sunday afternoon at 4pm doing a Cowboys game. I would go to my room and on a 13 inch black and white TV watch every game. I thought I was living large since my friends didn't have a TV in their room.
The Cowgirls weren't the featured game every week nits.
This is so sweet for my 58-year-old-sports-lovin-nostalgic-ass. I looked up every single player no matter if I had heard of them or not and for the official record; Pat Summerall is the GOAT
Great memories watching with my Dad. Especially watching with him, when Essos’ Bayway Terminal explosion.
This was NFL first show...looking back at the week
Looking back at LAST YEAR (1969).
The music was great 😮
Oh wow!! Before my time! The good ol days! Good times.
I was so addicted back then. I was 8.
Its all we had till 1970 monday night football highlights and Pro Football highlights on Sat morning.
Me too, I was10 then . To me the game was bigger then. Great memories 😊
...7yO laying on floor playing electronic football set.... Redskins Larry Brown #43 was my fav player back then - set em up/ flip the switch...bzzzzzzzzzzz TOUCHDOWN! 🏈🏈🙂
Tudor Electric Football
Fame can be fleeting. Travis Williams was living out of his car by the 80s, and died when he was just 45 years old.
I remember when he passed it was mentioned doing broadcasts. RIP TW
My mother worked with his mother in Lubbock Texas
Kickoff returns....neck tie tackles, chop blocks, crackback blocks, qb sacks, split backfield.......thats real football!!!!
Except the players involved can no longer remember those moments because of the lack of player safety back then
Minnesota won the rematch 27-10, Cleveland won the first Monday Nighter and Dallas did get to the Super Bowl for the first time but lost
I met Carl “Moose” Eller some years ago and shook his hand. He was 60 something but the palm of his hand was so thick and dense. I have decent size hands but my finger tips seemed to only be just able to grasp the outside of his hand. He was a powerful presence even then.
The good old day's.
The game has changed so much that the defenses of those days would have been penalized every single time the ball would be snapped today. QBs had to be real tough to take the hits that were delivered with no remorse on part of the player.
NFL Films helped create a legion of young fans like myself then. 12 years old in 1970.
I couldn't wait for Saturdays to watch this show!
Tom Brookshire and Pat Summerall laid the foundation for the NFL commentators of today with their concise reporting and witty lines in between getting you caught up on all the NFL action.
Both of their legacies are thoroughly cemented into the hearts of true football fans who cut their "NFL teeth" enjoying This Week In Pro Football.
0:01 - wow check out those helmets, very vintage. 👏
0:46 - omg.. Pat Summerall looks so young!
Well he was young.
“So maybe the little lady wants to buy a new refrigerator or a coat so you better play hard” 😂😂
I caught that too. I wonder what today's little ladies think of that.
Her: "That's so sexist!"
Him: "I'm watching football! Shaddupa you face!"
Her: "You can't to me like that!"
Him: "Yes I can! When's dinner going to be done? Oh, your sister Linda is HOT!!!!"
Her: Turns on stove and oven....
"Who cares?"
"Mad Men" reference...
Pretty generous touchdown calls by the officials back then. Many runs ended being tackled at the 1 or 2 yard line but the refs allowed for “continuation” and as they slid in after being down and were awarded a touchdown. Nowadays with replay, we are conditioned to know a player is likely down prior to the endzone if they were going down just prior to breaking the plane.
I was 10 and loved this show. All I could do is stare at the hanging helmets and wished I could have just one.
I remember that season a Chuck Knoll's first season going an anemic 1-13. At the end of the year, he had a meeting and frankly told the Steeler team the problem is that many of you are just not good football players, I am going to get rid of most of you. Of that team only four or five of that team was left when the Steelers won their first Superbowl five years later and a dynasty was born.
Where do you find this stuff? I find it incredible to see NFL stuff from the 60s. Did you actually record
this stuff, or is there a trove of old school football programs Im unaware of? Either way, thank you!
You're welcome! These came from the NFL Films Super Bowl Collections DVD sets. If you google that you can see what it is. Each Super Bowl highlight program is accompanied by the season review. Plus the one collection set came with a whole bunch of bonus features which I also put up. You can find those in the team collections.
“16 teams in the NFL”. Wow!!
@@80sFootballCards
I have those Super Bowl sets, but don't remember the season preview looking this good, they were regular DVDs. Did you somehow upgrade them to HD, or buy the blu ray direct from NFL Films?
Wow saw sayers and piccolo together
I was hoping you were going to highlight Greg Cook of Cincinnati, '69 was to be his only year in the NFL because he needed what would be known as Tommy John surgery to repair a rotator cuff injury that rendered his arm useless.
mf7482 Right on brother! Greg Cook was a GREAT QB! He was WAAAAYY BETTER than today's "running qbs!! Cook was like Brett Favre and Mahomes or even like Otto Graham! He could read defenses and was accurate while throwing on the run!
He was in the AFL they had their own show
The clip of Hanks Steam on the shoulders of his players was from the AFL Championship game against Oakland.
Cheers to the AFL and standing up to those bullies we call the NFL. No way words can describe it!
I'm watching the run at 6:52 wondering why the Saints defender didn't take his shot at the ball carrier at the 30 or the 25 instead of at the 10. 😵💫
Before my time, but I like old-school football better than most of what I’ve seen in the past 20+ years.
what music at 23:18 ?
Helmets were so cool to a kid back then. I still have most of a collection of these little plastic helmets with stickered logos and plastic facemasks that could be removed. I no longer have the plastics goal posts that the helmets could be displayed on - one post for each division, which I dilligently kept up to date per the current standings. I went down to the basement to grab them and am looking at them as I'm posting. I was surprised to see the updated redskins helmet on display here in a 1969 video. I wanted to verify my remembering the maroon helmet with the arrow, which I found and I'm thinking I couldn't have had these helmets much earlier than 1969, given how young I was. And I think the highlights here show the redskins wearing the maroon helmets, so maybe the switch was made in '70 and they already changed the display in this video. I'm noticing some duplicates in my collection and am getting foggy memories of maybe buying a second set after the merger cuz I'm not finding any duplicates of the AFL teams. And I've found a second Redskins helmet that is also maroon, but the logo is a picture of and Indian with a feather. As I look at the Browns helmet, I am reminded that even back then, I regretted putting on the stickered logo that has a CB on it. The manufacturer apparently wanted to identify the Browns but I shoulda left it blank with just the stripe on it. All the others seem to be the same except my Eagles helmet is green with a white wing, I can't find the Bengals but I know I had them and they matched the video's display, my Oilers helmet is Blue, and the Broncos logo is a bronckin horse. Lotta the logos are faded but these helmets still look pretty cool. Kinda wish I had the goalposts now, cuz I'd probably set em up if I did.
Good time to be a kid and a fan
The Browns were going to wear the CB helmets in 1965 it has been said the players peeled them off the helmets in a pre season game
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Man, after all these years. That's a cool fact, michael. I had no idea. Thanks.
I started collecting the gumball helmets in the late 70s. I continued to raid any machine I could well into the 90s; so I ended up with a lot of blank helmets. I started to make my own throwbacks and college helmets by hand. Eventually, I was able to make exact labels on the computer and print them on full page sticker sheets. I gave up on making college helmets, I just couldn't keep up; but I have a helmet for every D-I FBS team and a select number of D-III helmets. Right now in my collection I have almost every NFL helmet from 1960 to the present, almost every CFL team since 1960; almost all of the Arena Football League, all of the Continental Football League, the WFL, the original USFL, and the WLAF/NFL Europe. I also have custom helmets for my fantasy football league.
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I don't remember them in the gumball machines. I'm wondering if they were the same design/manufacturer that I had in either the late 60s or very early 70s. Sounds like they were. That's a lot of helmets and an impressive amount of depth. So every NFL team since the 60s. I'm wondering how it looks compared to the questions I had on my original post. Did the Browns ever have a CB on their helmet for a season? And what was the progression of the Redskins helmets from the late 60s to early 70s?
Tom rocking the double breasted sofa upholstery jacket
Yikes, what was Brooky thinking with that jacket?
3:32 This is why I idolized Lem Barney....
23:29 65 Toss Power Trap.... Fun fact: Len Dawson went to Purdue and not Ohio st because he liked one of the Purdue assistants. Some guy named Hank Stram....
check out all the old team logos on the helmets,they look so cool ,i see the long gone oliers hemet,....pittsburg,cleveland and baltimore were still in the nfl ,following year 1970 they went to the afl
The logos on the helmets were much larger than they are now.
The Chiefs for example.
does the green bay player at 6:39 spike the ball too soon?
No.
Nice jacket Brookshire. LOL!
My favorite show back then. Didn't like that the NFL game of the week show was on opposite at the same time, at least for a few years.
Wow this is great
6:40 Ha! Dude spiked the ball at the 2 yard line!
Yes he did. Packers fan and I remember it. Can't say for sure how it turned out cuz I was so young, but I know replay caught it and the announcers were talking about it. I seem to remember that the refs didn't catch it on the field and back then it couldn't be overturned, so that's six, baby.
HaHa. Good catch. You could get away with all kind of stupid crap back in 1970.
Where was the Redskin helmet in the background?🤔
If it could have ever been, Gale Sayers and Travis Williams, though they played on competing teams, they could have been a venerable kickoff receiving duo on the same team.
I wish we could have at least one sports show like this today.Just two announcers and not 100 opinions for one play.
6:42 Harmon Wages was one of only a few players in NFL history to run, catch, and throw for touchdowns in the same game.
Pat Summerall was awesome, for a long time many years with John Madden and before that Tom Brookshier
So at 1:22 I see Gale Sayers leading the Bears on to the field and you notice the 355 paint on the brick wall and the ivy .....Oh they are play at Wrigley Field
You didn't know that?
Geez, look at the fields they’re playing on, all tore up turf everywhere
I didn't even recognize Summerall at first!
Funny, at the end of this video Pat Summerall picks the Cowboys, and they did end up going to the Super Bowl at the end of the 1970 season. But then they both speak highly of the two teams meeting in the 1st Monday Night Football game ever, the Jets and Browns, neither of which have even been to the Super Bowl in the 50+ years since. Ouch.
Summeral and Brookshire put the ol bad luck kibosh on them! Lol😂
Where do you get this footage...amazing.
How did you find such a clear clean copy of this?
The Vikings’ 12-game winning streak was the longest in the NFL since 1934.
1969 season ok this was the Super Bowl 4 season right?That year the Chiefs beat the Vikings 23-7 final i believe.It was before the AFL-NFL merger back then AFL teams didnt play NFL teams til the Super Bowl comes around.Man this was a long time ago cool.Fast forward now.2023 NFL season and the year of Super Bowl 58 hosted in Las Vegas,NV 32 teams competing for that same trophy that the 1969 Kansas City Chiefs held high after there super bowl win.I also cant wait for the 2024 NFL season which Super Bowl 59 will be held and played in New Orleans,La which that city hosts the super bowls but first we have to get through the 2023 season which right now we are a little past the halfway part of the season.Its just crazy how the NFL has evolved and is one if not the most popular sport in history. 🏈 Go Cowboys!
Wow, that was a load of run on sentence gobbledygook by a Cowgirls fan.
Now your judging my sentences and punctuations 🤦♂️ Whats your problem.What are you a English teacher or some punk just talking shit
This is the real n f l I loved the late sixty's and seventys
Does anyone out there remember the CocaCola contest where you collected bottle caps and you taped them to a piece of paper kinda like a bingo card and you could win prizes.
No. This is a football comment section son. Go take your little bottle caps and tiddlywinks and go to the kiddie park. The men folk are talking football.
Nice suit!
Reminds me of INSIDE THE NFL when it was on HBO.....
Kapp was like an old uncle at a family picnic
Dave Hampton went off half cocked and spiked the ball before reaching the end zone.
That suit is killing me.
It's weird, a bunch of the background music is from British comedies.
54 years later and we're still talking about the Chiefs being the best.
My Vikes! 1969 NFL CHAMPIONS. The last NFL Championship! The Purple Gang. The Purple People Eaters.
The famous 65 toss power trap. 23:30 LOL
Poor Packers, other than 1972 season they wouldn't sniff the playoffs again until 1982.
Yep, the Fudgepackers sucked. My Vikes dominated the Central in the 70s.
If it wasn't for the STEEL/STEELRS emblem you wouldn't see their helmet. BEARS black and GIANTS blue also blends in. Cleveland and the Bengals colors and unforms are close. Who knows why?
Man my Philadelphia Eagles stunk in 1969!!!!!🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
Did he really say ‘Maybe the little lady wants to buy a refrigerator so he better play hard.’ And WTAF is up with that suit?
Gabriel appeared in the pregame with a 1969 jersey but played in a different one 19:05 and 19:22
Filmed in preseason '70 with his name on the back?
He was just wearing a warm up jacket.
lot of this footage is b.s. 1969? if ya don't see the patch on the players shoulder-it ain't 69
Thanks for this, the NFL used to be so cool, hitting the quarterback was allowed!! Wow ! Mind boggling!! Only us “old folks” remember when it was an actual contact sport. Also, the modern game sucks ass because THERE ARE NO KICKOFF RETURNS! They should kick the freaking ball off from their own goal line. That would be fun. Travis Williams should be enshrined in Canton. One of the all time greats!
What a great show, they did their business for an hour and then you went on with your life, unlike to nonstop nausea of Trey Bradshaw and the other suit wearing clowns.
Roy Jefferson to the Hall.
I thought Harmon Wages was going to be the next Paul Hornung. 🤔
Too bad the Redskins only had one year of Lombardi.
Maybe the little lady wants to buy a refrigerator or a coat. 😆
When men were men and football was football.
Are there women playing in the NFL now? I'm confused.
@@kbrewski1 might as well call some of them women
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Exactly how much real actual tackle football have you played fruitcake?
'69. waist deep in veinam, wood stock. travis williams lived out of a dumpster towards the end.
When the game was real and not scripted