This date in Packers history

Ezra Johnson celebrates a birthday today. Before sacks were officially counted, Johnson recorded 20.5 in 1978 en route to a Pro Bowl.

 

 

Ah the memories of the '78 season. Packers started the year 6-1, and ended with a record of 8-7-1 and missed the playoffs.

 

 

 

 That's a tailgate party.   Wooooooo !

 

Is that Don Draper on the left?

He would have caught more if he could throw himself the ball.  

Impressive. I just threw a ball to myself. I didn't have to do all that pointless running either. I think Gary Anderson is interested.

10/14/1962

 

Packers 48

Vikings 21

 

Jim Taylor, 17 carries for 164 yards

 

 

 

Just missed Taylor and Hornung.

For me, the Packer sweep featured Anderson and Grabowski. Not quite the same thing.

I think Grabo would have been great had his knee not blown out.  If they knew medically back then what they know today he may have had a great career playing for the Green Bay Packers.   Of course he would have had to overcome Bengston and Devine. 

Some of my favorite cards:

 

BK has a lot of football cards that look alike. 

White guys?

Be honest, you never heard of:

 

You're not getting the "no hotlinking" photos?

And that's a nice card of Barry Switzer's brother. 

Watched him play at old City Stadium!

Jesus.

 

Barry Switzer never played at City Stadium. 

 

All kidding aside, collecting Packer cards had taught me a ton about Packer history. So many great players we've forgotten: Rebel Roy Steiner, Floyd "Breezy" Reid, Abner Wimberly, Fred Cone, Emlen Tunnell, Billy Howton, Bill Forrester......tons and tons of guys that we should know about. Wiki them...you'll learn something young'uns.

And God Bless Bvan!

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tons and tons of guys that we should know about. Wiki them...you'll learn something young'uns.

And people make fun of my love of old movies. 

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Jesus.

I don't think Jesus ever played at City Stadium either. 

He has. How do you think he's lived to be 200.

TBSS

@Packerpedia: On this date in 1983: The #Packers defeated the #Redskins 48-47 in what is considered one of the greatest Monday Night Football games ever.

Still one of my favorite Packer games. As a Wisconsin boy living in the DC area, after the dreck of the 70s-80s Packers and in the pre-internet and pre-cable days when any Green Bay sighting was a rarity, this game was nirvana. Only one of two regular season losses suffered by that great Joe Gibbs team that season. Lynn Dickey and Gerry Ellis were demigods that night.

 

Washington Post game story, here:

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/...ry/allart/pack83.htm

 

Check out these numbers. Even the pussified 21st century NFL has a hard time matching these.

Some rather incredible numbers and numbness were produced in the highest scoring game in the history of Monday night football. Most impressively, there were 1,025 total net yards (a 552-473 advantage for the Redskins); 771 of those yards came by the pass. There were 56 first downs, 33 by the Redskins, and a staggering average of 9.1 yards per offensive play for the Packers.

Today is Lynn Dickey's 65th birthday. 

Today is Team photo day.

 

 

Here's the '62 Team.

 

Did Nitschke ever have hair?

Full gallery on Packers.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I remember Jessie Clark's wobbling head on a long touchdown run and Mark Mosely missing wide right at the end. "You might beat our Packers, but you can't lick our Dickey". Ahhhh...good times.

Wow.

 

You're really old.

 

Are you like 50 or something?

I remember the time before the Internet. Does that mean I'm old?  

Oh God.

 

Here comes a story about pre-remote controls.

"Hey, kid. Turn to channel 6."

"But, Dad, you're eyes are closed. You were sleeping."

"Nah, I was just watching with my eye shades lowered to cut down on glare."

"Riiigght, Dad."

"Get up out of that chair you smart-aleck kid and change the channel!"

 

As opposed to my grandmother, who thought the TV screen put out rays that would screw up your brain if you sat too close to the screen or fell asleep in front of it.

Oh, and she watched Lawrence Welk religiously.  And called the couch a davenport.

When I was a young boy, my parents would call me to the living room with excitement in their voices, imploring me to hurry.

I would rush in, thinking I was getting a surprise or treat, only to hear..."change the channel".

me and my brother's beds were on the other side of the wall behind the TV.  based on something my Dad read or heard he put lead on the wall behind the TV so the evil rays would not penetrate us while sleeping.  good times.  and how about listening to AM radio until that wonder of wonders came around:  FM!

 OMG that's so cute and funny!!! How are you this morning BK? Thanks for the laugh. It's "or something", but thanks for asking!

Ah, the good old days (well, nights actually) of AM and TV DXing, trying to pull in stations from as far away as possible.

Yeah, he's totally not getting on your case.

 

I'm at an age where I can't remember what I go into the next room for more often than not, but I can somehow remember sneaking the ol' AM transistor radio with the ear plug to school so I could listen to the World Series. Maybe '66 or '67, best I can remember. It was so scandalous!