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Before they got so fancy. Many teams played in baseball parks, when it rained the infield was mud, and so were the players.
The angle strips in the end zone, ah, simpler times.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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It’s called money IMO. Lots of money, and the desire for it, drives change. Some for the better, other times not.
"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.
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Yes sadly that ' old school ' has burnt down.
We pray our sights be straight
and our aim be true
We pray for no pain
to the game we pursue
We thank you Lord
for this land
We thank you for the sights
from our stands
We pray for safety, one and all
We pray we may return next fall
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Sure, it's gone, just fun thinking back.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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It used to be a "mans" game.
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We pray our sights be straight
and our aim be true
We pray for no pain
to the game we pursue
We thank you Lord
for this land
We thank you for the sights
from our stands
We pray for safety, one and all
We pray we may return next fall
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Nah, more like this... ![[Linked Image from i.pinimg.com]](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/62/22/a7/6222a72a61d3e0e1ca6d986451cf4108.jpg)
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Didnt the Niners used to play on a baseball field?
Was it Candlestick?
I am MAGA.
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Those guys were tough, lots of them had brain damage from all of the hard hits.
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Those guys were tough, lots of them had brain damage from all of the hard hits. To paraphrase Chuck Norris---Dick Butkus didn't get brain damage; he GAVE it! 
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Len Dawson, halftime of Super Bowl I. ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/OoUn7q2.jpg)
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That was back when the NFL actually engaged in a good sport. Long before it became NFL drama theater. a masterful Hollywood entertainment venue that is a fusion of reality shows, soap operas, drama, suspense, and left wing political activism. AKA Circus Maximus. Gotta admit that it's a tremendous money maker and hard to argue with that sort of wealth generation. I just got sick of it, as the whole thing has become so glorified by the MSM and modern "culture" that it just completely rubs me the wrong way. The old NFL was pretty decent and I miss it.
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John Unitas in the high top shoes. The single bar face mask.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Lyle was a hemROID to people.
Rip zado
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Len Dawson, halftime of Super Bowl I. Great picture!
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Jim Brown, Chuck Bednarik, John Unitas, Mike Ditka, Bart Starr, Ray Nitscke, and so many more REAL ones - and on and on. A great era gone and replaced by whatever.
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Earl Campbell, poetry in motion.
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Drop a Bradshaw pass, and he had something to say about it.
Might involve a stool and a locker.
Seems they cared more about their results than their bank accounts back then.
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My BIL played a little football back in the day. https://nflpastplayers.com/del-shofner/
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