Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Baltimore Colts Memories...
Forget the Indy version - the real Colts - the only Colts were here in ole Bawlmer.
I got hooked on football when I was a real young'un thanks to my pa. My ma and pa had season tickets to Colts home games at Memorial Stadium for a lot of years - right up to the end. Back then a season ticket might run about $7-8. Anyhoo the location of the seats was about the 20 yard line at the open end side of the stadium on the Colts side. Awesome! When I hit about 8-9 I was attending the games! Awesome! Awesome!...
Have a photo old b/w taken at Goucher College during training camp sitting on the knee of #89 DE HOF Gino Marchetti...I guess I was 4-5?...
I used to marvel at the folks who tried to catch the extra points / field goals that were kicked into the open end temporary stands...most left the game in police custody or bloodied and battered...
We would park at the Waverly Shopping Center on Greenmount, grab a slice of pizza at the Pixie Carryout and then walk through the neighborhood to the game with hundreds of other folks...imagine that? (if you're from Bawlmer you know what I'm talking about)...
the folks who sat behind us had a son who attended the games who was blind and would listen to the game as described by Chuck Thompson - I still vividly recall his chant "Kill Bubba Kill!"...
John Mackey catches a crossing route at the 40 or 50 and proceeds to run for the goal - at about the 10-15 yard line NOT 1, NOT 2, but 3 Chicago Bears try to bring him down...he drags all 3 into the end zone with him - RIGHT in front of us .... Colts win 21-20...
Unitas lofts a pass for the closed end visitors side end zone to #28 Jimmy Orr - it's Orrsville!How many TDs did he catch in that same spot?...
Long before there was Jamal Lewis following J.O. - there was Lenny Moore bustin' tail behind the best tackle in NFL history - Jim Parker...
Who can forget Mike Curtis' open field tackle of the stupid fan who tried to run off with the football? Ouch!...
Stan White blindsides Joe Willy Namath on a blitz...he leaves - returns - I think the Colts lost that day...
the aerial assault Namath and Unitas hook up for a lot of passing yards and a lot of TDS...
Bert Jones connects for 17 straight completions against Shula's Miami Dolphins...
Unitas comes on for one play when Marty Domres goes down...he connects on a 60+ pass for a TD to Eddie Hinton...
Stormin' Norman Bulaich runs for 196 against the Jets on a rainy muddy day...
Don Nottingham "The Bowling Ball" who got so low...so low...so low...
Ray Berry...
Lenny Lyles, Bobby Boyd, Rick Volk, Preston Pearson, Dennis Gaubatz, Louuuuu Michaels, Art Donovan, Tom Matte, Ray May... The Stork...Ehrrmann...Braase...Big Daddy...Shinnick...Shula...
What about - Jim Plunkett...O J...Joe Willy...Willie Lanier...Colts lose in OT to the Raiders - Casper catches the winner...Joe Kapp...Jurgensen...Norm Snead....
there's just too much...too much...
Stankass out...
I got hooked on football when I was a real young'un thanks to my pa. My ma and pa had season tickets to Colts home games at Memorial Stadium for a lot of years - right up to the end. Back then a season ticket might run about $7-8. Anyhoo the location of the seats was about the 20 yard line at the open end side of the stadium on the Colts side. Awesome! When I hit about 8-9 I was attending the games! Awesome! Awesome!...
Have a photo old b/w taken at Goucher College during training camp sitting on the knee of #89 DE HOF Gino Marchetti...I guess I was 4-5?...
I used to marvel at the folks who tried to catch the extra points / field goals that were kicked into the open end temporary stands...most left the game in police custody or bloodied and battered...
We would park at the Waverly Shopping Center on Greenmount, grab a slice of pizza at the Pixie Carryout and then walk through the neighborhood to the game with hundreds of other folks...imagine that? (if you're from Bawlmer you know what I'm talking about)...
the folks who sat behind us had a son who attended the games who was blind and would listen to the game as described by Chuck Thompson - I still vividly recall his chant "Kill Bubba Kill!"...
John Mackey catches a crossing route at the 40 or 50 and proceeds to run for the goal - at about the 10-15 yard line NOT 1, NOT 2, but 3 Chicago Bears try to bring him down...he drags all 3 into the end zone with him - RIGHT in front of us .... Colts win 21-20...
Unitas lofts a pass for the closed end visitors side end zone to #28 Jimmy Orr - it's Orrsville!How many TDs did he catch in that same spot?...
Long before there was Jamal Lewis following J.O. - there was Lenny Moore bustin' tail behind the best tackle in NFL history - Jim Parker...
Who can forget Mike Curtis' open field tackle of the stupid fan who tried to run off with the football? Ouch!...
Stan White blindsides Joe Willy Namath on a blitz...he leaves - returns - I think the Colts lost that day...
the aerial assault Namath and Unitas hook up for a lot of passing yards and a lot of TDS...
Bert Jones connects for 17 straight completions against Shula's Miami Dolphins...
Unitas comes on for one play when Marty Domres goes down...he connects on a 60+ pass for a TD to Eddie Hinton...
Stormin' Norman Bulaich runs for 196 against the Jets on a rainy muddy day...
Don Nottingham "The Bowling Ball" who got so low...so low...so low...
Ray Berry...
Lenny Lyles, Bobby Boyd, Rick Volk, Preston Pearson, Dennis Gaubatz, Louuuuu Michaels, Art Donovan, Tom Matte, Ray May... The Stork...Ehrrmann...Braase...Big Daddy...Shinnick...Shula...
What about - Jim Plunkett...O J...Joe Willy...Willie Lanier...Colts lose in OT to the Raiders - Casper catches the winner...Joe Kapp...Jurgensen...Norm Snead....
there's just too much...too much...
Stankass out...
