BOTD George Blanda
#Bears (1949-1958)
#Oilers (1960-1966)
#Raiders (1967-1975)

George Blanda got a second football life in the AFL with the #Oilers
He led Houston to the first 2 championships in the new league.
The winning TD pass to Billy Cannon in the 1960 championship game.
#Oilers

George Blanda
#Raiders

Happy Birthday @larams47
LeRoy takes a punt back 75 yards for a touchdown vs the Falcons, but he wasn’t done yet….

He took another punt back 84 yards for a touchdown, he finished with 204 return yards one short of the record.
#Rams

LeRoy Irvin
#Rams

BOTD Merlin Olsen
Merlin at his last game in L.A.
#Rams

Merlin Olsen All-Pro
#Rams

Merlin Olsen
#Rams

Happy Birthday @DanMarino
#FakeSpike
#Dolphins

Dan leads the #Dolphins down the field for the winning touchdown vs the #Browns  week 1, 1992.
#Dolphins

Dan to @MarkDuper
#Dolphins

BOTD L.C. Greenwood
L.C. was a key member of the #SteelCurtain
#Steelers

The man with the golden shoes
#Steelers

#Steelers

Happy 76th Lem Barney
Less than 10:00 into his first game, Lem picks off Bart Starr and scores a TD
#Lions

Lem Barney pick 6
#Lions

Lem Barney pick 6
#Lions

Happy 70th Bert Jones
#Colts #Dolphins 1975
“As the fog rolled in off the Chesapeake bay, the figures on the field took on the guise of ghostly apparitions, and Bert Jones needed 96 yards to realize his impossible dream” John Facenda
10-7 #Colts win division
🎥: @BackAftaThis

Bert Jones
@Orioles
#Colts

Bert at the Pro Bowl
#Colts

#1976BuccaneersThread
Tampa was awarded a franchise in April 1974.
#Buccaneers spend 250000 on the equipment room alone

John McKay left USC to coach the #Buccaneers
“It bothers me we have been picked as the worst team in 🏈…..2nd worst team? I could stand it, but not the worst” - John McKay

John McKay

#1991WashingtonThread
#WashingtonFootball finished 14-2

Washington won Super Bowl XXVI

Week 1 vs the #Lions
@mark_rypien 15-19-183-2
@EByner 1-2-18-1 16-83-1 2-25
@GaryClarkInc 6-107-1
@GeraldRiggs 11-26-1
Brian Mitchell 69 yard punt return touchdown
45-0 #WashingtonFootball

#1990GiantsThread
The #Giants finished 13-3 and won the Super Bowl

True Blue the 1990 #Giants

Training camp.
Simms and @CarlBanksGIII talk about the keys to the upcoming season

#HappyBirthdayTerryBradshaw
Bradshaw was the #1 pick in 1970.
Things weren’t easy at the start, but by 1978 he was in his prime.
On and off the field.
“Hey Burt, if you’re watching, talk to my agent about my next movie, make it a western”- Terry Bradshaw
#Steelers

Terry singing with @PlainJayneKO
Bradshaw was very good at “playing Swann and Stallworth against each other” 😉
#HappyBirthdayTerryBradshaw
#Steelers

Terry Bradshaw
Super Bowl XIV
#Steelers

Happy Birthday to one of the greatest RB’s to have ever played the game of 🏈
@BarrySanders
#Lions

Elusive doesn’t begin to tell you what this guy could do
#Lions

Barry

BOTD Alex Karras
#Lions

Karras recovers a fumble
#Lions

Alex Karras chases Brodie down like a bounty hunter
#Lions

Super Bowl XIV
3rd and 8 for the #Steelers
70 prevent slot hook and go is the play call.
Bradshaw hits birthday boy John Stallworth for a 73 yard touchdown.
#HappyBirthdayJohnStallworth

Bradshaw hits Stallworth with a 💣 again setting up a @francoharrishof touchdown.
#Steelers would win their 4th Super Bowl 31-19.
#HappyBirthdayJohn

60 prevent 😬

Happy Birthday 89th Rosey Grier
Rosey has lived an incredible life, playing with the #Giants and #Rams
He was a great player, and an even better human.
After he got injured in ‘68 he travelled with Robert Kennedy.
#HappyBirthdayRosey

Rosey was at the Ambassador hotel when Kennedy was shot.
He tackled Sirhan Sirhan, preventing any further injury.
That night stuck with Rosey for a long time
#Rams
#Giants

Happy Birthday Rosey Grier
#Rams
#Giants

Happy Birthday Danny Abramowicz
Danny went head first into the 🎥 on the sidelines, ripping a hole in his helmet.
#Saints

😣
#Saints

Week 7 vs the #Steelers
Whitsell has 2 INT’s.
Danny Abramowicz catches 12 passes for 156 yards
#Saints
14-10 #HereWeGo
#HappyBirthdayDanny

BOTD Jack Kemp
Jack was tough as nails, and “had a strong a arm as I have ever seen” - Marty Schottenheimer
#Bills

After losing in ‘63 Jack told coach Saban that they were going to win the next season, and have their moment in the sun
#Bills

The Tackle Heard Round The World.
The #Bills won the ‘64 AFL title

Happy 85th Birthday Frank Ryan.
Frank threw 3 touchdowns to Gary Collins in the 1964 NFL Championship. He makes a great play on the first one, completing the pass with Miller grabbing his jersey.
#Browns

Ryan to Collins 42 yard touchdown
1964 NFL Championship
#Browns

Frank Ryan
#Browns

#1950BrownsThread
The #Browns play their first season as members of the #NFL and they win the championship.
September 16, 1950 the first game for the #Browns in the #NFL vs the #Eagles
35-10 #Browns

The #Browns play their first home game as members of the #NFL on October 1, 1950 vs the #Giants
Eddie Price scores the only touchdown of the game

#Browns are shutout for the first time and suffer their first loss 6-0 to the #Giants

Happy Birthday @histepper33
Roger had one of the best runs you will see vs the Rams
#49ers

Happy Birthday Roger
#49ers

Catfish
#49ers

Happy Birthday Jack Lambert.
Jack changed the momentum of Super Bowl X when he threw Cliff Harris on his ass after he taunted Gerela after a missed FG.
#Steelers
#JackLambertThread

“The Pittsburgh #Steelers aren’t supposed to be intimidated, we’re supposed to be intimidators” - Jack Lambert postgame Super Bowl X
#Steelers

💥
#Steelers