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Just a bit of trivia. Did you know that for most of the NFL's existence, it was a penalty to intentionally try to bat or strip the ball loose from the ball carrier? A fumble had to happen as a consequence of being tackled, it couldn't be intentionally forced by a defender. It took a long time for the NFL to accept forcing fumbles as a part of the game. The rule was changed in 2002.
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'The anniversary the NFL does not celebrate.'
My doctor is a Giants fan and he had never heard this story. That's Concrete Chuck Bednarik, last two-way player in the NFL. Chuck played
C & LB for the Eagles and in 1962, Bednarik close-lined Frank Gifford.
Here's where things get weird....There was a fatal heart attack in the stands of a patron. The person was brought down out of the stands on a stretcher
and was placed where it could be wheeled to an ambulance. So the cart was waiting for the ambulance, just outside the Giants players entrance. A sheet
pulled over his head. HALFTIME. The Giants walked past the stretcher bearers and the cart.
Giant players started whispering: OMG. Bednarik killed Gifford.
P.S. Gifford didn't play again for 18 months.
The notorious hit on the Giants’ Frank Gifford in 1960 provides insight for anyone involved in football’s current vigilance on concussions.
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Originally posted by ghost View Postbednarikgiffordsfolbwhebay.jpeg
'The anniversary the NFL does not celebrate.'
My doctor is a Giants fan and he had never heard this story. That's Concrete Chuck Bednarik, last two-way player in the NFL. Chuck played
C & LB for the Eagles and in 1962, Bednarik close-lined Frank Gifford.
Here's where things get weird....There was a fatal heart attack in the stands of a patron. The person was brought down out of the stands on a stretcher
and was placed where it could be wheeled to an ambulance. So the cart was waiting for the ambulance, just outside the Giants players entrance. A sheet
pulled over his head. HALFTIME. The Giants walked past the stretcher bearers and the cart.
Giant players started whispering: OMG. Bednarik killed Gifford.
P.S. Gifford didn't play again for 18 months.
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/s...1anderson.html
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Originally posted by Velo View PostJust a bit of trivia. Did you know that for most of the NFL's existence, it was a penalty to intentionally try to bat or strip the ball loose from the ball carrier? A fumble had to happen as a consequence of being tackled, it couldn't be intentionally forced by a defender. It took a long time for the NFL to accept forcing fumbles as a part of the game. The rule was changed in 2002.
:2cents:Chiefs won the Superbowl with 10 Rookies....
"Locked, Cocked, and ready to Rock!" Jim Harbaugh
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Originally posted by WindsorUK View PostNow that Cleveland has signed Clowney for $10 million, anyone want to guess what Melvin Ingram gets?
Our DL depth is awful. He would be an upgrade over anyone we have.
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