Does anyone here remember Roman Gabriel?

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Growing up in the 60's, CBS had an East Coast game, then a West Cost game. The Rams got a lot of the WC broadcast mindshare. For good reason. Gabriel was the first quintessential QB. Tall, tough, and what an arm. He was my first QB that made want to read the NFL results the next day. Loved watching the late 60's Rams. And they had the Fearsome Foursome...

[rurallib]

1. played in LA with that movie star type of name

and if I recall had movie star looks. Won a super bowl didn't he?

[calguy]

12. He was one of the first players I remember following.

He did not win a Super Bowl though. They didn't have Super Bowls when he played.

[BootinUp]

2. Of course!! I also remember

Hacksaw Reynolds
Fred Dryer
Merlin Olsen
Big black defensive end's name escapes me.. darn it.

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4. Rosavelt Grier?

He anchored the D....then became a State Supreme Court Justice in CA, I think.

[BootinUp]

7. Yesssss. He was awesome.

I had a nice card collection of almost the whole team like early seventies. I was on the east coast for many years and never heard he became a judge/justice.

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13. Deacon Jones.

He was the awesome baller.
Jones Grier, Olson, and Lamar Lundy.....Lundy was a quiet dude, given his cohorts.

Dick Butkus called them "the most dominant line in football history."[1

[BootinUp]

16. you did that on purpose, lol.

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22. It was Jones, wasn't it?

You made me realize I made a mistake on that point!

[BootinUp]

25. Deacon Jones was the defensive end and my memory is piss poor

since I couldn't remember that.

I was picturing Rosie, he's hard to forget.

[Tomconroy]

26. Roosevelt Grier helped wrestle the gun away from Sirhan Sirhan.

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27. Thanks...for correcting his name and adding that weird datapoint in my reality.

[Walleye]

3. Remember him well, moved to LA in 1970, used to watch the Rams a lot

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6. I'm thinking it was 63-68....

At least that is what I remember waching at Gramps and Grandma's....

[FalloutShelter]

5. I have his autograph on the same card as

Harold Carmichael. I was about fifteen and at the Old Vet with my dad as the Eagles practiced.

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8. Cool story!

I went with my Dad to a Boston Patriots game at Harvard Stadium. Saw Joe Kapp suck and get bombarded with snowballs by Pats fans after he turned and gave them the Double Flying Eagle. Pete Sellars was a great receiver, IMHO.

[FalloutShelter]

10. Hahah sounds like something Eagles

Fans would do.

[dem4decades]

9. I'm so old I remember the AFL games coming on after NFL games.

[blm]

11. Nah. Otto Graham was the first.

Fight me.

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15. You have pissed me off.

[luvs2sing]

14. He was my first favorite player..

back in the early 60s. Great player and, yes, movie star looks.

Roosevelt Grier, unbeknownst to many, was really into needlepoint. In fact, I got started doing needlepoint because my father found his needlepoint book at the library. I probably never would have been interested in that “girly stuff” if not for that book.

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17. That dude deserves his own bi-opic.

[luvs2sing]

20. Yeah..but it wouldn't have a happy ending.

He’s a Trumper.

[CanyaDigIt]

18. Was in "The Undefeated"

with Rock Hudson and John Wayne.

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21. Awesome Post!

Did not know. Roman had great looks, the wig is cool, too!

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19. They dominated during the seasons, but never went to a SB....

[El Supremo]

23. Do you remember Norm Van Brocklin?

I do.

[OAITW r.2.0]

24. Honestly, I don't.

I was 10 when I started paying attention to NFL football. Sunday afternoons had CBS late games on. LA Rams got a lot of playtime on the East Coast.

[rsdsharp]

28. I don't remember him playing. I remember him as the first coach

of the Vikings in 1961, and then to the Falcons in 1968. Great QB, with a volcanic temper, but a lousy coach.

He was the only quarterback to beat a Lombardi team in a playoff game — 1960 NFL championship, Packers v. Eagles.

[gladium et scutum]

29. aka "the Dutchman"