Sammy Baugh: Rare Color Highlights Part I

[Tullarmy67]

At 2:45, why are they playing Notre Dame's fight song? Baugh went to TCU. I guess its cause Notre Dame has the coolest fight song ever.

[deeniemarie7]

All over this film you hear the name of one of football's forgotten greats ,Wilbur Moore.

This guy did everything for the Redskins,ran,caught,returns,in­tercepted,etc. But like so many great players from this time he's hardly a footnote today. Sadly he was shot dead by his wife in 1965,but the fact remains he was one great player in his time.

[Grealeight]

You never see the Statue of Liberty play anymore.

[prplhze2000]

@Grealeight tell that to Oklahoma.

[bjdon99]

Too funny, one team's QB punted to the other team's QB who ran the kick back. 

[tomitstube]

@bjdon99 ~ absolutely right, baugh to luckman. it's hilarious, follow along at 2:58 "baugh punts to luckman... now watch sam (baugh) in the upper left hand corner... baugh makes the tackle... his head hits the hard earth and he's out!"

[lordvoldemort578]

Dude was mad Racist.

[44032]

@lordvoldemort578 Ironic that Marhsall owned a team he called the "Redskins" but wouldn't allow blacks on the team. Also that they are in this film called "the most colorful team in pro football". Both the Braves and Redskins started out in Boston and were originally named for the Boston Tea Party. The Cleveland Indians are named for Lou Soxalexis, the first native American major leaguer

[lordvoldemort578]

@44032 REALLY?

[44032]

@lordvoldemort578 Yes, really

[lordvoldemort578]

@44032 were most football players racist bac then?

[44032]

@lordvoldemort578 No idea. I haven't heard of any polls being taken or interviews, protests, etc. I assume their views cut across the spectrum.

[lordvoldemort578]

@44032 its confusing because we love it today, but it couldve been made by racist people I dunno.

[Nick83Fairfax]

What a great country this once was

[aalton]

The reason you don't see this on the NFL network is because they're afraid that saying the name "REDSKINS" will offend too many people. Let's all say a prayer for thick skin cause there's plenty more than that to get offended over and we turn a BIG blind eye to it every day.

[Nick83Fairfax]

@aalton ALSO, the League was all white then, so this is an era that the modern NFL would like to airbrush from history

[cyberspore00]

Did you notice (at about 4:00) that the one of the corners of the end zones is cut off by the stadium seats.

[MrStrictlyStock]

@xzach188x The Monsters of the Midway sure handed out a shellacking then, didn't they?

[MrStrictlyStock]

The announcer - Harry Wismer - was he the same one who was the owner of the New York Titans (later Jets) when the AFL was founded in 1961?

Anybody notice about the 3rd game that one QB punted to the other (Baugh to Luckman)?

[punk3r7]

hes like manning + michael vick :)

[0621mike]

@punk3r7 NO! He's like Manning + Shane Lechler < Punter + Ronnie Lott :) Led the league (in the same season) In passing, Punting, and Interceptions. Truly the greatest ball player of all time.

[punk3r7]

@0621mike true...

[XTetsuoKanedaX]

@omega000studios Yeah, They had high def camera's in the 40's

[mbphofan]

i thought i was the only person in the world with the lastname baugh lol

[clayto1332]

Dude, did you have to start off your video like that? I had my volume all the way up

[donnpatc]

Anybody who thinks QBs today can throw the football should watch this. The ball wasn't made for passing back then. But you couldn't tell that by Sammy Baugh.

[devonsucks]

i love the packers, thanks so much for this footage, made my day!`

[Doleafol]

Does anybody know what constituted being ruled down back then? In the footage, players are clearly tackled and down (by today's standards); but, they get up and start to run again (only to get tackled once more). Bizarre. Did they have to be pinned down in order to be officially tackled and for the play to be over?

[selloutasaurus]

My dad was fortunate enough to see the great Sammy Baugh play live in Washington in the 1940s. He was already famous at TCU before going to the Redskins. Baugh was an amazingly versatile & talented player! Outstanding footage! Outrageous that the NFL showed no interest. That's part of what's wrong with the game today: not enough respect for its history.

[arcoarena1]

Excellent stuff!

[Ike2RulZ4]

It is interesting to see how the runner was not down until his forward motion was stopped, not when his knee was down as best shown by Wilbur Moore from 5:28-5:48. I believe the NFL changed this around 1955.

[ernesttubb]

Wow, great footage! Thanks for posting. So cool to see what the games really looked like back then, instead of black and white.

[Jikk]

And that play at 5:00, pure genius.

[wwecruz]

@Jikk Just a simple flash screen...

[ozoid455]

funny how idiots like CRIS COLLINSWORTH state the NFL never had mobile quarterbacks until DONAVAN MCNABB?almost every qb since the legalization of the foward pass was a mobile quarterback! as you can see they had role outs and the "shot gun" and ran out of it in the "single wing" better known now as the "wildcat"! nuthings changed but the size and speed of players which gets scarier and scarier!

[Rasdrizzy]

Collinsworth is a fuckin idiot.Its a insult he replaced Madden in the booth.

[StraightOuttaDC]

@Rasdrizzy

And on the god damned game...

[Rasdrizzy]

@StraightOuttaDC I mute the commentary lol.

[Xobesasma]

donavan mcnabb sucks fuckin dick

[Bladenit09]

He does now. He didn't in his earlier years.

[Xobesasma]

kinda

[airplouffe86]

5:54 wow!

[FrsBigeasy]

Sammy Baugh the Greatest Player in NFL History.

[legofsh819]

@FrsBigeasy agreed... my name is sammy

[hollywoodcomedian111]

didnt he also play safety on defense?

[Jikk]

Yes he did. He had 31 interceptions playing at safety in 6 years. He also punted, and has a 45.1 average. He broke 13 records combined at all three positions, quite a few of them are still around.

He's damn good.

[gntluvr]

@hollywoodcomedian111 yep and he punted, when he retired he had the highest punting average, he led the league in interceptions twice and revolutionized the passing game, yep sammie baugh= greatest of all time

[hollywoodcomedian111]

@gntluvr did you get all that from the video "SAMMY BAUGH" ? jw

[legofsh819]

@hollywoodcomedian111 yep

[slydawg221]

this is so cool, i saved it to my favorites! i just wish i could find some footage of sammy baugh when he won that national champinship game with the tcu horned frogs.

[dcbandnerd]

Probably the greatest football player ever. He excelled in three different positions. Who else in NFL history can say that (with exception to maybe Jim Thorpe)?

[2Moleek]

deion sanders

[meast21rip]

it looks like baugh invented the shotgun not tom landry

[TopGear99]

Pop Warner actually invented the shotgun when he introduced the Single Wing offense.

[noladol]

5:53 was awesome

[dcbandnerd]

0:36 Nice to know some things never change. :-)

[nbahistorian23]

Is that the shotgun i see Baugh using? It sure does look like it.

[battenwood]

They called it short punt but, yeah, it's about the same thing.

The 49ers and Red Hickey were the first I ever heard use the term "shotgun" in 1960. Biily Kilmer and Bobby Waters were the QB's. That enabled SF to trade YA Tittle to the NY Giants.

[Chubzdoomer]

This footage blew my mind! Color footage . . of Sammy Baugh!!?? I didn't even realize it existed. Thanks for uploading.  5 stars!

[amd77j]

This footage blew my mind as well. Now, why can't the NFL Network highlight historical footage like this? Oh, that's right, can't sell T-shirts from this. My bad. BTW, Baugh had the single greatest season of any player in NFL history.

[CineGraphic]

@amd77j

When I first discovered this one of a kind reel, I DID call the NFL and nobody in the archives wanted to even speak with me.

I also called the Redskins, the team archivist admitted that they had no color footage, but again, nobody showed any interest.

[amd77j]

I'm not surprised. Glad you posted it here. This is simply awesome.

[sven10077]

@CineGraphic It's really sad too, the first season of NFL Network when it was part of NFL Sunday Ticket's second season they did use a lot of historical footage.

If you can't have loudmouth guys like Mark madden running their piehole they don't want it.

[AllPro777]

@amd77j

Yeah, the NFL Network is a joke.

[MDSJR67]

Harry Wismer was a horrible owner of the New Yprk Titans(Now Jets). The team was so broke that the players had to rush to the bank to cash their checks before they bounced.

[TheMicka2008]

I had no ideal this footage existed! Thank u for posting.

I'm a chicago bears fan, sorry mr. baugh. This is my first look ever at hugh gallarneau who I've read about since I was a kid. Also nice seeing bill osmanski in action besides that famous 68 yard TD run in the 1940 73-0 massacre!

[lemonite1]

Wow! I don't care what era this is, Sammy Baugh had an arm!

[iBall5]

It was an era where the ball was significantly bigger than it is now and Sammy was still slinging it around

[nbahistorian23]

Well if that's true then just imagine what Baugh can do in this era with today's kind of football.

[conewells]

the 1945 title game IS available. You have to know where to find it, tho. Strangest title game ever played. And the 2nd coldest.

[andrewr62]

@conewells Was the Rams first NFL title and the beginning for the Bob Waterfield legend.

[mizpulpmizpulp]

THIS IS AWESOME THANKS!

[furies69]

the narrator Harry Wismer was the first owner of the New York Titans later known as the New York Jets.

[dentuttle]

Footage from the 45 NFL Championship is amazing because of the horrid conditions in Clevelan. Ominously missing: Baughs pass from the endzone that nicked the goal post, becoming a safety, and costing them the title. We not only see Baughs punting form, which is rare on these reels, but its a huge play in the 43 title game where Luckman accidentally kneed Baugh in the head, knocking him out of the game. Theres a fampus pix of Baugh on the sidelines, woozy from the play.

[vitameat]

I agree.....prior to the infamous 1967 "Ice Bowl" in Green Bay, the '45 game was likely the standard for horrible conditions in the NFL. Only 29-30 thousand showed up, in what would be the Rams' FINAL game as the Cleveland Rams.......win the NFL title at HOME, then relocate to LA in time for the 1946 season.

[conewells]

I plan on buying the 45 title game, so I hope Baugh's bizarre pass is included. Wich I coulda been at that game, with that icy cold and strange point after. This was the original ICE BOWL .

[iktlwmaw]

Awesome!!!!

[diginando]

Wow!! Great footage. This is the reason YouTube excists; to show this amazing archival footage to a whole new generation.

Thanks for the great work.