Top Ten Most Feared Tacklers #2 Night Train Lane

[THEGREATMIAH777]

My HS freshman coach played in Superbowl 3 and he nicknamed me Night Train bcuz I ran people over playing FB and now after all these years I find out who the real Night Train is lol i thinks its a honor

[Moorelm1]

isn't it crazy to think that an acceptable corner's # is 81

[ultimateman45]

You know you're a boss when they have to make rules so you don't eventually kill somebody

[ElusiveNate]

"Rugged defense has been the trademark of Detroit Lion teams." Wow, this was a really long time ago.

[LatinoShinobi]

Back when you could die playing football lol

[crucialconflict02]

back when football was football

[brohan914]

unlike corners today, night train actually HIT people

[ultimateman45]

@brohan914 You obviously never heard of Sean Taylor

[brohan914]

@ultimateman45 sean taylor died 5 years ago, thats not today. will all respects to him and his talent, he wasn't in the same league as night train, not many are.

[105ziggy]

If i was a Tight End and then the Qb called slants I'd say go fuck yourself

[SupermanHopkins]

Can any Lions fan help me understand something? Night Train is an all-time great, so why isn't his number retired?

[blackmanta07]

ANY OF YOU FUCKIN RACISTS HERE IN THIS YOU TUBE THAT DONT LIKE THE "NIGHT TRAIN" IS A BUNCH OF PUSSY ASS MOTHERFUCKERS YOU SAY ALOT OF SHIT ABOUT THESE OUTSTANDING BLACK FOOTBALL PLAYERS .......BUT IF YOU PLAYED AGANIST THEM: YOU LAZY REDNECK ASSES COULDN'T OUTRUN THEM OR COULDN'T TAKE A VERY VERY HARD HIT FROM THEM!!.........PERIOD!!!!

[TheWashington48]

And i thought Lawrence Taylor killed people geez

[QBDogKiller]

When your nickname is "train" and you make the "most feared tacklers list" as a DB, you know you're a fucking beast.

[OriginalFakeHI]

Bring back head tackles

[Vibrantvibeman]

@OriginalFakeHI That's stupid.

[Rawk4Life]

Dick "Night Train" Lane might be the main reason why most QB's throughout the last 50 years prefer to slide on the turf or run out of bounds before getting hit by a defender.

[Rawk4Life]

Back before head tackles were illegal.

[tng150]

Oh my god.....imagine if he played in today's game.

[yancypelter]

Lane always went for the head.."The Night Train Necktie" ...of course this is not legal today...

[beatlejim64]

Night Train was the best to ever play the position...tough SOB...

[TheWholeSystemisFckd]

Dont agree with him being rated higher than L.T, jack tatum, or ronnie lott.

[bio2020]

Dirty player. Overrated

[immBETTRthanu90]

Some one hang that nigger

[SuperGruff83]

@immBETTRthanu90 I'd like to see you try you white pussy!!! If L.T was in your face you wouldn't say shit faggot!!! you would need that whole lil white trash army you run around the woulds with to even try! Why do sissies like you pop shit???? You wouldn't bust a grape in a fruit fight!!

[gkinnen]

@immBETTRthanu90 go fuck yourself you racist bastard.

[kpcpcpc]

@gkinnen go fall off your soap box douche. you're apparently white wtf do you care about a racist comment toward a group you don't belong to. think they can't speak for themselves or do you feel more enlightened being righteous. oh btw if a black person says something racist no other black person would give a shit,. little lesson of life kid

[gkinnen]

@kpcpcpc wow you clearly just wanna start shit. your pathetic. get a life

[kpcpcpc]

@gkinnen wow good come back . Ill let you get back to feeling so elevated. white guilt faggot

[TKKskynyrd]

@skywalker71903 ok i would like to see you play halfback in the nfl for 30 seconds and lets see how your mind changes

[nagone11]

Some real savage shit right there!

[sexybeast507]

I wish I had a time machine

[zaggaona]

THANK GOD FOR THE FACEMASK CALL!! THIS SHIT IS AWFULL ITS A NOT SKILL TO TACKLE GRABBING THE FACEMASK!!! THATS LIKE THINKING YOUR STRONGER THAN A HORSE FOR PULLING THE REINS

[dareordo]

chooo choooooooo!!!

[thamutebutton]

holy shit, those first two highlights are insane

[hintakaari1]

my grandpha feared him

[beatlejim64]

Deion couldn't carry Night Train's jock...

[beatlejim64]

Best DB of all time...he'd kick ass today...

[jaycash12345]

Played 5 seasons and caused enough damage to be ranked number 2 LT eat your heart out but I'd rather be hit by Night train than take a hit by Dick Butkus

[YogiBear13]

Even Deion with all his ego knew he wasn't better than this man.

[mac4life2]

I wouldn't board the train he was riding before gamenight. lol

[samisawsome77]

pass it to me im open! wait oh oh no! F**** Dont pass it its night train nightrain: Nightran to the rescue!

[leehan92]

back when pads were made from cardboard...

[rats521]

and he was undrafted...

[overby1796]

Always thought there should be a movie about him. After four years in the Army and then working at an airport factory, he just showed up looking for a job at Rams training camp. He tried out as a receiver, but since they had two Hall of Famers in front of him, the coach tried him out at cornerback, where he recorded 14 interceptions in a single season (still a record, I think). Ended his 13-year career with 68 interceptions and tackled like a monster...That's def. Hollywood material.

[cristianoaq10]

haha he was only deadly cus they had no protection. plus dick butkus is better

[eltonlaborde]

when i clicked play and saw his first two highlights,the first thing that came to my mine was"DAMN"!!

[thebeastmode4850]

@eltonlaborde ikr he can really hit. it's like your being run over by a freight train when you go up against him

[MrNatureboy666]

beast 

[Baltimoreboy22]

JESUS CHRIST @ 0:14

[DBZFEEND]

He was so much ahead of his time. Such a smart and fearsome player 

[Zygomic]

Actually guys, Hitler killed himself, So no one wins.

[lbj6mj23]

holy shit

[SeanP7195]

And we will be waiting for you. Fully armed, unlike you.

[SeanP7195]

You wish you were 6'4 240lbs of muscle and could run like a deer and tolerate pain that normal men could never. Instead you are a pasty, pale, Danish twig who gets pushed around at your local train station. Europeans are wimpy, always have been. Now you are being overrun with Muslims who spit on you in your own nation, and you get sent to prisons for complaining about it. 2 millions Europeans expat to the US every year. Why is that?

[TheJordan4321]

they only person i have ever seen to hit someone so hard that they fell down to... and he was a ball hawk so it's a double whammy

[nuglife44]

him and hardy should be 1 and 2

he made the rules change single handed

[nuglife44]

him and hardy should be 1 and 2

[apossumhodown]

those 2 dislikes are darrel revis and deon sanders. they be jelly.

[SOADownsnubs]

@reggiewhite01 Shut up, FAG.

[geko6]

Is it just me or does anybody else think Ernie Accorsi dyes his hair?

[iaznxlouie]

your nasty when you have rules changed that personified today's game

[MultiMoneyboy1]

Go Night Train

[skywalker71903]

NIGHTTRAIN PLAYED REAL FOOTBALL. NFL TODAY IS A JOKE. ITS LIKE FLAG FOOTBALL. 2 HAND TOUCH LEAGUE.

[0cguitarfreak]

@skywalker71903 No... trying to make sure players arn't damaged for life isn't a joke... the league is taking the right prcautions to prevent their players from getting long term effects amd if you cant understand that you are a selfish individual

[skywalker71903]

@0cguitarfreak Go back to your cub scouts kid. Players like Night Train know the risk. Today its all about money and politics.Roger Goodell only cares about money anyway. Thats why he wants 18 games. Not only that he protects some QBs over others. Players can't touch Brady without flag and fine. But then you see QBs like Roethlisberger and McNabb get hit late and never a flag for those 2. You're confused kid. Goodell is a scumbag

[0cguitarfreak]

@skywalker71903 I never said i like Goodell... I said this isn't quality football and if you think that ripping someone's headoff or crowning someone is then you are a downright fool.

[MsFootstool]

@0cguitarfreak What is 'quality football?'. It is about blocking and tackling, and Night Train Lane played at a time when 'real men' weren't sitting around like yourself making sissy-like comments about 'atking precautions, so no one gets huuurt!'. I am sorry, but the NFL today is as watered down a product as there is. It is two-handed touch, and if sissies like yourself cannot see that, then go home with your mother and bake some cookies.

[0cguitarfreak]

@MsFootstool You really dont get it do you? Players get bigger faster stronger and the only thing that remains constant is the thing protecting your brain. Its the same reason that cars have to pass crash tests. If you want someone to die so you can watch your REAL FOOTBALL then you are a sick person. By the way i played defence and i managed to stop people without raming my head into theirs perfectly

[crx122]

@0cguitarfreak Isn't it amazing how ignorant and stupid people are? All the people calling the NFL pussies have never played football, and would be crying after one hit. They think facemasking which can break your neck, closelines, cheap shots to the knees etc. are "real football." They don't see what happened to those guys who played in that era, and how important player safety is. Those people are your classic internet tough guys compensating for what they lack in real life. Kudos to you.

[zaggaona]

@crx122 THATS WHAT THE FUCK IM TALKING ABOUT !!! THIS ISNT THE COLOSSEUM OF ROME. WE WANT TO SEE OUR FAVORITE PLAYERS SHOWCASE THEIR SKILLS AND HELP OUR FAVORITE TEAMS WIN. NOT TO SEE THEM GETTING DECAPATATED FROM A BULLSHIT FAKE ASS TACKLE OF A FACEMASK!!!

[crx122]

@zaggaona Most of the people calling the NFL a pussy league are the ones compensating for what they lack in real life. These are the weak., frail kids who get picked on, and are struggling to be popular. They've never played Football, and don't understand the mechanics behind a real hit. No respectable coach would ever teach you to tackle by leading with your helmet, or by going for the facemask. Those kids are just morons who don't know anything about player safety and why the rules exist.

[TheGreaterPhoenix]

@crx122 ^ This right here. :)

[seanman70]

@zaggaona first off yo and that other dude needs to seriously calm the fuck down and stop talkin shit. thats how the NFL was if its not legal its fair and if it gets the job done then what fucking point are you and crn dude tryna make. Lane didnt always closeline someone he tackled just as much as he necktied. is it his fault for playing the way he wanted to play yes does he give a fuck hell no

[Vibrantvibeman]

@crx122 Well it's not the players it's the refs and those bs roughing the passer calls. Some of them are clean hits but roughing the passer is still called. The nfl is "enforcing" it a bit harsh.

[Hitoshiriyama]

@Vibrantvibeman You Watched The Texans Match Last Night Didn't You XD

[Vibrantvibeman]

@Hitoshiriyama Didn't actually cause i don't got the channel lol but i've seen multiple occasions where the quarterback just gets the ball out of his hands and gets tackled while the ball leaves his hand and the ref throws a flag.

[Hitoshiriyama]

@Vibrantvibeman Well I Will Tell You Now, Over HALF Of Those Calls From That Game WERE BS.... I Mean A Guy That's roughly 6'5 Getting as low as possible for a tackle, the other dude is like 6 inches shorter brings his head and shoulder down and they call it Helmet To Helmet!

[Vibrantvibeman]

@Hitoshiriyama Yeah and that's stupid too if the defender is going in for a clean hit and the guy lowers his helmet into the defenders why should the defender get a penalty it's ridiculous these calls.

[gb6710]

@crx122 What astounds me is that if player safety is so important, why doesn't the NFL provide its players with the best equipment. For instance, there are at least two helmets that have been proven to reduce concussions, but NFL doesn't force or allow the players to use them. What I don't like is the NFL administrations hypocrisy. The players are just as tough as they were back in the glory days.

[Devi1lneverdies69]

@skywalker71903 Some one needs a happy meal !

[Devi1lneverdies69]

@skywalker71903 Some one needs a happy meal !

[avalsonline2]

@kilox10001 as opposed to what? gently setting you down on the ground and kissing you on the forehead? this is football. you are supposed to play hard.

[avalsonline2]

@kilox10001 popped, not pepped

[avalsonline2]

@kilox10001 are you blind? he pepped quite a few of them too. and he could do a " regular" grab and drop tackle as well. plus he played great coverage. the man was a great player.

[bms201]

just saying hes fucking sick but he manly just would slam into people and closeline them

[gullreefclub]

@kilox10001 Things to remember about the history of football is that their were players not wearing a helmet as late as 1940 and it was not until 1955 did the league recommend that a face mask be worn but not required. The last year that a line man did not wear a face mask was 1964 and it was not until the 1972 season did all players in the NFL wear a helmet with a face masks. It was not until the 1970's did football become a much more gentrified game & that was until the middle to late 70's

[gullreefclub]

@kilox10001 I not sure who taught you how to play football when you tackle somebody you what then to stay tackled and remember who tackled them because next time he just might drop that ball when he hears you coming.

[StaticShockENT]

Most of his hits are by facemask thats gay

[gullreefclub]

@StaticShockENT Back when the night train played face masks were first being used and it was legal to clothesline tackle and facemask. Thats not gay that being smart and playing hard. Football helmets were made out of leather and only had slightly more padding than what is called a wrestling helmet today. I have seen a womens blouse have bigger shoulder pad than what a lineman wore. Until the late 1970 football was much different game than the one played today.

[fleetos2922]

@StaticShockENT maybe because it was legal

[LosAngelesIzTheBest]

I think it's biased that you didn't put Jack Tatum or Night Train Lane as #1.

[gullreefclub]

@LosAngelesIzTheBest I know some players who played against Butkus and they said the man animal. They said that receivers and tight ends would wear different shoulder pads and would wear extra pads when playing the bears. Let face it the award for outstanding linebacker is not called the Night Train or Jack Tatum it named the Dick Butkus award.

[gullreefclub]

@LosAngelesIzTheBest I know some players who played against Butkus and they said the man animal. They said that receivers would wear extra pads when playing the bears. Let face it the award for outstanding linebacker is not called the Night Train or Jack Tatum it named the Dick Butkus award. Don't get me wrong I thing Jack Tatum and the Night Train were great players but they weren't near the complete player Butkus did not just punish players in the back field he punished everyone he hit

[LosAngelesIzTheBest]

@gullreefclub Tatum and Lane both punished like Butkus did. And Jack Tatum is a saftey and Dick Lane was a cornerback, both not linebackers.

[avalsonline2]

@gullreefclub its not called night train or jack tatum award because none of them were linebackers.

[dc7236]

@avalsonline2

ikr!!!! there are some real idiots on here

[donedeallz23]

he was a beast!!!!!

[disposeablehero757]

i dont even know what would happen if players today could do what was allowed back then

[SuperbSwine]

@disposeablehero757 they would be fine because their helmets and pads are better then they were back then

[TankMurdock]

now thats what i call football....the illegal hits these days? get the fuck outta here, if u cant take a hit like a real man in football then go play pansy ass soccer!

[fistofate]

Lane was #2. He went high... but didn't use his head like Tatum.

[XdoctorbutcherX]

this whole list is fucking bullshit. wheres the fuck is Chuck Cecil? he should be top 3 at murdering motherfuckers and changing rules. NFL/NFL films too lazy to dig out the highlights?

[ANCAK907]

Man...Tatum fanboys are annoying!

[M4rquez14]

@ANCAK907 tatum!! all day everyday...hows dat 4 you fukn pussy

[mariereneest]

real football died in the 80s...its way to pussified now

[fistofate]

Tatum

[jsmasterlubu3]

DAMN! That's gotta be number 1.

[mrtomdabomb40]

uneducated idiot? Coganboy grow up and stop hating on other peoples opinion. Sanders may not have been a great tackler but he definitely could cover the crap out of any receiver. Dick night train lane, and i'm not old enough to have seen him play, was a great cornerback from what i've seen, but everyone is entitled to their own opinions. don't bash people for speaking their mind.

[Coganboy]

@mrtomdabomb40 I think you misunderstood the context of my comment sir. I wasn't trying to be rude, I was using blunt language of guys who think they know the history of football ends with Deion Sanders. I just educated them.

[Coganboy]

Every time some uneducated idiot tells me that Deion Sanders was the greatest cornerback of all time, I just mock them and then show them this clip of Night Train.

So far, nobody who I've talked to left thinking Sanders was better than Night Train. LOL

[jcyr84]

@Coganboy but you DO have to admit, coverage wise, Deion was the best. But physically no. Coverage yes.

[Coganboy]

@jcyr84 Night Train had 14 picks in 12 games, so it is probably debatable. but I'd probably give the edge to Deion yes.

Night Train is the greatest though, because his coverage skills were able to rival Deion's at times, and he could tackle like a linebacker.

[XdoctorbutcherX]

@Coganboy he also was playing defensive end initially and was MOVED TO CORNERBACK. Neon-pussy-Deion-scared-to-tac­kle could have never done that. Night Train was a freak.

[Coganboy]

@XdoctorbutcherX I'm pretty sure he was a wide receiver for the Rams, and he switched because they already had Crazy Legs Hirsch and Tom Fears at receiver and both are in the Hall of Fame.

So, they decided to use him at DB and a legend was born. But, I can believe he played on the line once. He weighed 218!

[XdoctorbutcherX]

@Coganboy yeah that makes sense but i swear i heard/read a piece on him a while back where they said DE. im trying to remember where it was from

[ChargersLVII]

@Coganboy

Keep in mind that NFL O-tackles weighed like 240-250 back then. That's not that bad of a size difference, really. And in "Paper Lion", he said he weighed like 180-something when he played D-end :/

I don't think he was 218 until closer to the end of his career, because back then, that was practically the size of a linebacker lmao

[199019852007]

@Coganboy what about al harris

[Coganboy]

@199019852007 Didn't make the list probably because he is so injury prone. But he's a tough corner.

[swanni9]

He was great. Ronnie Lott was better. Lott was the Greatest safety ever. Lane couldn't play in todays game. He would be kicked out for dirty play. lol. His clotheslined people, that's not hard hitting. Lott REALLY HIT people.

[ratfinkdc]

dude is big(looks like earl campbell as a db), blowing people up...old school style. ouch!

[jgut51]

Night Train was better than Jack Tatum and Ronnie lott

[bonfire7437289459]

He was called "Night Train" because he would listen to the blues song "Night Train"

[emurami]

LMAO @ facemask and clotheslines

[LordAkaneon]

Welcome to real football, you pussy.

[TheMavenFrankeus]

Well in the NFL that I watch these things are now illegal. In the backyard wrestling you guys do it's probably a "perdy thang"

[SuperSonics4Life]

@LordAkaneon hell ya. soccor players couldent last a minute in a football walk through

[Qbmaster12]

@LordAkaneon 70's and before then was true football where only Men played

[ProkseHDGaming]

@LordAkaneon haha Real FootbalL yeah right.... Rugby is More vicious the Football"Soccer" in USA Was Inveted Before american Football so shut the fuck up dick

[35fallen35]

@ProkseHDGaming fuck off dickface, your punk ass couldnt last in either one so stfu

[ProkseHDGaming]

@35fallen35 o...k how do you know that

[SeanP7195]

@ProkseHDGaming He knows that cuz if you played either rather at collegiate or Pro level you would not be bad mouthing it as not real football. American Football has been shown over and over again to have to most injuries, hardest hits, and shortens lifespan of its professional players the most.

[SeanP7195]

@ProkseHDGaming  Also, because you are 18 and live in one of the wimpiest nations on Earth.

[ProkseHDGaming]

@SeanP7195 haha Wimpiest Hahahaha.... Just becaus ur From FaT America You Stupid Nation Better stfu before europa Destroys GUSA... Or FUSA ...

[SeanP7195]

@ProkseHDGaming And how is Europe gonna destroy the USA? Are they gonna chain smoke and speedo us to death? Are their feminine males gonna take our testicles in the middle of the night? Are you gonna have racial diversity and anti-death penatly rallies until we die from laughter? Are you gonna make us watch Denmarks greatest fighters till we choke on tears from embarrasment? Is that how?

[ProkseHDGaming]

@SeanP7195 And you know america has more Gay and Fuckn Europea has Better Militarry you are good becaus you have the Many People you know My half Country Norway has the best Special forcein the world ... the french and germans have good army We will beat you just wait Once Europe Will take down america :P

[ProkseHDGaming]

@SeanP7195 and how the hell are we wimpy ? Who The Hell Deafeated Hitler? Europe! Youre ass shoud tnx the brit before hitler woud take down America youre just a Douche who shall be Burnt :P

[SeanP7195]

@ProkseHDGaming  Umm no, actually Hitler had Europe defeated and on their knees.

[ProkseHDGaming]

@SeanP7195 learn ur Facts you twitwat He had Europe Under controll But who Won Againts him Still ? the brits .... the russians The brits are europeans You are fucking stupid typical americans =S

[ProkseHDGaming]

@SeanP7195 Hey Im back From Vacation I got a thing to Say 2 you ... you think ur so though... well Guess Who Lost to the poor Vietnamese... you lost the vietnam War you Napalmed Vietnamese people just to get The hell out of there .... .Fuckn pussy

[SeanP7195]

@ProkseHDGaming Wow, i'm almost 40 and I never knew the USA was owned by Vietname. What a shame. Vietnam, Korea, Afghanistan all did what we set out to do, and that was to collapse the Soviet Union. We won, they lost. Its all pretty simply actually.

[ProkseHDGaming]

@SeanP7195 oh and yeah If you cant find anything else to mock Than somebody nation... hahahahhahaha None Europeans Like you Dumb Americans cause all you do is thing about you're self ... Fuck Americans EUROPE! Brits Will Take you down 2

[SeanP7195]

@ProkseHDGaming Aren't you mocking somebodies nation? Brits are nobodies. They were something once, not anymore. Also, I understand English is your second language. But you really need to work on it. Can barely read your gibberish.

[SeanP7195]

@ProkseHDGaming Now the beating I've just given you is similar to the beating you would get if you played American Football. Shut up kid, clean up your act, you're not impressing anyone. Pay attention and you might just grow a set of balls and impress some strange looking Danish girl.

[ProkseHDGaming]

@SeanP7195 maybe you'll impress Some Fat american Girls ? There you just got owned and Ooh Yeah im sooo SCARED OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL OOH SO SCARED! rugby is 10000000000 More times Harder they got no Protection Gear U do Dont Think u are something whit that Gear Gameplay hahaahahahahaha you motherfucker CrackerBoy

[SeanP7195]

@ProkseHDGaming Did a Danish person just call me "cracker boy"? Ugh, you sound like a 10 year old.

[ProkseHDGaming]

@SeanP7195 Haha yeah i did you can read right!? OH and whos the one whos a 10 year old Starting Whit the hostility Ooho wimpiest nation on earth ooh ooh Yeah Denmark isnt wimpiest Fuckin America Thinking they are something stfu You Redneck american I didnt Come Here to be Hostile But when you call my HomeCountry Wimpy... theres not weirdly I react :P

[ProkseHDGaming]

@SeanP7195 No you didnt history Claims you Lost the Vietnam War the ammies who Fought the battle didnt even get honored... Vietnam was one big mistake For Usa You TickTurd

[SeanP7195]

@ProkseHDGaming Once again we hit our goals in Vietnam and they was to stop Communist agression. We have done that. The Soviets are involved in one war right now (Chechyna) and they are losing that one. We broke their backs financially. But you Euro queens who rely on our might don't know anything about that. Also, we can take over any of these nations if we just engaged in Imperialism. Like Okinawa and many other places for instance. We allow conquered nations to govern. We shouldn't

[lbj6mj23]

@LordAkaneon

who you responding to?lol you call this era football for pussies then what you call socker?sport for 10 year old pussies?:P

[iTzBrayden]

It was legal back then IDIOT...

[yana1music]

15 INT in 1 season wow..

[jdlund]

Well actually he had 14 in one season, but still it is really impressive.

[Tsugua21]

14 in a 12 game season

[glencoe428]

@Tsugua21 that is impressive

[LebronJamesfan360]

i'll say

[Coganboy]

Back then a lot of things weren't illegal. LOL