New York Giants vs. Green Bay Packers 1961 NFL Championship

Pre Game introductions for the 1961 NFL Championship Game.

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[azbaldy5]

no you don't, today you hear " on leave from prison" !

[realgoodscoobysnacks]

On leave from the US army. you don't hear that anymore during team introductions

[huskyjerk]

@UncleMikeNJ  No. Lindsey Nelson.

[careal]

NY Giants vs Packers for next weeks playoff game. Some things never change!

[44032]

The entire game was on U-Tube at one time. I kept the link but it has been "removed by the user". I wonder why. U-Tube is such a mystery sometimes. This was the first NFL championship game I ever watched live.

[UncleMikeNJ]

Curt Gowdy announcing?

[GeorgeVreelandHill]

Love it.

Real football with players who hit, got hit and did not cry about it.

George Vreeland Hill

[freddakiko]

@Varangian1915 no, they spoke french. you must understand them because you're a ghost.

[Varangian1915]

People had helmets and spoke english back then?

[9162vb48]

And not one player even *near* 300 pounds!

Back then there was only one 30 pounder -- Gene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb. (And only *slightly* over 300 pounds).

He was also a rarity in that he didn't go to college.

Now, today, what's the key word? EXCESS! Win at all costs. Abuse your body at all costs. Pander to the public at all costs.

**FOOTBALL** now having become America's secular religion.

Where the players are overfed gods and the stadiums look like turnstile cathedrals.

[6400az]

@kgmule

I remember that guy in flames and was also shocked.The game was called by Brookshire and Summeral, so shocked where they, it had to replay a couple of times before Brookshire actually described what actually occured. As for the "Mud Bowl", not that it should matter to anyone, but I can't remember a time where I felt more proud of my geezer Vikings than when they won that game.

I had a great childhood but inspite of the SB losses, the best part of being a boy,,,where the Vikings!!

[kgmule]

@6400az Yep. "The Mud Bowl", what a classic game that was!

As for the '77 NFC Championship game, that is also the infamous game when a Dallas fan accidentally set himself ablaze in the stands. Shocking footage that was oddly shown in clear detail on the NFL Films Game of the Week.