#38: Lance Alworth | The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players (2010) | NFL Films
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- Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Lance Alworth comes in at number 38 on NFL Films' "The Top 100: NFL's Greatest Players" list produced in 2010.
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Sports fans who dont appreciate people before their time are so ignorant.
Or fatherless children!
Could be worse: Yours was the top comment when UA-cam auto-loaded The NFLs 38th Best All-Time immediately after the NFLs declared 37th Best. Player. EVER: Jim Thorpe, who did everything better than everyone, but whose "highlight reel" ends with him drop kicking a ball in the ONLY film of him as an NFL player. It's actually shorter than the clip of two guys carrying Knute Rockne off the field after Jim ran over him for a 60 yd TD as payback for an earlier 2 yd loss. I understand why people say the prototypical modern wideout is only 10th when the archetypal modern wideout's #1 (i.e. Rice didn't just perfect what Hutson invented, he won his championships without abusing draft rejects.) But Jim Thorpe was the BEST EVERYTHING EVER.
HUTSON was 9th but I get your point he sparked my fascination with WHITE WRs who had a reputation as speed merchants he paved the way for guys like ALWORTH,SONNY RANDLE,DEL SCHOFNER,DON MAYNARD,JACK SNOW,CARROL DALE,ROGER CARR,CRIS COLLINSWORTH and beyond.
Ahem
@@dwightlove3704 sus that you put white in there. Smh
Alot of people sleep on this guy. He'd tear it up today as he did then, and he did it without the 5 yard rule. He's definitely one of my picks.
Man it's like people comparing these 2000 yard rushers to OJ simpson 2000 yard season. He did it in 14 games and like 4 of those games were in the snow. No comparison
Lmao he is nothing compared to today’s athletes he may have been the best for his time but he would be eaten alive nowadays
@@Zerxiy How so when modern athletes get a 5 yard rule and play 2 hand touch? Back then ya got hit. He's WAY tougher than today's players. Chip a nail and you're off the field. He'd have a field day with today's rules. He was fast and can play the deep ball. Know what you're talking about. He was good back then and could play today.
You obviously don’t watch football if you think that stop trying to act like the old guys are some king of god just because they were ur idol doesn’t mean they were the best to ever live there are hundreds and hundreds of WRs better than that pathetic #19
@@acewilliams7917 i have to agree with you to a certain extent the guys back in the day are way tougher than todays athletes but today we have athletic freaks n theirs more technology when it comes to fitness training but you cant teach heart
Best receiver I ever saw not named Jerry Rice. Alworth had speed, moves, hands, and grace. He was a joy to watch.
Lance Alworth had a 9.5-9.6 100 yard dash, equivalent to a 4.35 40. He had great hands and route-running ability.
Christopher Rembert He would be a perfect player for the Patriots!!!!!
He would kick ass in today's NFL!
No way was he that fast lmao
Man it's like people comparing these 2000 yard rushers to OJ simpson 2000 yard season. He did it in 14 games and like 4 of those games were in the snow. No comparison
Bill Scanlon yes he was .. he ran a 9.6 100 in college .
7 seasons with well over 1,000 yards, and keep in mind that those were 14 game seasons! I would love to see how he would compete in today's NFL.
Nick , plus, despite the throws we see on the highlight reel, Hadl barely completed 50% of his passes, if he even reached that level. The NFL used to mock the wide open AFL style of play but now that's the league norm. I wonder how many players with AFL roots made this list.
lot guys from the raiders like upshaw, shell, brown, Otto. Namath from the jets, Walworth from the bolts, Afl contributed more to todays nfl then the old nfl did
Joshua Eden, Willie Lanier and Bobby Bell from KC Chiefs. Buck Buchanan could've been on this list. Gene Upshaw said going up against him was like hitting a ghost. Buchanan was the reason the Raiders had to draft Upshaw!! Dallas/KC edged the Raiders for the best franchise record in the old AFL. Bitter rivals to this day.
Man it's like people comparing these 2000 yard rushers to OJ simpson 2000 yard season. He did it in 14 games and like 4 of those games were in the snow. No comparison
@@josedopwell9645 No the Raiders took Art Shell to deal with Buck Buchanan. Al Davis said this in a interview.
Started watching AFL and NFL back in early 60's and Lance could play today with ease, its a receivers and QB'S game today , just like Pete Maravich could play today in the NBA .
very few could stand next to pistol the greatest collage player and top 10 all time in my eyes. saw the game against the knicks when he scored all those points and the man was awesome running a fast break in full stride between his legs pass was the sweetest move ive ever seen
Most underrated reciver ever
Renee Noll His name is still in the record books plus he was the first player from the AFL to be enshrined in the HOF.
Jack Snow , Otis Taylor and Danny Abramowicz are underrated
Mine:
Dave Logan
Wes Chandler
John Jefferson
Wesley Walker
Frank Lewis
My lists,Don Hudson ,Bob Hayes, Paul Warfield ,Clift Branch, Don Maynard,, Steve Largents, John Stalworth ,Sterling Sharpe,Raymond Berry ,Drew Pearson
WTF? He’s never been underrated. He was recognized as an elite receiver while he was playing and is still considered one of the best today.
Football fans and the NFL don’t give players like Lance Allworth and Johnny Unitas enough credit for what they have made the NFL into today
Darn right! They stand on the shoulders of giants and think that they're floating in the air.
Agreed
DAM STRAIGHT!
I do. Unitas, Butkus etc were true legends and tough like no other. Their tough play would not be welcome today.
Great reciever. Growing up I was a charger fan and Lance Alworth was my hero.
Lance Alworth is the best receiver who ever played professional Football!
Just beautiful to watch this man run!
Few players played the game and ran with such fluidity and grace as Bambi no question about it.It looked like he ran fairly crisp patterns too and that is a tough combination on a WR to beat.
Yes he ran great routes but don't underestimate his speed most white WRs are called great route runners never called speed demons.
Lance Alworth was incredible!
I just ordered his jersey. I have been wanting to collect his for a long time. WR has always been my favorite position. Glad to watch Allen and now Mike Williams.
I have a Alworth jersey as well this speed demon turned 81 on Aug.3rd
I lived through that era. It would be difficult to keep Lance out of the top 25. Alworth was consistently good through his entire career. It would be difficult to chose between him and Jerry Rice in the 49ers' system. I'll take Lance.
ARIZJOE are you out of your damn mind?
Even Lance Alworth disagrees with you! LOL! What makes Jerry Rice the best was of course his ability to run down the long ball, but also Jerry's ability to catch the ball over the Middle. I've only seen clips of Alworth, but it appears that he specialized in running down Long balls. And Evidently the Chargers built their Offense around Lance's deep Threat ability. Special player.
Alworth and Moss are better than Rice!
I mean come on now, Lance was great but Rice is the greatest ever.
Most people alive did not see Alworth in his prime. Only when you watch video clips from highlight shows from that era does it become clear what an incredible player he was. Jerry Rice was a truly dominant player and was one of the top two or three players of all time. But when I watch those old clips of Alworth, I find it hard to believe there was much separation between him and Rice. People from that era say that Alworth was faster than Rice and his hands and coordination have to be seen on film to be appreciated.
Imagine this guy, as a slot reciever now, hed be just as unstoppable.
Why a slot receiver? Is it cause he's white?
@@savagetv6460 omg😭😭😭😭
@@savagetv6460 Bingo this guy was one of the reasons I have developed a certain fascination with WHITE WRs who have a reputation as a deep threat most of the WHITE GUYS playing in this era are called just that SLOT or POSSESSION WRs.
Lance was the first AFL player to be inducted into the HOF
Don Rogers , deservedly so.
Not only was Lance Alworth the 1st AFL player inducted into the HOF, he was A 1st BALLOT HOFer.
@@Fnoel98356 Al Davis was his presenter.
Entered the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility
One Lance Alworth highlight involved an interception not a reception. He ran the DB down after 70-80 yards and tackled him short of the goal line.
Sounds like DK metcalf
Keep in mind this dude did all this when defenders would murder you on the field. Yes, that can definitely make LA better than Moss. It was no holds barred in that era.
I'll start a list for you of receivers better than Moss: Rice, Lofton, Carter, Warfield, Brown, Monk, Holt, Swann, Taylor, Ward, Joiner, Berry, .....
Keep in mind that most of the receivers that you named had the advantage of more modern training techniques, along with P.I. rules that were much more strict and enforced constantly. Alworth would easily succeed in this era. Back then you could bump receivers downfield pretty consistently.
I said Moss, meaning Randy Moss.
SomeLittleShoe Only Jerry Rice is better than Randy Moss knock it off with foolishness.
Hi Niko, you probably didn't see any of the players I listed play.
I think they need to have a flexible rating system that takes into consideration pre 1980 or so and modern players just to give the respect to the players that they deserve and the fans expect.
Very few players of that error could play in today's game. Gale Sayers and Lance Alworth are two players who would be Stars today..
Jim Brown. Earl Campbell.
error?
era
i hate typos too
Lots of them could. Pass interference didn't exist when Lance played
That's underselling these guys by a fair margin. Great athletes will be great regardless of the era they played in; put guys like Alworth and Ron Mix, for example, in a modern system with year-round workout programs, nutrition plans, strength training, and today's passing/blocking rules, and they'd still emulsify their opponents.
the game back then looks like slow motion compared to today's game
I think that Tony Dorsett is the most aesthetically pleasing running back ever, and Lance Alworth is the same as a receiver--flowing poetry in motion
"Number 19 Lance Alworth was ready. For a decade the feats of this man have been legend. He was about to make what he would later call, the 2 most important catches of his career." - the voice of God, Super Bowl VI video.
Out of all the players I have never been able to watch live, Alworth is my favorite.
People saying Moss is better.... You realize you're comparing two completely different eras
i dont care what era you're playing in, lance alworth is not going sprout 4 inches and run a 4.2 fourty
and....... Then it shouldn't be a top list now. Call it a legacy list or something because even a Don Hutson isn't better than Moss.
+ftghb he did run a 4.3 though... and Randy ran a 4.25
Dontdoittoyoself they are better. Rules back then would have meant moss would have gotten destroyed
Dontdoittoyoself don Huston is better than Randy moss
Very underrated! Great receiver. Had hands and speed !! One of the best
Most people alive did not see Alworth in his prime. Only when you watch video clips from highlight shows from that era does it become clear what an incredible player he was. Jerry Rice was a truly dominant player and was one of the top two or three players of all time. But when I watch those old clips of Alworth, I find it hard to believe there was much separation between him and Rice. People from that era say that Alworth was faster than Rice and his hands and coordination have to be seen on film to be appreci
You can NOT compare different eras in football, except for Lance Alworth!
He was one of my all-time favorites
Alworth&Unitas are the only HOF'ers that wore #19 in their playing days.
Alworth was tougher, smarter, and far more versatile as a receiver than Randy Moss ever was. He ran better routes, played up the middle, rarely dropped the ball, and was not afraid to get out there and block. Alworth did it all in a time that was far grittier and it's completely unfair to write him off because of generational differences. Alworth also ran a 9.7 in the 100 as a 19 year-old sophomore in Fayetteville, which means he was exceptionally fast.
calling bullshit on this entire comment, but especially the 9.7 100m. humans have gotten faster as time has gone on. no olympic caliber sprinter broke the 10 second barrier in the 100 until 1968.
@@willis1359 this is super late but he ran a 9.7 100 yard, not 100 meter
Lance Alworth was more diverse then randy moss, randy moss rarely went over the middle, lance did that plenty of times.You can say randy moss is the best vertical receiver of all time.
JC Chavez False Moss ran EVERY route in the route tree exceptionally well it's just that he was dynamic & the G.O.A.T. of the vertical routes that it SEVERELY overshadows & underrates his other route running abilities as a whole.
I don't care how versatile you are. All it matters how you score touchdowns
@@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw Moss 156 career touchdowns Alworth 85 career touchdowns. I have Moss & Alworth in my all-time top 10 wide receiver list top 5 to be exact Moss at #2 tied with Don Hutson & Alworth at #5.
@Gravivector Nope Warfield is a top 5 all-time NFL wide receiver but Randy Moss was better.
Lance was awesome! It's weird seeing the QB, John Hadl, wearing #21.
I remember Lance Alworth with the San Diego Chargers. John Hadl was the quarterback.
2:44 i love that stance
Now we have Mike Evans who's been in the NFL 10 seasons and has surpassed 1,000 receiving yards every year of his career, only he's more underrated.
"Bambi" was quintessential AFL; fast, sleek, and explosive.
My favorite all time player.
2:29 vintage NFL films never gets old
Damn right
New arrangement of "The Pony Soldier" playing behind the first minute.
Edit to add: Great acceleration, great footwork, great concentration (looks the ball all the way in), great hands (out away from his pads)...and John Hadl threw a hell of a nice ball, didn't he?
Yes he did.
It never crossed my mind that Jerry Jones (and Jimmy Johnson) played on the same Arkansas team as Lance Alworth--even though I vaguely knew they all went to that university. I think if Alworth was playing in today's NFL his production would have been incredible since in his day the DB's could harass you and your route a lot longer than can be legally done now. Perhaps Jerry should put Lance up on the Dallas Ring of Honor even though Lance only played there two seasons. It would be a tribute to all the excitement that Lance brought to the game, no matter where he played. His beautiful running style and route running is a joy to behold for football history. Yes, I realize he's in the Charger Hall of Fame also--why not be in two???
Those unis were the best.
This guy was great! Hell, my dad named me after him! But for my money and with the simple eye test, Paul Warfield was the greatest wide receiver in the history of the NFL period!!!!
Dolphin Goosby, I loved Warfield's game. Averaged a TD for every 5 receptions career (85/427) as well as over 20 yards per catch. Played on teams (60s Browns, 70s Dolphins) that insisted on run first, limiting his opportunities. Excellent routes, great hands and speed. And the humility not to complain about being reigned in on running teams. Won an oldschool NFL title (1964) as well as back-to-back SBs (1972-73).
There are players who have nearly double the catches who still have fewer TDs. One of my favorite all-time players.
@CJ Dillon you may have forgotten to say " ln my opinion..." It's all subjective. It's just sports. It's not eternal life or death.
DAM STRAIGHT
As a former Dolphin fan (from Warfield to Marino era), i can attest to this & he made Griese into a bonafied QB. I could only wonder how many SB's they would have made had he & Marino played together.
He was to wide receivers what Unitas was to QB’s. The prototype
DAM STRAIGHT!
Lance Alworth was the one that said when you run a pattern you're going to get hit and hit hard. You might as well catch the ball. Remember this was an era where defenders could tee off on a receiver and they did. There was not of this pass interference stuff in those days.
Alworth is one of the greatest wide receivers in AFL history. He caught 77 touchdown passes, third-most in AFL, behind only Don Maynard [84] and Art Powell [81]. However, Alworth only caught 8 TD passes in three seasons in the post-merger NFL. How can he possibly be ranked as an all-time great NFL player?
Without a doubt Lance Alworth and Paul Warfield would excel and define greatness in any age. I challenge anyone to find. Better pair of receivers from any era.
Alworth and Warfield are the 2 best receivers who ever played!
Same mentality & willing to put their bodies on the line unlike most of current era. Arguably the best two tandem of all time.
Lance Alworth is one of the AFL's top 4 all-time receivers.
Don Maynard, Lance Alworth, Charles Hennigan, and Fred Biletnikoft set the standard for what a great receiver should be in the AFL.🏈
Otis Taylor
Man this guy was good 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Lance is on another level. I don't know if he is better than Moss, although it's arguable. You can't compare players across eras. Alworth was dominant for the time he played, as was Randy. Lance does have one thing going for him, and that's that he is one of the very few old school players that could play today. Some sources say he was an easy 4.4 on the field, and he was almost 6'1. I still think Randy should be higher, but Alworth is in the Moss/Rice/Hutson mold for his era.
Lance Alworth is the greatest receiver of all time! You can go on about 'era's' and all of that bullshit, Lance Alworth would dominate and break every record there is today, including Moss' touchdowns in a season record! Please, era's shmera's, Lance Alworth is better than Moss, Rice, all of them, and I have the info to back it all up!!
Hurson
Rice
Moss
Megatron
Owens or Alworth
HUTSON, not Hurson! Second, your list is BOGUS at best! LOL!!!
Bogus how???
Huston who revolutionized the game.
Rice arguably the greatest rout runner and great catcher after his second season.
Moss elite speed, leap, and hands.
Alworth very good at many areas.
Megatron who's a freak.
Owens very good.
also Largent who had the best combo of hands and rout running iq.
HUTSON
Management being cheap prevented him from playing till 1975 costing him yards, catches, and TD’s.
Who’s here after he got a 94/95 in madden 21
Me
I did not know he was the first AFL player to go to the HOF.
Great choice!
Lance played at my high school. That’s crazy
The old NFL films music in this is so dope
Might not be stretch to say that Hutson, Alworth & Rice were the best game-in, game-out; year-in & year-out most consistent deep ball threats that pro football has ever had. I've seen many film clips of Don Hutson catching passes where there was not a single defender in the entire frame. BTW - Alworth was also a crunching crackback blocker back in the day when it was still a legal play.
Those are some wobbly passes he's catching.
Lance was something else.
VERY UNDERRATED!
Alworth and Don Maynard were fighting for the right to be called the DON HUTSON of the '60s
Bambi made it look so effortless when he was out there catching passes
I love that he got the name Bambi from a guy named Flowers...
Grace personified
College stats were so modest then. Alworth was primarily a running back, and he gained 531 yds rushing as a senior to go with 18 receptions for 320 yards, all in ten games. Offenses were different then, and even stars didn't get very many touches. But what predicted that by his second year with the Chargers he'd be making such huge numbers?
Raider fan here, but I'm all about this guy.
Dude really cold asf
He stepped 10.
I believe # 21 throwing all those TD passes is John Hadl.
Lance Alworth: You got heart kid, where you from ?
Keenan Allen : Carolina, you?
Lance Alworth: Texas
I didn't know Jerry almost bought the Chargers, as a chargers fan I would've been interested in seeing where he would've taken the team
well deserved induction!
He's Welker and Desean Jackson before their time. Fantastic ability!
Welker and Jackson couldn't even cary Alworth's jock!
Line him up on the other side of J. Rice and you have the best WR tandum in Football History
I can respect that he paved the way for wide receivers but him being better than randy moss or anybody from this era is wild! Cornerbacks are 6’2 and run a 4.3 40 in high school. Hell in middle school. And the game has advance past his time. And that’s okay. Takes nothing away from his greatness. He won his era. 👏🏽👏🏽
Alworth would lap db's even now thou, his route running was legendary.
@@strykrpinoy I don’t think so. They even coach DBs differently now. 10 years old know how to press man and can play man without back peddling. Lance Alworth probably doesn’t even know how to release off the line like these kids do nowadays. The game has advanced waaaaaaay too much. You gotta think the kids know everything he knows at 15 and they are faster and quicker. The one thing he has over them is toughness. He is a 1,000 times tougher than most if not all of the receivers of today’s game.
Fun Fact Jerry Jones was a teammate of Jimmy Johnson in college at Arkansas.
@ 2:04, Fenway Park, Bambi lighting up my Pats....lol
God that is my favorite NFL films song, what is it called?
Pony Soldiers by Sam Spence.
Hutson, Rice, Largent, Carter, Moss, Alworth, Owens, Calvin Johnson, Berry, Irvin.
christopher rembert, no Paul Warfield? Only 427 catches but 85 TDs. Limited opportunities because of playing with championship teams that were dedicated to the run.
great and a clean player even nwith the ugly bump and run defense
2:19 Whoa, he looks like Jack Nicholson...
I didn't know Ladanian played quarterback
Averaged 19 yards a grab for his career insane number lol
Don't forget, John Hadl putting those passes on target.
Its so weird to hear the Chargers being praised...
He'd destroy the league.
I Agree Lance is better then Moss because Lance Completely changed the Game.
Moss didn't change the game? He's part of two of greatest offensive teams ever.
No, he didn't change the game
vambo13257 Then changing the game don't mean much to me because I'd take Moss over him in a heart beat.
***** He got Matt Cassell of all QB's a fat contract. How many wr's can say something like that.
M Zach MUCH FASTER????? Are you blind? ALWORTH had a 4.3-4.4 40-yard dash. Lance also had better hands and route running.
Allworth was the best in his day.The one to emulate if you wanted to be a wide out. He looked like a deer when he ran and was about as fast as one too.
Think what the Chargers would've achieved with Jerry as its owner instead of the freakin Spanos family. 🙄😩
I think about this myself!
Sorry but Jerry is not the owner you think he is what has he done for Dallas on the field after Jimmy was forced out.
Btw does anyone know what music is playing in the back ground ?
Yes, jerry jones was born in san diego
lance alworth goat wide receiver, goat charger, may be fastest receiver ever.
Randy Moss ran a 4.2 40....Stop It
It was John Hadl who threw Alworth most of his TD passes and yet Hadl is not in the NFL HOF.
His 40 was probably a 4.4 or a 4.3 if not faster
He looks like my friend Trevor. Except with two hands and no gloves.
Won a superbowl with dallas in 71
Idk why they keep flirting with other looks. Just go back to these uniforms already.
C S NO THE AIR CORYELL SAN DIEGO CHARGERS UNIFORMS ARE WAAAAY BETTER THAN THESE OVERRATED POWDER BLUE UNIFORMS FROM THE AFL DAYS THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
@@nikosuavesworldofsportsmusic I purchased ALWORTH'S UNIFORM
Alworth could star in either era. Moss would not have done as well in the 60s, getting clotheslined and hit out of bounds by guys who knew it would get to him. And Alworth was succeeding against arguably better DBs, because the AFL had to turn to lesser known athletes from historically black colleges.
the NFL and afl had similar athletes though. the difference was that the afl had more innovation while the NFL had more legendary coaches
Only to hold him down was Tom Landry!
Anybody know the music in this video?
Pony soldiers Sam Spence
What about Raymond Berry?
Marc Kaminsky he is at #36
An absolute GREAT 1. Also, nobody better at moving the sticks. As fantastic as Montana to Rice was, I'll take Unitas to Berry.
Raymond Berry was a great receiver. However, Alworth is the best receiver who ever played!