The raiders back then were real raiders, real marauders; NFL pirates of that era. Otis Sistruck, Phil Villafano, Stabler, Belitnicoff, The Ostrich, Madden, Alzado, that dude with the crew cut and.glasses, Blanda, etc...That was a bunch of hooligans. That will never be repeated.
With respect, you are blending eras (70s and 80s), misspelling names (Villafano is Villapiano) and there was no Ostrich... there was a Stork (Ted Hendricks). I like the comment, just do a google search next time.
Nah, he only showed remorse because he got sick. Had he never gotten cancer he wouldn’t have ever been contrite for what he did. He spent his entire career on steroids, cheating and trying to hurt people, so no, I don’t feel sorry for him.
Damn Auto correct. Apologies...Lyle was s Bar Brawling Legend og Long Beach like Tank Abbott. Steroids may have been "cheating" but when EVERYONE else is doing them, and you love the game and wanna start..not sit the bench or get cut, its an easy choice bro...Think of all the guys who did them and had VERY little to no permanent damage!! Last, no one seems to realize, you don't get huge and Herculean strength 💪 by Juicing...You gotta lift like a Maniac ...very heavy weights to attain that meat 🍖 and strength 💪. Matt NYC
I was cooking at a restaurant in Santa Cruz, CA, back in the 1980s, and Alzado came in. The guys in the kitchen were huge Raiders’ fans and had his football card on the wall with a bunch of other Raiders’ cards. The waiter told him, and he came back to the kitchen, signed his card, high-fived and chatted it up with the boys. Good guy. And huge!
He's a great guy. He lived his dream and is a legend. Nobody gets to have an opinion on him and his life. People were better back then than now. Too many democrat pukes trying to rule over others. Eat shit!
I know, kinda ironic. She was married to the poster boy of steroid users, and that's not a dig towards arnold. I like his movies, but he didn't look like that just by eating steak and drinking protein shakes, and here she is, practically interrogating him about the stuff like she's so concerned and against it.
I meet Lyle Alzado in his last year of life at a Gold Gyms Conference in Los Angeles...He was very Humbled and Friendly to All .....Very Sad Story....Overall a Great Player in the NFL....
@@DarKKnightt07 maybe so but when one is facing death (as I am) sometimes reality may set in. Not only regretting one’s past but grieving with remorse and asking for forgiveness from God and others. This life is a mere vapor compared to eternity - hopefully by God’s grace and mercy we will spend it with Him and Jesus in heaven.
Very well said , many including myself even as a Steeler Fan since 72 feel the same way. I believe Lyle deserves to be in the HOF , but his steroid use denies that honor. If others whom are already in the HOF ever actually admitted to they're own steroid use the HOF would be significantly reduced in numbers. Mr. Alzado you are missed beyond words.
@@redman840 They all we’re doing steroids back then. So he was doing nothing different. He was just honest.. If he would have kept his mouth shut he would be in the hall of fame. If you don’t think they are role models and they don’t market to kids you are a fool.
If you watch Three Mile Lyle, steroids didn't turn him into that human from a mild mannered steroid free human. Lyle had severe anger control issues when he was on the field before going on steroids, they magnified it, and made it worse. At the same time, off the field, he had such an amazing, good heart, especially for sick kids. He really is one of the most fascinating athletes of the 20th century. The other, unfortunate thing, is that, while it was so brave for him to be open about his steroid use, and his belief that it gave him cancer, he was misguided on that point. Steroids had nothing to do with his cancer. Still, his openness opened a lot of eyes to steroid abuse in sports, and was so impactful in how sports handled it going forward.
@@chuckbaranoski6184 there is no causative connection between steroids and brain cancer. Doctors literally came out later and explained there is no correlation.
During that era, Atlanta Falcon guard, Bill Fralic, the franchise's top draft pick in 1984, was saying steroids were ruining the game. Fralic was a tremendous player, who came out of the draft from Pittsburgh.
I’m a Cowboys fan but I remember the old Raiders with Alzado. Football isn’t the same without that attitude. It was fun to watch. Everyone needs a villain and the Raiders provided that.
1:40 hard to believe just a year and a half earlier that same person was attempting an NFL comeback and I remember watching him in spring training games. I had never seen a human being get off the line as quick as he did at 41 years old. It was like everyone else was playing in slow motion. But he was too fragile by that point.
Alzado admitted that steroids can make you mean. That was certainly the case when he played, but he should be credited for admitting his wrongdoing, especially when one learns that he was a great guy off the field.
@@ffryan PEDs enhance every aspect of your sporting career...It's in the fucking name...The body recovers MUCH faster..."16 years with 1/4 of the medical advances" lmfao they more than they needed already.
@Jose Caballero you should educate yourself on steroids steroids never killed anybody I bet you don't give bodybuilders credit of their hard work training their desire their discipline on their eating!! Your just say they look like that because they take steroids and wipe away everything else they do! Now that is sad!!
When it came/comes to intensity Randy White is one player who should immediately be mentioned. He was called "Manster" for good reason. Man that guy was FAST. In the last regular season game of the 1980 season against the Eagles he caught Scott Fitzkee from behind and in 1978 nearly caught a Dolphins wide receiver from behind as well. He would also admit when he screwed up. (Which was obviously RARE.) For example in one game one of the Cowboys players jumped offside during a field goal attempt that was missed. The 2nd attempt was good. As the Cowboys went to the sideline Charlie Waters asked White, who was one of the captains, if he was going to get on the penalized player. White reportedly said "Fuck you Charlie. It was me who jumped offside."
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Interesting is that Lyle Alzado went to his grave telling anyone and everyone that steroids caused the brain cancer that would kill him, yet medical professionals insisted there was no proven correlation between the two. His heart was in the right place even if factually inaccurate in linking the two.
Who knows. It was his gut feeling they caused his cancer. And here's an undeniable fact, medical professionals are wrong all the time. I tend to think Lyle's life was cut short due to steroid ABUSE. Notice I said "abuse". I think if used in moderation steroids aren't super dangerous (though they certainly do have side-effects). Alzado took 3x more than anyone he knew.
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It’s good to see a past user against the use and what it can do to a person. I have been a regular gym user since I was 15, I’m in my 40’s and during that time I have seen people get huge in no time. It’s dangerous to get there that fast and what it does to your chemical makeup
Lyle was quite the show. I remember him boxing Mohammed Ali at Denver's Mile High Stadium one summer while he still played for the Broncos. The hype around the boxing match was huge.
I saw a documentary about Lyle that mentioned how he used more steroids than was actually necessary. Even with all those roids he took he still wasn't even one of the best DTs/DEs in football. He wasn't even the best Raider. He was only a 2-time pro bowler and 3-time all-pro. Without roids, Lyle wouldn't have been good enough to play in the NFL. By contrast, Howie Long made it to the Hall of Fame through hard work and clean living.
I remember this like it was yesterday. It was sad to see him like this at the end. I know he was doing the crazy steroids but no one deserves to die like that.
I was 7 yrs old when Alzado ripped that helmet and the lazered it back at him. I was instantly a Raider Nation but also a huge Alzado fan. Alzado was a beast on the field but a great man with a huge heart off the field.
I have a cousin who played for the Raiders back then. He was an offensive lineman and was afraid of him. I can imagine how people felt NOT being on his team.
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As a child I was given steroids to treat a platelet disorder and have had several strokes and heart attacks and have a coagulation disorder and renal disease now been sick most my life and am 56 now, every day I wake up is a blessing
Lyle did that retribution by visiting Children Hospital for a long time and beat up on his father whom was violent to his family. His blessing on protecting his family.
What amazing player he was , a beast , I was a huge Raiders fan then, some of the meanest players on one team back then. Drugs are everywhere in the construction trades, and companies will turn there heads to this , it’s sad to see this beast of a man to go out this way. This is not the way a man should go.
Lyle was a close friend of my cousin Kurt Marsh who played on the Raiders with him. Dude was a monster even next to my cousin Kurt, who was a genetic freak of nature. I got an autographed ball from the Super Bowl and the silver and black attack vhs
There were already plenty of warnings - ones that if he heeded, he _might be_ in the HOF. That’s why PED’s aren’t allowed in sport. So, cry me a f-ing river.
I have always been a Bears fan and I grew up with Butkus, Hampton and Urlacher. Alzado was scary cause of the mental instability the roids cause but a guy who was even tougher on that Raider defense was John Matuszak. That says something compared to Jack Tatum and Ben Davidson.
I came up in the Matuszak, Tatum, Davidson era and Tatum was scary cuz he was plain dirty. That hit on Stingley, which he is quoted saying, "It's a play you make a thousand times in a game, or in a season..." No, Jack, it isn't. 99% of dudes in the league don't make that hit on a defenseless receiver when the ball's sailed 5 yards past him in a freaking PRE-SEASON GAME.
Back when the game was real and you could respect the game and players. I don't doubt a lot of today's players wish the game was the same as back then.
I remember going to an NFL game in Phoenix shortly after Lyle passed on. He was an animal on the field for sure. But steroids are totally unnecessary .. I put on 75 lbs in less than a year of solid muscle just lifting weights, running ( did high hurdles and shot put on track team) and drinking protein powders with raw eggs rocky style. Was accused of taking steroids but strangely enough no one had the will power to work out like I did .. so worked out alone.. went from 3rd string wide receiver to starting defensive tackle in a year and ran circles around opposing tackles and guards .. muscle and speed .. no one needs steroids
I remember Alzado trying a comeback in the early nineties at 41 or so.He was super bulked up and ripped.The comeback didnt work out,and he died not long after.I dont think steriods should be allowed in any competative sport for mainly one reason.Its a huge unfair advantage to athletes who dont want to put that shit into there body.
Lyle Alzado was great ball player one best but he was a great performer also very entertaining ; Wish I could have personally Thanked him for all the great football that I was blessed to watch in his career . 👍Mr. Alzado .!
@@johnfabozzi3636 I wouldn’t doubt my dad and him might have known each other as well. He was a freshman Lyles sr year but continued to hang with him when he was drafted by Denver.
They went to a small college in South Dakota. That's where my friend's dad and mom met. Joel was a Jewish boy from New Jersey and Sylvia or Syl for short was a Souix Indian from Yankton S.D. We use to call my friend Fred the Souix/Jew. My friend has passed away but the memories remain. Miss and love u Fred.
@johnfabozzi3636 Sioux. I grew on a farm 25 miles from Yankton, South Dakota. Yankton College no longer exists as it was closed in 1984 due to declining enrollment and massive debt.
I don't think it was the anabolics that destroyed Alzado, I think it was the combination of human growth hormone and anabolics that destroyed Alzado - there's an interesting comment made in a biography written about Alzado by his friend that said of the 13 people in the US that had Alzado's lymphoma when Alzado had it, 11 of them had used both anabolics and human growth hormone. Statistics would tell us that's not enough of a sample size to draw conclusions - I say fuc* your math, that's enough for me.
An acquaintance of mine died this year from same type of brain tumor. He used steroids and hgh for years. I had warned him that he was playing with fire. He was 56 years old. When he was cycling? he was an obnoxious ass and difficult to be around. It's a shame but if you are going to do the crime you have to do the time.
I remember watching that game. What an incredible team the Raiders had back then. I always liked Alzado, even when he was with the Broncos, but it's a shame he got so wrapped up in the juice. May he RIP.
Anyone can come out against what they did in their life prior … that’s called perspective. It’s an educational process that we used to allow. Nowadays someone like this would be banished and outlasted from society
The ends justify the means. Lyle bullied his way through the NFL and went out like so many bullies before him.....drooling at the mouth and soiling his diaper.
My 62-year-old boss, who is 5-foot-8 and 150 pounds told me Alzado tried to fight him in a bar just because my boss recognized him as an NFL football player. "What are you looking at? I will kick your ass."
I've always loved and admired his honest opinions about himself, other players and the game of football. I understand why the NFL and other sports don't allow players to say what they think or feel, for the part. That being said, it would be nice to hear someone in today's game, say what they honestly felt or thought about who they dislike or what they dislike in the league. As Lyle Alzado once said about Joe Theismann, " I plan on shoving that ball down his throat! I hope he has a big throat!" Nobody says anything like that in today's game. Too bad.
Lyle & Jack Tatum; they both were playing with fire in the NFL hurting people & during playing years, the sad part is they both got paid back by the LAWS of KARMA in the later part of their LIFE!! 😢
Lyle Alzado was a GREAT football player everyone looks at him as a bad guy for taking the steroids but he took them most of his NFL career which means he didn't take them in high school so therefore he was good enough to get into college and play football and he wasn't taking them in college and obviously was good enough for the NFL and later on in his career started taking them but despite what others say he was a great football player in my opinion deserve to be in the hall of fame
He in the end was humbled. And unlike many tried to make amends for his actions. you have to respect that. One thing he said that kept me away fron even trying roids was, " When you take roids you live a lie. Your strength and ability is from the drug, not from you."
I don't know I don't fully like that message because it's mostly you. And when phrased like that people will not listen because its not fully true. When I was 17 everyone was trying juice that lifted in the early 2000's in high school. So my best friend sold me fake stuff but I lifted so hard I learned you really have 1 natural cycle in you when you first start training. That's what I used to say. Good thing I was ripped off though , I wouldn't have learned it without being given the placebo.....
That was a sad story, I am glad he got SB ring before hanging it up. I watched him play and then seeing him as the steroids took their toll. Damn it was sad!!
Many doctors said his brain cancer wasn't caused by steroids. However, Lyle admitted he didn't cycle, he used them all the time. He's one of my favorites, but rather than 'roid rage, I'd attribute his childhood and insecurities to those 'rages' on the field. He's known now for his quiet charity, which was going to kid's hospitals (without camera crews) and being with sick kids and making their day with this hero being their new big brother and friend. I don't think steroids are a good idea because of HS kids doing it and their bodies and brains aren't yet developed, for one reason. The other is that players with experience with them talked about them being highly addictive, especially psychologically. They come to think they can't play without them.
HE's was from Long Island ,NY Lawrence High school I use to work at a local eatery that he worked as a kid, and they use to tell me storys of him busing table and hitting his head on the door to the kitchen when entering....crazy
I love the way Tommy Kramer stood up to the roid monster Lyle Alzado. To this day Tommy Kramer is my favorite Vikings quarterback of all time, he had a lot of spunk and fight in him.
The vikings played the raiders in 1983 or 84 and the raiders constantly hit us late, were dirty and cheap the whole game. It was more like a fight than a football game.
Ironic the reporter was Arnold’s wife and she’s asking him about steroids.
Omg 😂
Woah, good catch, I knew who she was and still never put it together.
Great comment 👍
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Yup. Hypocrisy all around in the msm
The raiders back then were real raiders, real marauders; NFL pirates of that era. Otis Sistruck, Phil Villafano, Stabler, Belitnicoff, The Ostrich, Madden, Alzado, that dude with the crew cut and.glasses, Blanda, etc...That was a bunch of hooligans. That will never be repeated.
With respect, you are blending eras (70s and 80s), misspelling names (Villafano is Villapiano) and there was no Ostrich... there was a Stork (Ted Hendricks). I like the comment, just do a google search next time.
Good point Biletnikof was spelled wrong too. @@jimgleason3062
Steelers Raiders AFC championship game was a war.
The Ostrich?
Maybe you mean the Mad Stork.
Football was really exciting and worth watching.
I give Lyle credit for coming out against steroids. He was trying to steer younger players in the right direction by the end.
Steroids only made him more devastating as a hitter. He had the Brass Balls....Great guy hard life Matt NYC
Actually it was animal based growth hormone (had bacteria) that caused his brain cancer...nowadays human growth hormone is all synthetic
Nah, he only showed remorse because he got sick. Had he never gotten cancer he wouldn’t have ever been contrite for what he did. He spent his entire career on steroids, cheating and trying to hurt people, so no, I don’t feel sorry for him.
Damn Auto correct. Apologies...Lyle was s Bar Brawling Legend og Long Beach like Tank Abbott. Steroids may have been "cheating" but when EVERYONE else is doing them, and you love the game and wanna start..not sit the bench or get cut, its an easy choice bro...Think of all the guys who did them and had VERY little to no permanent damage!! Last, no one seems to realize, you don't get huge and Herculean strength 💪 by Juicing...You gotta lift like a Maniac ...very heavy weights to attain that meat 🍖 and strength 💪. Matt NYC
He was a homosexual whose health issues were a result of AIDS, not steroid use.
I was cooking at a restaurant in Santa Cruz, CA, back in the 1980s, and Alzado came in. The guys in the kitchen were huge Raiders’ fans and had his football card on the wall with a bunch of other Raiders’ cards. The waiter told him, and he came back to the kitchen, signed his card, high-fived and chatted it up with the boys. Good guy. And huge!
He was a good football player back then the game was different he is what the raider fan base is y'all are savages and everyone knows it.
He's a great guy. He lived his dream and is a legend. Nobody gets to have an opinion on him and his life. People were better back then than now. Too many democrat pukes trying to rule over others. Eat shit!
@@Bradley-pc9vx 😆, get over it 'transgender soccer mom'! Bet you called Eric Holder on your pet hamster eating your $20 bill.
1:53 Maria Shriver: How long were you on steroids? LA: About as long as Arnold...
Hahaha 🤣
I know, kinda ironic. She was married to the poster boy of steroid users, and that's not a dig towards arnold. I like his movies, but he didn't look like that just by eating steak and drinking protein shakes, and here she is, practically interrogating him about the stuff like she's so concerned and against it.
Lyle was a legendary raider who is no longer with us let's let him rest in peace he's sorely missed and raiders are missing that attitude now
Thats the truth, The Raiders could use him now!!
He was a POS who got what he deserved. Don’t praise that kind of disgusting behavior
THANK YOU 🙏 LYLE. MAY YOU REST IN PEACE. YOU ARE THE MAN. 🏈
He was a legendary bronco get real.
And nobody cares, which is why the Raiders can’t stay in the same city for a decade...
I meet Lyle Alzado in his last year of life at a Gold Gyms Conference in Los Angeles...He was very Humbled and Friendly to All .....Very Sad Story....Overall a Great Player in the NFL....
Feeble and facing death will do that. If he spoke and played like that today he wouldn't be on the field.
He only humbled up cause he was sick😒
@Arin Adams i believe he definitely had some regrets in life . I remember reading he would spend anywhere up to 50k-100k a year for top shelf stuff...
@@bige8496Wow... Sounds like an awesome guy. 😢
@@DarKKnightt07 maybe so but when one is facing death (as I am) sometimes reality may set in. Not only regretting one’s past but grieving with remorse and asking for forgiveness from God and others. This life is a mere vapor compared to eternity - hopefully by God’s grace and mercy we will spend it with Him and Jesus in heaven.
Lyle to me is a hero. Don't care about roids. Man always cared for the vulnerable. Was always there for children. He is a hero to me.
Very well said , many including myself even as a Steeler Fan since 72 feel the same way. I believe Lyle deserves to be in the HOF , but his steroid use denies that honor. If others whom are already in the HOF ever actually admitted to they're own steroid use the HOF would be significantly reduced in numbers. Mr. Alzado you are missed beyond words.
100% should be in the Hall of Fame. But he was honest and trying to protect kids and the NFL does not appreciate that I guess.
@@curtisfouts3791 The NFL is not a child protective agency.He did that on his own.What does that have to do with the league?
@@redman840 They all we’re doing steroids back then. So he was doing nothing different. He was just honest.. If he would have kept his mouth shut he would be in the hall of fame. If you don’t think they are role models and they don’t market to kids you are a fool.
@@curtisfouts3791 Damn straight
If you watch Three Mile Lyle, steroids didn't turn him into that human from a mild mannered steroid free human. Lyle had severe anger control issues when he was on the field before going on steroids, they magnified it, and made it worse. At the same time, off the field, he had such an amazing, good heart, especially for sick kids. He really is one of the most fascinating athletes of the 20th century. The other, unfortunate thing, is that, while it was so brave for him to be open about his steroid use, and his belief that it gave him cancer, he was misguided on that point. Steroids had nothing to do with his cancer. Still, his openness opened a lot of eyes to steroid abuse in sports, and was so impactful in how sports handled it going forward.
Came in here to post the same comment. Good Job. One of my favorite players.
Steroids had everything to do with his cancer.... don't spin it
What if you don't watch Three Mile Lyle? Are all these things still true?
So you have unraveled the mystery of what causes cancer?😮
@@chuckbaranoski6184 there is no causative connection between steroids and brain cancer. Doctors literally came out later and explained there is no correlation.
Lyle alzados style! Love it!!
Gotta love these old players man they were men playing in like in the Roman days, can’t even brush against the quarterbacks now days
Always loved you big guy regardless continue to rest in paradise
❤ and irony is the contrast video of him on his Children hospital visits ---but OH they wont tell you that.
During that era, Atlanta Falcon guard, Bill Fralic, the franchise's top draft pick in 1984, was saying steroids were ruining the game. Fralic was a tremendous player, who came out of the draft from Pittsburgh.
I’m a Cowboys fan but I remember the old Raiders with Alzado. Football isn’t the same without that attitude. It was fun to watch. Everyone needs a villain and the Raiders provided that.
❤, Thank You and 'you're Welcomed'. 1977 SB would had been WWlll game.
Lilly, Jordan, Harris and Manster werent no slouch either as should!
1:40 hard to believe just a year and a half earlier that same person was attempting an NFL comeback and I remember watching him in spring training games. I had never seen a human being get off the line as quick as he did at 41 years old. It was like everyone else was playing in slow motion. But he was too fragile by that point.
So what. Most or a many folks - hide them true selfs. Dont rule 'inner intents'. Be fair CaptainKangaroo.
Alzado admitted that steroids can make you mean. That was certainly the case when he played, but he should be credited for admitting his wrongdoing, especially when one learns that he was a great guy off the field.
👍, he had Humility. NOT like the 'self righteous' whom spew on folks like him.
16 yrs playing at the highest level with a 1\4 of the medical advancements we have today is nuts . Dude is a warrior
Used PEDs to play at a higher level. The cost? His health. Not a warrior, rather a fool.
@@teofilstevenson PED's don't prevent ACL tears, shoulder tears, or a hundred other injuries that pro football players get. Dude was a warrior.
@@ffryan Who suggested he PED’d for prevention?
@@ffryan PEDs enhance every aspect of your sporting career...It's in the fucking name...The body recovers MUCH faster..."16 years with 1/4 of the medical advances" lmfao they more than they needed already.
Dude was a beast his own teammates were afraid not to get on his bad side
He was juiced to the gills that’s why.
Yeah, I’d be afraid of an asshole like that, too.
I knew a teammate of his from the Browns. He was scared of Lyle at all. In fact, it was the other way around.
I think every defensive player should look and study how intense and how he approached the game and went Full Throttle!!! 👍👍💪💪
@Jose Caballero steroids or no steroids you should still approach the game like he did and Go full throttle! You probably sucked at sports!! Lol
@Jose Caballero you should educate yourself on steroids steroids never killed anybody I bet you don't give bodybuilders credit of their hard work training their desire their discipline on their eating!! Your just say they look like that because they take steroids and wipe away everything else they do! Now that is sad!!
When it came/comes to intensity Randy White is one player who should immediately be mentioned. He was called "Manster" for good reason. Man that guy was FAST. In the last regular season game of the 1980 season against the Eagles he caught Scott Fitzkee from behind and in 1978 nearly caught a Dolphins wide receiver from behind as well. He would also admit when he screwed up. (Which was obviously RARE.) For example in one game one of the Cowboys players jumped offside during a field goal attempt that was missed. The 2nd attempt was good. As the Cowboys went to the sideline Charlie Waters asked White, who was one of the captains, if he was going to get on the penalized player. White reportedly said "Fuck you Charlie. It was me who jumped offside."
Guys, HERE is The Savior
YaH The Heavenly FATHER (Genesis 1) HIMSELF was Who they Crucified/Pierced for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
From the Ancient Semitic:
"Yad He Vav He" is what Moshe (Moses) wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
Yad - "Behold The Hand"
He - "Behold the Breath"
Vav - "Behold The NAIL"
Interesting is that Lyle Alzado went to his grave telling anyone and everyone that steroids caused the brain cancer that would kill him, yet medical professionals insisted there was no proven correlation between the two. His heart was in the right place even if factually inaccurate in linking the two.
GROWTH HORMONE can make Cancer or any diseases that might be genetic activate them .
Who knows. It was his gut feeling they caused his cancer. And here's an undeniable fact, medical professionals are wrong all the time. I tend to think Lyle's life was cut short due to steroid ABUSE. Notice I said "abuse". I think if used in moderation steroids aren't super dangerous (though they certainly do have side-effects). Alzado took 3x more than anyone he knew.
sad thing is being wrong made him money. wasnt he on the cover of SI and interviewed constantly about it?
Head trauma probably caused the brain cancer...steroids got him to the league
Dick Butkus! He never touched a roid!
That's because steroids were afraid of what Butkus might do to them!
You really believe that. So he was the only one not to do roids. Because 99% did in those times.
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@@curtisfouts3791 👍
THANKS LYLE YOUR THE MAN 🏈. MAY YOU REST IN PEACE 🪦🌹
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I wish football was still like that
Why? So those players can live in utter pain years after they retire just for your amusement?
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Everyone has their demons. God Bless you Lyle Alzado.
It’s good to see a past user against the use and what it can do to a person. I have been a regular gym user since I was 15, I’m in my 40’s and during that time I have seen people get huge in no time. It’s dangerous to get there that fast and what it does to your chemical makeup
Lyle was quite the show. I remember him boxing Mohammed Ali at Denver's Mile High Stadium one summer while he still played for the Broncos. The hype around the boxing match was huge.
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I saw a documentary about Lyle that mentioned how he used more steroids than was actually necessary. Even with all those roids he took he still wasn't even one of the best DTs/DEs in football. He wasn't even the best Raider. He was only a 2-time pro bowler and 3-time all-pro. Without roids, Lyle wouldn't have been good enough to play in the NFL. By contrast, Howie Long made it to the Hall of Fame through hard work and clean living.
Butkus & Tatum were pretty nasty without roids.oh yeah that mlb from Pittsburgh could scare a blizzard off a shitwaggon too.
I remember this like it was yesterday. It was sad to see him like this at the end. I know he was doing the crazy steroids but no one deserves to die like that.
Image Lyle Alzado, Dick Butkus and Jack Lambert on the same defense, broken bodies everywhere.
Remove Alzado for Ronnie Lott and you'd make more sense, and there would be 100% less cheating.
In public he was a really nice guy with people, fans and kids. On the field he was a crazy man.
we will never forget you Lyle and we thank you for everything you did for the raider and the raider fans ride on brother in the Autumn wind ....
In the end it was all a show and I at that time was a huge raider fan. He became very humbled in his later days as he was dying.
Wrong ---he was humble. Dont fall into the liberal narrative conclusion.
I was 7 yrs old when Alzado ripped that helmet and the lazered it back at him. I was instantly a Raider Nation but also a huge Alzado fan. Alzado was a beast on the field but a great man with a huge heart off the field.
yeah the steroids enlarged his heart
I have a cousin who played for the Raiders back then. He was an offensive lineman and was afraid of him. I can imagine how people felt NOT being on his team.
Great story.....👍👍
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As a child I was given steroids to treat a platelet disorder and have had several strokes and heart attacks and have a coagulation disorder and renal disease now been sick most my life and am 56 now, every day I wake up is a blessing
Lyle did that retribution by visiting Children Hospital for a long time and beat up on his father whom was violent to his family. His blessing on protecting his family.
I'll never forget the magazine cover that had his picture with the title saying "I lied", and just after that, he died.
What amazing player he was , a beast , I was a huge Raiders fan then, some of the meanest players on one team back then. Drugs are everywhere in the construction trades, and companies will turn there heads to this , it’s sad to see this beast of a man to go out this way. This is not the way a man should go.
Go Broncos!!!
@@jackjax532 Better than your team bro. Lol!
@@jackjax532 JackASS is clueless. Lol.
@@jackjax532 That's your lesson? Someone's jealous of Broncos!!! Raiders suck!!!! Vegas Raiders... What a joke..
He made that choice himself... nobody shoveled the pills in his mouth. Stop blaming others for his own actions.
If every player played with his fury and intensity the NFL would be so much more fun to watch!! He was a beast!
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Got to meet Lyle at Southern Hills Medical Center right after his retirement. Very frigging awesome guy!!
Lyle was a close friend of my cousin Kurt Marsh who played on the Raiders with him. Dude was a monster even next to my cousin Kurt, who was a genetic freak of nature. I got an autographed ball from the Super Bowl and the silver and black attack vhs
He even tore Ernest P. Worrell’s neck off.
He payed a heavy price. Came out to admit that it cost his life and to warn others. RIP.
There were already plenty of warnings - ones that if he heeded, he _might be_ in the HOF. That’s why PED’s aren’t allowed in sport. So, cry me a f-ing river.
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He was a homosexual whose health issues were caused by AIDS, not steroids.
I have always been a Bears fan and I grew up with Butkus, Hampton and Urlacher. Alzado was scary cause of the mental instability the roids cause but a guy who was even tougher on that Raider defense was John Matuszak. That says something compared to Jack Tatum and Ben Davidson.
KT, Howey Long was not a bad player either... More refined.
I came up in the Matuszak, Tatum, Davidson era and Tatum was scary cuz he was plain dirty. That hit on Stingley, which he is quoted saying, "It's a play you make a thousand times in a game, or in a season..." No, Jack, it isn't. 99% of dudes in the league don't make that hit on a defenseless receiver when the ball's sailed 5 yards past him in a freaking PRE-SEASON GAME.
How could you grow up with both Butkus and urlacher? Lol
@@patrickbrowder6857 Butkus was at the tail end of his career when I was little!
@@KT72273 ...and grandpa watching Urlacher. That's his point
God bless him. Thanks for the wonderful NFL memories
Back when the game was real and you could respect the game and players. I don't doubt a lot of today's players wish the game was the same as back then.
I remember going to an NFL game in Phoenix shortly after Lyle passed on. He was an animal on the field for sure. But steroids are totally unnecessary .. I put on 75 lbs in less than a year of solid muscle just lifting weights, running ( did high hurdles and shot put on track team) and drinking protein powders with raw eggs rocky style. Was accused of taking steroids but strangely enough no one had the will power to work out like I did .. so worked out alone.. went from 3rd string wide receiver to starting defensive tackle in a year and ran circles around opposing tackles and guards .. muscle and speed .. no one needs steroids
I remember Alzado trying a comeback in the early nineties at 41 or so.He was super bulked up and ripped.The comeback didnt work out,and he died not long after.I dont think steriods should be allowed in any competative sport for mainly one reason.Its a huge unfair advantage to athletes who dont want to put that shit into there body.
I'm not saying it's fair but I would imagine back then most of those guys took them.
0:42 Myles Garrett brought me here.
ditto
Lyle Alzado was great ball player one best but he was a great performer also very entertaining ; Wish I could have personally Thanked him for all the great football that I was blessed to watch in his career . 👍Mr. Alzado .!
That's when the raiders were good...
I actually met Mr Alzado ..
He was a super nice person and very kind ..
I'm so obsessed with the Çhris incident and the interview about it
My dad went to college and played with Lyle. He said he’s the nicest guy off the field. On the field, different story.
My friend, Fred Sherman's dad Joel ,was college roommates with Lyle Alzado.
@@johnfabozzi3636 I wouldn’t doubt my dad and him might have known each other as well. He was a freshman Lyles sr year but continued to hang with him when he was drafted by Denver.
They went to a small college in South Dakota. That's where my friend's dad and mom met. Joel was a Jewish boy from New Jersey and Sylvia or Syl for short was a Souix Indian from Yankton S.D. We use to call my friend Fred the Souix/Jew. My friend has passed away but the memories remain. Miss and love u Fred.
@johnfabozzi3636 Sioux.
I grew on a farm 25 miles from Yankton, South Dakota.
Yankton College no longer exists as it was closed in 1984 due to declining enrollment and massive debt.
Raider fan fer life Lyle was a monster on the field rest easy Darth
Back when football was rough and really tough
His kind of on field rage came from an internal pain...."Be the best or die"
He was awesome. He knew the price he would pay for greatness and at the end regretting it. But in his hey day he was a beast
I don't think it was the anabolics that destroyed Alzado, I think it was the combination of human growth hormone and anabolics that destroyed Alzado - there's an interesting comment made in a biography written about Alzado by his friend that said of the 13 people in the US that had Alzado's lymphoma when Alzado had it, 11 of them had used both anabolics and human growth hormone. Statistics would tell us that's not enough of a sample size to draw conclusions - I say fuc* your math, that's enough for me.
Your right HGH brings whatever you might have genetically to the SURFACE.
An acquaintance of mine died this year from same type of brain tumor. He used steroids and hgh for years. I had warned him that he was playing with fire. He was 56 years old. When he was cycling? he was an obnoxious ass and difficult to be around. It's a shame but if you are going to do the crime you have to do the time.
how much GH was alazado using? usually it just makes your head bigger not give you cancer. barry bonds for instance.
I believe that was actor James Garner (0:39) that was coming over to help calm down Lyle! The good ole' days!
Love Alzado... he's what football is all about.
I remember watching that game. What an incredible team the Raiders had back then. I always liked Alzado, even when he was with the Broncos, but it's a shame he got so wrapped up in the juice. May he RIP.
Speaking of Raiders and 'roid rage, whatever happened to Bill Romanowski?!?
@@teller1290 he was in the longest yard remake which sucked major ass.
homoanowski looked off PEDs and had a shit physique.
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Anyone can come out against what they did in their life prior … that’s called perspective. It’s an educational process that we used to allow. Nowadays someone like this would be banished and outlasted from society
1:07 "ahhhkay"
I always liked alzado...too bad he paid such a huge price for roids, ne fan. I do not think they knew back then how dangerous they were
The ends justify the means. Lyle bullied his way through the NFL and went out like so many bullies before him.....drooling at the mouth and soiling his diaper.
Most people go out that way
Insane young man yet very respectable old man
Easy to start apologizing when you don’t want to die. If he didn’t have cancer he’d still be talking shit.
A lot of crazy guys played in the NFL, but they singled out Alzado.
The man who showed me what real men do. TY LA
I love to see a battle between Alzado in his prime years vs Suh
My 62-year-old boss, who is 5-foot-8 and 150 pounds told me Alzado tried to fight him in a bar just because my boss recognized him as an NFL football player. "What are you looking at? I will kick your ass."
Chicago here, Butkus, and other great ones, never took steroids. But it was commendable that Alzado finally spoke out against that fake crap.
I've always loved and admired his honest opinions about himself, other players and the game of football. I understand why the NFL and other sports don't allow players to say what they think or feel, for the part. That being said, it would be nice to hear someone in today's game, say what they honestly felt or thought about who they dislike or what they dislike in the league. As Lyle Alzado once said about Joe Theismann, " I plan on shoving that ball down his throat! I hope he has a big throat!" Nobody says anything like that in today's game. Too bad.
I remember cheering him on during his comeback bid. Watched him sack the QB in a preseason game. Sadly he did not make the final roster.
Lyle & Jack Tatum; they both were playing with fire in the NFL hurting people & during playing years, the sad part is they both got paid back by the LAWS of KARMA in the later part of their LIFE!! 😢
"If I had a chance to make him swallow his helmet, I woulda done it"
Interviewer: Ooooh-kay
Him throwing that helmet at Ward reminds me so much of Clemens throwing the broken bat at Piazza.
And Clemens used juice also
R.I.P. Three Mile Lyle. You are missed. 🏴☠️ RNFL 🏴☠️
What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet loses his soul....
Steroids should be legal and monitored by the team dr.
Ward and the The Jets won that playoff game by the way, on the road. Still, continued peace to Lyle Alzado...!
Lyle Alzado was a GREAT football player everyone looks at him as a bad guy for taking the steroids but he took them most of his NFL career which means he didn't take them in high school so therefore he was good enough to get into college and play football and he wasn't taking them in college and obviously was good enough for the NFL and later on in his career started taking them but despite what others say he was a great football player in my opinion deserve to be in the hall of fame
Why take Steroids Just to be a better player, knowing that crap is gonna kill ya , How Stupid.
No way will the NFL allow him to be enshrined in Canton after all his steroid use. That would be a huge black eye for the league.
He in the end was humbled. And unlike many tried to make amends for his actions. you have to respect that. One thing he said that kept me away fron even trying roids was, " When you take roids you live a lie. Your strength and ability is from the drug, not from you."
I don't know I don't fully like that message because it's mostly you. And when phrased like that people will not listen because its not fully true.
When I was 17 everyone was trying juice that lifted in the early 2000's in high school. So my best friend sold me fake stuff but I lifted so hard I learned you really have 1 natural cycle in you when you first start training. That's what I used to say. Good thing I was ripped off though , I wouldn't have learned it without being given the placebo.....
It got him to where he wanted but everything has a price. The piper will get his pound of flesh
They should have a clean league and a "take-whatever-you-want" league.
Jack Lambert and mean joe green gave offenses nightmares.
That was a sad story, I am glad he got SB ring before hanging it up. I watched him play and then seeing him as the steroids took their toll. Damn it was sad!!
Lyle had anger issues he was able to make a living off of. I remember his act getting old after a few years.
Yeah, and I bet that deep inside, you wished that he was on your team......didn't you?
@@mikestone7651 no
@@mikestone7651 Smart as stone, aren't you?
I like this guy enjoyed watching him play but he should have been arrested for using that helmet as a weapon
It got me where I wanted says it all. Apparently he was willing to pay the price
Grown men make their own decisions.
Its not phony when you go pro and are a beast
Richard Marvin Butkus. No steroids, just played angry and mean.
Still a helluva player! RIP big man.
Still ??
Question: In the decades that pro athletes have used steroids to enhance their games, how many have died of cancer as a result?
Many doctors said his brain cancer wasn't caused by steroids. However, Lyle admitted he didn't cycle, he used them all the time. He's one of my favorites, but rather than 'roid rage, I'd attribute his childhood and insecurities to those 'rages' on the field. He's known now for his quiet charity, which was going to kid's hospitals (without camera crews) and being with sick kids and making their day with this hero being their new big brother and friend. I don't think steroids are a good idea because of HS kids doing it and their bodies and brains aren't yet developed, for one reason. The other is that players with experience with them talked about them being highly addictive, especially psychologically. They come to think they can't play without them.
HE's was from Long Island ,NY Lawrence High school I use to work at a local eatery that he worked as a kid, and they use to tell me storys of him busing table and hitting his head on the door to the kitchen when entering....crazy
Jack Lambert was a scary dude too
ive always heard no definitive connection to lyles brain cancer and steroids.
I love the way Tommy Kramer stood up to the roid monster Lyle Alzado. To this day Tommy Kramer is my favorite Vikings quarterback of all time, he had a lot of spunk and fight in him.
The vikings played the raiders in 1983 or 84 and the raiders constantly hit us late, were dirty and cheap the whole game. It was more like a fight than a football game.