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  • @kenp7814
    @kenp7814 2 роки тому +36

    Otto Graham
    Played 10 Years
    Played in 10 Championships
    Won 7 Rings
    G.O.A.T.

    • @b-zoneonroku2020
      @b-zoneonroku2020 4 місяці тому

      Graham, Luckman, Starr, Brady, then everyone else.

    • @nobodyaskedbut
      @nobodyaskedbut 4 місяці тому +1

      @@b-zoneonroku2020 Graham superior to the other 3 because he was a great play maker & ball carrier & they were not which means only he was above everyone else.

    • @carrite
      @carrite 3 місяці тому

      G O A T

    • @BelichickPATS8384
      @BelichickPATS8384 2 місяці тому

      Defense wins championships

  • @crowtservo
    @crowtservo 4 роки тому +60

    My uncle told me my grandfather bought a tv for the family for Christmas that December. In the early 50’s my hometown installed cable for the whole town and it went in to operation earlier that year. The first thing he remembers watching was the 1955 NFL Championship Game, he said Grandpa had that day off work so they watched together. From 1955 through the Super Bowl in January 1980, my grandfather and uncle watched every NFL, AFL and Super Bowl Championship games together.

    • @jstube36
      @jstube36  4 роки тому +4

      Thank you for sharing those memories. And thanks for viewing.

    • @LittleDrummerBoyLittle
      @LittleDrummerBoyLittle 4 роки тому +8

      My great uncle JD Bud Ison was an All American at Baylor in 1949, draft pick 149 by the Cardinals in 1950, but also drafted by Uncle Sam to play football for the troops in Germany.

    • @davidharper8500
      @davidharper8500 2 роки тому

      Football is family :)

    • @sneakerfacevids441
      @sneakerfacevids441 2 роки тому +1

      ? There was no cable in the 50s ! That was like 30 years later.

    • @brianthomas2434
      @brianthomas2434 2 роки тому +2

      ​@@sneakerfacevids441 not strictly true. Cable TV or CATV as it was often known initially started in the 1940s for remote regions that, because of topographic reasons, could not otherwise get satisfactory over the air reception. Decades later it became something of a luxury, instead of the only option in CERTAIN areas.

  • @johnkurtz7705
    @johnkurtz7705 2 роки тому +23

    Although no longer mentioned amongst the greatest qbs ever, Otto Graham is the only qb to ever play in a pro football championship game, every season that he played. Pretty remarkable

    • @MrThumbs63
      @MrThumbs63 2 роки тому +3

      My father, born in 1925, saw the NFL until 1997. Even after seeing that many years of football, he always thought Graham was Top 5.

    • @martinzaehringer1697
      @martinzaehringer1697 2 роки тому +5

      Graham coached the Coast Guard Academy's football team for a couple of years and when that job was over, he had a yard sale at his house in Connecticut before he moved. My father went over and came back with two NFL footballs autographed by Graham, one for me and one for my brother. We were probably 10 and 11. One evening he drives home from work and finds us with our friends in a field playing football. He walks over and asks what football we're playing with and we told him one of those footballs you got from that old coach!

    • @johnkurtz7705
      @johnkurtz7705 2 роки тому

      @@martinzaehringer1697 nice, lol

    • @williambagley5415
      @williambagley5415 2 роки тому +5

      These Browns teams are very under rated in NFL history. Don Shula & Chuck Knoll both played for Paul Brown...as did Walt Michaels, who coached the Jets in the 70s

    • @kennethrohen5963
      @kennethrohen5963 2 роки тому +2

      But, he never once faced the pass rush that exists nowadays, as there was nobody close to an Aaron Donald, and even the average modern linebacker, or even safety or cornerback--all of whom are stronger and faster and more violent than anyone of those days.

  • @timsharkey1993
    @timsharkey1993 2 роки тому +18

    I loved that bounced-in TD by the Rams’ receiver. No such thing as “down by contact” in 1955 apparently. 😂

    • @ronaldgreen2575
      @ronaldgreen2575 2 роки тому +1

      My thoughts exactly.

    • @johnh7018
      @johnh7018 2 роки тому +1

      That of course was the rule but the refs sucked

    • @88mike42
      @88mike42 2 роки тому

      They've moved the goal posts a couple of yards back from the goal line.

    • @ItsAboutTV
      @ItsAboutTV Рік тому +2

      At the time, the rules stated that "The ball is dead immediately when the ball carrier touches the ground with any part of his body except his hands or feet while in the grasp of an opponent." As enforced, it meant that the defensive player not only had to have the runner down, but had to have him in his grasp or control, i.e. if you hit him and knock him down, but don't have him in your grasp, he can continue to run. In highlights from this era, you'll often see a runner get up and run if the defender doesn't have him ahold of him and have him in his control.

    • @ItsAboutTV
      @ItsAboutTV Рік тому +1

      @@88mike42 A support on the upright allowed the crossbar to be on the goal line while the uprights themselves were a couple of yards back. This was standard until the introduction of the single-post, curved upright (called the slingshot or goose-necked goalpost) was introduced in 1967. Incidentally, these modern goalposts were first used not in the NFL, but in the Canadian Football League.

  • @davebyrd4000
    @davebyrd4000 2 місяці тому +1

    My father graduated high school in 57 in northeast Ohio. Loved his Browns.

  • @douglasnewman2299
    @douglasnewman2299 2 роки тому +10

    Interesting story about Don Colo, DT for Cleveland. In the 1949-50 academic year, my mother worked at the library at Brown. She told me several times about this big lineman named Don Colo who would play several years for Cleveland.
    She also told me about the QB, a wiry Italian kid from Brooklyn ... some guy named Joe Paterno.

  • @sonnythompson2956
    @sonnythompson2956 2 роки тому +2

    Love those Browns old and new. And I am a Packer fan die hard, the Brown & Packers played so many good games over the years you have to love them both.

  • @donaldbarrett4454
    @donaldbarrett4454 6 років тому +13

    I was nine years old and still remember !

    • @jstube36
      @jstube36  6 років тому +1

      Those were the days when the Browns and Lions were powerhouses. goes to show how much of a cycle the sport is. The teams that are on the bottom now may rise to success late and vice versa. What I like is the uniforms of the Rams. They should bring that back now that they've returned to LA.

    • @algee8415
      @algee8415 5 років тому +1

      I was seven. First football game I definitely remember watching. None the details but remember the final score. And Modzelewski.

  • @Rescue162
    @Rescue162 4 роки тому +9

    A lot of these players I had only read about in my NFL record and fact book I got when I was a kid in the 1970s. I loved that book and read it cover-to-cover. Thanks for posting this.

    • @henrybrowne7248
      @henrybrowne7248 2 роки тому

      I did something similar, I think around 1971.

  • @redbaronreborn3372
    @redbaronreborn3372 4 роки тому +41

    Couple of interesting notes: This was Gillman's 1st season as HC of the Rams,was Graham's last game as Browns QB.Tank Younger Rams Rb didn't play due to injury that really hurt the Rams chances.
    Also this was the 1st nationally televised NFL championship game by NBC and it was played on a Monday afternoon!
    Norm Van Brocklin threw 6 INTS! 6🤯
    Gillman never trusted Van Brocklin again gradually losing faith in him and trading him to the lowly Eagles who with Van Brocklin at QB beat the Packers in 1960 NFL championship game 17-13 the only playoff game Lombardi lost as GB HC and all because the relationhip soured between Gill&NVB because of this game.
    Strange sometimes how life works out.
    Gillman himself was fired by Rams Gm tex schramm after the 1959 season,Schramm in 1960 became Dallas Cowboys GM when former Rams publicity man Pete Rozelle who become NFL commissioner when Bert Bell died of a heart attack sitting in the stands of an Eagles game in 1959,recommended Schramm to new Owner Clint Murchison jr. Who in turn was awarded a new expansion franchise to compete with Lamar Hunt's AFL Dallas Texans.
    If you ever get a chance YT the documentary "Full Color football " it's done in 6 1hr episodes and its imo the greatest sports documentary ever!

    • @robertthomas2001
      @robertthomas2001 4 роки тому +6

      i say the game as a thirteen year old and can say without a doubt " tank younger wouldn't have mattered in the outcome, Graham retired having one of his best seasons ever.

    • @garyb2b
      @garyb2b 3 роки тому +8

      This was also the last championship the great Paul Brown ever won

    • @robertperrella4194
      @robertperrella4194 3 роки тому +6

      the first interception by van brocklin WAS A BAD OMEN!!!!!! that pass SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAUGHT !!!!!!!!the other INT'S are just poor decisions!!!!!!!!!,,,,,OOTO GRAHAM WAS TOM BRADY BEFORE TOM BRADY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,,,,,,,,my goodness: 8 turnovers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @nobodyaskedbut
      @nobodyaskedbut 2 роки тому +8

      @@robertperrella4194 Brady is nothing like the incomparable Graham who was a COMPLETE QB. Graham was a superb ball carrier & could make plays on his own which Brady, of course, could never do. Graham also had to endure physical punishment during his era of which Brady could only have nightmares about.

    • @robertperrella4194
      @robertperrella4194 2 роки тому +4

      @@nobodyaskedbut otto graham truly is special and i agree with you 100% !!!!!

  • @robertthomas2001
    @robertthomas2001 5 років тому +7

    I was thirteen years old and a Giant fan and looked forward to the game with great anticipation. the following year i was in attendance at Yankee stadium for the bears and Giants. great memories and very few flags unlike today's game

    • @jstube36
      @jstube36  5 років тому +3

      Thanks for sharing that memory

    • @crowtservo
      @crowtservo 4 роки тому +1

      My uncle was 12 in 1956 and a Bears fan at the time and he said that was his first big sports disappointment he saw on tv. He later became a Saints fan, they started the team right after he moved to Louisiana when his army service was done and since they were on tv all the time he started following them instead.

    • @robertthomas2001
      @robertthomas2001 4 роки тому +2

      @@crowtservo I was fourteen when attending the world championship playoff game. the field was completely frozen when the Temperatures were near zero. after warmups the giant team raided a local sporting goods store and cleaned out their sneaker stock which gave them superior footing. that was the big difference in the outcome of a lopsided game. .. i accidentally spilled mustard from my hotdog to my program....it still frozen today. that's how cold it was

  • @randyacuna3248
    @randyacuna3248 2 роки тому +6

    Always felt that those colors, gold orange with the blue numbers and white pants were the rams best. Also love the wide horns on the helmets. Classic style.

  • @palmerpalmer9823
    @palmerpalmer9823 2 роки тому +2

    Those were the good days, miss you Dad

  • @davidduffy2046
    @davidduffy2046 6 років тому +16

    I watched this game with my dad on tv. Still remember

    • @jstube36
      @jstube36  6 років тому +3

      What great memories you must have.

    • @algee8415
      @algee8415 5 років тому +1

      First game I remember watching. Not many details after this long but remember the final score. And Modzelewski running.

    • @NeoNitty
      @NeoNitty 3 роки тому

      Wow that’s awesome

  • @MrRyan-wu4jx
    @MrRyan-wu4jx 2 роки тому +8

    Interesting to see what strategies are still utilized 70 years later and which aren’t. It actually look more like the modern game than I was expecting.

    • @starwarsROXmy
      @starwarsROXmy Рік тому

      It’s definitely interesting to see. A lot of these guys didn’t have the benefits of the training, the medicine, the money, the nutrition or the rules to protect them. I have no doubt quite a few of these guys could play today if they were given these benefits. At the end of the day, it’s still football.

  • @denisceballos9745
    @denisceballos9745 4 місяці тому +2

    Man, that’s some NFL history right there. Cool to see Norm Van Brocklin, Otto Graham, and Tom Fears in their playing days before they became coaches.

  • @steveosullivan5262
    @steveosullivan5262 2 роки тому +4

    Pretty cool. Nice to see Don Paul score a TD for Cleveland. I met him about a year before he died. Sad ending to a nice guy. He was sent up to Eugene to write another book, don't think he wrote much. He played before my era and enjoyed his stories. RIP Don. He was a kind man.

    • @richardkammerer2814
      @richardkammerer2814 2 роки тому +1

      There’s something about a good champion. They have that something special and carry themselves with respect. As a teenager, I remember talking to a few players from the Buffalo Bills at a scouting event in the mid 60s. They were big guys with funny stories and good insight.

  • @griselame
    @griselame 2 роки тому +7

    The number of legends playing in that game is insane

  • @EdsterIII
    @EdsterIII 2 роки тому +2

    This is the best way to spend a day! Classic football games. For me, not born until 1967, I never saw these game, or this game until now. So this is a treat for me!! Thank you for your dedication and hard work making it possible for us to see these classic NFL games! Awesome content! And a great channel! You definitely have another Subscriber!

  • @ep4169
    @ep4169 2 роки тому +30

    I never understood why the NFL effectively wiped out the entire history of the league and started over with the Super Bowl era. Today when people talk about football championships, they only mention Super Bowls won. It's as if the whole history of the league before 1965 never happened.

    • @xylynthian753
      @xylynthian753 2 роки тому +4

      The NBA acknowledges their championships and records before the ABA merger in the 70s. There was no world series until 1903, but the MLB acknowledges pennant wins and records all the way back from 1876, the inaugural year of the National League.

    • @frankieecanales8827
      @frankieecanales8827 2 роки тому

      NFL-AFL.

    • @TheLAGopher
      @TheLAGopher Рік тому +3

      The NFL has pretty much made the marketing decision that pro football only truely became relivent with the NFL-AFL merger in 1966 and the
      birth of the modern Super Bowl era. Pre 1966 is treated like the Jurassic period. A lot of interesting things happened, but it was a whole other world
      that modern people can't relate to.
      The only real exception to that rule would be the Lombardi Packers of the 1960s because their 3 pre 1966 NFL titles are connected to their
      two Super Bowl Championships due to the same head coach and key players. So it's ok to invoke the 5 Lombardi championships talking about
      the modern Packers.
      Nobody wants to bring up the 4 AAFC titles of Cleveland or their 4 pre 1966 NFL titles. Nobody wants to talk about the Detroit Lions,
      Baltimore Colts,New York Giants, Washington Redskins,or Philadelphia Eagles pre 1966 greatness either. Sure, the NFL recognizes they
      happened, they just seemed to happen "elsewhere" and are not really connected to the modern teams. Even less attention goes to the
      pre 1966 AFL champs such as the 60-61 Oilers. The 1962 Texans. 1963 Chargers. And 1964-65 Buffalo Bills.

    • @TheLAGopher
      @TheLAGopher Рік тому

      @@xylynthian753
      The NBA-ABA merger was more akin to the 1950 NFL-AAFC merger than the 1966-1970 NFL-AFL merger in that one league absorbed
      a defunct league. The NFL-AFL merger was more like two leagues merging to form a brand new organization that just retained the
      name National Football League. Pro football essentially reset itself twice in 4 years. Once in 1966.And again in 1970.
      That's somewhat why the modern NFL doesn't seem to embrace the nostalgia for the pre 1970 teams outside of the Lombardi Packers
      while the NFL actively remembers the post merger championship teams of the 70s such as the Steelers, Cowboys, and Miami Dolphins.

    • @smilanesi98
      @smilanesi98 6 місяців тому

      It was a different game before free agency. Many players would be on the same team in their first years and their later years.

  • @jayfelsberg1931
    @jayfelsberg1931 4 місяці тому +1

    So many years of glory heartbreak since 1933 when Bert Bell and Lud Wray bought the Frankford Yellow Jackets and moved them to Philadelphia. I hope the channel as the 1948 and 1949 championshios

    • @jstube36
      @jstube36  4 місяці тому

      I have both. I also have the 1960 NFL Championship. Where the Eagles best Green Bay.

  • @marvinwilks5893
    @marvinwilks5893 2 місяці тому

    I was born a few weeks before that Game in Cleveland. I watched 1964 Championship won by Cleveland. BUT in 1967 i became a RAIDERS Fan. Livin in Las Vegas since 2003.. Raiders arrived officially in 2020 [RN4Life]

  • @spiritualarchitect4276
    @spiritualarchitect4276 2 роки тому

    Nice to see this. This was the first Championship after I was born. Ten years later I watched my first NFL game (Browns vs Giants) and the Browns were the champs then too. Amazing that Norm threw 6 interceptions in a Championship game!? And he still made the Hall of Fame!

  • @oden4154
    @oden4154 2 роки тому +1

    I was 2 months old at the time. my first game was the browns vs eagles in 1963 an no surprise Lou Groza was still on the field kicked field goal to beat my eagles. my Dad laughed at old lou the whole game.

  • @deanouellette1868
    @deanouellette1868 2 роки тому +2

    Love those Ram unis. Vivid color in a drab time.

  • @samuelhain2712
    @samuelhain2712 2 роки тому +6

    LOVE all the unflagged late hits: 4:33. 5:14. 5:33. 7:52. 8:21. 8:48. 12:46. 14:11. etc
    REAL football, when the players were allowed to INJURE each other.

    • @Hilbert123
      @Hilbert123 2 роки тому +1

      In those days you could still get up and advance the ball if you were knocked down. In order to be down you had to be "in the grasp" of the opponent on the ground and your forward progress stopped to be considered down. In some of these old videos you'll see guys crawling forward for touchdowns from the 1 or 2 yard line after being tackled, just like in Rugby. Thats why you're seeing guys pile on in the video. The down by contact rule was implemented the following year, 1956, to prevent piling on and injuries.

    • @xylynthian753
      @xylynthian753 2 роки тому +1

      Those really look like the players just falling on the ball carrier to make sure he's down, not really a "hit", but I agree those definitely would've been flagged today.

  • @Fireyninjadog
    @Fireyninjadog 2 роки тому +2

    Those uniforms are dope as hell

  • @rainman7693
    @rainman7693 5 років тому +3

    Thanks for posting.

  • @henrybrowne7248
    @henrybrowne7248 2 роки тому +4

    I'm a Rams fan, but Quinlan was down before the end zone on that long bomb play.

  • @custer2449
    @custer2449 2 роки тому +3

    What a strange way to play football - no kneeling, no dancing each and every play, no helmet slapping each and every play, no idiotic taunting each and every play, handing the ball to the referee after each and every play instead of spinning the ball around. What a strange way to play football.

  • @davemitchell116
    @davemitchell116 2 роки тому +1

    If I remember correctly, this was the first NFL game I ever saw on TV. I was seven. The TV was black and white with a whopping 19-inch screen. Back when pro football was a weekly feeble afterthought to the college games on Saturday.

  • @Mr.56Goldtop
    @Mr.56Goldtop 2 роки тому +1

    It's amazing how much the play improved in only a few short years from here!

    • @martinzaehringer1697
      @martinzaehringer1697 2 роки тому +1

      I am surprised how advanced the play was then. I expected 60 minutes of running plays

    • @turkeybowlwinkle4440
      @turkeybowlwinkle4440 Рік тому

      @@martinzaehringer1697 That would be the 70s.

  • @jhankline8963
    @jhankline8963 5 років тому +8

    Greatest coach. PAUL BROWN
    greatest. Quarterback
    OTTO GRAHAM
    greatest running back. EVEEEEEER J I M B R O E N

    • @jstube36
      @jstube36  5 років тому +1

      Interesting list.
      Here's mine.
      QB- Tom Brady, Joe Montana
      RB Emmitt Smith
      WR Jerry Rice
      TE Tony Gonzalez, Jason Witten
      OL-Larry Allen
      DL Reggie White
      LB Ray Lewis
      CB Deion Sanders
      S Ed Reed, Ronnie Lott
      Franchise- N E Patriots, G B Packers
      Coach- Bill Belichick, Bill Parcells, Bill Walsh, Don Shula, Tom Landry, Vince Lombardi

    • @jstube36
      @jstube36  5 років тому +1

      Happy 100 seasons

    • @jeremythompson9122
      @jeremythompson9122 5 років тому

      Here's my all time team at the offensive skill positions: QB Joe Montana RB Barry Sanders RB Jim Brown WR Jerry Rice WR Randy Moss TE Rob Gronkowski and heres my defense DT Joe Greene DT Bob Lilly DE Reggie White DE Bruce Smith OLB Lawrence Taylor OLB Jack Ham MLB Dick Butkus CB Mel Blount CB Night Train Lane S Ronnie Lott S Ed Reed. I would've put Deion Sanders at CB but he tackled like my grandmother

    • @TheSdthomas74
      @TheSdthomas74 3 роки тому +1

      @@jstube36 too weighted towards recency. Not good!

    • @KaisasDad
      @KaisasDad 2 роки тому

      You mis-spelled the HBs name . Corrected to - Gale Sayers.

  • @kvernon1
    @kvernon1 2 роки тому +3

    Did you notice: (1) No celebrations by the players after great plays or touchdowns. These players are all business! (2) No touchbacks on those kickoffs -- those return men bring it out every time, even when 7 yards deep in the end zone. (3) Some rare footage of someone other than all-time great Jim Brown wearing #32 for Cleveland!

  • @jeremythompson9122
    @jeremythompson9122 5 років тому +13

    1955 was the Browns 10th consecutive appearance in their league's Championship Game...4 straight in the AAFC and 6 straight in the NFL. The Browns won all 4 AAFC titles and 3 NFL Championships in that span. 7 out of 10.....That is INSANE!!! Maybe the greatest dynasty in pro football history. The New England Patriots won it all in 2001, 2003, and 2004 but then went another 10 years and won 3 more Championships...2014, 2016, and 2018. But I really think the league started scripting games in recent years so I'm not really sold on the Patriots. Championship Games weren't decided by the refs in the old days...they were decided by the players and coaches. I've seen bad officiating be instrumental in several important wins by the Pats in recent years so I'm not fully convinced that their dynasty is legit

    • @robertthomas2001
      @robertthomas2001 5 років тому +3

      bad officiating goes both ways. nonsense. Pat are like the old clevelend browns of yesteryear.

    • @jamesyoung9311
      @jamesyoung9311 3 роки тому +3

      Between 1950-1969, the Cleveland Browns or NY Giants were in 17 of the 20 NFL Championships played.

    • @Gorilla-qh4zc
      @Gorilla-qh4zc 2 роки тому +1

      They was gambling back then too

    • @nobodyaskedbut
      @nobodyaskedbut 2 роки тому +2

      @@robertthomas2001 Not even close. The 40s, 50s & to '66 Browns could not qualify for the title game unless they had the best regular season record in their half of the league. There were no small divisions or wild cards. Also, during the 50s the Browns were considered the invading enemy by the NFL owners who resented what they did to their league especially in the very 1st season when the beat TWO NFL champions (Eagles in 1st ever game). In their 1st 4 seasons the Browns were in the top 2 in penalties called on & no other team was even close to that. Certainly can't say any of these things about the Pats.

    • @KnockOffBeingFat
      @KnockOffBeingFat 2 роки тому +1

      Bottom line: If you CHEAT IS DOES NOT COUNT & the players/coaches/refs etc... have to lie and live with that FOREVER

  • @MrThumbs63
    @MrThumbs63 2 роки тому

    Fantastic posting!!

  • @martinzaehringer1697
    @martinzaehringer1697 2 роки тому +2

    I was surprised how much more advanced in offensive play this game was. I expected more 3 yards and a cloud of dust. That being said, the Browns were in love with the inside trap play.

    • @williamjordan5554
      @williamjordan5554 2 роки тому

      Paul Brown invented the forerunner of the West Coast Offense.

    • @nobodyaskedbut
      @nobodyaskedbut 4 місяці тому

      @@williamjordan5554 This is not the west coast offense. PB developed that with the Bengals. PB did that because he lost his strong armed QB & had to compensate. Graham, of course, had a great arm.

  • @howl_with_the_wolves
    @howl_with_the_wolves Місяць тому

    1955 this is in color yet the 1958 game 3 yrs after only in b&w?
    This game was played on Monday afternoon as Xmas was the day before and was broadcast by the DuMont network.

  • @dustandroktwok1447
    @dustandroktwok1447 2 роки тому +1

    “Starting quarterback and punter extraordinaire Norman van Brocklin attempts a forward pass. The crowd erupts”. LMAO how times have changed.

  • @jah0524
    @jah0524 2 роки тому +1

    Norm Van Brocklin would go on to smoke a ton of cigarettes, become a losing coach for the Vikings and Atlanta Falcons, and die at the age of 57 from smoking a ton of cigarettes. Otto Graham went on to play tennis and golf, and lived to the age of 82.

  • @JoshuaTraffanstedt
    @JoshuaTraffanstedt 3 дні тому

    87,695 people attended this game. Thats pretty incredible. I wish I was alive during these days. Probably 97% of the people that attended this game are dead and gone now. I'm glad there are still recordings of these historic events. We were robbed of a lot of baseball film. I mean there are only a few small clips of babe Ruth playing or during batting practice. That seems kind of crazy to me. Its not like filming was all that uncommon; I guess people just didn't think people would be interested in seeing Babe Ruth play in later decades.

  • @kenp7814
    @kenp7814 2 роки тому +2

    Former Cleveland Rams vs Current Cleveland Browns

  • @MAC-ws8fz
    @MAC-ws8fz 2 роки тому

    I was told when I was a wee lad that my Mothers side of family was related to Johnny Lujack! That would be AWESOME!

  • @GetBenched2010
    @GetBenched2010 2 роки тому

    Those Rams uniforms are iconic!

  • @clareomarfran
    @clareomarfran 4 місяці тому

    As a fiery coach later in his life, Van Brocklin would have fired his younger self at the half. Five interceptions! All hail Otto Graham!

  • @BigfistJP
    @BigfistJP 2 роки тому +1

    Wow, 8 LA turnovers. That has to be some sort of playoff record.

  • @pape444
    @pape444 Рік тому

    Intersting just 17 y before Rams played in Cleveland where they where fond.

  • @mrstep2me
    @mrstep2me 5 років тому +5

    I see the refs were blind back then too. On the Rams first score, the guy was clearly tackled short of the goal line.

    • @jeremythompson9122
      @jeremythompson9122 5 років тому +1

      Kinda like Super Bowl 40 when the refs gave that TD to Roethlisberger when he was CLEARLY short of the goal line. Really the refs gave that whole game to Pittsburgh. Big asterisk next to that one for the Steelers

    • @randymiller2233
      @randymiller2233 4 роки тому +9

      Believe it or not, that touchdown was legal in 1955. The rule at that time said a tackled player MUST be in the GRASP of the defender. Merely knocking down a ball carrier was not enough. If you notice, there are a lot of plays here where the runner goes down and an additional tackler jumps on to complete the tackle.

    • @LittleDrummerBoyLittle
      @LittleDrummerBoyLittle 4 роки тому +1

      Horse collar tackles and late hits out of bounds were par for the course for these WWII vet real men! No kneeling then!

    • @CaptC4t
      @CaptC4t 4 роки тому +1

      @@randymiller2233 That rules still holds in rugby.

    • @robertsprouse9282
      @robertsprouse9282 2 роки тому

      @@randymiller2233, nope, the "pindown" rule ended in 1954.
      In this game in '55, the ref blew the early tdown call.

  • @nleefry
    @nleefry Місяць тому

    Thanks NFL films for the complet game film!!!

  • @LittleDrummerBoyLittle
    @LittleDrummerBoyLittle 4 роки тому +3

    Way to go Cleveland!

  • @HemiJB91
    @HemiJB91 4 роки тому +2

    Damn big contracts back than. Qb $10000 with $ 3000 garenteed

  • @clayboutin400
    @clayboutin400 2 роки тому +1

    Obviously with the Rams starting RB out, they didn't have a running game but I think I would have put the backup QB in for the 2nd half after Van Brocklin's 5 interceptions in the first half. I don't think the backup could have done any worse. But then again, this game was played before I was born so maybe it wouldn't have mattered.

  • @OldHickoryAndyJackson
    @OldHickoryAndyJackson 29 днів тому

    This is when football was real football, Lou Groza kicks off and runs down to cover the kick and makes the tackle

  • @andrewlenz2177
    @andrewlenz2177 3 роки тому +2

    The nfl championship was until the 1970 season. The 1969 Vikings being the last team win the nfl championship

  • @OldHickoryAndyJackson
    @OldHickoryAndyJackson 2 роки тому

    Automatic Otto, great vid

  • @lajuggernaut8220
    @lajuggernaut8220 2 роки тому

    ABSOLUTELY GOLDEN!!! 😎😃

  • @Celluloidwatcher
    @Celluloidwatcher 2 роки тому

    Although one-sided, the Paul Brown-led Cleveland Browns continued their championship dominance in the NFL, defeating the team that left Cleveland after the 1945 season, the Rams. BTW, the Cleveland Rams defeated Sammy Baugh and Washington for the NFL title and moved to Los Angeles for the 1946 season.

  • @keithmotsinger918
    @keithmotsinger918 2 роки тому

    BERT BELL RIP. Also forget how great Otto was,saw interview with George Blanda,asked the best QB,in his view: OTTO GRAHAM.

  • @algee8415
    @algee8415 2 роки тому

    Watched this live. Didn't remember any of the details. But a muddy field at the Coliseum?

    • @caliscribe2120
      @caliscribe2120 2 роки тому

      The Rams lost in NFC title game against the Minnesota Vikings in a rain storm at the Coliseum in the early 70s. Muddy field and a half.

  • @majik_man
    @majik_man 3 роки тому

    As a football historian i always had a dream that Graham was still qb for a few more years, as a 36 year old Otto Graham would team up with Jim Brown as a star rookie & form the greatest team of the 50's, 1957 world champs and Graham would come back for a swan song and play the 58 season as a 37 year old QB and defending champion and beat Johnny Unitas.

    • @vincenttrudell782
      @vincenttrudell782 2 роки тому +3

      Would Jim have been available in '57, if Graham(one of the biggest WINNERS in the sport) was still playing, had the Browns had a better record in '56(7-5 for example giving them #10 overall)?Would The Colts have taken him at #8 and paired him with UNITAS?

  • @cruzloera4931
    @cruzloera4931 5 років тому +3

    Those browns are probably going to win many more championships after this.

    • @johnperrigo6474
      @johnperrigo6474 4 роки тому +1

      probably

    • @KaisasDad
      @KaisasDad 2 роки тому +1

      They might have won more than 1 in 1964 if they had a FB that wasn't too important to block anyone.

  • @carltonreese4854
    @carltonreese4854 2 роки тому

    They sure did a lot of passing compared to what you read about that era. Ten picks total in the game, though!

  • @theycallmehoipilloi5495
    @theycallmehoipilloi5495 2 роки тому +1

    Two things. At least in these highlights, the tackling was really good. I wonder how much Van Brocklin had on the game. 😁

  • @jeffs3752
    @jeffs3752 2 роки тому +2

    The team from Ohio beat the crap out of the California team, in California. A good day, indeed.

  • @matthewkirkhart2401
    @matthewkirkhart2401 2 роки тому

    They must have had different rules for being ruled "down" back then. The Ram's first TD had it happened today would not have been a TD and he would have been down at the 1 yard line. I guess the rule was something like he isn't down until his momentum is stopped, which in this case happened after he crossed the goal line?

  • @randymillhouse791
    @randymillhouse791 2 роки тому

    14:36: Old footage but a massive looking hit via the Mississippi high / low shot. That guy seems out cold.

  • @sandy3482
    @sandy3482 3 місяці тому

    The Cleveland Browns Dominated the NFl East from their first year in the NFL in 1950 until this game in 1955 they did return in 1957 but this was the end of the Browns dominance is the New York football Giants who won the division 6 of the next 8 years

  • @therealthreadkilla
    @therealthreadkilla 2 роки тому

    What's most interesting is the field. Notice how far apart the hash marks are. That among many other field differences is interesting

  • @Vablonsky
    @Vablonsky 2 роки тому

    The receiver for the Rams was tackled at the 2 or 3 yard line (at the 11:27 mark of the video) with only his momentum carrying him into the end zone as he bounced from the force of being tackled. And, he was credited with a touchdown. That would obviously not be a touchdown today. Because the receiver would have been ruled down where his knee hit the ground. So, clearly, the rule must have changed somewhere along the line in the intervening decades. Or, the official simply missed the call. I don't know. That was an odd touchdown for sure given how football is played today.

  • @tommcconville4270
    @tommcconville4270 2 роки тому

    Was this noted sportscaster Bob Wolf's commentary and call in this presentation?

  • @walkergillette3918
    @walkergillette3918 2 роки тому

    2 things, where was Elroy crazy legs Hirsch? and Norm Van Brocklin stunk up the joint!

  • @CharlesColey
    @CharlesColey Місяць тому

    Why, at the beginning of watching this, I was looking for the yellow first makers?... Lol 😂

  • @marcmunns9003
    @marcmunns9003 2 роки тому +1

    back then they had to watch out for goalposts

  • @charlesschaum5849
    @charlesschaum5849 2 роки тому

    Year old when this game was played

  • @MAC-ws8fz
    @MAC-ws8fz 2 роки тому

    They were a helluva lot tougher then! No face masks, full padding on legs and knees, big clunky shoulder pads, no sissy GLOVES or arm skid tapes, no war paint, no mouth guards, heavy black shoes (no color) helmets just covered the head and ears (lucky to have chin straps) and definitely NO long hair! Todays Rams and Browns could not and WOULD NOT play like that! Yearly, teams wear old style uniforms but only in colors! Crazy Legs Hersch...with a name like that, you had to be tuff!

  • @williambagley5415
    @williambagley5415 2 роки тому

    Great history

  • @robertowens7153
    @robertowens7153 2 роки тому

    The year I was born!

  • @ldfreitas9437
    @ldfreitas9437 3 місяці тому

    Classic Rams unis. Last time they wore those was during the 1994 season as a throw back uniform.

  • @alanstrong55
    @alanstrong55 2 роки тому

    The Browns won that title quite fairly.

  • @carlschildtknecht762
    @carlschildtknecht762 2 місяці тому

    Curious to know if they knew how to grow grass in the 50's?

  • @TheCountofToulouse
    @TheCountofToulouse 2 роки тому

    Both teams started in Cleveland.

  • @muffs55mercury61
    @muffs55mercury61 2 роки тому

    The last time the Rams would play in a championship game for 25 years (they did play in but lost four NFC championships in the mid 1970s) They had good teams during much of that time but couldn't win the big game.
    Too bad they didn't think of saving entire games back then but on the other hand film was quite expensive then. And who then thought of people having home video 25 years later?

    • @normanacree1635
      @normanacree1635 2 роки тому +1

      The greatest game ever played (Colts - Giants 1958) wasn't even filmed, was it?

    • @muffs55mercury61
      @muffs55mercury61 2 роки тому

      @@normanacree1635 Yes a lot of the championship footage of that game survives. The game was credited for the networks giving football a closer look and eventually overtaking baseball as America's favorite sport.

  • @orbyfan
    @orbyfan 2 роки тому

    It's odd to see a Cleveland running back wearing #32--and it's not Jim Brown.

  • @eddiekulp1241
    @eddiekulp1241 4 місяці тому

    Didnt know Rams wore mustard yellow jerseys back then

  • @JDAbelRN
    @JDAbelRN Рік тому

    The Rams uniforms in this game would be a great throwback idea.

  • @UWalvern0810
    @UWalvern0810 3 місяці тому

    How many INT’s were thrown in this game? 🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @ningxiawolfberry
    @ningxiawolfberry 2 роки тому

    The rams started out in Cleveland.

  • @CorePathway
    @CorePathway 2 роки тому +1

    By how many hundreds of points would there guys lose to a modern team? 200? 300? Don’t be mad, the Yankees best ‘50’s team would get swept by today’s last place team.

    • @TooRandomForYou
      @TooRandomForYou 4 місяці тому

      Well yeah the athletes today get paid outrageous contracts many of them guaranteed so in reality the modern day athletes should win by millions…. But in all seriousness it would probably be a 45-7 game if they played by today’s rules. If they played by 1950s rules then 24-23 in overtime because it’s basically flag football nowadays 😂

  • @jimbowers5402
    @jimbowers5402 Рік тому

    great footage, except for the campy college band music they included back then.

  • @jstaversky
    @jstaversky 2 роки тому

    six picks and a fumble in three quarters!

  • @normanacree1635
    @normanacree1635 2 роки тому

    3:01: Check out the cheerleaders. WOW!!!

  • @Micah211
    @Micah211 4 роки тому +1

    11:26 Upon further review....

    • @jstube36
      @jstube36  4 роки тому +2

      When the knees go down the ball is at about the One yardline. Interesting that no officials were close. Except for the one running in signaling Touchdown. A Challenge Flag would bring that back.

    • @jstube36
      @jstube36  4 роки тому +2

      One thing of note. None of the Browns were protesting much

  • @Benzo1818
    @Benzo1818 4 роки тому

    And then Browns drafted Jim Brown the following season...wow!?

    • @TheSdthomas74
      @TheSdthomas74 3 роки тому

      Not correct. He was drafted in the 1957 draft. God help the NFL if Otto Graham stayed around until he arrived 😳

  • @captbss
    @captbss 2 роки тому +3

    In a time when the NFL was not a left wing political action committee

  • @Monke-vd9uw
    @Monke-vd9uw 5 років тому

    Been so long glad that the browns qb got injured or people now would still had no face mask

  • @lesberkley3821
    @lesberkley3821 2 роки тому

    Lou "The Toe" Groza!

  • @walkergillette3918
    @walkergillette3918 2 роки тому +1

    announcer says, Paul Brown runs out to congratulate Rams coach Sid Gillman, why? he lost

  • @NoLanConnection
    @NoLanConnection Рік тому

    Van Brocklin shouldve been benched as qb in the 1st half

  • @LARam-xs9nr
    @LARam-xs9nr 2 роки тому

    @1:15 The Sofi back in the Day

  • @alanstrong55
    @alanstrong55 2 роки тому

    CBS must have been the game carrier.

    • @henrybrowne7248
      @henrybrowne7248 2 роки тому

      According to another commenter, it was NBC.

    • @Celluloidwatcher
      @Celluloidwatcher 2 роки тому

      NBC covered the NFL Championship Game from 1955-1963. CBS took over and showed the title game from 1964-69 (before the NFL-AFL merger).