i met jimmy on an airplane when i was 12 years old flying across the country by myself. sometime in the middle of the flight i felt a tap on my shoulder, i turned around to see an older fella smiling and said put out your hand. as i put my hand out he plops a giant diamond encrusted ring into it that read "baltimore colts world champions 1970 he said i noticed your cowboys hat and figured youd get a kick out if this. i ended up chatting with him and his wife for the rest of the flight and when we were getting off the plane he handed me a buisness card that he had autographed and wrote a personalized message on. pretty cool encounter that has stayed with me all these years
My father grew up with and was Jimmy's best friend. Jimmy said he had just had enough with the nagging injuries, wanted to enjoy the rest of his life with family and friends, and wanted to play as much golf as possible.
Don" EASY RIDER" McCafferty.......was an assistant on offense for Weeb and Shula. But we all know Unitas himself ran the offense. Jimmy Orr was 1960s version of Brandon Stokley. His routes where insane good. He was a better yac guy then Stokley. I have told that to Brandon personally. He didn't even know who Orr was lol. Thank you for giving Jimmy Orr his just deserves. RIP Jimmy
Excellent video. All us Jets fans remember Jimmy Orr from Super Bowl III. It’s not believable that the Cowboys wanted him and the Colts made this pitch to him. I truly enjoy your channel
Absolutely despicable that the Colts would treat a player with Orr's service and performance with them like that! Disgusting! What did they expect him to do?
Lance Alworth counts. Lance Alworth always counts. It doesn't matter what the category is. MLB Home Runs? Alworth. Calculating black holes? Lance. It doesn't matter. Bambi was the greatest.
Up until now I only knew Orr from being the receiver Morrall didn't see in Super Bowl III near the end of the first half on the flea flicker and instead threw his 3rd INT. That would have been an easy TD to knot the game at 7 at the half.
The Colts, Threw In, The, Psychological Towel, after, that play, they, only, "won," SB V, because, Tom Landry forgot that Roger Staubach, was, riding the bench.
PS Rentzel's last game in 1970 was against the Giants and he had a crucial drop on the final drive which could have put the Cowboys in FG range to tie the game. Giants ended up winning 23-20 after trailing 20-9 at one point. If NY won the division (which has been discussed in another video about a coin flip deciding the NFC WC), that win over the Cowboys at Yankee Stadium would have been the game that sealed the tiebreaker (Giants wound up 6-2 in NFC East compared to Dallas at 5-3 so if the Giants won that final game against the Rams instead of losing 31-3, Giants win on this tiebreaker).
@RobertJohnson-hq6jq Yeah, the way the vote, was, decided, was, reporters submitted their choice, with, five, minutes, left, in the, Fourth Quarter, so, it made the newspapers, incredibly, this, lasted, for, decades, luckily, this gaffe didn't, occur, twice.
This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made a video about how the Colts tried to acquire the #1 overall pick that year so they could draft Jim Plunkett.
If he was retiring because he was not starting - he said how tough it was for him to be a back-up, this could have been a way to see if he wanted to continue playing where he could start. Of course a lot of that probably was not known or wasn’t covered reported back then.
Being a Colt fan i appreciated all of the contributions Jimmy gave to the game and the Colt organization...but it seems like to the novice fan Jimmy is only remembered by being wide open on the flea flicker play at the end of the first half of super bowl 3...everyone is the universe saw how wide open Jimmy was....all but Earl Morrall...
Don McCafferty is mentioned, but I strongly doubt that he was the primary force behind trying to coax Jimmy Orr out of retirement. It had to be general manager Don Klosterman and by extension owner Carroll Rosenbloom.
Keith Van Horn retired from the Mavericks, but was still under contract to them when they acquired Jason Kidd from the Nets. Van Horn was included in that trade.
That is NOT how you convince someone to come out of retirement, but Orr was pretty much cooked by the end of the 1970 season anyway. I'm sure there had to be someone else the Colts could've traded for a draft pick.
i met jimmy on an airplane when i was 12 years old flying across the country by myself. sometime in the middle of the flight i felt a tap on my shoulder, i turned around to see an older fella smiling and said put out your hand. as i put my hand out he plops a giant diamond encrusted ring into it that read "baltimore colts world champions 1970 he said i noticed your cowboys hat and figured youd get a kick out if this. i ended up chatting with him and his wife for the rest of the flight and when we were getting off the plane he handed me a buisness card that he had autographed and wrote a personalized message on. pretty cool encounter that has stayed with me all these years
My father grew up with and was Jimmy's best friend. Jimmy said he had just had enough with the nagging injuries, wanted to enjoy the rest of his life with family and friends, and wanted to play as much golf as possible.
Sounds believable to me.
Don" EASY RIDER" McCafferty.......was an assistant on offense for Weeb and Shula. But we all know Unitas himself ran the offense. Jimmy Orr was 1960s version of Brandon Stokley. His routes where insane good. He was a better yac guy then Stokley. I have told that to Brandon personally. He didn't even know who Orr was lol. Thank you for giving Jimmy Orr his just deserves. RIP Jimmy
Loved the video, the right corner of the end zone was known as Orrsville because he caught so many balls there
Excellent video. All us Jets fans remember Jimmy Orr from Super Bowl III. It’s not believable that the Cowboys wanted him and the Colts made this pitch to him. I truly enjoy your channel
Jimmy Orr.... wide open and Earl Morral missed him
Absolutely despicable that the Colts would treat a player with Orr's service and performance with them like that! Disgusting! What did they expect him to do?
RIP Jimmy Orr you belong in the hall of fame i dont care what anybody says
Lance Alworth counts. Lance Alworth always counts. It doesn't matter what the category is. MLB Home Runs? Alworth. Calculating black holes? Lance. It doesn't matter. Bambi was the greatest.
Thanks. You do a real nice job with the subjects. The footage is worth the watch. It appears to be a labor of love for sure.
You forgot to Mention John Mackey .
The stupidest retirement in Colts history was Luck.
Up until now I only knew Orr from being the receiver Morrall didn't see in Super Bowl III near the end of the first half on the flea flicker and instead threw his 3rd INT. That would have been an easy TD to knot the game at 7 at the half.
The Colts, Threw In, The, Psychological Towel, after, that play, they, only, "won," SB V, because, Tom Landry forgot that Roger Staubach, was, riding the bench.
@matthewdaley746
Super Bowl V also known as “the Blunder Bowl.” The only Super Bowl where a player on the losing team won MVP - Chuck Howley.
PS Rentzel's last game in 1970 was against the Giants and he had a crucial drop on the final drive which could have put the Cowboys in FG range to tie the game. Giants ended up winning 23-20 after trailing 20-9 at one point. If NY won the division (which has been discussed in another video about a coin flip deciding the NFC WC), that win over the Cowboys at Yankee Stadium would have been the game that sealed the tiebreaker (Giants wound up 6-2 in NFC East compared to Dallas at 5-3 so if the Giants won that final game against the Rams instead of losing 31-3, Giants win on this tiebreaker).
@RobertJohnson-hq6jq Yeah, the way the vote, was, decided, was, reporters submitted their choice, with, five, minutes, left, in the, Fourth Quarter, so, it made the newspapers, incredibly, this, lasted, for, decades, luckily, this gaffe didn't, occur, twice.
@@andrewpadaetz5549 Lance Rentzel, horrible person.
Considering that notorious cheapskate Carroll Rosenbloom owned the Colts at that time, you KNOW that super narcissistic idea originated with him.
Nice video...and mention of Lance Rentzel
I was 7 in 1970 and heard bit and pieces of the Rettzel story. That would make a great video
This unofficial Official Jaguar Gator 9 historian will remind everyone you made a video about how the Colts tried to acquire the #1 overall pick that year so they could draft Jim Plunkett.
If he was retiring because he was not starting - he said how tough it was for him to be a back-up, this could have been a way to see if he wanted to continue playing where he could start. Of course a lot of that probably was not known or wasn’t covered reported back then.
Being a Colt fan i appreciated all of the contributions Jimmy gave to the game and the Colt organization...but it seems like to the novice fan Jimmy is only remembered by being wide open on the flea flicker play at the end of the first half of super bowl 3...everyone is the universe saw how wide open Jimmy was....all but Earl Morrall...
If you don't stop including Indy players with Baltimore players...
Don McCafferty is mentioned, but I strongly doubt that he was the primary force behind trying to coax Jimmy Orr out of retirement. It had to be general manager Don Klosterman and by extension owner Carroll Rosenbloom.
Step 1: Get Jimmy Orr back
Step 2: ???
Step 3: ???
Step 4: Profit?
I heard Jimmy in a interview say his last season , his legs were shot.
In Super bowl III, orr was wide open on 1 play, but Earl morrall didn't see him. Imagine if he did?
A possible obliteration ensues.
Jimmy Orr was from Seneca, SC
Keith Van Horn retired from the Mavericks, but was still under contract to them when they acquired Jason Kidd from the Nets. Van Horn was included in that trade.
ORRSVILLE!
That is NOT how you convince someone to come out of retirement, but Orr was pretty much cooked by the end of the 1970 season anyway. I'm sure there had to be someone else the Colts could've traded for a draft pick.
The Cowboys ended up with Lance Alworth for a song and Bob Hayes bounced back in 1971 and they won the Super Bowl. So I'm sure they thanked Jimmy Orr
Over the Dolphins, strange.
Orr Great clutch receiver
At 1:23, why Aaron Rodgers will never retire.
Yep maybe he might actually play until 50. Plus he doesn't have a kid I don't think.
Dude like your videos. But they are way too long.
Do better.
We don't need "This is like..." We get it the first time.
@@orbyfan do better.
Agreed. Good videos but too much length 😅
Agreed. I didn't make it halfway through the video. 13+ minutes of stats and background. I just stopped watching.