Hank Bukowski
Roland James
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I saw the Packers on tv a lot back then with Ray Scott announcing. Flank Dowler and split McGhee. Ball on the 48 chard line.My first time seeing a live football game was Doug Dickey's Vols vs. Boston College in 1964. From that day on I followed Paul Naumoff's career, through the NFL.
The first time I actually watched a football game on TV was with my grandfather on Thanksgiving Day, 1961. One team was obviously smaller* than the other team, so I started rooting for the underdogs--and they won! I was hooked, and started following that little team whenever they were on TV (back then only 1 NFL game was televised per week).
* Youngsters won't know this: on a black & white cathode ray television, dark phosphors are literally smaller than the white phosphors on the screen. So naturally--and literally--the dark-jerseyed players all appeared smaller than the white-jerseyed team.
Oh. That team of underdogs I started pulling for had a fullback named Jim Taylor and a quarterback named Bart Starr. I watched them every Sunday they were on TV... including the Championship Game in which they beat the Giants 37 - 0.
Yeah. My underdogs where the Green Bay Packers of Vince Lombardi. What a way to start a love affair with football!
Whoa, Nellie! You beat me to it. My favorite first Volunteers were Naumoff on D and the incomparable Bob Johnson at center. Barely beat out my favorite Vol of all time, Hacksaw. First pro favorite was Jim Taylor FB for the dark jersey team.My first time seeing a live football game was Doug Dickey's Vols vs. Boston College in 1964. From that day on I followed Paul Naumoff's career, through the NFL.
The first time I actually watched a football game on TV was with my grandfather on Thanksgiving Day, 1961. One team was obviously smaller* than the other team, so I started rooting for the underdogs--and they won! I was hooked, and started following that little team whenever they were on TV (back then only 1 NFL game was televised per week).
* Youngsters won't know this: on a black & white cathode ray television, dark phosphors are literally smaller than the white phosphors on the screen. So naturally--and literally--the dark-jerseyed players all appeared smaller than the white-jerseyed team.
Oh. That little team of underdogs I started pulling for had a fullback named Jim Taylor and a quarterback named Bart Starr. I watched them every Sunday they were on TV... including the Championship Game in which they beat the Giants 37 - 0.
Yeah.
My "little underdogs" were the Green Bay Packers of Vince Lombardi. What a way to start a love affair with football!