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@VanderlansJim Tom Flores - A original Raider 1960-61_63-66

Happy 89th Birthday to Tom Flores! As a player: 🏈 Passing yds = 11,959 ⭐ AFL passer rating leader (1960) Head coaching record: 🏈 Career = 105–90 3× Super Bowl Champ: 🏆 XI (as assistant coach) 🏆 XV, XVIII (as head coach) 💯 Member-Pro Football Hall of Fame #NFL #Raiders

@KevG163 Tom Flores HOF 2021 Raiders 1960-61_63-66 (Player) Raiders 1979-87 (Head Coach) An original Raider

Young Tom Flores, #Raiders legend Happy 89th Birthday, Tom!

@SteelUK Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (circa 1930) Year opened: 1925 Capacity: 56,500, down from 69,400 at opening Pro football tenants: Pittsburgh Steelers 1958-69 Steelers split home games between Forbes Field and Pitt Stadium from 1958 to ’63.

#OTD in #SteelersHistory 1958 the Sun-Telegraph questioned if moving the #Steelers to a larger stadium would improve the organization's revenue. Unfortunately for the organization the '58 season played in Pitt Stadium would bring improvement on the field but not at the gate.

@BaxFootballGuru @NFL @ProFootballHOF Joe "the Jet" Perry HOF 1969 San Francisco 49ers 1948-60_63 Baltimore Colts 1961-62 UPI NFL MVP 1954 1st player in the NFL to rush for 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons. (1953-54) Member of 49ers "Million Dollar Backfield" (1954-56)

34 days ‘til 2026 @NFL Draft at Pittsburgh, PA. And primary # of @ProFootballHOF RB Joe Perry, 12,532 total combined yards, 84 total TD, 3-time Pro Bowler, 2-time All-Pro in 16 seasons w/ #49ers (AAFC & NFL) & #Colts (NFL)

@HShoeHistory Jerry Logan Baltimore Colts 1963-72 Draft: Baltimore Colts in the 4th round of the 1963 NFL Draft Oakland Raiders in the 9th round of the 1963 AFL Draft Pro Bowl 1965_70-71 Set a Colts franchise record with 5 interception returns for touchdowns

Jerry Logan #ForTheShoe

@BaxFootballGuru @NFL @ProFootballHOF

35 days ‘til 2026 @NFL Draft at Pittsburgh, PA. And # of @ProFootballHOF RB John Henry Johnson, 8,281 yards from scrimmage, 55 TD in 13 seasons w/ #49ers, #Lions, #Steelers & Oilers, 4-time Pro Bowler, 1957 #NFL champion w/Lions

@BaxFootballGuru @NFL @ProFootballHOF “Bullet” Bill Dudley 1942_45-51_53 HOF 1966 Best season was in 1946, when he claimed a “triple crown” by finishing 1st in the NFL in rushing (604 yards), interceptions (10) and punt returns (14.3-yard average). He earned All-Pro and league MVP (Joe F. Carr Trophy) honors.

35 days ‘til 2026 @NFL Draft at Pittsburgh, PA. And # of @ProFootballHOF RB/QB/K “Bullet” Bill Dudley, 1st overall pick in 1942 #NFL Draft, 4,440 yards from scrimmage, 36 TD in 9 seasons w/ #Steelers, #Lions & #Washington, 3-time Pro Bowler, All-Pro in 1947 w/Steelers

In 1929 Grange rejoined the Bears and would make his come back as a straight-ahead runner; earning All-Pro honors in 1930 and '31. Red retired from playing after the 1934 season. Because of Grange major sportswriters began to seriously report on pro football for the first time.

In 1927 relations were repaired and Red Grange and his NY Yankees were accepted into the NFL. On 10-16, against the Bears, Red suffered an injury to his knee. The damage was permanent. He would miss the rest of 1927 and the entire 1928 season. Without Grange the Yankees folded.

Red Grange "The Galloping Ghost" "The Wheaton Iceman" Chicago Bears 1925_29-34 New York Yankees 1926 (AFL) New York Yankees 1927 (NFL) HOF 1963 All-Pro 1930-31 After playing his last college game Grange signed with the Bears and began his pro career on Thanksgiving Day 1925 🧵

Vince Guaraldi first tv performance of “Linus and Lucy” (1964)

@BaxFootballGuru @NFL @ProFootballHOF SI 10-03-1955 A Pro's Pro

37 days ‘til 2026 @NFL Draft at Pittsburgh, PA. And # of @ProFootballHOF RB Doak Walker, 5-time Pro Bowler, 4-time All-Pro, 2-time #NFL scoring champion, 2-time #NFL champion in 6 seasons w/ #Lions

@kenny19385 @genemichael34

@genemichael34 HTTR! Bring it back!

Beautiful Redskins !!!

@KevG163 Sammy Baugh led the 1937 All-Stars to their 1st win over the pros by beating the NFL champion Packers. The next year Packers # 1 draft pick Cecil Isbell would lead the All-Stars to their 2nd win by beating the Baugh led NFL champion Redskins.

Heaven Birthday, "Slingin'" Sammy Baugh 🕯️ The #NFL's first true star quarterback • PFHOF Inaugural Class (1963) • NFL 75th Anniversary and NFL100 All-Time Teams #HTTR Redskins #RaiseHail

Rams Jim Cason (41) with experimental TV on the sideline circa 1956

Mad Dog Mike Curtis

Ernie Nevers Duluth Eskimos 1926-27 Chicago Cardinals 1929-31 HOF 1963 All-Pro 1926-27_29-31 On 11-24-1929 Nevers scored 19 points in a 19-0 win over the Triangles. 4 days later, in a Thanksgiving Day game against the Bears, he scored 40 in a 40-6 win. Still a single game record 🧵