You must be about the same age as me. I remember going to Balboa Stadium in SD in 1965 with the Boy Scouts and watching the rookie Joe Namath throwing to Don Maynard all day. We had bad seats way down low but Namath, Maynard, and Alworth were still impressive.
YES, sounds like we're about the same YOUTHFUL age.
I loved Balboa Stadium. We were so CLOSE to the playing field.