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Legendary Raiders quarterback Daryle Lamonica, 'The Mad Bomber', dies at age 80
CBS ^ | 4/22/22 | Josh Alper

Posted on 04/22/2022 6:35:59 AM PDT by JonPreston

Daryle Lamonica, a legendary Raiders quarterback who led the franchise to its first Super Bowl berth, has died at the age of 80. The Fresno County Sherriff's said Lamonica died at his Fresno, California, home on Thursday morning. The death is considered to be from natural causes.

One of the greatest players in AFL history, Lamonica was nicknamed "The Mad Bomber" for his affinity for throwing deep passes. He was named league MVP in 1967, the year he led the Raiders to a league title.

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11/17/1968 - Jets at Raiders - Heidi Game
1 posted on 04/22/2022 6:35:59 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: JonPreston

That kind of football is long gone.


2 posted on 04/22/2022 6:51:17 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: JonPreston

3 posted on 04/22/2022 6:52:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: JonPreston

What I remember most about Lamonica is that Raider’s coach John Madden pulled him on Oakland’s last drive during the Dec 23, 1972 playoff game against the Steelers, putting Ken Stabler in at QB. Trailing 6-0, the “Snake” led the Raiders down the field, scoring the go ahead TD with less than one minute remaining. Pittsburgh won at the very end, thanks to the “Immaculate Reception”, one of the most famous plays in football history. How I miss the old NFL.


4 posted on 04/22/2022 6:54:50 AM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: skeeter

Yeah. That’s when it was an American institution.


5 posted on 04/22/2022 6:55:12 AM PDT by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commiraspute is lying is when they open their pieholes.p)
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Mike Bossy...Guy Lafleur..Darlye Lamonica...make it stop..geez..


6 posted on 04/22/2022 6:57:47 AM PDT by basalt
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To: JonPreston

I remember that game. I was a Jets fan, back then, in college.


7 posted on 04/22/2022 7:05:07 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: basalt

Mike Bossy...Guy Lafleur? Good Gosh, how did I miss those guys passing?


8 posted on 04/22/2022 7:11:30 AM PDT by rlmorel (Democrats running things is termite infestation, and the exterminator won't be here for 3 years.)
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To: JonPreston

R.I.P.


9 posted on 04/22/2022 7:12:33 AM PDT by GonzoII ("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen )
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To: JonPreston

I was just watching videos of him last night!

Now this..

he could throw the long pass better than anyone I ever saw.


10 posted on 04/22/2022 7:12:36 AM PDT by crz
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To: carriage_hill

As a Chief’s fan from the early 1960s I watched the Raiders-Chiefs battles every year. He was a bomber.


11 posted on 04/22/2022 7:13:04 AM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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To: carriage_hill

I saw it too, and I’m still a JETS fan :)


12 posted on 04/22/2022 7:19:01 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: KC Burke

It was mad football in those days…


13 posted on 04/22/2022 7:19:16 AM PDT by rlmorel (Democrats running things is termite infestation, and the exterminator won't be here for 3 years.)
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To: KC Burke

He wasn’t that good. AFL was the minor leagues when he threw all those long passes. When George Blanda saved games LaMonica wouldn’t take himself out after hitting his wrist on someone’s helmet. Offense kept marching backwards. Oakland had beaten KC twice that year and had to beat them in a playoff. Didn’t happen.

His quote: “I’m a better QB than Joe Namath.”


14 posted on 04/22/2022 7:19:29 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Dan in Wichita

Saw it. Raider fan since 67.


15 posted on 04/22/2022 7:20:10 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory (No more rhyming, and I mean it.........)
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To: JonPreston

When the Raiders played at Youell Field, we used to hand them beers when they scored a TD. These guys played their best with a couple of beers. I wuz there.


16 posted on 04/22/2022 7:24:05 AM PDT by bunkerhill7 (That`s 464 people per square foot! Is this corrrect..it was NYC.)
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I saw Ben Davidson pull up on the field at Shea Stadium on his Harley. Great days.


17 posted on 04/22/2022 7:26:35 AM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: Dan in Wichita
I lived and died Raiders football, as I grew up about 15 miles from Frank Youell field.

I still get nauseous every time I see clips of the Immaculate Reception. Had instant replay been in effect, the referees would still have their noses pressed up to the monitor.

18 posted on 04/22/2022 7:26:41 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: JonPreston

I was just a kid but recall my Dad being pretty upset they cut away from that game to air the Heidi movie. Dad watched NFL football faithfully back in the day.


19 posted on 04/22/2022 7:27:40 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: Night Hides Not

This is an awesome view of The Immaculate Reception

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1grVgWug20


20 posted on 04/22/2022 7:28:31 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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