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I was a teen living in the NYC area back then, and Tittle was considered a god.
1 posted on 10/09/2017 12:00:04 PM PDT by oh8eleven
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Probably the most iconic picture in NFL history.


2 posted on 10/09/2017 12:01:00 PM PDT by dfwgator
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This Bald Eagle is still here!


3 posted on 10/09/2017 12:01:29 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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I think that picture is after the Bears beat the hell out of him in the ‘63 Championship game. RIP Y.A.


4 posted on 10/09/2017 12:03:16 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Check out "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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That’s how bad the Giants are this year, even he couldn’t handle.


6 posted on 10/09/2017 12:05:38 PM PDT by discostu (Things are in their place, The heavens are secure, The whole thing explodes in my face)
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I had forgotten that he was LSU.

http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_181f7c0c-6b24-11e6-b30c-579aaba33b8e.html

Y.A. Tittle, star LSU and NFL quarterback, has died


9 posted on 10/09/2017 12:08:40 PM PDT by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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Wow, probably the first “football hero” I was aware of....as one who never really went in for football.


14 posted on 10/09/2017 12:14:27 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them!)
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I remember the Alley Oop’s from Y. A. to R. C.
15 posted on 10/09/2017 12:14:28 PM PDT by JPG (MAGA)
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I saw Tittle play in Kezar with the Niners. Great times. Those great times, and now Y.A. Tittle, are gone forever.

R.I.P.


16 posted on 10/09/2017 12:14:50 PM PDT by TTFlyer
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Hope Tittle was unable to truly grasp the nature of the NFL these days.

Sad to think he’d have to go out while they are stinking up the place.


18 posted on 10/09/2017 12:15:41 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (John McBane is the turd in the national punch-bowl.)
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I was young teenage girl living in Rochester, NY in the 60's, and remember Tittle. My Dad used to watch all the games. I even remember him mentioning Chick Jagade. My Dad was a Browns fan.

RIP Mr. Tittle.

19 posted on 10/09/2017 12:16:11 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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RIP. Another piece of my childhood enters the history books.


21 posted on 10/09/2017 12:18:01 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Great player, enjoyed watching him, RIP.


22 posted on 10/09/2017 12:19:16 PM PDT by PROCON (#MAGA)
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What a great player.

RIP Mr. Tittle!


23 posted on 10/09/2017 12:20:54 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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From the NFL’s golden era....never to be repeated.

R.I.P., 14, R.I.P.


24 posted on 10/09/2017 12:22:02 PM PDT by clintonh8r (AMERICA! THANK YOU FOR MAKING MY SCREEN NAME OBSOLETE!)
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When your name is “Tittle”, you grow up tough.

I wish I could have seen him play. I read about him when I was a kid. He sounded like one cool dude. And, he somehow survived CTE!

Superhero!

It was a really BAD day for Giants yesterday,


27 posted on 10/09/2017 12:24:22 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!it)
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A little before my time, but I’ve read he was awesome. RIP.


28 posted on 10/09/2017 12:25:31 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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RIP.


34 posted on 10/09/2017 12:36:20 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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Around 1987, I was working for a TV repair shop making house calls. One call took me to a rural location. When I finished working on the TV set, the customer asked me if I knew who his next door neighbor was.

“You ever heard of YA Tittle?”

Being a long time football fan, of course I did.

He escorted out of the house and that’s when I noticed his neighbor’s mail box with the name “Tittle” on the side. I looked at my customer with a “you gotta be kidding me” grin.

Then, he introduced me to the fellow working in the yard. Y. A. Tittle. I restrained my urge to go all fanboy and just said something like “nice to meet you.”

Just an old guy working in his yard.


35 posted on 10/09/2017 12:42:17 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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‘I was a teen living in the NYC area back then, and Tittle was considered a god.’

I was a teen then too, though I liked the old NY Titans...those Giant teams were great, Tittle, Robustelli, Katcavage, Gifford, Huff; those were good days...


36 posted on 10/09/2017 12:42:59 PM PDT by IrishBrigade
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I was there when he threw 7 TD passes against the Skins. He played the second half of the NFL Title game against the Bears on one leg. His ligaments in his left knee had been stretched to the point of tearing by a rolling block by LB Joe Fortunato. The Giants’ team doc shot it up with novacaine and trainer Johnny Dziegel taped it rigid. I think team chaplain Fr. Dudley blessed it as well. He was tough but so were they all. 37 man rosters for 14 gane schedule. In the off season he sold insurance in the same office in Frisco as my uncle. A NYC transplant for whom the Giants were religion. My uncle said Tittle was simply a gentleman. The highest compliment a man of his generation could pay to another. RIP Y A.


41 posted on 10/09/2017 1:09:10 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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