Sounds like a real guy, this Y. A. Tittle.
I was just a school boy, but me and my friends would throw the football around and imagine we were Y. A. Tittle and his favorite receiver, Del Shofner.
I think Y. A. Tittle will be remembered as the guy who popularized the long bomb pass.
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It’s hard to identify the greatest quarterbacks of the 1950s, because of a quirk in timing. Otto Graham retired in 1955, and John Unitas debuted in 1956. Graham and Unitas were the two best QBs of the decade, but only playing about five years each. Van Brocklin was probably the greatest QB who played throughout the decade.
One name that doesn’t show up here is Y.A. Tittle. He was a highly accurate passer, but not on the same level as Graham and Van Brocklin. Tittle also had three of his best seasons in the early ‘60s. The best QB of this era not in the Hall of Fame is the Giants’ Charlie Conerly, followed by Rote. Van Brocklin and Rote are the only quarterbacks to win a major league championship with two different teams: Van Brocklin with the Rams (1951) and Eagles (1960), Rote with the Lions (1957) and Chargers (1963).
I’m not doing half-decades here, but the best quarterback from 1955-64 was certainly John Unitas.
I would add Sid Luckman who lead the Bears to 73-0 championship. He was flinger.
BTW for decades the QB had to pass from 5 years behind the line and most only passed in desperation. That pout a lot of strong arms in check.