To: smith288
Personally, I'd rather be tranquilized than nailed by a linebacker. I saw Mike Curtis of the Baltimore Colts go after a guy who ran onto the field and grabbed the football. That was a big trend for a couple of years. He flattened the guy like an eighteen wheeler hitting a Toyota.
To: Richard Kimball
Sunday, June 22, 2003
They're no angels in the outfield
When fans hit the playing surface, wild times ensue
By Ryan Ernst
The Cincinnati Enquirer
"...One of the first and most entertaining incidents of fans taking to the field came in Baltimore in 1970. A fan drunker than Fenwick in Diner ran on the Memorial Stadium field during a Colts game and thought it would be funny to scoop up the ball and run. And it was. Problem was, linebacker Mike Curtis thought it would be funnier if the guy caught the business end of a WWF-style clothesline tackle. And it was. Curtis' take on the encounter: "The guy broke a city ordinance, and I enforced it." That's Eastwoodesque."
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