YEAH! and a mention of Gina on the day her granddaughter won gold at the Winter Olympics!
Loved that Jets team and the Super Bowl win. Only regret: Squirmin’ Sherman Plunkett didn’t gut it out so to speak, long enough to be part of the Jets big victory.
Great article Roy. Brought back fond memories This is Don Two interesting facts If Darnold wins The Jets had a Super Bowl winning QB If Pats win the Pats will have the most Super Bowl wins. (If Pats lose they will have the most Super Bowl loses) Either way, bad news. So I'm rooting for a tie. Enjoy the game
I sat in my history class listening to Mr. Sawinski talk about the American Revolution in October of 1965. Our Principal, Mr. Engel, came over the PA system with an announcement. Someone had donated a pair of Jet’s tickets playing against the Houston Oilers to be given to a random student out of the 1700 kids at our school. He read my name! I bolted to his office to pick up my tickets and laughed all the way there and back to class.
On November 21, 1965, my dad and walked up to our seats in the covered section of Shea Stadium. We sat in the last row of the ground deck in the end zone. The section had no back wall with the wind howling. The temperature hovered around 48 with a light mist falling and we both just froze.
The conditions did not bother rookie Joe Namath. He threw 4 touchdown down passes:
-Don Maynard (2 TDs)
-George Sauer (1 TD)
-Curley Johnson (1 TD) who also punted
Living in Seattle I will root for the Seahawks. A not small part of me will root against the Patriots.
Fun Read.....everything you wrote, I still remember so vividly, not because a Jets fan, but because an AFL and Chiefs fan who easily lost that first SB to the Packers and remember so well how much the elite NFL mocked the upstart AFL teams, which is why they made the Jets 18 point dogs. Loved watching the brash Namath in interviews and games, even though the NFL skeptics still tried calling their SB win a fluke until the next year when the Chiefs beat the Vikings. Those were fun years and the NFL became forever changed, as well as, the Super Bowl. Again, fun read, and thanks for the reliving all that you go through every year. So many good memories.
Historical accuracy nicely stitched together and made for an excellent trip down memory lane! My wife Lois is a die-hard, and I mean uber die-hard Pats fan, and I am a die-hard Bronco fan. It was interesting around here two weeks ago. but I survived. Now today, Lois, Chet Lumish, Tommy (our three-year-old yellow Lab,) and I will silently be rooting for the Seahawks. Very silently! Thx for a great read and a trip down memory lane!
I listened to that game as an eight-year-old over the radio underneath a table which was my fort at the time. Broadway Joe became an instant hero. Do you know how many times Namath threw the ball in the second half?
Joe Namath did indeed mention in interviews and writings (including his 2019 memoir All the Way: My Life in Four Quarters) that he didn't throw a single pass in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl III, which is accurate based on the game's play-by-play. However, this is often misremembered or exaggerated in popular retellings as him not throwing any passes in the entire second half—which isn't true, as he had multiple attempts in the third quarter.
As a lifelong Washington Redskins/Commanders fan, I feel your pain as I have rooted for the Jets ever since 1969 after I moved to NYC as I could never be a NY Giants fan. Today I am hoping Seattle wins because at least Washington could achieve some poetic justice.
YEAH! and a mention of Gina on the day her granddaughter won gold at the Winter Olympics!
Loved that Jets team and the Super Bowl win. Only regret: Squirmin’ Sherman Plunkett didn’t gut it out so to speak, long enough to be part of the Jets big victory.
That’s the best sports column I’ve ever read about any sport. It brought everything back. Every emotion I had then, and now. Bravura article.
You are too kind sir. Thx Geo!
Great article Roy. Brought back fond memories This is Don Two interesting facts If Darnold wins The Jets had a Super Bowl winning QB If Pats win the Pats will have the most Super Bowl wins. (If Pats lose they will have the most Super Bowl loses) Either way, bad news. So I'm rooting for a tie. Enjoy the game
Don- you did something your wife couldn’t and figured out how to post. Bravo. A Seattle win would be nice today.
I'm very indifferent to the game One my first Super Bowl with any bets on game I do have several squares Best Pats 1 Seahawks 7
I sat in my history class listening to Mr. Sawinski talk about the American Revolution in October of 1965. Our Principal, Mr. Engel, came over the PA system with an announcement. Someone had donated a pair of Jet’s tickets playing against the Houston Oilers to be given to a random student out of the 1700 kids at our school. He read my name! I bolted to his office to pick up my tickets and laughed all the way there and back to class.
On November 21, 1965, my dad and walked up to our seats in the covered section of Shea Stadium. We sat in the last row of the ground deck in the end zone. The section had no back wall with the wind howling. The temperature hovered around 48 with a light mist falling and we both just froze.
The conditions did not bother rookie Joe Namath. He threw 4 touchdown down passes:
-Don Maynard (2 TDs)
-George Sauer (1 TD)
-Curley Johnson (1 TD) who also punted
Living in Seattle I will root for the Seahawks. A not small part of me will root against the Patriots.
Great stuff Wade. Thx!
Fun Read.....everything you wrote, I still remember so vividly, not because a Jets fan, but because an AFL and Chiefs fan who easily lost that first SB to the Packers and remember so well how much the elite NFL mocked the upstart AFL teams, which is why they made the Jets 18 point dogs. Loved watching the brash Namath in interviews and games, even though the NFL skeptics still tried calling their SB win a fluke until the next year when the Chiefs beat the Vikings. Those were fun years and the NFL became forever changed, as well as, the Super Bowl. Again, fun read, and thanks for the reliving all that you go through every year. So many good memories.
Historical accuracy nicely stitched together and made for an excellent trip down memory lane! My wife Lois is a die-hard, and I mean uber die-hard Pats fan, and I am a die-hard Bronco fan. It was interesting around here two weeks ago. but I survived. Now today, Lois, Chet Lumish, Tommy (our three-year-old yellow Lab,) and I will silently be rooting for the Seahawks. Very silently! Thx for a great read and a trip down memory lane!
I listened to that game as an eight-year-old over the radio underneath a table which was my fort at the time. Broadway Joe became an instant hero. Do you know how many times Namath threw the ball in the second half?
I didn’t know so I cheated. It looks like four times and none in the fourth.
Joe Namath did indeed mention in interviews and writings (including his 2019 memoir All the Way: My Life in Four Quarters) that he didn't throw a single pass in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl III, which is accurate based on the game's play-by-play. However, this is often misremembered or exaggerated in popular retellings as him not throwing any passes in the entire second half—which isn't true, as he had multiple attempts in the third quarter.
As a lifelong Washington Redskins/Commanders fan, I feel your pain as I have rooted for the Jets ever since 1969 after I moved to NYC as I could never be a NY Giants fan. Today I am hoping Seattle wins because at least Washington could achieve some poetic justice.
Thank you Roy!!