For early 70's Falcon fans

by johnnybacardi on Oct 2, 2008 10:18 AM EDT

While reading Paul Lukas' latest Uni Watch column, in which he writes about acquiring a really cool-looking old NFL book, I came across this great picture of Bob Berry in the huddle with his Falcon teammates, and wanted to pass it on. Pretty cool, huh!

I see where the site is telling me that this has to be at least 75 words long, so here's a sentence to pad out the length. This is from when I became a fan of the team, when I was about 10 years old. I hope this fulfills the word requirement. Go Falcons!

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Great picture!

Berry was our first QB that was worth half a crap IMO. Trivia: Berry and coach Van Brocklin attended the same college, Oregon. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

"There's no such word as 'quit' in swamp buggy racing, Marigold"

by tom slick on Oct 2, 2008 3:54 PM EDT reply actions

Am I the only one...

…who actually misses Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium? I know, this is totally irrelevant, but I can remember every single time I got to go and walk on the field with PeeWee football or Little League teams, meeting both Flacons and Braves players, even once being interviewed on local TV at a Braves game because I had the same last name as the Braves 2B, Gregg and played with Jeff Treadways kids. Don’t get me wrong, I like the Ga. Dome and Turner Field, but I guess I’m just a stickler for the classics.

Old school hating of the 49’ers and the Pirates. Dale Murphy and Chris Miller. The Red helmets were always my favorite, most likely because I grew up on them in the 80’s. Oh well, good stuff. And a very nice picture that takes me back.

by Jesse28 on Oct 3, 2008 3:33 PM EDT reply actions

thanks for the memories

Only stadium i got to see in atlanta was Fulton county. I have been in Portland oregon since 1970 and been a fan since long before. Norm van brocklin, Claude Humphrey, Zook, NT and me in the stands as a youngster. Now if i can remember where i put my cookies and warm milk.

by Funballad on Oct 4, 2008 2:55 AM EDT reply actions

Great Picture - thanks !

Aside from the clean and simple uni design (great in both white & black), the other thing that strikes me is the size of the tackle in the picture ,Don Talbert # 72……hardly looks big enough to play weakside linebacker in today’s game,,,,Not many ‘roids or weight rooms back then, I guess…..I don’t consider myself a big guy (6-2, 245) but that’s as big of a lot of linemen back in 1968…..

by jkaflagg on Oct 5, 2008 8:03 PM EDT reply actions

Am I the only one that wishes they’d bring back the red helmets? I think it’d look good with the away unis. Maybe not the alt black…or red…ok never mind. Probably not a good idea.

I still wish they’d bring out the old red top/gray bottom unis every once and a while. A classic look.

"The nice thing about supporting a bedraggled-cum-decent team? Watching all those analysts eat their words."

by Adam Schultz on Oct 14, 2008 1:05 PM EDT reply actions

They have!

Not sure if the league has ‘throwback uni’ days every year, but the Falcons have definitely used the red-red-silver uniforms from the 1970s-80s at least once within the last few years. My personal faves too.

"There's no such word as 'quit' in swamp buggy racing, Marigold"

by tom slick on Oct 14, 2008 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions