Hi to all!!!
The injury has been lowered to 70%.
I have taken bits and pieces, of names that were suggested, and came up with the name:
Gridiron Old School Heroes League or G.O.S.H. for short.
The acronym describes how innocent the 50's, 60's, and 70's were for kids growing up. It was an amazing time for kids, and teens, to grow up. Most of us who lived during that time, now describe it as magical. Kids chewed bubble gum, while opening the 5-10 cent pack of ball cards, drank pop out of a bottle, read 10 cent comic books, left home right after chores, and homework, were done and didn't come home until the lights came on, doors were never locked, kids were able to leave their bikes outside overnight and knew they would still be there when they woke up, backyard football was king, and baseball was great (as long as you could find enough players fore each team.
It also describes how pro football was shaped during those years. The AFL and NFL merged to become, what we know now as the NFL, and the train, called the NFL, took off. The game, during those years, was played by players who loved the game, worked regular jobs during the off season because it really didn't pay that well, played with excruciating pain, played for the name on the front of their jersey's and not the name on the back, and they always played with every ounce of energy they could give during each game.
Legendary coaches like Lombardi, Landry, Halas, Shula, Lambeau, Knoll, Stram, Grant, and Brown, put a permanent imprint on the way pro football is played today.
Legendary players such as Jim Brown, Starr, Lambert, Staubach, Csonka, Stabler, Lilly, Deacon Jones, Mean Joe Green, Unitas, Tarkenton, Butkus, Tatum, Sayers, and so many more. Kids idolized their heroes, pretended to be them when playing anywhere and everywhere, collected their
cards and treated them as if it was the greatest treasure they've ever had.
The game, in those days, were made of hard hitting and bone crushing tackles. Receivers knew to "tuck and duck" or get laid out after they caught the ball. Running backs were met by a defensive line that were like running into brick walls. The game, back then, was not for those who couldn't stand pain, the agony of defeat, or long bus rides. The game was made for warriors, people who played with pride for their team, and hugging their most hated rival, let alone shake their hands, was unheard of. Great rivalries like the Browns/Steelers, Oakland/Kansas City/Los Angeles Rams/San Francisco, Green Bay/Chicago, Buffalo/ NY Jets, always filled stadiums to the brink. We're not talking the small, cozy stadiums of today. No, my friend, these stadiums were cold, cavernous, some 100k plus seating, all grass stadiums, and were treated as fortresses of glory by those that played the games and those that attended the games. Teams, cities, and their fans hated, despised their rival foes to the point where wearing the wrong jersey, such as a Browns jersey worn in Steelers country, would lead to fights and, sometimes, heavy physical damage to one or both.
Those of us who got to experience "real pro football" have to laugh sometimes, at the players of today, because we know that many would not last a full season in those glory years of the NFL.
Thank you, Gridiron Old School Heroes of yore, for allowing us to draw in the sounds, smells, as well as feel the excitement, and thrill, of watching all of you play gritty football, and always act with class and style, in loss or win.
Last edited 1/13/2026 4:33 am
