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Title: Johnny Unitas dead at 69
Post by: Pei on September 11, 2002, 08:51:35 PM

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/news/2002/09/11/unitas_obit_ap/


Sad day for American Football

Title: Johnny Unitas dead at 69
Post by: midnight Target on September 11, 2002, 08:54:18 PM

:(

New high top football shoes by Nike. Johnny U was ahead of his time.

Title: Johnny Unitas dead at 69
Post by: Eagler on September 12, 2002, 07:31:35 AM

end of an era

Title: Johnny Unitas dead at 69
Post by: Braz on September 12, 2002, 07:27:22 PM

Thanks Pei,

I will miss him. He always reminded me how tough pro ballplayers are. How they play in pain, knowing the price they'll pay later. In a day where new rules are needed to curtail personal celebration, his legacy stands as a tribute to cool, collected, been there, done that attitude. When they ripped off a piece of his face, he always came back to beat 'em on the next play. Tuff.

His Waterloo was the game that made me a lifelong NFL fan. I was young, and wanted Broadway Joe to teach the old guard a lesson. I feared his arrival in the game, but remember feeling sadness in his final stand. Majestic.