R.I.P Y.A. Tittle

[Ronin]

Ross Dellenger‏Verified account@RossDellenger 7m7 minutes ago




#LSU deputy AD Verge Ausberry confirms the school has learned of the passing of former QB Y.A. Tittle.

 

[Mitch]

Played QB as tough as a middle linebacker. RIP Y.A.

 

[Ronin]

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[SissyBoyFloyd]

#LSU[/URL] deputy AD Verge Ausberry confirms the school has learned of the passing of former QB Y.A. Tittle.

Oh, the good old days when men were men. Players smoked at halftime, got plastered the night before a game, and went out and played like true barbarians trying to take each other's head off, without the need of all the rules to protect them like we have today.

Some of us played the same way at different parks either after school and on weekends, but without the pads and helmet. Those were the days! Showing up to school or work on Mondays barely being able to walk, and all bruised and bloodied. I suppose that was our 1960's Fight Club. I can still 'feel' the times when at QB I was cloths-lined or picked up and slammed head first into the ground. And oh those body blocks we laid on each other. I only remember the one brawl we ever got into with an opposing team. Usually, we popped open beers to share with each other while we laughed about the hits we delivered to one another.

 

[DeAnna]

Old school football.

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[az jam]

RIP Y.A., you were one hell of a player!!!

 

[NJCardFan]

As Jim Ross would put it, he was as tough as a $2 steak. One of the great badasses of this great game. Nowadays players sit out if they have a hangnail.

 

[NJCardFan]

Oh, the good old days when men were men. Players smoked at halftime, got plastered the night before a game, and went out and played like true barbarians trying to take each other's head off, without the need of all the rules to protect them like we have today.

Some of us played the same way at different parks either after school and on weekends, but without the pads and helmet. Those were the days! Showing up to school or work on Mondays barely being able to walk, and all bruised and bloodied. I suppose that was our 1960's Fight Club. I can still 'feel' the times when at QB I was cloths-lined or picked up and slammed head first into the ground. And oh those body blocks we laid on each other. I only remember the one brawl we ever got into with an opposing team. Usually, we popped open beers to share with each other while we laughed about the hits we delivered to one another.

We used to play 2 on 2 tackle football. If there was ever a point in my life I wish I can go back to would be my childhood no mater how dysfunctional my upbringing was. We would play 2 on 2 football, baseball, hockey(we had a lot of kids, we made teams with divisions and everything) or sometimes we were able to put together a full on 11 on 11 tackle football game. No pads and sometimes in t-shirts no matter how cold it was and wearing Chuck Taylor's(which were the pinnacle of sneakers at the time).

 

[TRW]

One of my first football heroes. He was as tough as they come. I read his autobiography "Y.A. Tittle-I Pass!) in high school and loved reading his story, in fact I bought a copy of it on ebay a couple of years ago R.I.P. Y. A. you were one of the all time greats.

 

[pemory09]

Sad news. Tittle was a great one and that iconic photo (posted above) is an absolute classic.

 

[Harry]

Old school football.

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That’s the appropriate photo. He wasn’t always surrounded by great talent, but he always left it all on the field.

 

[JeffGollin]

Johnny U, Y.A., Otto G., Bobby L, Charley C - a bygone era.

 

[seesred]

I always played YA when I was a kid. At least I'd like to remember it that way. Watched him when he played for the NY Giants. He as special. I won't be far behind I hope he says hello.
GBR 40

 

[BullheadCardFan]

RIP Y.A.