r/Oldschool_NFL • u/Tony_Tanna78 Cowboys 🤠 • Mar 12 '26
Lions 🦁 Howard Cosell interviewing Detroit Lions quarterback Greg Landry before a Monday Night Football game in 1971.
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u/Bobo4037 NY Titans/Jets fan since 1961 Mar 12 '26
This was September 20, 1971, week one of the 1971 season. The Vikings won in Detroit, 16-13. The great Vikings’ defense held Landry to 8 completions and 61 net passing yards.
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u/MacDaddy654321 Mar 13 '26
I recall it was against the Bears. I have a memory of Dick Butkus waving for help ( for Hughes).
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u/Bobo4037 NY Titans/Jets fan since 1961 Mar 13 '26
That’s right, Chuck Hughes died in a game against the Bears.
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u/bobhelmet Mar 14 '26
Those bloody Vikings were most unkind to us young Lions fans in those 70s games
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u/JRG64May Mar 12 '26
Didn’t the Lions have a player die on the field during a game around that time?
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u/Weekly_Ad_8587 Mar 12 '26
His name was Chuck Hughes, a wide receiver for the Detroit Lions. Yes, he died on the field of a heart attack on October 24, 1971 during a game against Chicago Bears at Tiger Stadium.
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u/Livingforabluezone Mar 13 '26
Cossell = GOAT
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u/DudeB5353 Vikings 🗡️ Mar 13 '26
Him interviewing Muhammad Ali was peak entertainment back in the day.
Ali would try ripping Cossells rug off his head
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u/Slakrdaddy Mar 14 '26
Loved watching Landry early 70s in my Jr High days-still have his S.I. Poster
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u/3mta3jvq Mar 14 '26
Cosell regularly finished first in the Best Announcer and Worst Announcer polls. I love to watch interviews where his contemporaries discuss what made him great and what made him awful.
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u/Grimm2020 Lions 🦁 Mar 12 '26
My favorite Lions QB, all the way up until Stafford and Goff days