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Another thing about the 1956 championship game was that the Giants had fresh sneakers from Andy Robustelli's sporting goods store. The field was icy that day.

slats7 wrote:

Eagles One wrote:Dennis Thurman for Dallas?

One late hit on Carmichael doesn't make him a thug. Snapped the streak, though.

Also a late hit on running back Wilbert Montgomery by Thurman and quarterback Ron Jaworski. Montgomery was so far out of bounds when Thurman hit him that the referees probably didn't see it.

So, one man (Dennis Thurman) put the 3 main offensive players for the Eagles out of the game, which Dallas ended up winning by a close score.

John Henry Johnson.was a great player. He was a great runner and great blocker. Bobby Layne said that John Henry Johnson was a player that quarterbacks love to have in their backfield.

I read someplace that Johnson would sidle up to opposing players on special teams and would then give them a smash with his forearm to the helmet, leading to concussions and maybe fractures. Ed Modzelewski was one of his victims if my info is correct.

I think that there was a bounty put on him, but nobody ever collected on it..

There was a tackle in the 50's for the Steelers Bob Gaona who was kicked out of three games in a career that spanned just 60 games. Len Ford was kicked out of three games as well but we shouldn't count the 1950 Cardinals one, that was ridiculous.

NWebster wrote:There was a tackle in the 50's for the Steelers Bob Gaona who was kicked out of three games in a career that spanned just 60 games. Len Ford was kicked out of three games as well but we shouldn't count the 1950 Cardinals one, that was ridiculous.

Gaona's three ejections:

10/30/55: "Throwing punches" at the Eagles, though Chuck Bednarik also got tossed in the same game.
10/28/56: Fighting with Len Ford, who also got thrown out. In addition, Paul Brown got flagged 15 yards for coming out onto the field.
10/13/57: He and three other Eagles were ejected for "brawling" with three Browns, who were also thrown out.

Ford's 1950 ejection was for retaliating after Pat Harder smashed him in the face and gave him a broken nose, fractured cheek and knocked out some teeth. Originally, Ford was fined $50, but Bert Bell rescinded it after hearing about the extent of Ford's injuries.

The other Ford ejection came for fighting the Rams' Bill Lange on 9/28/52.

Who were the players involved in Ben Dreith's famous "giving him the business" penalty call?
And could either of them qualify for this thread?

John Grasso wrote:Who were the players involved in Ben Dreith's famous "giving him the business" penalty call?
And could either of them qualify for this thread?

Marty Lyons was flagged for unnecessary roughness on Jim Kelly and "giving him the business" in their 10/5/86 game. Lyons said that Kelly sticking his hand in his facemask was the impetus for the extracurriculars.

I thought Larry Cole's hit on Bradshaw in Super Bowl VIII was dirty. Cole, with a cast on his arm, whacked Terry Bradshaw on his helmet a split second after Terry released his pass to Lynn Swann for a TD. Bradshaw was out for the remainder of the game, but Pittsburgh won anyway.

Saban wrote:I thought Larry Cole's hit on Bradshaw in Super Bowl VIII was dirty. Cole, with a cast on his arm, whacked Terry Bradshaw on his helmet a split second after Terry released his pass to Lynn Swann for a TD. Bradshaw was out for the remainder of the game, but Pittsburgh won anyway.

That offseason was fllled with charges of cheap shots from both teams in that game.

Speaking of the Cowboys, Lee Roy Jordan had a few run-ins that had the "dirty player" moniker applied to him.

Butkus has be in the conversation as the Bear's dirtiest player.