\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 "Get Hadl dirty!" 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 The field looks like it's in great shape! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Loved him being a QB and #21. With WRs and DBs and LBs now wearing all the good QB numbers maybe one of them will pick a number in the 20s. My condolences to his family and fans. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipkid Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 45 minutes ago, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: "Get Hadl dirty!" My first Bills game! RIP. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 That picture gives new meaning to the phrase “just rub some dirt on it”. RIP: John Hadl…remember him well. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddyjj Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 RIP to a true AFL legend 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 1 hour ago, Nextmanup said: The field looks like it's in great shape! Excellent contribution to the thread. 👎🏻 RIP to one of the AFL greats. 😞 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhg Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 RIP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Coot Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 The old AFL greats are dying off. AS for the field, those grass / dirt fields didn't produce any ACL injuries. Plus they are softer to land on and no rug burns. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackKemp Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 RIP John Hadl. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyC81 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 7 hours ago, Old Coot said: The old AFL greats are dying off. AS for the field, those grass / dirt fields didn't produce any ACL injuries. Plus they are softer to land on and no rug burns. It’s part of growing old. Celebrities you enjoyed watching perform passing away. Just think of the icons lost in the last couple of years: John Madden, Eddie Van Halen, Bette White, Bill Russell and now Christine McVie. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 (edited) Sucks getting old. Thanks for the memories, #21! Edited December 1, 2022 by Chandler#81 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 May he R.I.P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiderweb Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 11 hours ago, Old Coot said: The old AFL greats are dying off. AS for the field, those grass / dirt fields didn't produce any ACL injuries. Plus they are softer to land on and no rug burns. Tell that to Tom Sestak.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargent Hulka Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, slipkid said: My first Bills game! RIP. Mine too, I think? October 17, 1966. 17-17 tie with San Diego. That's the game where kicker Booth Lusteg (a UConn product) missed three field goals, including a 23 yarder to win the game, with six seconds left, after the Bills came back from a 17-0 deficit. Edited December 1, 2022 by Sargent Hulka 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haslett_Stomp Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 RIP. My family lived in the Dallas area for a year in either 1973 or 1974. My dad and I went to a Cowboys vs Rams game and the guy sitting behind us screamed "Get to Hadl !" the entire game. Fond memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyBatty is alive Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 A little Hadl trivia. He was also a punter and played DB at Kansas. He held the record for the longest Kansas punt for deacades at 94 years and longest int for a td at 98 yards. He lead all college football in punting on year at over 45 yards. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never NEVER Give-up Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 16 hours ago, Nextmanup said: The field looks like it's in great shape! Yeah!! Why don't we have natural turf in Buffalo? If we had that turf - and it froze in Nov-Dec-January - all the players would scream for an artificial surface! Hadl was one of my favs - & #21 at QB was so strange back in the day. RIP & thanks for the great memories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 RIP! Had a heck of a career in the AFL. San Diego was a power house with him at the helm. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwater10 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 RIP John. Thanks for the memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwight in philly Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 17 hours ago, SoCal Deek said: That picture gives new meaning to the phrase “just rub some dirt on it”. RIP: John Hadl…remember him well. Yep good old AFL memory.. watching him loft throws to Alworth.. R I P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Vader Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Never saw him play, just a bunch of NFL Films footage. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sestak4ever Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Tough, great quarterback. Played behind Tobin Rote originally. Great backfield with Lincoln and Lowe and obviously Alworth at wide receiver, which were also called flankers back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipkid Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 8 hours ago, Sargent Hulka said: Mine too, I think? October 17, 1966. 17-17 tie with San Diego. That's the game where kicker Booth Lusteg (a UConn product) missed three field goals, including a 23 yarder to win the game, with six seconds left, after the Bills came back from a 17-0 deficit. Well, I realized that I can’t be correct. In fact, I’ve been living a lie about that game. I was less than a year old at the time. As a kid, my older brother and father talked about the “Get Hadl Dirty” game so much I must have adopted it as my own as a child. Yikes! My older brother just confirmed that I wan’t there—he and Dad were. Kinda funny. I thought I was there for 40+ years. I’m not sure whether to thank or curse you.😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyC81 Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Now Gaylord Perry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBob Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 On 11/30/2022 at 6:31 PM, \GoBillsInDallas/ said: "Get Hadl dirty!" I was there for that game with my brother and father. We joined in that chant heartily and cheered when it finally happened. The Bills were so bad then that those sorts of moments are the ones I remember most from those days. RIP John Hadl. On 11/30/2022 at 8:18 PM, LabattBlue said: Excellent contribution to the thread. 👎🏻 RIP to one of the AFL greats. 😞 It looked better at the beginning of the game, when the green paint was still fresh. 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBob Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) On 12/1/2022 at 9:12 AM, Sargent Hulka said: Mine too, I think? October 17, 1966. 17-17 tie with San Diego. That's the game where kicker Booth Lusteg (a UConn product) missed three field goals, including a 23 yarder to win the game, with six seconds left, after the Bills came back from a 17-0 deficit. I believe this game was Nov 17th, 1968. It was our 1-12-1 season of pure misery. The weather was miserable and the Chargers win 21-6. The get Hadl dirty chant came in the mid 4th quarter when everyone except him was covered in mud. It took about 3-4 plays for it to happen once the chant started. BTW, John threw 3 ints in that game, but between Dan Darragh and Ed Rutkowski, we managed only 151 yards of total offense. The Chargers scored all of their 21 points in the first half. The second half was awful. Biggest cheer of the game was when they got Hadl dirty. 🥹 Edited December 3, 2022 by BuffaloBob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olliemets Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Yup. I'm 64 and live in NY Metro Area, grew up here. With blackout rules wasn't forced to watch both Jets/Giants every Sunday as someone was home. I loved watching AFL Games at 4P in the East. Lots of Raiders, Chiefs, Chargers on. Loved that he wore #21 and punted. And to see a young athelete who was bald was a first. Great memories watching those games. Hadl was up against Dawson and LaMonica in his own Division and Chargers always seemd to go 8-4. 9-3. RIP #21 I loved watching you try to take down Raiders and Chiefs at 4P as a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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