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BeyondGeography

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4. One of my first NFL memories was a Packers/Rams game in LA

Reply to ChazII (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 21, 2024, 11:32 AM

Apr 2024

It was a regular season game in December of 1967 and I was watching from dark and cold NY. It was impossibly sunny in LA and they had a quarterback with the impossibly cool name of Roman Gabriel who looked as big or bigger than most of the defenders.

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Roman Gabriel, legendary Rams QB and former NFL MVP, dead at 83 [View all] BeyondGeography Apr 2024 OP

He was the quarterback for the Rams ChazII Apr 2024 #1

One of my first NFL memories was a Packers/Rams game in LA BeyondGeography Apr 2024 #4

Sad.... OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2024 #2

The fearsome foursome, the Purple People Eaters, Fran, and Roman Botany Apr 2024 #3

Lived in Raleigh when Gabriel was at NC State. Our peewee football team played just before a State game, and Silent Type Apr 2024 #5

Around Hillsborough St., that name is Legend. OldBaldy1701E Apr 2024 #6

Hollywood had a couple of decades of films about the Romans. GreenWave Apr 2024 #7