Norm Van Brocklin
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Oct 27, 2026
George DunhamHOST
which I'm a little surprised he was still up there, but he played there for a long time, and they were kind of ahead of their time, I guess, throwing the ball.
George DunhamHOST
Then Jim Everett third, Mark Bolger fourth, and Norm Van Brocklin fifth all time in touchdown passes for the Rams.
George DunhamHOST
Isn't that
Craig MillerHOST
funny? Kurt Warner's not up there.
Blaine WalshSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Green Bay Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles will meet for the championship in the National Football League.
Blaine WalshSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Eagle captains today are Norm Van Brocklin and Chuck Bednarik.
Blaine WalshSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Bill Forrester and Jimmy Ringo are the Packer captains.
Blaine WalshSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They were out a moment ago for the coin toss.
Blaine WalshSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
At right tackle for the Eagles, J.D. Smith, 6'5", 250 pounds from Rice.
Blaine WalshSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And at right end, Bobby Walston, a 6-footer, 190 pounds from Georgia, a 10-year veteran.
Blaine WalshSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The quarterback for the Eagles today will be that familiar number 11, Norm Van Brocklin, 6'1", 200-pounder from Oregon, his 12th year in professional football.
Blaine WalshSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
At left half for the Eagles, number 33, Billy Barnes, 5'11", 202, from Wake Forest.
Blaine WalshSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And at right end, Bobby Walston, a 6-footer, 190 pounds from Georgia, a 10-year veteran.
Blaine WalshSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The quarterback for the Eagles today will be that familiar number 11, Norm Van Brocklin, 6'1", 200-pounder from Oregon, his 12th year in professional football.
Blaine WalshSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
At left half for the Eagles, number 33, Billy Barnes, 5'11", 202, from Wake Forest.
Blaine WalshSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
At fullback, number 35, Ted Dean, a rookie in the NFL...
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Blaine WalshSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The band has formed out of the far end of the field.
Blaine WalshSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Let's first of all recap the scoring in the first half.
Blaine WalshSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
On the first play of the game, Norm Van Brocklin tried a little swing pass out to the left.
Blaine WalshSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It was off the fingertips of the intended receiver, Billy Barnes, and was intercepted by Bill Quinlan at the 14-yard line.
Laurie HoreshHOST
And there he is right there.
Laurie HoreshHOST
Norm Van Brocklin.
Laurie HoreshHOST
An MVP and an NFL championship winner.
Laurie HoreshHOST
The Dutchman.
Mike RichmanGUEST
And then Lombardi signed with the Packers to become their head coach after that.
Mike RichmanGUEST
So that would have been a, I mean, he would have been Sonny's coach at that point, but, um, um, you know, the same token by the same token, uh, The Eagles were about to sign Norm Van Brocklin as their quarterback.
Mike RichmanGUEST
And I asked Upton Bell, son of Burt Bell, who was in Philadelphia at the time, and played basketball at LaSalle.
Mike RichmanGUEST
So he knew all the ins and outs of what was going on.
Al HelferSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
This type of attack places emphasis on timing and deception rather than power.
Al HelferSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Thus, it requires a group of speedy backs and a very brainy quarterback like Van Brocklin, who is a good passer besides.
Al HelferSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Just as it was back in the 1880s, the quarterback seldom runs with the ball.
Al HelferSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
However, he does handle it on almost every play, either passing or handing off to one of the other backs.
Al HelferSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Since the system's revival ten years ago, the record book has become dotted with names of great players who have been key formation quarterbacks.
Al HelferSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Oregon will show us one of these names today in the person of All-American Norm Van Brocklin from Walnut Creek, California.
Al HelferSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In the case of Southern Methodist University, we'll be seeing a potent mixture of both double and single wingback formations.
Al HelferSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Using an unbalanced line up front, usually strong to the right, SMU will send it back about a yard out behind and outside of each end.
BlakeHOST
games.
BlakeHOST
Honorary mention, Norm Van Brocklin.
LennyHOST
Okay.
LennyHOST
Oh, that's interesting when we get down there.
Luke BraunHOST
If I may be pedantic about these things.
Luke BraunHOST
Yeah, Frank Tarkenton very famously had this falling out with Norm Van Brocklin.
Luke BraunHOST
He gets traded to the Giants.
Luke BraunHOST
Norm Van Brocklin gets fired like seconds later.
Luke BraunHOST
And Tarkenton, it doesn't work out in New York and he ends up traded back to the Vikings.
Luke BraunHOST
And that's when a lot of the best stuff happened for those 1970s Vikings.
Bill PolianGUEST
You gotta make 'em stand in the pocket and play from the pocket.
Bill PolianGUEST
So that's a, you know, that's a coaching issue there.
Bill PolianGUEST
How you gonna, how you gonna m- how you gonna attack him? Um, and- Buffalo's, well, more than tough enough.
Bill PolianGUEST
You know, they'll slug with Derrick Henry.
Mark RosenHOST
You played the vaunted Chicago Bears.
Mark RosenHOST
You coached Norm Van Brocklin.
Mark RosenHOST
I did.
Mark RosenHOST
Had you come off the bench.
Mark RosenHOST
Obviously, you got traded to the Giants in 67.
Mark RosenHOST
You came back in 1970.
Mark RosenHOST
Your young coach at that time was a guy named Bud Grant, complete opposite personality from Norm Van Brocklin, very stoic, had success in Winnipeg and the Canadian Football League.
Mark RosenHOST
Did Bud just let you be you from the get-go? How did that relationship get forged?
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