New York Giants quarterback Y.A. Tittle after being slammed to the ground by a Pittsburgh Steelers lineman in Pittsburgh on Sept. 20, 1964.
Y.A. Tittle knelt there on the grass, blood dripping from his bald head, eyes blank, hands empty. He’d been hit hard, slammed to the ground by a Steelers lineman young enough to be his son. The tackle had been brutal, a reminder that football was a young man’s game and time spared no one, not even a legend.
Tittle was 38, ancient for a quarterback. He’d seen championships and defeats, touchdowns and interceptions, the cheers and boos of a hundred crowds. He’d given the game everything, his youth, his strength, his will. And now here he was, alone on the field, a proud warrior finally brought to his knees.
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