Electric football was definitely “all in the family” as Roddy and his brother Roald played the “Garcia Bowl” on Thanksgiving Day. Roddy had his beloved Vikings, Roald his Giants. It was a “stock game” played on a 1969 NFL No. 620 game.
Pete Gogolak in action 1970. ©2012 US Presswire. All Rights Reserved.
They put a whole bunch of bases into a bucket and alternated pulling them out one at a time. What they got, they got, and that’s how they played the game. They even used the Tudor timer – talk about “hard core” stock.
The game finished in a 20-20 tie – there was no overtime on 1969!
Click on the video above to see a field goal. What’s amazing is how well a 43-year-old toy still works. Pete Gogolak would be proud.
And the game still look great too!!!
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Pete Gogolak was the “Shot Heard Around the World” in the AFL-NFL war. When the Giants signed him away from the Bills, the unwritten truce between the leagues was over. Then AFL Commissioner Al Davis Blitzkrieged the NFL’s star players, signing the likes of Roman Gabriel, John Brodie and others to AFL contracts. Unbeknown to Davis, this quickly hastened the merger between the leagues. Davis was against the merger, convinced he could bring the NFL to its knees.
A fantastic summary…can’t add anything to that!!!