1971 Quarterback Class: Not Just Plunkett, Manning and Pastorini

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1971 Quarterback Class: Not Just Plunkett, Manning and Pastorini

04-21-2016, 08:57 AM

Bonus good stories from Dicky and Pastorini's time together with the Oilers.

Well worth the read.

Oral history of the 1971 NFL draft: The original Year of the Quarterback

http://www.si.com/nfl/2016/04/21/1971-nfl-draft-oral-history-archie-manning-joe-theismann-dan-pastorini-jim-plunkett-kenny-anderson-lynn-dickey

The 1971 NFL draft was the original “Year Of the Quarterback.” Six of its high-profile QB picks, Jim Plunkett, Archie Manning, Dan Pastorini, Lynn Dickey, Kenny Anderson and Joe Theismann reflect on their role in an under-appreciated slice of the game's lore.

Dickey: That’s Dan. He’s always been a character. He’s a dandy. We were together for five years in Houston and I want to say he went through close to 13 to 15 cars. We’d come out after a game, and he’d be over there mumbling and griping and yelling that someone had keyed his car. And I said why don’t you try not putting Dante -- No. 7 on your tags? But Dan has a death wish from my viewpoint. He just had a thrill for speed. If he got in a golf cart, he had one goal: How fast will this thing go?

Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.
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