15 Years Ago Today

[cravnravn]

I used to go in Looney's almost every day for lunch but's that's where I got into some trouble which is easy

to do there but at least they don't have Squeelers fans in there or not many. I was banned from

Half Pints for fighting with Squeelers fans. I'm starting to run out of places to go to in Bel Air.

There's still the Main Street Tower where I sing and some of Looney's young waitresses visit me to watch me sing Crazy Bitch and go nuts and the Lodge where I just came from after drinks with cronies all afternoon. The place looks like a real lodge with two fire places on each end. You feel like your in the Rocky Mountains.

I know the lodge very well, my kids go there, besides that was the last bar before before you entered the country zone, all we had were two VFW's within a mile of each other, one in MD and the other in PA.

 

Stealer fans are everywhere, nothing you can do about it. When I lived in Baltimore we hung at The Barn, quarter Mike down the road was the Emerald Tavern, freekin Stealers bar. In the 80's when we were teamless I used to go into the Emerald on Sunday afternoon, they had a great raw bar during the games. The owner was bill saul, he was a journeyman linebacker, played for our Colts as well as the Stealers, he was the first player miked up for NFL Films, too bad they bleeped 3/4 of his sound bites.

Edited February 12, 2016 by cravnravn

[Spen]

I know the lodge very well, my kids go there, besides that was the last bar before before you entered the country zone, all we had were two VFW's within a mile of each other, one in MD and the other in PA.

Stealer fans are everywhere, nothing you can do about it. When I lived in Baltimore we hung at The Barn, quarter Mike down the road was the Emerald Tavern, freekin Stealers bar. In the 80's when we were teamless I used to go into the Emerald on Sunday afternoon, they had a great raw bar during the games. The owner was bill saul, he was a journeyman linebacker, played for our Colts as well as the Stealers, he was the first player miked up for NFL Films, too bad they bleeped 3/4 of his sound bites.

I went to the Emerald a few times in the early 90s for the games. Long before Sunday Ticket they had a bunch of satellite dishes so they would have all the games.

 

I went there a few years ago and my friend and I ordered a pitcher and it was something like $22. Nope, no thanks.

[TBird]

I know the lodge very well, my kids go there, besides that was the last bar before before you entered the country zone, all we had were two VFW's within a mile of each other, one in MD and the other in PA.

 

Stealer fans are everywhere, nothing you can do about it. When I lived in Baltimore we hung at The Barn, quarter Mike down the road was the Emerald Tavern, freekin Stealers bar. In the 80's when we were teamless I used to go into the Emerald on Sunday afternoon, they had a great raw bar during the games. The owner was bill saul, he was a journeyman linebacker, played for our Colts as well as the Stealers, he was the first player miked up for NFL Films, too bad they bleeped 3/4 of his sound bites.

I got into a fight with a kid at the Lodge. I was telling Chris the bar tender my probs in Looneys and he said stay away from there. She's trouble, man. So I said thanks but don't tell the manager I said that. She'll go nuts and

was the one who banned me after we broke up.

 

So this punk is listening behind me and said, I'll tell the manager what you said. I go to Looneys. I turned

around and said you can get hurt really bad butting into another's man business. So I wiped the smile

off his face when I kicked him in the balls and he drops fast and hard and hits the floor. Then I picked him

up and dragged him over to the bouncer and said he's had too much to drink and is about to throat up

over your floor. The bouncer threw him out in the parking lot and he never came back and he never

said anything in Looneys either. I know because the bar tenders are still pals with me and would have

told me. Everything about us gets back to me in there. I watch some porno and send one of the bar

tenders emails with tricks to try on her boy friend-lol. She loves it. Not sure about her boy friend-lol.

 

Sitting at Looneys is like being in a strip show. All the females are gorgeous and all wear low cut t-shirts

and their shorts really short and if you're patient you might even get a lap dance. I swear, they often

come out and sit next to you at the bar. They invited me to their parties. That happens to a lot of guys.

The waitresses do it too butthey don't like you. They're working for their tips and some play you like the gal who even accepted emails from me. I had a relationship and was told two high forces in Looneys

were trying to break you two up. I said who are the forces. She didn't know.I said why? She didn't

know. A week later we were broken up. I almost had a heart attack. Blood pressure went up to 195/120

but she was right. They broke us up and I was banned.

 

As far as Squeelers fans, I screwed one gal, they were engaged, just because he was a Squeeers fan.

True. I got even after he started a fight with a Ravens fan and got him kicked out. She loved me and left

him for me. Dated her for about a year. She's the only gal I allowed in my bed room from Pissburgh.

[TBird]

Yea, I remember Sau. He must have had some colorful quotes to get beeped out

that many times.

 

Unitas' wife had Arty Donovan kicked out of the car pool for the bad language he used on

all their kids.

 

Bill Pellington owned the Iron Horse along York Rd. I went in there a lot and a lot of John's teammates

including Tom Matte went back there for a sauence-sp after the funeral to see if they

could reach John's spirit-lol. True. It's in Steadman's book. Rumor also has it that Pellington

bet $30,000 on the Jets. The Colts owner bet on the Colts as he aways did but why would Pellington

bet vs his former team. He's from NY where his dad owned a bar and he knew all the same

mafia contacts Namath knew from his club Bachelor's 3. The commish suspended Namath til he

sold it but maybe Pellington thought the fix was on and bet vs his own team.

 

Unitas used to own the Golden Arm on York Rd. I took my dates in there. Very impressive with

all the teams hemets going around the room and some great paintings. He started it with

Bobby Boyd, the DB, of the championship teams but he walked out later on.

[cravnravn]

Oh I remember the golden arm and pellingtons very well, how about colt lanes on providence road? Pellingtons had the treasure chest filled with toys for the kiddies after dinner.

You know the Colts room in the Babe Ruth musuem it was basically started with all the memorabilia that johnny was throwing out, his wife Sandy called them and asked if they would be interested in going through and of the stuff that johnny was getting rid of.

[TBird]

My best friend lived near the lanes off Providence Rd in Towson. We spent a lot of time in

there with our dates on the weekends. We were just talking about that and what a great

high school life we had. College was all work both physically and mentally but nobody

believes me when I say I screwed Goldie Hawn in College Park. She's from down

there and were were pals and hung out in the Student Union on Fri nights for mixers.

 

Speaking of the lanes, Unitas owned them with Tom Matte but everything John touched went

bad and he was broke by 72 and filed bankruptcy so he could keep his estates. He had a

huge house and a lot of land in Sparks, MD and a town house in Cape May and kept those

but I read where he was sued the day he died. He was on a treadmill working out with

Matte when he collapsed.

 

He complained that he only made $272,000 pr yr compared to modern salaries. That was a lot

of money back then and he had two homes including one one the beach. I just started my first

job around there and made $6500. Our house up here

cost $30,000 so you had to earn at least half that with 10% down. My dad's house payments

went up from $90 pr month in Govans to $200 pr mo in Bel Air. We sold it for $350,000.

Cars were under $10,000 in the 70s. Bought a new Mustang in 79 and car payments were

$80 pr mo. I paid cash for the current Malibu but my Camry cost $15,000 in 99s.

 

I told Matte you're always bitching on the radio about how much less you got than today's

players but you made more than the rest of the country for playing a game. I said nobody on

my street made more than $10,000. They worked down the point in the mills, and gas stations

as mechanics and bank offices. You got $20,000 in the 60s for playing a game.

 

You had more than the rest of us. He said yea, you're right but he still went back on the

radio bitching. It really bothers them but they paved the way for these guys to do so well.

[varaven45]

Yea, I remember Sau. He must have had some colorful quotes to get beeped out

that many times.

 

Unitas' wife had Arty Donovan kicked out of the car pool for the bad language he used on

all their kids.

 

Bill Pellington owned the Iron Horse along York Rd. I went in there a lot and a lot of John's teammates

including Tom Matte went back there for a sauence-sp after the funeral to see if they

could reach John's spirit-lol. True. It's in Steadman's book. Rumor also has it that Pellington

bet $30,000 on the Jets. The Colts owner bet on the Colts as he aways did but why would Pellington

bet vs his former team. He's from NY where his dad owned a bar and he knew all the same

mafia contacts Namath knew from his club Bachelor's 3. The commish suspended Namath til he

sold it but maybe Pellington thought the fix was on and bet vs his own team.

 

Unitas used to own the Golden Arm on York Rd. I took my dates in there. Very impressive with

all the teams hemets going around the room and some great paintings. He started it with

Bobby Boyd, the DB, of the championship teams but he walked out later on.

 

Tbird and Crav,

 

Living up the road in Rosedale, I Remember the Golden Arm well. My dad took me there - circa 1968 - and met Johnny Unitas. I think it was the year he suffered the Achilles injury. He couldnt have even been a nicer man - signed my football and shook my hand. Thought I died and went to heaven

 

Great memories !

[TBird]

The only time I met Unitas was at a restaurant in Be Air and he wasn't nice to me.

He was by himself and looked like a lonely old man. I don't know where Sandy was.

Never said anything to me. I asked for his

autograph and he signed it on a napkin but kept playing with the little kids behind him

but their daddy didn't even know who was playing with his kids.

 

I wanted to ask some questions. I was the only one who knew who he was because

everyone was from 20-30 yrs old. After that a long line of people asked him for

autographs. If he was pissed at me, he was even more pissed after that.

 

But one of the guys in the Nests said Unitas does not like to be interrupted when he's eating.

So that's why he gave me the cold shoulder but during the next season we had seats

behind the Ravens bench, 3rd row back, and Unitas walked by with his daughter. Thousands

were screaming and yelling at him and he came straight over to me and shook my hand and

said you're the guy from Bel Air. I said yea as he sure made my day. Mine was the only hand

he shook but he never looked at my face but picked it out of a crowd of 30,000 fans.

 

One time I saw Ozzie at Oregon Ridge. He walked by me on the way out and I yelled, Flacco

please.

 

Oz said he's that good huh? I laughed knowing he was bluffing me. Ozzie never tips off on

the draft even in a restaurant.

 

I was scared to death it was gonna be Henne because Peter King said he had he play book already.

[cravnravn]

Johnny wasn't working out, he was rehabbing, he had his knee replaced, he could hardly walk any more.

 

He used to get irked at me, because I made a pact with my wife, I would never bother him for autographs unless it was at a show. I held true, and wherever he was if I needed something signed I would go, he'd give me the evil eye, and I would just wink at him. (If I knew how to post pics here off my phone is show you the goodies I have,)

[cravnravn]

Tbird and Crav,

Living up the road in Rosedale, I Remember the Golden Arm well. My dad took me there - circa 1968 - and met Johnny Unitas. I think it was the year he suffered the Achilles injury. He couldnt have even been a nicer man - signed my football and shook my hand. Thought I died and went to heaven

Great memories !

Sheeet, we was neighbors. Miss the old neighborhood, but not that weather.

[TBird]

It was like 9 above today, freezing up here.

 

I'll be going down to Daytona for the month of March like I always do.

[TBird]

One last story about the Gold Arm. Does anyone remember ALEX HAWKINS - CAPT WHO? LOL

 

He was a character and Jimmy Orr's backup-lol. With the likes of Orr and Berry in front of him the

Hawk didn't see much playing time. He was drafted by GB and Weeb traded for him or picked him

up when he was cut. He was pretty good on special teams and almost blocked one of the Jets

FGs in SB 3.

 

He wrote a good book and said when he retired Unitas had his retirement party at the Golden Arm

with just a few of his friends. He was a big name so Hawk didn't want a party but John called some

of his friends in and Weeb who picked him off the junk pile. The book mentioned that Weeb wrote

down one of the plays he used to beat them in the SB and showed it to them.

 

He got the name CAPT WHO when he walked out with the Marchetti and Unitas the other team

captains on defense and offense and a visiting reporter in the press room said who is that.

Steadman or somebody said that's CAPT WHO and Steadman wrote up in his articles so he was

always called CAPT WHO. LOL.

 

Pellington's restaurant was called the Iron Horse after his nick name on the team. He got that name

when he broke his arm and he played with a cast on it. Can you see anyone today played with a

broken arm wearing a cast? Pellington did. It was funny how he broke the arm. He was running up

to RB to hit him in the throat. The RB saw him coming and knew he was famous for that so he ducked

his head at the last moment and Bill's arm missed the throat and hit his helmet and broke his arm.

 

He played the rest of the year with the cast and like it so much he wore it the next year. An opposing

coach protested to the refs. They said he has a broken arm. The coach said that was a year ago.

So they made him cut it off but someone called him the Iron Horse because he was like an iron

gate that swung around and whacked RBs in the head as they came thru the hole.

 

Then the NFL outlaws playing with broken arms-lol.

 

With what Goody has done, it's now officially a pussy league with guys getting injured just walking up

to the line of scrimmage.

[Tornado700]

T- I remember Alex Hawkins well. Quite the comedian. For the past twenty years now, we've heard the joke about "and that's my story and I'm sticking with it. There is even a country song about it called "That's my story". Alex Hawkins told that story on the air as a color commentator during a Colts game.He said he stayed out all night playing poker, came home around 8 AM only to be met by his very angry wife. She asked him where he had been all night and he told her that he got in at around 3 and didn't want to wake her, so he slepped on the hammock out in the yard. She responded by saying that she had personally taken that hammock down a month ago and put it in the attic. Hawkins thought for a second or two and knowing he was caught said to her- "well that's my story and I'm sticking with it."

He was a character.

[cravnravn]

It was like 9 above today, freezing up here.

 

I'll be going down to Daytona for the month of March like I always do.

I work right down the street from the speedway.

[TBird]

That was the name of Hawkins book, THAT'S MY STORY AND I'M STICKING

TO IT. What you said is in the book.

 

He was quite a gambler and they had a poker game going on late one night somewhere

with Upton Bell, whose father was Bert Bell the former NFL Comish who put the original

team in Baltimore but he made them put up the money in advance for 15,000 tickets

and the fans did it, then working in the Colts

front office and another player or two. It was quite a scandle.

 

Talk about Ray Rice, the old Colts had Joe Don Looney from Oklahoma as a RB one of

the greatest human bodies you'll ever see but he got into trouble in every town he

lived. The Lions cut him so Shula picked him up.

 

On his first play he carried the ball he ran 60 yards up the middle for a TD, I think it was a TD

but Joe got into trouble here. He beat up his girl friend in their apartment and she called the cops

who arrested him.

 

It was quite an embarrassment for the team so they cut him but Shula hated as hell to

do it. He died some time later running his motorcyle off a cliff. He was definitey a head case

best remembered for stepping into a cage to wrestle an orangatun at the Civic Center.

[oldno82]

That was the name of Hawkins book, THAT'S MY STORY AND I'M STICKING

TO IT. What you said is in the book.

 

He was quite a gambler and they had a poker game going on late one night somewhere

with Upton Bell, whose father was Bert Bell the former NFL Comish who put the original

team in Baltimore but he made them put up the money in advance for 15,000 tickets

and the fans did it, then working in the Colts

front office and another player or two. It was quite a scandle.

 

Talk about Ray Rice, the old Colts had Joe Don Looney from Oklahoma as a RB one of

the greatest human bodies you'll ever see but he got into trouble in every town he

lived. The Lions cut him so Shula picked him up.

 

On his first play he carried the ball he ran 60 yards up the middle for a TD, I think it was a TD

but Joe got into trouble here. He beat up his girl friend in their apartment and she called the cops

who arrested him.

 

It was quite an embarrassment for the team so they cut him but Shula hated as hell to

do it. He died some time later running his motorcyle off a cliff. He was definitey a head case

best remembered for stepping into a cage to wrestle an orangatun at the Civic Center.

If I remember right, Looney used to like sleeping in cemeterys too.

[TBird]

Yea, I vaguely remember that one.

 

Here's his pic. He had old Mike Curtis' # 32 before he got here. That's a RB # of course,

but Curtis came here as a FB from Duke and converted to LB after getting # 32.

 

Note Joe Don's body, more spectacular than Mike's and note all these old pics of the

old timers of Gino, Jim Parker, Ameche and Shula's staff. I saw him on TV in Miami this

season when they honored

their perfect championship team and he's in a wheel chair now. He's at least 85, close to 90. He was the

youngest coach in football at 33 here. I remember when he drove up to the stadium in a beat

up old Ford station wagon. Ten years ago I stood on a cruise ship in Miami and looked up at

a big sky scraper and at the top it said Shula's Hotel and laughed and said you came a long way

Donny. He also owns Shula's Steak House and other businesses and married one of the wealthiest

women in the country when his wife died and lives in the most expensive zip code in the US.

 

Shula made Miami. It was just a sleepy retirement community when he arrived but the success of his

Dolphins built the city to the biggest Latin resort this side of Rio. He made it possible to go from a

minor league training camp to World Series victors with the Marlins and NBA champs with the Heat

and they even have hockey. All because of Shula and Baltimore losing SB 3. Bmore had it's heart

cut out and Miami grew into a paradise minus all the drug killings in the 70s and 80s.

 

 

Will bring back memories but how did Custer's pic get in there? LOL

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=joe+don+looney,+rb,+baltimore+colts&safe=active&biw=780&bih=357&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjzzfz39PjKAhUMbj4KHQqwDYkQ7AkIRg

[TBird]

Anyone remember Big Daddy Lipscomb?

 

As mentioned above Matte always complains about their meager salaries back then. Big

Daddy's was so meager he had a part time job as a pro wrestler in the off season and was

pretty good too.Unitas even worked down the point in the off season during the early 50s when

someone got him a job down there.

 

Talk about spectacular bodies, Big Daddy could kick Mike's and Joe Don's ass at the

same time. See here. He died supposidly of drug over dose but Steadman said he was murdered

as many thought. The needle mark was in his right arm. He was right handed so how could

he give himself a shot in the right arm. It would have gone in the left arm a fact the cops

didn't consider.

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=photo+of+big+daddy+lipscomb+wrestling&safe=active&biw=780&bih=357&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjJ4cnx-_jKAhXKaT4KHT3JBJQQ7AkIPg

[TBird]

Gino broke his leg in the 58 championship sudden game after Big Daddy fell on it - ouch!

Gino said it was his fault. He moved the wrong way when he got tangled up in the line

and tripped and Big Daddy tripped on him and landed on his leg. Broke in half. They

heard the break on the bench.

 

Gino wouldn't let them take him to the hospital though. He insisted on staying til the end.

When asked if it hurt he said like hell.