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Originally Posted by Oldcolt
I think that the Bubba Smith, Ted Hendricks, Mike Curtis and l Rick Volk l group was the best I ever rooted for.
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Whenever l hear or read about Rick Volk, it always reminds me of reading about him in regard to Super Bowl III, in which he was knocked unconscious twice. It was in an auto-biography of Joe Namath.
One of those times was when the Colts recovered a successful onside kick late in the 4th quarter. I couldn't believe it when I saw 4 of his teammtes literally carrying him off the field, each one with a limb ...... today if a player is knocked unconscious, you have a stoppage in play for about 5 minutes, a whole slew of people out there on the field with him (doctors, trainers, head coach, assistant coaches, etc) ...... back then, players were more concerned about getting their unconscious teammate off of the field as soon as possible, as though their biggest concern was avoiding getting a delay-of-game penalty.
Fast-forward to the 1:55:12 mark to see Volk literally getting dragged off of the field by 4 of his teammates.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW5GnZCxqIw
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