"The Jets Will Win. I Guarantee It."
 

Fifty years ago! (I couldn't let the day go by without making note if it.)

Thanks for making me realize how ancient I am. :D

Joe Namath was despised in Baltimore when I was a kid. Didn't really understand it at the time as Super Bowl III occurred when I was only 2.

I've heard some commentators say that, without the Jets' victory over the Colts in Super Bowl III, and the Chiefs' victory over the Vikings in Super Bowl IV the following year, the NFL-AFL merger might never have happened.

Former Thoroughbred trainer Jim Hudson had an important interception in that game.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Hudson

i watched the Colts-Jets superbowl on a Sony Trinitron color television set that i bought for $329 for the very first time.

I had a pair of tennis shoes ie sneakers when I was in the 3rd grade called Nba's that were white and green. I pretended i was Joe Namath when we played sandlot football.

You were rich. My Dad bought a Sony Trinitron in 1973 and it was the greatest thing in the history of the world at the time.

Jim was a nice guy in his older days, he was a fun guy to be around. Didn't take everything too seriously. His later days he suffered from CTE, really sad.

Jim is the answer to my favorite trivia question. Name the only person with a super bowl ring (jets), an NCAA championship ring (Texas 1963), and a trainers title (retama).

Yes, Jim was a fun guy to be around. Pretty good trainer too.

Joe was great by way of his style and charisma. His bad legs hampered his numbers, but those light feet dancing in his early years was fun to watch.
Seeing the Jets beat the Colts was exciting, maybe the biggest upset in all of sports.

I still remember that game - what an upset!
I was a Jets fan......life was so simple after that! :D

MY Dad was a colts fan.......I really rubbed it in.

wel thats because Joe is a Pittsburgh area guy....:rolleyes:

329 dollars in 1969 would, adjusted for inflation, be $2251.07 today.

https://www.officialdata.org/1969-do...018?amount=329

The merger already happened. That's why the had a game between the NFL and AFL that later became the Super Bowl.