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Garo Yepremian.....dead... (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=292542)

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Originally Posted by rockymtnchief (Post 11504630)

Sadly, that Christmas game was the day I became a Chiefs fan.

R.I.P. Garo.

Me, too. And my first day as a football fan. Ten years old at my grandma's and all my uncles were rooting for Miami. The chiefs needed representing in the house so I took up the cause.

Also, watching Ed Podolak made me want to play running back. For me, that game started a lifelong love of football and the chiefs.

RIP...

Here's a cool piece of trivia. Garo Yepremian was the last NFL player to not have a facemask on his helmet. He made a few games into the 1966 season with the Lions before Lombardi's Packers convinced him that it was a good idea to have one.

Here's an old ESPN article that mentions it: http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/po...the-single-bar

A day that will live in infamy. (December 25, 1971 that is)
Damn you Jan Stenerud. :mad:

He broke my heart before I was born, he passed away a shutout in the Superbowl, now he has passed away forever. RIP.

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 11504432)

(Long, long pause while I remember the most disappointing Christmas of my childhood.)

(Another long pause.)

(A third long pause.)

Rest in peace.

ME TOO! :banghead:

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Originally Posted by theelusiveeightrop (Post 11504540)

Still remember Christmas 1971. Anyway, RIP.

WILL NEVER FORGET THAT DAY OR GAME AS AN 8 YEAR FAN :deevee:

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Originally Posted by Hoopsdoc (Post 11504544)

Was he one of the old school, straight ahead kickers?

I believe he may have been one of if not the FIRST soccer style kickers in the NFL :hmmm:

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Originally Posted by rockymtnchief (Post 11504630)

Sadly, that Christmas game was the day I became a Chiefs fan.

R.I.P. Garo.

I was just a few years into being a fan and I cried all day at the dinner table after we lost. :shake:

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Originally Posted by gblowfish (Post 11504639)

I'm sorry, but I can't feel too badly about this. Just being honest.

As much as I hate Garo for beating us, I hate Jan Stenerud much more for missing THREE chip shots that would have put us in the Super Bowl. That guy is WORSE than the kicker that shall be nameless and live in infamy!

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Originally Posted by MatriculatingHank (Post 11505649)

A day that will live in infamy. (December 25, 1971 that is)
Damn you Jan Stenerud. :mad:

AGREED, AGREED, AGREED, AND AGREED! Jan Stenerud deserves to be raped by a dolphin while swimming in the Atlantic Ocean while on vacation.

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Originally Posted by Predarat (Post 11505991)

He broke my heart before I was born, he passed away a shutout in the Superbowl, now he has passed away forever. RIP.

This is cool finale for him!