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davis/nolte......stab ler/blientikoff

posted 17 years ago by dontreplyidoits
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these guys reminded me more of the raiders than the cowgirls

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[–] dontreplyidoits 17 years ago

yeah, i mean i am only 33. however,I know of freds play. notle looked a lot like him. the tape up wrists ,the face mask, the mustache. plus, phil had great hands, and he couldnt run fast,and he looked like he couldnt take a hit without almost falling apart.

al dumped him because of this? That i didnt know.

i was thinking that about meredith....because that would make that backup qb guy like roger stalbach. right? i dont know a lot about the cowgirls history. i do know roger was the all american christian.

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[–] dontreplyidoits 17 years ago

never read the book. it is worth it? i tell ya one thing. its hard to accept "the natuarl's" book ending after watching that movie.

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[–] dontreplyidoits 17 years ago

can ya pm me the ending of the book? the unlucky play?

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[–] dontreplyidoits 17 years ago

oh, come on. you arent the author are ya!! lol

[–] dontreplyidoits 17 years ago

i will look it up then post it if you dont!!!!!!!!!! nah. just goofing i will look it up.

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[–] dontreplyidoits 17 years ago

i was just kidding. i wouldnt post that. howver, i dont think this board would give a crap.

[–] mpoconnor7 14 years ago

I read the book North Dallas Forty, which was written by former Cowboy Peter Gent. The movie follows the book pretty closely, but the movie left out the book's darker ending.

[–] richglogan 13 years ago

Fred Biletnikoff was Nolte's trainer on set. There is not doubt that Nolte patterned his look and demeanor after Freddie for his character.

http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2007/0801/nfl_a_biletnikoff_195.jpg

http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/898/724/no rth-dallas-forty-nolte-456fp091010_original_display_image.jpg?13040243 43

In a white room with black curtains near the station

[–] Mustang_Ed 11 years ago

I witnessed Stabler and Biletnikoff completing a pass to two pretty girls in Melendy's Bar in Santa Rosa during the Raiders' training camp. They told the girls they were football players. The girls asked if they played for a near by college (would have been Sonoma State or Santa Rosa Junior College. LOL!) They explained they played for a professional football team. And then they were off.....into the night.

[–] ChrisCuda 11 years ago

Interesting that Stabler followed Namath at 'Bama....& then was the hard drinking skirt chaser in the NFL a la Namath. Also, they both won a Super Bowl.

[–] jefgg 8 years ago

Based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Peter Gent, a Cowboys wide receiver in the late 1960s, the film's characters closely resemble real life team members of that era, with Seth Maxwell often compared to quarterback Don Meredith, B.A. Strother to Tom Landry, and Phil Elliott to Gent.