Fifty years ago today, Commissioner Pete Rozelle decided that the - TopicsExpress



          

Fifty years ago today, Commissioner Pete Rozelle decided that the National Football League was more important than the grief of the nation and decided in poor taste to go ahead with the scheduled games. That afternoon at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Chicago Bears and the Pittsburgh Steelers played to a 17-17 tie. In the game, a 24-year-old tight end for the Bears by the name of Mike Ditka caught seven passes for 146 yards, deflecting the attention of the nation at least momentarily from the tragedy two days prior.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 07:16:07 +0000

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