I loved Stabler. Raiders fan as a kid, I thought he was the best QB on the planet. I was devastated when he was traded to the Oilers. Devastated. RIP Snake.
Your comment could’ve been mine! When the Raiders had a real QB! Then saw your channel name, you know his daughter’s name is Alexa. Funny-mine too. 🤷♂️✌️
Bradshaw always includes Kenny as one of the greatest all-time and so do I! He could always find a way to win the close ones. The NFL changed the rules because of his ability to bend 'em. Definitely underrated. I would take over any of the Mannings, Elway, Marino, Brady, Fouts, etc.
@@MyVisualRomance Seriously? Why? Are you implying that Kenny Stabler was gay? If so, back up your hypothesis. I would love to hear this theory. No joke. If you can back it up, with some solid evidence, or, at the very least, some solid presumptions, based on what you know of the man, I'm all ears. My youngest son is gay. I'm very open minded. Willing to listen. Lay it on me. (I even gave you a thumbs up to get the ball rolling.)
@@raywalsh9152 Ask any New Orleanean. All the gay community in New Orleans was all a buzz about how great in bed he was. It was well known and accepted. I guess if you aren’t from there you didn’t know but the rest of us did. I even had a friend who was taxi cab driver and Kenny hired him to be his private chauffeur. He said he always had guys hanging on all over him and making out in the back seat everywhere he took him. Sounds like you might be a little too sensitive to it all. Weird though since you have a gay son. I’d a thought you would be used to it by now.
@@brianevans6328 Another such case was Ron Santo in baseball. But Santo had become such as ass in his later years that maybe the veterans committee members decided behind the scenes to just wait until he died to put him in the Hall of Fame. He did experience some trauma though. His mother and stepfather were killed in a multivehicle accident in the early 70s driving from Seattle to Arizona to visit him during spring training. He had both legs amputated in the early 2000s as a result of complication from Type I diabetes. The most egregious case in any sport that I know of is Dave Parker in baseball. He was a misanthrope. He allegedly disliked white people and probably didn't get along with anyone that well. He missed parts of two seasons because of drug use but still managed more than 2700 career hits. I don't care about his social relations or personal failings. He played baseball and was one of the most feared hitters of his era. He was a big man who prioritized maintaining his quality as a hitter over power production. He won two batting titles and an MVP award during his career. I am sure other people have their candidates, as do I. But Parker clearly belongs. That's what the veterans committee is for.
Lived in Northern California during the time Kenny Stabler was QB with the Raiders. In that area it was either Niners or Raiders that's who was on TV. What a great QB, I could sit and listen to him tell stories all day long. RIP.
Same here, I have 9 KC jerseys the signed Lanier is my best. I also have Stabler jersey that my brother in law and die hard Raider fan keeps begging me for, if I die before he does he gets it
Madden also had a funny story about Marv Hubbard. Hubbard used to go around breaking windows everywhere he went. The biggest challenge as far as getting him ready to play was making sure he didn’t get hurt, or arrested, doing his favorite thing
It's a shame and a tragedy that arguably the best QB of the 70s had to die before he was inducted into the HOF. "Snake was robbed of the experience of a lifetime that he so surely deserved. F#@K those members of the selection committee.
One quiet night in the French Quarter Kenny and a buddy were walking down a street. I saw them and ran ahead like an idiot with my film camera, rounding corners to load film and get a picture of them. Kenny's buddy said, "Come here. I will take your picture with Kenny." I told Kenny, "I am a UGA grad who never liked Bama. I never much liked the Oakland Raiders. But I was always a Kenny Stabler fan." Somewhere in a shoebox deep in storage I have a photo of Kenny with his arm around me, both of us grinning ear to ear like we were best friends. I gotta dig out that photo when I have a week with nothing else to do.
Kenny was THE MAN on THE TEAM with THE COACH ... truly incomparable ... they changed the way THE GAME was played ... Eternal BLESSINGS to Kenny & John !!!
@@darrenmuller6747 He did a skit where he was the spokesman for the "lung brush", it was designed for heavy smokers. You would take this long skinny brush and shove it down your throat and brush your lungs out from all of the nicotine. Think a 2 foot bottle brush. Lol.
@@blownonfuel That must have been hilarious! I missed Kenny's Raider years (I was too young)and just liked him right off the bat with Houston and til his retirement. Just always thought he was one cool guy on and off the field. Thanks for sharing that!!
One of the great clutch Quarterbacks….ever!!! I used to love turning on the tv in the Chicago area to catch a late Raider rally on Sunday afternoon/night.
I love you brother, you were and still are my favorite player all time. I used to save money as a teenager to go see you play when you were on the road because Oakland is a ways from Lansdale Pa. Some how I know you can see these comments, God bless you and your family/friends!
Ken "Snake" Stabler told some of the greatest, funniest football stories you'll ever hear! I think my three favorite stories he told were (1) the one he told to Bob Costas and Joe Namath on Costas' "Costas Coast-to-Coast" radio show many, many years ago about when John Matuszak came to the Oakland Raiders in a player trade and head coach John Madden suggested that "Snake" room with Matuszak because Raider officials thought "Snake" would be a calming influence on Matuszak. Stabler told them that he'd rather room with Charles Manson!, (2) when Matusek came to the Raiders for his first practice session with the team in Santa Rosa, California, he came onto the practice field riding on either a horse or a moped wearing a German WW1 spiked helmet. Raiders' Managing General Partner Al Davis was standing on the sidelines next to LB Ted Hendricks and remarked, "I don't know about John"! Hendricks replied, "Al do you really think one more is going to make any difference!?" ( meaning, of course, that one more screwball on a team of screwballs wasn't going to adversely affect that team at all - in fact, it actually probably enhanced that team!, and (3) the story "Snake" told in his autobiography about how either TE Dave Casper or defensive lineman George Bueller loved to play with remote control cars. One day when head coach John Madden was in his office at Santa Rosa sitting at his desk, Casper or Bueller sent a remote control car with a bunch of lit fire crackers attached to it into Madden's office and sent it to stop right below his chair. All of a sudden the players heard, " POP...POP....POP, POP, POP, POP" and Madden comes rushing out of his office yelling, "Goddamnit who did that!".😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.
@@donwaltz2798 . It has been so many years since I read Stabler's autobiography that I had forgotten that it was Ted Hendricks that rode onto the Raiders' practice field wearing a WW1 German helmet not John Matuszak. But the portion of my comment about Al Davis and Ted Hendricks chatting on the sideline about Matuszak is correct.
I have played and watched sports since I was 6 years old( I'm 55 now) and have never put any athlete on a pedestal except for Kenny Stabler. He is the only athlete I wish I could have met. RIP Snake. You truly are missed.
More than what he did on the field was his swagger, chutzpah, persona, temerity....not sure what else to call it. He was the embodiment of cool, calm collected in all he did...
Another great Stabler story is the one he told in his autobiography about the time the Oakland police called him in the middle of the night and told him they had Raiders' defensive player John Matusek in custody and asked Stabler to come down to the police station to pick him up. When Stabler asked what Matusek had done, the police told him they found Matusek wandering around shooting street signs with a .357 magnum!
Nah, the gun was found in his car. .44 magnum. I read the story in the newspaper when it HAPPENED. Matu was asked why a big guy like him needed such a big gun. He replied, "I live in Oakland."
@michaelmisczuk1188. That may have been a separate incident or the newspaper simply got the facts of the story wrong because Kenny Stabler - who clearly would know the true story - stated in one of his books (or during his interview on radio by sportscaster/sports radio talk show host Bob Costas many years ago) that he received a phone call from the Oakland Police Department and that they told him that Matusek was in custody at the police station when police found him wandering on the streets shooting street signs with a .357 magnum!
I was married to a MC pilot, student @.Pensacola. A beauty Queen background, I was placed in charge of the “Miss Pensacola” pageant. Actually got Kenny’s #. Called, to ask him to be a judge in the pageant… he answered the phone!!! Was a delightful, humble judge and person ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I had the pleasure of meeting this man a number of years ago in a restruant he owned in Alabama. Came to our table and chatted for about 20 minutes. It was a true pleasure and total enjoyment.
He used to come to denver once a year party the night before that was fun . Then he would beat the crap out of them the next day entertaining player n person
This one time, the snake was doing an auto signing at a local sports shop in town but our family had some other commitments at that time and couldn't attend. My mom called the guy putting it on and for a fee of `i was never told how much` we got to go to this guys house and meet Kenny before the auto signing event. I had worn my high school section championship football ring, and he had his super bowl ring on, and we were sitting on the couch watching college football (LSU home game if I recall) and comparing rings. I will never forget that moment in time. I think I was too young to fully understand and appreciate it then but I certainly do now. He was so kind and patient with me and my little brother. Absolute legend. RIP
Wouldn’t it be great to have Stabler being interviewed now? Great story teller and a pretty damn good quarterback. I’m 70 so know all of these players but grew up in the Midwest so only got to see those teams if they made the playoffs.
Marv Hubbard was awesome. I remember meeting his Mother when I was camping with my buddies in Allegany State Park in New York. She was such a sweet lady and made sure all three of us young guys went to church on Sunday. Truly a wonderful person.
@@GetRidOfCivilAssetForfeiture LOL!!!! Well, yea, I guess I did. It was a LONG time ago and I don't think she lived in a shoe though. LOL. Good one man!
I remember watching all these guys when I was a little kid. They were all great players. Kenny Stabler was so fun to watch. I had no idea he was this funny.
It's good to see and hear Mr.Ken Stabler, my favorite QB. GOD BLESS you and yours Kenny, love you Bro. 🖤👽 Did not know he'd passed until reading the comments, by the grace of GOD, may he rest in peace 🕊️. 🖤👽
Yeah... "The Snake" He was GREAT!!! One Helluva Quarterback!!! And a Great Storyteller!!! He was one of the original group of scrambling, improvisational play quarterbacks. Always Fun to watch!
I am so glad I could watch Kenny Stabler lead that great Raiders squad in the 70's. You knew when he crouched to take the snap that more often than not they would advance all the way to the end zone, whether it was at the start of the First Quarter or in the last two minutes. Great memories and stories from a master of his craft.
During dad’s decades with the Cowboys, we saw Kenny/Snake come through a few times with the Raiders, Oilers and Saints. Mr. Stabler would gather us kids together putting out a circle of chairs and tell us stories much like this one. He was an absolute great and fun guy just like you see in this discussion. Years and years of fond memories 😊 I miss you dad 🙏
Life long Auburn fan but damn the Snake was the man! I would love to have hung out with him for a while. On the field as clutch a player as ever played!
As a 56 yr. old lifelong Bengals fan, I actually loved Kenny Stabler. There was just such a coolness about him, even as a 7yr.old....I sensed he was a *bit* different and him being LH made him that much cooler to me. Thanks Snake! *BOOM*
Lifelong Raider fan - Kenny and Madden talking strategy on the sidelines was as cool as it gets. I would love to hear Kenny tell some Bear Bryant stories.
As I got older and learned more about Football and watched more Football I realized just how good The Snake was. He called all the plays for the Raiders.
Truly one of the coolest cats on the planet. Thanks Snake for all the memories and the cool stories. I still wear my silver n black #12 Stabler jersey. The 60's, 70's and early 80's, What a great time to be a part of...😉
Snake was one of a kind. I shook his hand once at the Flora-Bama, forget the year...early 90s. Mullet toss. If you never been to one do yourself a favor, it's a good time. Being a Bama fan, I've always held him in high regard. Never saw him play at Bama seeing as how I wasn't born til '72. He was a great one...college and pro. RTR
I loved his book, Snake, especially the chapter about Matuszak. "I never had a 280 pound pet before". Plus the story about how Tooz was partying all night before the '77 AFC championship game at Denver, which the Broncos took full advantage of
There was no other quarterback you’d rather have than Snake for orchestrating a game winning drive. Just sit back there and pick you apart. One of the great characters of the game as well.
There isn't a whole lot to love about getting old. But being old enough to have been able to enjoy the NFL in the '70s is one damn thing. These were my heroes, as a kid, and I'm glad I was there to experience it. Personalities like Ken Stabler are a thing of the past. Nowadays the professional athlete is either dull as hell, spewing the "gotta play it one game at a time" "leave it all out on the field" bullcrap, or they're abusing women, and subsequently being signed to record breaking contracts (I'm looking right at you, Deshaun Watson). Seems like there's no middle ground anymore. But I'm probably just a grumpy boomer. So take that for what it's worth. And while you're at it, get the hell off my lawn.
Sadly even Mr. Davis gave in to the modern game. Why he signed Jamarcus to a guaranteed $40M is still beyond comprehension given the way he treated Mike Shanahan. Just a reflection of today's game. Wasn't perfect then, but what player works a second job in the off season? The major sports are Uber flush with cash & that's why the game is so different. $3B Patriots...$3B Boys. Even the Raiders have hit $1B. No wonder QBs are off limits. 17 games? Quality has suffered. If Cosell were alive he'd have a stroke.
Man you got that right. Even though I'm from Ohio and was a super browns fan, when cleveland wasn't playing if the raiders was playing that's where my TV went ! Stabler, blanda, branch, Casper, Freddie biletnikoff, Lester hayes. Damn those were the days ! Grass fields, less penalties, no replays no gloves lastly most players hated the other teams. No hugs after games.
I loved Stabler. Raiders fan as a kid, I thought he was the best QB on the planet. I was devastated when he was traded to the Oilers. Devastated. RIP Snake.
I really appreciated him as an Oiler, thanks
Your comment could’ve been mine! When the Raiders had a real QB! Then saw your channel name, you know his daughter’s name is Alexa. Funny-mine too. 🤷♂️✌️
I have had a hatred for AL Davis and the Raiders ever since then.... I know your feeling for sure.
Yeh, my childhood relationship with NFL was never the same.
Bradshaw always includes Kenny as one of the greatest all-time and so do I! He could always find a way to win the close ones. The NFL changed the rules because of his ability to bend 'em. Definitely underrated. I would take over any of the Mannings, Elway, Marino, Brady, Fouts, etc.
Man, this guy was one helluva storyteller, the type of guy you could sit at a bar with and have a great time. R.I.P. Mr. Stabler.
You're absolutely right.
A gay bar maybe.
Absolutely. I totally agree with you. He is the best story teller
@@MyVisualRomance Seriously? Why? Are you implying that Kenny Stabler was gay? If so, back up your hypothesis. I would love to hear this theory. No joke. If you can back it up, with some solid evidence, or, at the very least, some solid presumptions, based on what you know of the man, I'm all ears. My youngest son is gay. I'm very open minded. Willing to listen. Lay it on me. (I even gave you a thumbs up to get the ball rolling.)
@@raywalsh9152 Ask any New Orleanean. All the gay community in New Orleans was all a buzz about how great in bed he was. It was well known and accepted. I guess if you aren’t from there you didn’t know but the rest of us did. I even had a friend who was taxi cab driver and Kenny hired him to be his private chauffeur. He said he always had guys hanging on all over him and making out in the back seat everywhere he took him. Sounds like you might be a little too sensitive to it all. Weird though since you have a gay son. I’d a thought you would be used to it by now.
One of the GREATEST travesties of this game is Kenny not being alive for his HOF Induction.
RIP Snake.🙏❤
I agree...the NFL really screwed his induction up. Shame on those idiots!
He would have had a really good speech.
Eli Gold said that Snake told him that he'd never be voted in as long as he was alive, but that as soon as he died he would be in. He was right.
@@brianevans6328Was there a reason Stabler felt that way? Was there something the NFL had against him? I'm a Raider Hater but I liked Kenny Stabler.
@@brianevans6328 Another such case was Ron Santo in baseball. But Santo had become such as ass in his later years that maybe the veterans committee members decided behind the scenes to just wait until he died to put him in the Hall of Fame. He did experience some trauma though. His mother and stepfather were killed in a multivehicle accident in the early 70s driving from Seattle to Arizona to visit him during spring training. He had both legs amputated in the early 2000s as a result of complication from Type I diabetes.
The most egregious case in any sport that I know of is Dave Parker in baseball. He was a misanthrope. He allegedly disliked white people and probably didn't get along with anyone that well. He missed parts of two seasons because of drug use but still managed more than 2700 career hits. I don't care about his social relations or personal failings. He played baseball and was one of the most feared hitters of his era. He was a big man who prioritized maintaining his quality as a hitter over power production. He won two batting titles and an MVP award during his career.
I am sure other people have their candidates, as do I. But Parker clearly belongs. That's what the veterans committee is for.
One of the coolest guys ever. Those Raiders teams had some incredible personalities on them.
The coolest left handed QB to play the game.
Lived in Northern California during the time Kenny Stabler was QB with the Raiders. In that area it was either Niners or Raiders that's who was on TV. What a great QB, I could sit and listen to him tell stories all day long. RIP.
As a Chiefs fan who grew up in the bay area...gotta say I always liked Stabler...RIP Snake.
Same here, I have 9 KC jerseys the signed Lanier is my best. I also have Stabler jersey that my brother in law and die hard Raider fan keeps begging me for, if I die before he does he gets it
@@renardmanley9323 Cool, thanks for sharing 👍
@@carlosrocha5205 Thank you as well for posting, fan since 68 and growing up in Fla. I guess we both had similar islands
My mom and Stabler shared the same hometown Foley AL.
Yes about 20 minutes from Alabama Shores
The GREATEST ERA FOR PRO FOOTBALL-the players today have no class
Todays players are Nothing compared to the players of the 60s, 70s, and 80s! They were men, not like the pansy’s of today.
I totally agree, the late 60s, 70s best football !
The steroid era. What a mess.
I really loved watching Kenny play! He was my favorite back in those days and remains one of my all time favorites!
+@@MikeJones-rk1un The modern black marker tatoo, Trump arena U.S.F.L. underwear era. Not even worth watching anymore.
Awesome listening to Kenny. Loved both Marv Hubbard and especially Earl Cambell. Kenny’s way of delivering the stories is priceless!!
Two FBs from Colgate back to back, Hubbard and Van Eeghen. What are the odds.
Madden also had a funny story about Marv Hubbard. Hubbard used to go around breaking windows everywhere he went. The biggest challenge as far as getting him ready to play was making sure he didn’t get hurt, or arrested, doing his favorite thing
What a treat it would have been to be able to listen to Snake tell football stories all day
Was wonderful listening to all of his stories
No body tells a story like Stabler. He is entertaining and funny
Watched his episode of a football life and it brought tears to my eyes. Always liked Stabler but now love him. What a man!
It's a shame and a tragedy that arguably the best QB of the 70s had to die before he was inducted into the HOF. "Snake was robbed of the experience of a lifetime that he so surely deserved. F#@K those members of the selection committee.
What a GAY man you mean.
He used to come to denver once a year party the night before then beat the crap out of denver every year .
"Snake" said he studied many a game plan by the light of a jukebox.😃😃
Possibly with some rails on a mirror.lol.
One quiet night in the French Quarter Kenny and a buddy were walking down a street. I saw them and ran ahead like an idiot with my film camera, rounding corners to load film and get a picture of them. Kenny's buddy said, "Come here. I will take your picture with Kenny." I told Kenny, "I am a UGA grad who never liked Bama. I never much liked the Oakland Raiders. But I was always a Kenny Stabler fan." Somewhere in a shoebox deep in storage I have a photo of Kenny with his arm around me, both of us grinning ear to ear like we were best friends. I gotta dig out that photo when I have a week with nothing else to do.
Ken stabler now is heaven with his coach John madden reunited once again
BS. 🙄
truly one of the greatest of all time
HOF football player. HOF storyteller. Loved him and the Raiders back in the day.
Man. Ken could tell a story. ❤️
It’s a mark of what kind of man he is that he remembers all those names without a hitch. ☺️
Kenny was THE MAN on THE TEAM with THE COACH ... truly incomparable ... they changed the way THE GAME was played ... Eternal BLESSINGS to Kenny & John !!!
I can listen to Kenny's stories all day!! Thanks for sharing!
Darren, I was thinking the exact same thing! And you know he's got stories he could tell all night long, too!
You guys remember the "lung brush" skit he did on SNL?
@@blownonfuel no not at all, tell us please!
@@darrenmuller6747 He did a skit where he was the spokesman for the "lung brush", it was designed for heavy smokers. You would take this long skinny brush and shove it down your throat and brush your lungs out from all of the nicotine. Think a 2 foot bottle brush. Lol.
@@blownonfuel That must have been hilarious! I missed Kenny's Raider years (I was too young)and just liked him right off the bat with Houston and til his retirement. Just always thought he was one cool guy on and off the field. Thanks for sharing that!!
One of the great clutch Quarterbacks….ever!!! I used to love turning on the tv in the Chicago area to catch a late Raider rally on Sunday afternoon/night.
I love you brother, you were and still are my favorite player all time. I used to save money as a teenager to go see you play when you were on the road because Oakland is a ways from Lansdale Pa. Some how I know you can see these comments, God bless you and your family/friends!
I met Kenny when he first arrived in Houston at the Club Cowboys. He gave me an Autograph. Very nice man and good addition to the Oilers. RIP Kenny.
Had a pleasure to have a drink with this great quarter back in Biloxi Mississippi. Bought me my first Johnnie Walker Blue
I could listen to Stabler stories for days.. Best storyteller ever...
Loved watching this man play football. He played when there were actual rivalries - the BEST was the Chiefs vs Raiders. Loved those games.
Ken "Snake" Stabler told some of the greatest, funniest football stories you'll ever hear! I think my three favorite stories he told were (1) the one he told to Bob Costas and Joe Namath on Costas' "Costas Coast-to-Coast" radio show many, many years ago about when John Matuszak came to the Oakland Raiders in a player trade and head coach John Madden suggested that "Snake" room with Matuszak because Raider officials thought "Snake" would be a calming influence on Matuszak. Stabler told them that he'd rather room with Charles Manson!, (2) when Matusek came to the Raiders for his first practice session with the team in Santa Rosa, California, he came onto the practice field riding on either a horse or a moped wearing a German WW1 spiked helmet. Raiders' Managing General Partner Al Davis was standing on the sidelines next to LB Ted Hendricks and remarked, "I don't know about John"! Hendricks replied, "Al do you really think one more is going to make any difference!?" ( meaning, of course, that one more screwball on a team of screwballs wasn't going to adversely affect that team at all - in fact, it actually probably enhanced that team!, and (3) the story "Snake" told in his autobiography about how either TE Dave Casper or defensive lineman George Bueller loved to play with remote control cars. One day when head coach John Madden was in his office at Santa Rosa sitting at his desk, Casper or Bueller sent a remote control car with a bunch of lit fire crackers attached to it into Madden's office and sent it to stop right below his chair. All of a sudden the players heard, " POP...POP....POP, POP, POP, POP" and Madden comes rushing out of his office yelling, "Goddamnit who did that!".😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.
Great stories sir... ha ha ha... take care friend!
The one wearing a German war helmet on a horse was Ted Hendricks not the tooz
@@donwaltz2798 . It has been so many years since I read Stabler's autobiography that I had forgotten that it was Ted Hendricks that rode onto the Raiders' practice field wearing a WW1 German helmet not John Matuszak. But the portion of my comment about Al Davis and Ted Hendricks chatting on the sideline about Matuszak is correct.
Tooz was a special player to bad he had problems
Buehler was the one who loved remote control gadgets. Jack Tatum talked about this in "They call me Assassin".
I have played and watched sports since I was 6 years old( I'm 55 now) and have never put any athlete on a pedestal except for Kenny Stabler. He is the only athlete I wish I could have met. RIP Snake. You truly are missed.
More than what he did on the field was his swagger, chutzpah, persona, temerity....not sure what else to call it. He was the embodiment of cool, calm collected in all he did...
@@kendallevans4079I don't know what ya call it but he was a great q.b.and fun 2 watch along with the Raiders.
Another great Stabler story is the one he told in his autobiography about the time the Oakland police called him in the middle of the night and told him they had Raiders' defensive player John Matusek in custody and asked Stabler to come down to the police station to pick him up. When Stabler asked what Matusek had done, the police told him they found Matusek wandering around shooting street signs with a .357 magnum!
🤣🤣🤣👍🏿😐🤔😬
That's not even funny... just fucked up
Very typical of “The Tooz”!! 😅
Nah, the gun was found in his car. .44 magnum. I read the story in the newspaper when it HAPPENED. Matu was asked why a big guy like him needed such a big gun. He replied, "I live in Oakland."
@michaelmisczuk1188. That may have been a separate incident or the newspaper simply got the facts of the story wrong because Kenny Stabler - who clearly would know the true story - stated in one of his books (or during his interview on radio by sportscaster/sports radio talk show host Bob Costas many years ago) that he received a phone call from the Oakland Police Department and that they told him that Matusek was in custody at the police station when police found him wandering on the streets shooting street signs with a .357 magnum!
I have listened to this two dozen times and I smile each time. RIP Snake. I hope to meet you again on the other side.
Was a Dolphin fan back in the day. Rooted against the Snake. But love him now. Tells a great story. Cool cat
Ken is my all-time favorite football personality. I could listen to him all day
I was married to a MC pilot, student @.Pensacola. A beauty Queen background, I was placed in charge of the “Miss Pensacola” pageant. Actually got Kenny’s #. Called, to ask him to be a judge in the pageant… he answered the phone!!! Was a delightful, humble judge and person ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I had the pleasure of meeting this man a number of years ago in a restruant he owned in Alabama. Came to our table and chatted for about 20 minutes. It was a true pleasure and total enjoyment.
Snake was an awesome storyteller. I could sit for hours listening to his recollections.
Love him more than ever.
I love it when old football players tell their stories. It's fun to listen to.
What a story ... awesome ... Raider fan 55 years
One of the nicest guys you would ever meet
About same here
He used to come to denver once a year party the night before that was fun . Then he would beat the crap out of them the next day entertaining player n person
This one time, the snake was doing an auto signing at a local sports shop in town but our family had some other commitments at that time and couldn't attend. My mom called the guy putting it on and for a fee of `i was never told how much` we got to go to this guys house and meet Kenny before the auto signing event. I had worn my high school section championship football ring, and he had his super bowl ring on, and we were sitting on the couch watching college football (LSU home game if I recall) and comparing rings. I will never forget that moment in time. I think I was too young to fully understand and appreciate it then but I certainly do now. He was so kind and patient with me and my little brother. Absolute legend. RIP
Lord an authentic QB. Bless ya Kenny and the fine work you did.
I Love Kenny's stories. Could hear them all day.
Love to hear these old stories! What a great story teller. It’s amazing to look back and see how different the 70s were!
both stories about Marv & Earl are priceless
Wow, what a story teller. We'll miss you bro.
Wouldn’t it be great to have Stabler being interviewed now? Great story teller and a pretty damn good quarterback. I’m 70 so know all of these players but grew up in the Midwest so only got to see those teams if they made the playoffs.
This guy was sooooo good, they named games after him. What a great story teller, too. Thanks for the upload.
Marv Hubbard was awesome. I remember meeting his Mother when I was camping with my buddies in Allegany State Park in New York. She was such a sweet lady and made sure all three of us young guys went to church on Sunday. Truly a wonderful person.
You met Mother Hubbard?
@@GetRidOfCivilAssetForfeiture LOL!!!! Well, yea, I guess I did. It was a LONG time ago and I don't think she lived in a shoe though. LOL. Good one man!
I remember watching all these guys when I was a little kid. They were all great players. Kenny Stabler was so fun to watch. I had no idea he was this funny.
I see that he is one personable guy. He can really tell a good story.
It's good to see and hear Mr.Ken Stabler, my favorite QB. GOD BLESS you and yours Kenny, love you Bro. 🖤👽
Did not know he'd passed until reading the comments, by the grace of GOD, may he rest in peace 🕊️. 🖤👽
I got to meet Kenny. Great guy! Loved watching him play. Sorry he's gone. RIP Snake.
Yeah... "The Snake" He was GREAT!!! One Helluva Quarterback!!! And a Great Storyteller!!! He was one of the original group of scrambling, improvisational play quarterbacks. Always Fun to watch!
Great great stories. I remember all these great players. I miss that era. RIP Kenny. ✝️
I am so glad I could watch Kenny Stabler lead that great Raiders squad in the 70's. You knew when he crouched to take the snap that more often than not they would advance all the way to the end zone, whether it was at the start of the First Quarter or in the last two minutes. Great memories and stories from a master of his craft.
Gotta love Kenny!
During dad’s decades with the Cowboys, we saw Kenny/Snake come through a few times with the Raiders, Oilers and Saints.
Mr. Stabler would gather us kids together putting out a circle of chairs and tell us stories much like this one. He was an absolute great and fun guy just like you see in this discussion.
Years and years of fond memories 😊
I miss you dad 🙏
The great Kenny Stabler lotta people don’t know how great he was.
I could listen to Snake all night!! Thank you for sharing
Visited Foley, Al recently, drove on Ken Stabler Ave, what a thrill!
I wasn't a raiders fan as a kid but I was always intrigued by the way the snake played and carried himself... I still have respect for him
Life long Auburn fan but damn the Snake was the man!
I would love to have hung out with him for a while.
On the field as clutch a player as ever played!
My all-time favorite. I remember all those clutch marquee games in Baltimore, Oakland, Orange Bowl, Rose Bowl,... she good, so long ago.
As a 56 yr. old lifelong Bengals fan, I actually loved Kenny Stabler. There was just such a coolness about him, even as a 7yr.old....I sensed he was a *bit* different and him being LH made him that much cooler to me. Thanks Snake! *BOOM*
Then you remember Brian Sipe, I'm sure? Went to SDSU also about the same time as Brian. He was a solid QB.
In May 2015 Hubbard passed away. Just 2 months later in July the Snake died as well.
Lifelong Raider fan - Kenny and Madden talking strategy on the sidelines was as cool as it gets. I would love to hear Kenny tell some Bear Bryant stories.
As I got older and learned more about Football and watched more Football I realized just how good The Snake was. He called all the plays for the Raiders.
Truly one of the coolest cats on the planet. Thanks Snake for all the memories and the cool stories. I still wear my silver n black #12 Stabler jersey. The 60's, 70's and early 80's, What a great time to be a part of...😉
What a great storyteller! Who'd have thought?
The Oakland Raiders were EPIC battles against The Pittsburgh Steelers in the 70s and The Snake was awesome to watch in those Battles .
Not so much now, but back then I was a huge Raider fan. I lived in Oakland and knew all those players he was talking about. Great, insightful stories!
I lived in the Bay Area during that period as well sir-There was NO PLACE to watch a football game like the OAKLAND COLISEUM. RIP
Esp the way Cosell used to pronounce it on MNF.
This Detroit Lion fan always enjoyed the Snake, Kenny Stabler, and the bad boys of Oakland, the Raiders.
Snake was one of a kind. I shook his hand once at the Flora-Bama, forget the year...early 90s. Mullet toss. If you never been to one do yourself a favor, it's a good time. Being a Bama fan, I've always held him in high regard. Never saw him play at Bama seeing as how I wasn't born til '72. He was a great one...college and pro. RTR
RIP a pleasure to watch this guy in his prime..Kenny the snake stabler.🤙🏻
Please even Stabler would tell you it's not "The Snake" it's "Snake."
Great storyteller - what a player - RIP Snake
Love love love the Snake. He was my idol when I was a kid and still is. Just a cool guy.
I could listen to him tell stories all day
Breaks my heart to see what happened to Earl Campbell after all the collisions he initiated. He was one tough SOB
Ken stabler, what a character,
A, great "QB", A Funny Story Teller,
I, later, found, out, after he
Retired."Cool Guy"!
John Lorberter
closest thing to Jimmy Brown you can't get a higher compliment
Give me the brand of football and the men who played the game in the 70's any day.
Love hearing Snake talk. Reminds me of when I was a boy and listening to him and Eli call the games
Didn’t know the great Kenny Stabler(May he RIP) was a comedian too. Brilliant!!!😂😂😂😂
A travesty Kenny wasn’t made a ‘HALL OF FAME PERSON’. SHAME ON THE NFL.👎👎😡😡😡😡
The Man, The Legend, Superbowl Champion, Football Hall of Fame.
THE SNAKE. RN4L
I loved his book, Snake, especially the chapter about Matuszak. "I never had a 280 pound pet before". Plus the story about how Tooz was partying all night before the '77 AFC championship game at Denver, which the Broncos took full advantage of
Kenny Stabler is Awesome ! Never knew how awesome, till I saw this !
A true southern raconteur. Love to hear him tell stories.✌️
And the lamp lit up in the bed ! That's a classic story !
Buckeye fan here, but love listening to Snake ......Good Old Boy. Great stories and memories.
There was no other quarterback you’d rather have than Snake for orchestrating a game winning drive. Just sit back there and pick you apart. One of the great characters of the game as well.
Great stories. From a Broncos fan, Stabler was a great competitor!
Broncos have fans? Who knew.....
@@pulsarlights2825 it’s good to know Raiders fans still have a sense of humor.
Great, Great QB. 76 Raiders all-time greats...
Thank you for all the memories, Snake.. may you rest in peace
I'm crying listening to these stories. 😭
Hubbard was 1 of the greatest Raiders.he knew how to do the holy roller shuffle.
It's so sad that Snake is gone. He would have told stories until he couldn't walk anymore.
God bless you, Snake. R.I.P.
That’s when the Raiders were the Raiders them days are long gone
I could listen to this guy all day
There isn't a whole lot to love about getting old. But being old enough to have been able to enjoy the NFL in the '70s is one damn thing. These were my heroes, as a kid, and I'm glad I was there to experience it. Personalities like Ken Stabler are a thing of the past. Nowadays the professional athlete is either dull as hell, spewing the "gotta play it one game at a time" "leave it all out on the field" bullcrap, or they're abusing women, and subsequently being signed to record breaking contracts (I'm looking right at you, Deshaun Watson). Seems like there's no middle ground anymore. But I'm probably just a grumpy boomer. So take that for what it's worth. And while you're at it, get the hell off my lawn.
yep yep yep
Sadly even Mr. Davis gave in to the modern game. Why he signed Jamarcus to a guaranteed $40M is still beyond comprehension given the way he treated Mike Shanahan. Just a reflection of today's game. Wasn't perfect then, but what player works a second job in the off season? The major sports are Uber flush with cash & that's why the game is so different. $3B Patriots...$3B Boys. Even the Raiders have hit $1B. No wonder QBs are off limits. 17 games? Quality has suffered. If Cosell were alive he'd have a stroke.
Methuselah
The face of the 70s Raiders, if you missed the 70s Raiders you missed it. Todays players AND fans can’t hold a candle to the ones back then
Man you got that right. Even though I'm from Ohio and was a super browns fan, when cleveland wasn't playing if the raiders was playing that's where my TV went ! Stabler, blanda, branch, Casper, Freddie biletnikoff, Lester hayes. Damn those were the days ! Grass fields, less penalties, no replays no gloves lastly most players hated the other teams. No hugs after games.
Lifelong Eagles fan but I could listen to Snake tell stories all day long.
Priceless. I've been a Raider fan since 1969.
Kenny " The Snake " Stabler Rest in Peace 🏈
one helluva quarterback, the best the raiders ever had. RIP SNAKE.
the snake i was a dolphin fan still are but he was one of the greatest!