Way Back Wednesday: Goodbye to the Baltimore Colts
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- This Saturday, March 28th, will mark 36 years since the Baltimore Colts packed up and left town in the middle of the night. Jamie remembers that fateful night, and all the emotions fans went through afterwards just trying to get football back in Baltimore.
I often wonder if John Elway’s refusal to join the Colts after being chosen by them in the 1983 draft had a role in their leaving Baltimore.
Absolutely, besides Cleveland John Elway put a curse on Baltimore
No...but he was wise enough to recognize the TOXIC nature of The Irsay Ownership.
Well the city trying to seize the team away from Orsay probably had more to do with it.
When a team leaves a city, the fans are never going to get over that!! At least Baltimore got a USFL Championship, Grey Cup, and Two Super Bowls after the Colts left town.
I will never get over it Jamie you're not the only one my friend.
Wow! Thanks for the video. I was in high school, living off route 32 in Sykesville. I never realized it until watching your video that they probably drove right last my house that morning. I was not a huge fa. But never could support them Indianapolis… until Peyton Manning. He was and is such a nice guy and he had nothing to do with the Colts when they were in Baltimore.. I moved to Pa a few years later so never developed a fondness for the Ravens.. now I’d have to say I just like watching the best team win. Thanks again
I'm not from Baltimore, nor am I a Colts fan but those images from 1984 are surreal. I remember those cars, the way those Mayflower trucks looked, those haircuts on those blue collar people. I was 6 years old at the time, almost 7 but I remember. I also understand that woodsy area of where the complex is in Owings Mills has been built up with shops and restaurants.
It’s now the site of the Football and Lacrosse stadium for Division 3 Stevenson University. The Stars did move there while the USFL Lawsuit was being appealed, the should have moved when they were moving to Baltimore so they would have had a presence in the Baltimore area.
And the Ravens..... did the exact same thing to Cleveland that the Colts did to Baltimore. At least they left the history and the name for Cleveland
Wrong, Modell was forced to do this as part of an
out of court settlement with Cleveland to get out of his lease there
When they moved, I knew somehow they weren't going to be called the Baltimore Browns
@@rockvilleraven True!!!
Yeah, this is why I had to watch this as a Cleveland Browns fan. How could football fans in Baltimore experience this and then be ok with doing it to another city a decade later.
Here's the difference: Baltimore tried to gfet a team when the NFL added two teams. They had the best offer on the table. The NFL awarded the franchises to Charlotte and Jacksonville. Jacsonville over Baltimore!. Tagliabue had a snide remark, and said Baltimore should use the money to build a museum. The only option left was to entice another team. Cleveland was awarded a team right away, and was able to keep the name and history. Why didn't the NFL do that for Baltimore? If they did not do that for Cleveland, they most likely woulds have tried to entice a team to move there.
I miss the colts yes I do miss saying Baltimore colts yes but we got the Ravens so that's a good thing still in the NFL thank you Schaefer modell's thank you for giving us the Ravens ❤️
But you stole them from Cleveland.
I followed the Colts since '56. Used to sit by the radio withy Dad and Thompson would say, "The Colts are moving left to right on your radio dial". The Colts were totally in my heart. Follow the Steelers until the Stallions came to town. Do I love the Ravens? When the love of your life leaves you, you don't commit to the same level to the next that comes along.
I still have a article from the newspaper of that day my father called me at work he was retired at the time he also was one of the original season ticket holders in 1953 when I got that call at work in the office my friend Al in the office said what's wrong my father just told me the Colts moved out of town he let me go home and I was talking with my father it was a horrible day to this day I still hate SOB's thanks for the video
I'm not old enough to remember this but my dad is. He still mistakenly refers to them as the 'Baltimore Colts'....and we're from Michigan.
Memories
I was a teenager when the Colts left. I was upset they left town In the middle of the night. I was a fan of the 49ers still am but I followed the colts but when they left I said no more. I was glad when Baltimore got the Ravens I was happy. I do follow the Ravens.
You know what really really hurt me when they did that to see Schaefer crying man that hurt my heart man cuz he was a big part of Baltimore and to see him crown I get mad really hurt my heart broken into 💔💔💔
The Colts NFL teams belongs in Indianapolis, IN
Baltimore should have been allowed to keep the name, records etc. We got screwed
Why?
No other franchise had left their history behind.
The only teams leaving names behind or changing them , usually were only in a city for a year or two.
St Louis Browns being the only long term pre-expansion team I can think of , before the Colts move.
The Browns only left their history behind , due to a lawsuit.
Charlotte got a team because the NFL does business with Bank of America which has its headquarters there.
Remember this day....like it was yesterday....was a sophomore in high school....was mad school was not canceled because of the snow....it was weird....nobody talked about it in school....i was so upset i walked out of school around 12 noon and walked home....i lived 2 miles from school....did not drive yet...
Spoiler alert: a decade later, Baltimore would end up doing the exact same thing to Cleveland that Indianapolis did to them.
I m in Indianapolis and was shocked to looked down at newspaper as I was leaving hooks drugstore that Colts moved to Indy, it was hard to believe it
What a phenomenal Balmer accent
I drove by the stadium site, ultimately I knew we would get something we did get screwed.
Costello doesn’t have quite enough enthusiasm. How many cups of coffee did he drink before he went in front of the camera for this?
Fairfaxcat I was thinking the same thing!!!!
Some people say it never been about the Colts because the team can be replaced it’s Johnny Unitas legacy my autograph was Bert Jones outside Shea Stadium while I was at the game I as Colts walked off the field One of the Colts players covered with mud, and blood fingered the whole crowd ,
It was stupid Mayor Schaefer’s fault the Colt’s snuck out of town . People forget Schaefer threatened to take the Colt’s via the eminent
domain clause .I would have left sooner than Irsay.
You’re right about that!!!
It was the General Assembly that voted on Emminent Domain. It was a last ditch effort, as Irsay was going to move the team anyway. Irsay was a drunken idiot, who was difficult to deal with. He would agree to something one day, and deny he did the next.
When the state says that they are going to steal your team what else could he do?
I blame on the Emmint Domain bill the Maryland politicians signed. Bob Irsay listened to the Colts legal council and called Mayflower ASAP
At age 9 this broke my heart...could NEVER let myself become a Raven fan though..lost a lot of respect for Baltimore, as the essentially did to Cleveland, what had been done to them...Steelers all the way!
That Colts secretary is cute! I do share her feelings of the time of what had just happened; absolutely disgusting what the team did to Baltimore fans that day. 🏈💔😞
Before Art Modell moved the Browns from Cleveland, the NFL didn’t want to go back to Baltimore.
Is that Right?
Because of their stadium issues which goes back to when Rosenbloom was the owner
@@michaelleroy9281 True!!!
@@adamdorgant9454 If Modell stayed in Cleveland, then Mike Brown was going to move the Bengals to Baltimore, The Glaziers used Baltimore as leverage to Raymond James Stadium built.
@@rockvilleraven Is that Right?
There never were no " new" Colts like that one fan said
You’re right about that!!!
Baltimore should have not tried to get another city’s team. I think Al Lerner should’ve started the team who is now the Browns there.
That wasn't the attorney, drving off in a Chevy hatchback.
I'm amazed that an eminent domain is even allowed to exist in the States. No wonder, Irsay moved out when and how he did. If you're going to document history, you tell the whole truth
2:07 Selma Bouvier
They snuck out of Baltimore like cowards in the middle of the night. This is why I hate the Colts.
Love my colts and love my city of Indianapolis and love to show off colts stuff in maryland
They are BALTIMORE's Colts!
I CAN'T watch this.
It's TOO GUT WRENCHING!
Worst case ever of stolen identity. At the very least, the name should have remained in Baltimore. Irsay did promise to return the name when and if Baltimore were to ever land another team either by expansion or relocation. The Browns move to Baltimore. The name stays in Cleveland. Modell asks Irsay for the Colts name. Irsay asks for a ridiculous amount of money. Doesn't get it. Baltimore gets a new identity. Indianapolis retains Baltimore's previous identity.
Isray was a snake.
It Was So Sad That Baltimore Don't Have NFL Teams Because Colts Moved to Indianapolis From 1984 To 1993 🏈☺
1984 through 1995 the Ravens came in 1996
Looking back on it now, Baltimore Deserved to lose the Colts, and why, The City of Baltimore no longer supported the team, and also, because Baltimore was stupid enough not to build a new stadium for the Colts, no wonder they moved to Indianapolis!!
I agree with you!👍
We got a new team and two Superbowls since then.
@@josephkelley8297 Thanks, and reading about it right now, Baltimore did in fact deserve to Lose the Colts!!!
They tried to negotiate with Irsay, but he was an unreasonable drunk. He would promise something one day, and go back back on it the next. he GM, Accorsi, said he had to talk to Irsay before noon, because he was usually drunk by then. Eminent Domain was a last ditch effort to prevent the inevitable.
@@adamdorgant9454 I can understand that on the surface it may seem that Baltimore deserved to lose the Colts in that they wouldn't build the stadium and Indianapolis did. But I can sympathize with the Baltimore fans in that they really had no control over the situation. And in terms of public relations, Bob Irsay's conduct was a disaster. By lying to the media and public he made himself look like the bad guy.
For those in Baltimore, send me a message, I will get you a Hogan's Mayflower t-shirt.
I don’t understand. Please elaborate.
Don’t you mean a Glendenning's Mayflower t-shirt? Hogan had nothing to with it.
@@rockvilleraven Hogan is the current owner of the Mayflower franchise in Indianapolis
@@Alcochaser Also after the fact, Mayflower moved the Baltimore Stars to Owings Mills, but it was after the USFL's $1.00 lawsuit damage victory.
They moved when I was 2. They’ll always be the Indianapolis Colts to me.
Same here… I was 4
I was 29 , Memorial Stadium just wasn't good enough for an NFL team anymore, should have done something about the stadium situation back in the 70's
Same
Same lol I’m from Indy and didn’t even know this. (I’m 20 so it makes sense 😂).
It’s all a big mess!
Jim Irsay > Rbert Irsay
O you screwed another city to get yours.
Ravens will never be the Colts to me
Why does this not mention the fact that Baltimore started Imminent Domain proceedings to take the team from Irsay? They left him with no choice. They could have taken the team from him the very next day if he hadn't slipped out in the middle of the night. Irsay couldn't take that chance. Baltimore has nobody to blame but themselves
Johnny U
NO WAY I will ever acknowledge the Ravens, You have a team absolutely stolen from another city, A statue of a double murderer in front of your stadium and they had the guile to put it next to a statue of John Unitas. Then, they absolutely stole the Colt's fight song and just changed the words, then they went to Wembley Stadium in London and knelt for our National Anthem while they stood at attention for "God save the Queen". Knelt for the same flag that my dad shed blood for in WWII and my son shed blood for in Afghanistan. Yeah, keep YOUR Ravens, I'll pass.
You stole the browns..screw Baltimore
imagine Baltimore Jaguars or Baltimore panthers
Not to mention the Baltimore Cardinals.
@@bgraham928 Batlimore Raiders, Baltimore Bengals, one station had a BBFL, Baltimore Bound Football League.
Not to mention, those names would never be used in Baltimore if they got a team in that expansion
John elway didn't come to Baltimore because who the hell wants to play in Baltimore
The Colts nfl team belonged in Baltimore, MD.
Not anymore
u stole Clevelands team just like they stole the colts
But the Brown history was given to Cleveland before they left. Baltimore didn't get their history. Jim Brown a Cleveland Brown not a Raven. But all the old colts are Indianapolis Colts. That's what is the difference.