Earl Campbell. A true Texas son and American. An upstanding human individual that could and would accomplish anything he wanted. Sadly in this day and age there are no more Earl Campbell's and we need one now more than ever!
Earl had a monster year the likes of which don't come along very often. He started the onslaught of big powerful fast running backs think of the backs all the way to George Rogers, Herschel Walker..exalted company..
I was a die hard Steelers fan and despite Earl Campbell playing for the rival Oilers he is to this day my favorite RB of all time. Loved watching him play. He took the NFL by force right in year 1.
Man I was a closet Steeler fan in the days of Earl Campbell. Still am. Because of Lambert, Bradshaw, Harris, Joe Green, all them dudes. But I was an Oiler fan. Still am. Still got my Earl Campbell posters and autograph still on display. But those Steelers were tough. And I loved every movie Terry Bradshaw was in. But I was an Oiler fan Go Titans!
earl is easily the toughest man alive and a nice man truly admirable all he has overcome i think about him often as an inspiration to take on a challenge.
earl and i have pain killer addiction in common, god bless his sobriety and true victory, different (& bigger) than winning a game , or the Heisman! but god i love watchin him play2 this day on videos, physical juggernaut!!!
This Is my Greatest Football player and The Best Running Back this year was tough for me I was 14 years old going to turn 15 in August at church camp over 4th Of July I had a pretty bad fall from a rope swing first day of camp and just like that was developing a Serious Illness that took so many different Doctors to Diagnose in 1977 and I had grown up in East Texas Longview only about 40 miles from Tyler and our HS Football team was Always Good except for the time Earl Campbell played for our Nemesis John Tyler he was a Linebacker that would also play Running back and saw him run for over 300 yards and still every defense play then my Father was The Biggest University of Texas Football Player and a Longview Lobo ex James Street would become a Longhorn Legend and win National Titles and my Dad would take me my 3 Brothers to Longhorn games as Boys and had us in Longhorn letter jackets and getting to go to see The Famous Texas Arkansas games in late 60s as boys I Loved my Dad and some times I would be only one going my parents divorced when I was 5 so in 1977 Finally after dozens of Doctors I got right diagnosis and then had to have Emergency Surgery in Houston at Brand new hospital Jerry Lewis telephones paid for I was having to watch every Texas game at hospital when I did get out my Dad got me tickets to the Cotton Bowl and 1 brother and a Good friend his Mother and my Grandmother woke up to Drive to Dallas and it was iced over bad I just knew I was not going to get to go but my Grandmother would not let me down it was tough we went was tough because ND while home recovering from my Major Surgery the door bell rang and a delivery from The University of Texas and my Mother had written them a letter about how I Loved that term and what I was going through I opened A Football with my name and Score of the Texas Texas Tech football game 26 -0 Longhorns and autographed by every Football player on that team including Earl Campbell Heisman Trophy year! He is Everything that made being a Football Fan The Best Thank You Earl Campbell Big part of my Life growing up!
His knee was never down!! AND the ball was passed the goal line anyway... if it ever did.... but it didn't! Arkansas Razorbacks. Right... never been a freight train like him!! An amazing mazing man... Amazing character. But of course that's when men were still men.
Good man , mama's boy (in a good way). I understand when he signed to play for Houston, he built his mother a new house. The whole state is a Campbell fan. Try finding dirt on him and all you'll get is dirty. Glad he is still enjoying life.
Just met him today at my physical therapist. Had no idea who he was being from GA. He’s such a nice guy. I was only a small kid when he was playing but as a college football fan ( UGA) I had to watch some videos of him !
He might have not been the hardest to tackle in college but earl cambel will always be one of the best NFL RBs of all time.
Earl is my favorite running back and role model!
Hookem Horns
Texas will forever be proud of our Tyler Rose.
What a time he gave us.
Earl Campbell. A true Texas son and American. An upstanding human individual that could and would accomplish anything he wanted. Sadly in this day and age there are no more Earl Campbell's and we need one now more than ever!
Yep 👍
Agreed!!!
Earl had a monster year the likes of which don't come along very often. He started the onslaught of big powerful fast running backs think of the backs all the way to George Rogers, Herschel Walker..exalted company..
Truly humble man.
I was a die hard Steelers fan and despite Earl Campbell playing for the rival Oilers he is to this day my favorite RB of all time. Loved watching him play. He took the NFL by force right in year 1.
Yes he did
Yeah your Steelers were more than we could handle tough. The good ol days!
Man I was a closet Steeler fan in the days of Earl Campbell. Still am. Because of Lambert, Bradshaw, Harris, Joe Green, all them dudes.
But I was an Oiler fan. Still am. Still got my Earl Campbell posters and autograph still on display.
But those Steelers were tough. And I loved every movie Terry Bradshaw was in.
But I was an Oiler fan
Go Titans!
*We still love you Big Earl!!!!! Proud of our Tyler Rose! ♥*
Best power runner ever and one of the top running backs of all time top 3....
Can you imagine being a DB on the edge and he's coming at you with a full head of steam? Earl Campbell was one of my favorites.
He was so fast like Ricky Williams. They both had great careers in college football.
Just wonderful and great ,lm not see anyone else who comes close to Big EARL ,I LOVE BIG EARL
earl is easily the toughest man alive and a nice man truly admirable all he has overcome i think about him often as an inspiration to take on a challenge.
I LOOOVED watching him run....powerhouse ahead of his time just the wrong team.
Mr. Campbell you are the best ever!
earl and i have pain killer addiction in common, god bless his sobriety and true victory, different (& bigger) than winning a game , or the Heisman! but god i love watchin him play2 this day on videos, physical juggernaut!!!
#72 for Texas Tech used to be a co worker. He said he had never been hit that hard in his life as when #20 leaned in and ran over him.
the best power back to ever play.
Earl "Quadzilla" Campbell -
greatest running back of the late 1970s
and early 80s
250 cut to 225. He was a monster power back. The best power back to ever play the game.
Facts
Yesterday (December 8), in 1977, Earl Campbell was awarded the Heisman Trophy. It was the first time that this award was presented live on TV (CBS).
This Is my Greatest Football player and The Best Running Back this year was tough for me I was 14 years old going to turn 15 in August at church camp over 4th Of July I had a pretty bad fall from a rope swing first day of camp and just like that was developing a Serious Illness that took so many different Doctors to Diagnose in 1977 and I had grown up in East Texas Longview only about 40 miles from Tyler and our HS Football team was Always Good except for the time Earl Campbell played for our Nemesis John Tyler he was a Linebacker that would also play Running back and saw him run for over 300 yards and still every defense play then my Father was The Biggest University of Texas Football Player and a Longview Lobo ex James Street would become a Longhorn Legend and win National Titles and my Dad would take me my 3 Brothers to Longhorn games as Boys and had us in Longhorn letter jackets and getting to go to see The Famous Texas Arkansas games in late 60s as boys I Loved my Dad and some times I would be only one going my parents divorced when I was 5 so in 1977 Finally after dozens of Doctors I got right diagnosis and then had to have Emergency Surgery in Houston at Brand new hospital Jerry Lewis telephones paid for I was having to watch every Texas game at hospital when I did get out my Dad got me tickets to the Cotton Bowl and 1 brother and a Good friend his Mother and my Grandmother woke up to Drive to Dallas and it was iced over bad I just knew I was not going to get to go but my Grandmother would not let me down it was tough we went was tough because ND while home recovering from my Major Surgery the door bell rang and a delivery from The University of Texas and my Mother had written them a letter about how I Loved that term and what I was going through I opened A Football with my name and Score of the Texas Texas Tech football game 26 -0 Longhorns and autographed by every Football player on that team including Earl Campbell Heisman Trophy year! He is Everything that made being a Football Fan The Best Thank You Earl Campbell Big part of my Life growing up!
When he got to the corner he was GONE!
I was & am a Dolphins fan, but Earl Campbell was my favorite player
Can’t believe you cut the clip short of him knocking the rice owl back into the end zone.
His knee was never down!! AND the ball was passed the goal line anyway... if it ever did.... but it didn't! Arkansas Razorbacks. Right... never been a freight train like him!! An amazing mazing man... Amazing character. But of course that's when men were still men.
Best runningback ever
thanks Earl for the great runs !
I recognize the rainbow upper decks of the Astrodome...pretty neat they did the narration from there
As a diehard sooner fan I can say he is one of the few longhorns that I truly loved to watch play.
IF EARL WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL TODAY, HE WOULD GET A 15 YARD PENALTY EVERY TIME HE RAN THE BALL. FOOTBALL WAS BETTER BACK IN THE DAY.
BEAST
Dude was a tank
❤ earl Campbell, legendary 🏃♂️ running back
Unbelievable !
Ron Franklin, awesome ! Used to work KPRC TV Houston, Tx.
Ch. 2 !
To this very day....I have not seen any body turn the corner better. Nor have I seen any back run with his legs so far apart.
The stretch of his legs must be some kind of record.
An awesome player and human…
My first sports hero--My only one really
No one ran harder than Earl Campbell
Good man , mama's boy (in a good way). I understand when he signed to play for Houston, he built his mother a new house. The whole state is a Campbell fan. Try finding dirt on him and all you'll get is dirty. Glad he is still enjoying life.
Just met him today at my physical therapist. Had no idea who he was being from GA. He’s such a nice guy. I was only a small kid when he was playing but as a college football fan ( UGA) I had to watch some videos of him !
67s blocks for Earl, wow !
I can only think of 1 running back better than Earl, & that was Jim Brown!!!
Earl look just like his mama: ❤
Never saw him so light and fast.
he ran a 4.4 in the 220- plus range
" I swore I was in the end zone before my knee hit" all you need to know
All Texas Longhorn joy is an “old news reel.” Somebody in Austin save us “current fans” please do
something? Soon! 🤠
Did earl always get picked first on all teamsssss. ???!! Rose 🌹 🌹. Was sweet. !!!
We got an Aggie telling us about Earl????
❤️
It sucks he's in a wheelchair. He was so good at running the ball.
Earl made Leaks look average. Earl was equal to Jim Brown.
Akers treated Earl badly, just saying.
sounds like slavery