19:24 - My favorite line from any Super Bowl highlight "Jascha Heifetz never played a violin with more dexterity than Kenny Stabler is playing the Minnesota Vikings this afternoon in the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena."
Being born and raised in Oakland, I would always turn the tv volume all the way down and put Bill King the radio. Best of times, thanks for the memories.
@mr.mendez - same in our house...and I remember basically every family in my hometown said they did the same thing...or at least it seemed like it! Memories are great...if not always accurate, lol. ;-)
One of my favorite Oakland Raiders' stories is when John Matusak was traded from the Houston Oilers to the Raiders and when he showed up at the practice field, Al Davis was standing next to Ted Hendricks and when Matusak came onto the field wearing a WW1 German spiked helmet, Davis said to Hendricks, "I don't know about John". Hendricks responded, "Al do really think one more is going to make any difference!?". LOL!! Hendricks meant by that that having one more nut job on the team wasn't going to hurt the team at all!
Hell yea. I'm not even a raiders fan and I 100% agree. Nobody has ever described a game the way he did before his time and way after his retirement. His vocabulary was so exquisite.
I was right there with you growing up in the bay, East Bay more specifically, those were great times. When Oakland teams were great, when we had huge world-renowned rock concerts at the Oakland Coliseum, known as "Day on the Green". Bill King was the first broadcaster I ever remember listening to. Games when I was 10 listening to him either 1967 or 1968 doing Raider games. I thought I was gonna have a heart attack at 10 years old...He made them so exciting! He was amazing they were amazing. What a shame Oakland did such a poor job in supporting those teams. Still remember when Bill passed I was listening to sports radio when it was announced by Rick Barry of all people former Warrior great, ah, the good old days.
Stabler's 30-yard scramble in the 4th quarter of the Immaculate Reception game against the Steelers in 1972 seen at the 5:00 mark is one of my all-time favorite highlights and one of Bill King's best ever calls. Both are gone now but that memory will live forever. I remember that play vividly as a 11-year old diehard Raiders fan.
I liked that '74 Miami at Oakland playoff because I wasn't even an Oakland fan until that final drive had me standing out of my chair in somebody else's living room. By the 24 seconds left in the game time Kenny flipped that crazy desperate thing to Clarence Davis I was a fan. Hell I lived in Texas then and I was a fan. Great team all around, QB, receivers, coach, offensive blocking, secondaries . . . both those two should be in the AFL/NFL hall btw. What the hell bad man Butkus attempted murder in nearly every play and he gets to coast right in but they don't ? !! I can't remember any better secondary.
greatest radio announcer in sports history. baseball, basketball and football. no one could do them all like Bill King. P.S. How is Cliff Branch not in the Hall of Fame? So many huge catches.
OMG.......What memories !!! As a kid growing up in East Oakland in the 60's and the 70's, about 3 miles away from the Coliseum, The Oakland Raiders were my heroes. Whenever they were on television, we'd turn the sound down completely, and turn on the radio and listen to Mr. Bill King call the game. Didn't care about the audio delay, we wanted to hear Bill King yell ; " TOUCHDOWN RAIDERS !!! HOLY TOLEDO !!! " To this day, I'll watch ' The Sea of Hands ' on YT, and hear Mr. King's voice !! I still get chill, and fired up regardless !!
I had the misfortune of growing up 20 miles north of Miami and I was a Raiders fan and that fact didn't sit well with my neighbors, classmates and one teacher in particular, my 4th grade reading teacher who was as overly obnoxious and not too bright when it came to football, blindly believing the Dolphins were ahead in the series of games played against each other which at the time they were not. On one winter morning I proudly wore my Oakland Raiders sweatshirt to school and my teacher commented, " What's with you and Oakland, do you have family there or something "? I answered, " Yes, Raiders fans ARE family to me ".
Mike Nichols ..Absolutely 🌈 I’m from Pittsburg ( east bay ) and now 57 , Oakland in the 1970 ‘s with Raiders & A’s was were all the action was in 🏈⚾️ ...Stabler threw “ darts ! “ ⭐️ Classic memories! The Coliseum has so many wonderful memories ⚡️
My Uncle, even though he lived in Mountain View, was a season ticket holder for the Raiders, from 1967-2017. He got to see the Raiders in two Super Bowls, was a fan to the very end of his life. Raider Nation!
Growing up third generation Oakland, about a week before my sixth birthday I went to my first A's game in 1972 and was hooked. We won the World Series that year and the same in '73 & '74. 1975 the Warriors swept the Bullets to win the NBA title (I watched on tape delay at 11:30pm. Out west they didn't show the NBA live back then) The '76 the Raiders won it all (1/9/77) as shown here. We were the 'City of Champions' and I thought I lived in the greatest city ever, HOLY TOLEDO! Bill King at one time or another was the voice of all three. The BEST!
Back in those days it was a team of likeable misfits that had elements of team cohesion. Nowadays, as what it is in the NFL, it's a group of contract employees working together on the field of play.
This brought tears to my 65 year old eyes. Listening again to the greatest radio play by play man Bill King in history. Man was I lucky as a kid to hear him on Raider and Warriors games
Bill King was what Chick Hearn was to the Lakers Bill King was to the Raiders amazing announcer word for word he made it more exciting to hear his description during the game. His famous"Holy Toledo" was his signature saying.
This is enjoyable to watch. Being lifelong Chiefs fan, and enjoying our dominance. But I can't help feel Raider's fans pain. Was pretty sweet to win the SB in your stadium..
There are certain teams that I respect even though at times, I hope for them to lose when my team plays them. The Raiders were always one. They were so good, so consistent, so full of character that you had to have a small part of you. The Raiders had EVERYTHING! Including one of the best play by play men of All Time Bill King! We had Chuck Thompson here in Baltimore and their styles were different, the quality was the same. The Baltimore Colts were great and very good for a period in the 70's, but the Raiders didn't fall off until the late 80's. A period of sustained excellence. They broke a lit of teams and cities hearts, but they got their hearts broken in some if the most excruciating ways. They earned their own "Nation" and still have some players from that era that have not been bestowed the highest honor and its so wrong. We know who they are, and one in particular they waited until he was gone to put him in. Anyway...I'm not a Raider fan per say, but...I've long admired their aura, mystique, and overall winning football philosophy. The era I grew up watching (the 70's) couldn't be written without the Oakland Raiders. What a time in Oakland back then. We had similar times in Baltimore when the Colts and Orioles had it cookin'. A's vs Birds was a major rivalry and of course under publicized. Yeah...I have love for Oakland and their teams. I don't get mad if and when they beat us, because we had so much in common. Hard working, blue collar towns back then, that lived and loved our teams. We weren't New York, or San Francisco, and proud of it. Loved the video! Love Bill King! I should do one featuring Chuck Thompson. He was class and knrw how to bring your emotions out. I miss him.
well said and thanks for the awesome comment. I grew up near Oakland and lived it all during the 70's. My 4th grade teacher brought a TV into our classroom so us students could watch the Orioles A's playoffs in 1971 that the O's won. Better times came for the A's soon after that, some at the expense of your team which was starting to be past their prime. I'm actually not a fan of the "Raider Nation" phrase which reminds me of the Dallas Cowboy's "America's Team" of the 70's. But that's what AL Davis wanted when he moved the team to the large market of Los Angeles, national and world recognition. In the 70's, the Raiders were hated by everyone and their motto was "Us against the World". We in the East Bay of the Bay Area had them all to ourselves and we lived our lives like they played and won football games. It was a magical time to be in the Bay Area with the Raiders and A's dynasty along with a Warrior title thrown in there over the Bullets. Raiders Colts 1977 playoff was one of the best games in NFL history, barely won by the veteran Raiders team over that young Colt team.
This is awesome, bleed silver and black, was 11 @ the immaculate reception, I cried, the Steelers broke my heart and the most hated team ever until Brady and the tuck rule came along. :-/
I was a Raider fan. Bill King was as good as play by play gets. But hearing clips from the NFL films recaps, we also get to hear the voice of John Facenda, the most dramatic voice in the history of sports.
Brings back a lot of memories and feel good moments. Not just for the Raiders but for the Golden State Warriors and Oakland A's. But there was something about Bill King calling the action for a Raider game that set it apart from everything else. Just hearing King call the action on big plays by the great Phil Vilipiano, Marv Hubbard and others. Yowzah. Those were the good 'ole days.
For so many of us who grew up in Oakland and lived and died every Sunday with the Oakland Raiders, Bill King was more than just their broadcast voice. Our spirits rose and fell on every word. The voice of Oakland sports -- the Raiders, the Warriors and the A's.
@@DeanHenry-hm9bd The only problem for OG's like me listening to Raider broadcasts is that you automatically measure the new guys against Bill King, and they ALL come up short. Not their fault that they're not Bill Kig...but they're just not Bill King.
Does anyone remember this? Before the 1975 season, KNBR ran a contest promotion where fans had to guess how many times over the course of the upcoming season Bill King would use the phrase "Holy Toledo". The "prize" was an all expenses paid vacation to ....you guessed it....Toledo, Ohio. I don't remember the result or who came closest. Bill King was the BEST!!!!
I remember as a kid living in Vacaville California in the late 60s and early 70s listening to the great Bill King on my transistor radio at night in my bedroom listening to him bring his unique perspective and inflections to those great raider teams and those great Oakland A’s teams and the Golden State Warriors there’s nobody even close to this man’s talent .I used to watch the games on television and leave the radio on to listen to him do the play-by-play the most amazing announcer I’ve ever experienced in sports...May God bless Bill king and his family may he rest in peace
The 1970's Raiders O-line was the best in the NFL, but they never received any praise! Otto, Shell and Upshaw are in the HOF, Dalby, Buehler and Vella never got any recognition, but ask the Minnesota Vikings how solid the '76 Raiders was.
The 1976 Oakland Raiders have the best, most beautifully designed Super Bowl ring ever! I had the wonderful opportunity to see that Super Bowl ring in person when I saw and briefly talked to Coach John Madden at the train station as he was going to either a NY Giants game at the New Jersey Meadowlands or to a Philadelphia Eagles game in Philadelphia or to a Washington Redskins game in Washington D.C. to broadcast the game for CBS Sports. I could not believe the size of that Super Bowl ring!
Why is Bill King not in the Pro Football Hall Of Fame & The Basketball Hall Of Fame? He should be. He is the baseball Hall Of Fame as the Ford Frick winner.
I grew up in San Jose. That's about equidistance from the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum and Candlestick Park. Like in politics, you're supposed to pick a team, and hate the other team. I broke the rule and cheered for both the 49ers and the Raiders. I preferred listening to Bill King call Raiders games and Lon Simmons call 49ers games on the radio over the TV play by play guys. King built the moment like no one else- When King snapped off that "TOUCHDOWN RAIDERS!" it would give you chills!
They ended up teaming together for A's radio broadcasts as well. Not many people give credit to King, well, being KING! His vocabulary was second to none.
Cliff Branch was a delight to watch. Except when he played against my Denver Broncos. Then I just hated his guts! This vid was a Branch highlight reel. The guy torched I don't know how many DBs....
RAIDERS FOREVER!!!!!! Recognized his voice as soon as the clip came on...Never knew his name. "Tanks" for this video...I was an Abrams tank commander in Iraq. 3 of my 4 tank crewmen were Raiders fans, we wore jerseys in combat. No lie. My loader Woodson 24, my driver wore Long 75, and I wore Alzado 77. My gunner was a Pats fan. UGH. he wasn't allowed to wear a jersey. When we got back to the states, I allowed him to don the 12 jersey. I found him extremely unlucky. We all made it out, beside his outlandish bullshit.
Well other than Bill King being the greatest announcer in sports history. It's quite apparent that Cliff Branch belongs in the hall of fame.....and so does Bill. RIP guys
WOW, a treasure to watch, this is!!!.....I'm a 44~year Seahawks fan, growing up in Oregon, but my most often & earliest memories of Bill King weren't during Raider games, but rather him doing the play~by~play in GS Warrior hoops games we got on cable~TV on KTVU~Ch.2, all the time! He was SUPER calling Al Attles squad night in & night out; we got mostly their road games with him on the call, if memory serves!....Funny thing is, I only first found out about him doing Raiders' radio several years later, when I was able to see/watch the immortal NFL Films edition of Super Bowl XI, which masterfully featured Bill King; I yet recall saying to myself then, "Hey, I knowww that voice!!"! Up to then, I'd only ever seen the Raiders on NBC{99% of games) & so I associated Oakland with Curt Gowdy as much as any other announcer, LOL!.... Even being a fan from a bitter rival team from late '70's through the 90's, I gotta give the Raiders SO much credit & respect~even including their radio guy; Bill King was a truly GREAT, GIFTED Legend & is much missed, by me & other older Seahawks fans, for sure!! I'll always enjoy/savor clips here on TH-cam of his calls against not only my own Seattle Seahawks, but from the '78 "Holly Roller" game AND SB's XV & XVIII, as well ~ R.I.PPPP.+PPPP., Bill!!
I love his call on the Holy Roller play at San Diego! The Raiders cheated, but that's the way it is! The NFL changed it's fumble policy with the final 2 minutes of the half thanks to this!
This was the first regular season game between the Raiders and the Cowboys.It was also the last game between former AFL NFL teams to occur for the first time.
Growing up in Oakland and listening to Bill King on the radio was like a slice of heaven... Not just the Raiders but the A's and the Warriors as well... Even when the Warriors sucked... LOL
King was great at basketball play-by-play as well. As the voice of the Golden State Warriors, you almost felt like you were on the court sitting next to him. And when the Warriors sucked he would let you know. One night in a very sloppy played game he uttered "Who wrote the script for the Warriors tonight, Laurel and Hardy????" He attacked CBS during a national televised game when the 24 second timers broke down ('Well the 24 second clocks provided by CBS aren't working. Thanks a lot CBS, you messed it up again")
My favorite Bill King play call in an Oakland Raiders football game was the one he made at the end of a meaningless (for the Raiders) end-of-the -1978 season game against the San Diego Chargers--the famous "Holy Roller" play on which Stabler deliberately flung the ball forward to the ground and FB Pete Banazak as he was being tackled shoved the ball forward along the ground towards the end zone where TE Dave Casper fell on it for the game winning TD! You gotta love it when Bill King said, "Madden wants to know if it's real--the official says yes--now get your big butt outta here!" LOL!!!!
We were fortunate to have lived during these times-there us ABSOLUTELY NO COMPARISON to today's game vs late 60s 70s players/commentators etc..I'd sooner watch ANY highlight reel than watch chumps like AB..
What a lousy effort by the Rams QB to stop the Raiders LB Phil Villapiano from scoring a TD on that interception! How could he make no effort at all to tackle Villapiano around the legs to prevent him from scoring a TD on that play? He just shoved him with his shoulder trying to knock Viillapiano out-of-bounds on that play!
What was the NFL thinking from the 1930's--early 1970's when they had the goal posts in the end zone which was dangerous to the players who might accidentally run into the uprights and injure themselves? Finally, later on They put the goal posts where they should be-- just behind the back of the end zone.
oh right, in 74 Raiders led 10-7 going into the 4th quarter and then ran out of gas in the 4th after defeating the two time NFL champs the week before. 75 the game ended with the Raiders just 10 yards away from winning the game. The other 2 Super Bowls had nothing to do with the Raiders who didn't make the playoffs those years so you are a major dope. Nobody liked the Steelers style of play because they were boring as hell with boring players and a grumpy coach. Raiders were more popular even though they won just one Super Bowl after "walking all over the Steelers" 24-7 in the 1976 AFC title game. get lost.
Watched with such joy!!!! My Real Raiders!!!! My OAKLAND RAIDERS!!!! The Colliseum was is So Beautiful Our Great fans!!! The late great Bill king an the late great John Facenda made for my Raiders, Rip Bill n John, James Garner on sideline Always loved he such a great Raider fan Rip James Garner!!! This was so great an so Sad to me as my Raiders still praying for miracle to stay where we belong!!! What a sad state sports especially Football has become!!!! With these lowlife kazillionairs Disgracing the country an who keeps them in business the fans an everyday person!!! I could barley watch!!!! An further if they really threw these games and intentionally wanting Carr to get hurt which is exactly what happened!!! As sickened as I am Sunday's bein so important for so long bein the Raider I am!!!! My goodness Wuta you do know!!!! What an all Disgrace these Spoiled lowlifes are!!!! OAKLAND RAIDERS FAEVA!!!!!🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🐘🐼🐬🐳🐕🐅🐻🐖🐄
As controversial as the Raiders have been, there was no controversy about Bill King. He was the best announcer the NFL ever had.
Without a doubt! He also announced The Bay Area Warriors and Oakland A's--but the Raiders was his best---
19:24 - My favorite line from any Super Bowl highlight "Jascha Heifetz never played a violin with more dexterity than Kenny Stabler is playing the Minnesota Vikings this afternoon in the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena."
Being born and raised in Oakland, I would always turn the tv volume all the way down and put Bill King the radio.
Best of times, thanks for the memories.
yep we all did the same. Was the best way to watch those magical games.
@mr.mendez - same in our house...and I remember basically every family in my hometown said they did the same thing...or at least it seemed like it! Memories are great...if not always accurate, lol. ;-)
I did the same thing.
One of my favorite Oakland Raiders' stories is when John Matusak was traded from the Houston Oilers to the Raiders and when he showed up at the practice field, Al Davis was standing next to Ted Hendricks and when Matusak came onto the field wearing a WW1 German spiked helmet, Davis said to Hendricks, "I don't know about John". Hendricks responded, "Al do really think one more is going to make any difference!?". LOL!! Hendricks meant by that that having one more nut job on the team wasn't going to hurt the team at all!
I was blessed to be a Raider, Warrior and A's fan growing up in the East Bay in the 60's and 70's. Bill was and is the greatest.
Hell yea. I'm not even a raiders fan and I 100% agree. Nobody has ever described a game the way he did before his time and way after his retirement. His vocabulary was so exquisite.
@@pouncingpantherpucks2779 what about joe starkey
@@alienmcqueen He was great too. However King just was on another level in my opinion.
@@alienmcqueen I LOVED Starkey doing 49er games. However, Bill King was unlike ANY PBP man we have heard.
I was right there with you growing up in the bay, East Bay more specifically, those were great times. When Oakland teams were great, when we had huge world-renowned rock concerts at the Oakland Coliseum, known as "Day on the Green". Bill King was the first broadcaster I ever remember listening to. Games when I was 10 listening to him either 1967 or 1968 doing Raider games. I thought I was gonna have a heart attack at 10 years old...He made them so exciting! He was amazing they were amazing. What a shame Oakland did such a poor job in supporting those teams. Still remember when Bill passed I was listening to sports radio when it was announced by Rick Barry of all people former Warrior great, ah, the good old days.
Who is here watching this right now and can't wait for the season to start again God bless everyone
I can't wait for the season to start but where I live in the country winter will soon be coming
There isn't a big enough word to describe the love for the Raiders of this Era and Bill King....it was the best of times
Stabler's 30-yard scramble in the 4th quarter of the Immaculate Reception game against the Steelers in 1972 seen at the 5:00 mark is one of my all-time favorite highlights and one of Bill King's best ever calls. Both are gone now but that memory will live forever. I remember that play vividly as a 11-year old diehard Raiders fan.
I liked that '74 Miami at Oakland playoff because I wasn't even an Oakland fan until that final drive had me standing out of my chair in somebody else's living room. By the 24 seconds left in the game time Kenny flipped that crazy desperate thing to Clarence Davis I was a fan. Hell I lived in Texas then and I was a fan. Great team all around, QB, receivers, coach, offensive blocking, secondaries . . . both those two should be in the AFL/NFL hall btw. What the hell bad man Butkus attempted murder in nearly every play and he gets to coast right in but they don't ? !! I can't remember any better secondary.
That one and the last second triple-forward-fumble against the Chargers. Funniest play in NFL history, except maybe for the New England snowplow ploy
greatest radio announcer in sports history. baseball, basketball and football. no one could do them all like Bill King. P.S. How is Cliff Branch not in the Hall of Fame? So many huge catches.
Cliff Branch not being in the HOF is a shame to the NFL. What I feel keeps him out is the number of his teammates who have all passed.
Update: cliff branch is now in the hall of fame.
OMG.......What memories !!! As a kid growing up in East Oakland in the 60's and the 70's, about 3 miles away from the Coliseum, The Oakland Raiders were my heroes. Whenever they were on television, we'd turn the sound down completely, and turn on the radio and listen to Mr. Bill King call the game. Didn't care about the audio delay, we wanted to hear Bill King yell ; " TOUCHDOWN RAIDERS !!! HOLY TOLEDO !!! "
To this day, I'll watch ' The Sea of Hands ' on YT, and hear Mr. King's voice !! I still get chill, and fired up regardless !!
Mike Nichols used to do the same thing lower the tv and turn on the radio 📻
I had the misfortune of growing up 20 miles north of Miami and I was a Raiders fan and that fact didn't sit well with my neighbors, classmates and one teacher in particular, my 4th grade reading teacher who was as overly obnoxious and not too bright when it came to football, blindly believing the Dolphins were ahead in the series of games played against each other which at the time they were not. On one winter morning I proudly wore my Oakland Raiders sweatshirt to school and my teacher commented, " What's with you and Oakland, do you have family there or something "? I answered, " Yes, Raiders fans ARE family to me ".
Mike Nichols ..Absolutely 🌈 I’m from Pittsburg ( east bay ) and now 57 , Oakland in the 1970 ‘s with Raiders & A’s was were all the action was in 🏈⚾️ ...Stabler threw “ darts ! “ ⭐️ Classic memories! The Coliseum has so many wonderful memories ⚡️
Absolutely!
My Uncle, even though he lived in Mountain View, was a season ticket holder for the Raiders, from 1967-2017. He got to see the Raiders in two Super Bowls, was a fan to the very end of his life. Raider Nation!
Right now Bill King is having the best conversation ever
Growing up third generation Oakland, about a week before my sixth birthday I went to my first A's game in 1972 and was hooked. We won the World Series that year and the same in '73 & '74. 1975 the Warriors swept the Bullets to win the NBA title (I watched on tape delay at 11:30pm. Out west they didn't show the NBA live back then) The '76 the Raiders won it all (1/9/77) as shown here. We were the 'City of Champions' and I thought I lived in the greatest city ever, HOLY TOLEDO! Bill King at one time or another was the voice of all three. The BEST!
The Pro Football Hall of Fame should have a spot for Bill King.
These are my Raiders, not the imposters of today, I still miss Bill King to this day.
How true. They have no history in LV, and should have rebranded themselves. Sickening.
Back in those days it was a team of likeable misfits that had elements of team cohesion. Nowadays, as what it is in the NFL, it's a group of contract employees working together on the field of play.
This brought tears to my 65 year old eyes. Listening again to the greatest radio play by play man Bill King in history. Man was I lucky as a kid to hear him on Raider and Warriors games
Mine, too.
Bill King had the greatest job in the world. He got to call the games of a bunch of Badasses. The John Madden Oakland Raiders
Bill King..
The radio voice of my childhood
Greatest announcer of all time regardless of sport in my opinion. Great video and I love your channel. Go Raiders!
Him and Lon Simmons of. The 49ers. Two of the all time greats.
For real. 100% agree. I'm not even a die hard raider fan to say that
Bill King was what Chick Hearn was to the Lakers Bill King was to the Raiders amazing announcer word for word he made it more exciting to hear his description during the game. His famous"Holy Toledo" was his signature saying.
This is enjoyable to watch. Being lifelong Chiefs fan, and enjoying our dominance. But I can't help feel Raider's fans pain. Was pretty sweet to win the SB in your stadium..
There are certain teams that I respect even though at times, I hope for them to lose when my team plays them. The Raiders were always one. They were so good, so consistent, so full of character that you had to have a small part of you. The Raiders had EVERYTHING! Including one of the best play by play men of All Time Bill King! We had Chuck Thompson here in Baltimore and their styles were different, the quality was the same. The Baltimore Colts were great and very good for a period in the 70's, but the Raiders didn't fall off until the late 80's. A period of sustained excellence. They broke a lit of teams and cities hearts, but they got their hearts broken in some if the most excruciating ways. They earned their own "Nation" and still have some players from that era that have not been bestowed the highest honor and its so wrong. We know who they are, and one in particular they waited until he was gone to put him in. Anyway...I'm not a Raider fan per say, but...I've long admired their aura, mystique, and overall winning football philosophy. The era I grew up watching (the 70's) couldn't be written without the Oakland Raiders. What a time in Oakland back then. We had similar times in Baltimore when the Colts and Orioles had it cookin'. A's vs Birds was a major rivalry and of course under publicized. Yeah...I have love for Oakland and their teams. I don't get mad if and when they beat us, because we had so much in common. Hard working, blue collar towns back then, that lived and loved our teams. We weren't New York, or San Francisco, and proud of it.
Loved the video! Love Bill King! I should do one featuring Chuck Thompson. He was class and knrw how to bring your emotions out. I miss him.
well said and thanks for the awesome comment. I grew up near Oakland and lived it all during the 70's. My 4th grade teacher brought a TV into our classroom so us students could watch the Orioles A's playoffs in 1971 that the O's won. Better times came for the A's soon after that, some at the expense of your team which was starting to be past their prime. I'm actually not a fan of the "Raider Nation" phrase which reminds me of the Dallas Cowboy's "America's Team" of the 70's. But that's what AL Davis wanted when he moved the team to the large market of Los Angeles, national and world recognition. In the 70's, the Raiders were hated by everyone and their motto was "Us against the World". We in the East Bay of the Bay Area had them all to ourselves and we lived our lives like they played and won football games. It was a magical time to be in the Bay Area with the Raiders and A's dynasty along with a Warrior title thrown in there over the Bullets. Raiders Colts 1977 playoff was one of the best games in NFL history, barely won by the veteran Raiders team over that young Colt team.
Great honor and respect. I have ALWAYS felt if the city of Baltimore was on the West Coast, it would be Oakland.
Great announcer and that's when the Raiders WERE the Raiders !!
After all these years I still get chills listening to The Great Bill King’s calls, he was simply the best. RIP BK
This is awesome, bleed silver and black, was 11 @ the immaculate reception, I cried, the Steelers broke my heart and the most hated team ever until Brady and the tuck rule came along. :-/
I was a Raider fan. Bill King was as good as play by play gets.
But hearing clips from the NFL films recaps, we also get to hear the voice of John Facenda, the most dramatic voice in the history of sports.
Brings back a lot of memories and feel good moments. Not just for the Raiders but for the Golden State Warriors and Oakland A's. But there was something about Bill King calling the action for a Raider game that set it apart from everything else. Just hearing King call the action on big plays by the great Phil Vilipiano, Marv Hubbard and others. Yowzah. Those were the good 'ole days.
Thanks for the memories Daryle and Bill. RIP.
I used to listen to Legendary Bill King here in LA in the 1980’s Holy Toledo 😂
Los Angeles Raiders?
This is why we love the Raiders
For so many of us who grew up in Oakland and lived and died every Sunday with the Oakland Raiders, Bill King was more than just their broadcast voice. Our spirits rose and fell on every word. The voice of Oakland sports -- the Raiders, the Warriors and the A's.
Bill King the best ever! Hands down!
@@DeanHenry-hm9bd The only problem for OG's like me listening to Raider broadcasts is that you automatically measure the new guys against Bill King, and they ALL come up short. Not their fault that they're not Bill Kig...but they're just not Bill King.
How in the hell is Cliff Branch not in the HOF??
He is now, and long overdue.
@@TehJew22 Well it's about damned time. Only this year even.
Can someone explain to me how Cliff Branch is not in the hall of fame?
He is now and long overdue.
Does anyone remember this? Before the 1975 season, KNBR ran a contest promotion where fans had to guess how many times over the course of the upcoming season Bill King would use the phrase "Holy Toledo". The "prize" was an all expenses paid vacation to ....you guessed it....Toledo, Ohio. I don't remember the result or who came closest. Bill King was the BEST!!!!
I remember as a kid living in Vacaville California in the late 60s and early 70s listening to the great Bill King on my transistor radio at night in my bedroom listening to him bring his unique perspective and inflections to those great raider teams and those great Oakland A’s teams and the Golden State Warriors there’s nobody even close to this man’s talent .I used to watch the games on television and leave the radio on to listen to him do the play-by-play the most amazing announcer I’ve ever experienced in sports...May God bless Bill king and his family may he rest in peace
Did you see how long Stabler waited in the pocket to make some of those throws. Guts !
you are so right; some amazing hits he took.
The 1970's Raiders O-line was the best in the NFL, but they never received any praise! Otto, Shell and Upshaw are in the HOF, Dalby, Buehler and Vella never got any recognition, but ask the Minnesota Vikings how solid the '76 Raiders was.
@ David Cobb. You forgot to mention that Henry Lawrence was a member of that great 1976-1977 Oakland Raiders offensive line.
I had forgotten how many big plays Villapiano made...love the Raiders!
Football was much better back then
NFL& college football 🏈 schedule too long now
I’m not a Raiders fan but nothing captures the essence of their best era like Bill King.
"Holy Toledo!" It's the unofficial 'voice' of the Oakland Raiders! Love you Bill.
The 1976 Oakland Raiders have the best, most beautifully designed Super Bowl ring ever! I had the wonderful opportunity to see that Super Bowl ring in person when I saw and briefly talked to Coach John Madden at the train station as he was going to either a NY Giants game at the New Jersey Meadowlands or to a Philadelphia Eagles game in Philadelphia or to a Washington Redskins game in Washington D.C. to broadcast the game for CBS Sports. I could not believe the size of that Super Bowl ring!
Why is Bill King not in the Pro Football Hall Of Fame & The Basketball Hall Of Fame? He should be. He is the baseball Hall Of Fame as the Ford Frick winner.
The glory of my teens.... I'll keep this one in my vault
I grew up in San Jose. That's about equidistance from the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum and Candlestick Park. Like in politics, you're supposed to pick a team, and hate the other team. I broke the rule and cheered for both the 49ers and the Raiders. I preferred listening to Bill King call Raiders games and Lon Simmons call 49ers games on the radio over the TV play by play guys. King built the moment like no one else- When King snapped off that "TOUCHDOWN RAIDERS!" it would give you chills!
They ended up teaming together for A's radio broadcasts as well. Not many people give credit to King, well, being KING! His vocabulary was second to none.
The best sports announcer EVER bar none!
It was a magical time thanks for posting these videos.
Cliff Branch was a delight to watch. Except when he played against my Denver Broncos. Then I just hated his guts! This vid was a Branch highlight reel. The guy torched I don't know how many DBs....
Cliff Branch tribute th-cam.com/video/rDy9rSDQ6dI/w-d-xo.html&lc=z23ly3txuqurjvl2hacdp432egscxvuhtbwnzanf4hxw03c010c
RAIDERS FOREVER!!!!!! Recognized his voice as soon as the clip came on...Never knew his name. "Tanks" for this video...I was an Abrams tank commander in Iraq. 3 of my 4 tank crewmen were Raiders fans, we wore jerseys in combat. No lie. My loader Woodson 24, my driver wore Long 75, and I wore Alzado 77. My gunner was a Pats fan. UGH. he wasn't allowed to wear a jersey. When we got back to the states, I allowed him to don the 12 jersey. I found him extremely unlucky. We all made it out, beside his outlandish bullshit.
Love the Old School Local hometown radio announcers!
Well other than Bill King being the greatest announcer in sports history. It's quite apparent that Cliff Branch belongs in the hall of fame.....and so does Bill.
RIP guys
WOW, a treasure to watch, this is!!!.....I'm a 44~year Seahawks fan, growing up in Oregon, but my most often & earliest memories of Bill King weren't during Raider games, but rather him doing the play~by~play in GS Warrior hoops games we got on cable~TV on KTVU~Ch.2, all the time! He was SUPER calling Al Attles squad night in & night out; we got mostly their road games with him on the call, if memory serves!....Funny thing is, I only first found out about him doing Raiders' radio several years later, when I was able to see/watch the immortal NFL Films edition of Super Bowl XI, which masterfully featured Bill King; I yet recall saying to myself then, "Hey, I knowww that voice!!"! Up to then, I'd only ever seen the Raiders on NBC{99% of games) & so I associated Oakland with Curt Gowdy as much as any other announcer, LOL!.... Even being a fan from a bitter rival team from late '70's through the 90's, I gotta give the Raiders SO much credit & respect~even including their radio guy; Bill King was a truly GREAT, GIFTED Legend & is much missed, by me & other older Seahawks fans, for sure!! I'll always enjoy/savor clips here on TH-cam of his calls against not only my own Seattle Seahawks, but from the '78 "Holly Roller" game AND SB's XV & XVIII, as well ~ R.I.PPPP.+PPPP., Bill!!
When I was a kid, just out if high school, I played basketball against some of these guys.
I love his call on the Holy Roller play at San Diego! The Raiders cheated, but that's the way it is! The NFL changed it's fumble policy with the final 2 minutes of the half thanks to this!
Thank You
2:10. I love Phil Villipiano, true Raider! But was that the slowest pick six you've ever seen?!
Pure football. No bullshit. Raider Nation.
@4:57...King's call of Kenny Stabler's unlikely TD scramble is timelessly great.
Bill King the very best ever
9:43 - George Blanda's last touchdown pass (if memory serves).
I was at that game
This was the first regular season game between the Raiders and the Cowboys.It was also the last game between former AFL NFL teams to occur for the first time.
Tears of joy !
Bill King
Great to see Willie Brown's pick 6 against the Vikings in real time.
Old Man Willie!!
Growing up in Oakland and listening to Bill King on the radio was like a slice of heaven...
Not just the Raiders but the A's and the Warriors as well... Even when the Warriors sucked... LOL
10:05 ... always loved seeing James Garner on the sideline back in those days.
Oakland raiders. 1963-1985, pro footballs winningest organization.
Cliff Branch should have been in the Hall of Fame.
He is now, albeit long overdue.
Thank you!!!
Bill king “ Holy Toledo” 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
What a great time to be alive
Bill was also the greatest basketball announcer of all time
12:18 Stabler throws the ball to cliff branch for a touchdown
King was great at basketball play-by-play as well. As the voice of the Golden State Warriors, you almost felt like you were on the court sitting next to him. And when the Warriors sucked he would let you know. One night in a very sloppy played game he uttered "Who wrote the script for the Warriors tonight, Laurel and Hardy????" He attacked CBS during a national televised game when the 24 second timers broke down ('Well the 24 second clocks provided by CBS aren't working. Thanks a lot CBS, you messed it up again")
The Great Bill King
RIP Bill King.
Holy Toledo!
Was a lot of Raiders on those great teams from 1967 to 1975 didn't play on the Super Bowl championship team of 1976.
yep that's true. Only Willie Brown, Gene Upshaw, Art Shell, and Fred Billetnikoff. Blanda and Otto just missed out by retiring the year before in 75.
Holy Toledo
You didn't need to watch the game when you listen to The King. Same class with Jack Buck!!!!!!!!!
My favorite Bill King play call in an Oakland Raiders football game was the one he made at the end of a meaningless (for the Raiders) end-of-the -1978 season game against the San Diego Chargers--the famous "Holy Roller" play on which Stabler deliberately flung the ball forward to the ground and FB Pete Banazak as he was being tackled shoved the ball forward along the ground towards the end zone where TE Dave Casper fell on it for the game winning TD! You gotta love it when Bill King said, "Madden wants to know if it's real--the official says yes--now get your big butt outta here!" LOL!!!!
Da Holy Rolla Snake Stabler foward fumble outsmarted and tricked da chargas like a Vegas magician.
We were fortunate to have lived during these times-there us ABSOLUTELY NO COMPARISON to today's game vs late 60s 70s players/commentators etc..I'd sooner watch ANY highlight reel than watch chumps like AB..
1:24 Fred Bilentnikoff scores a touchdown pass.
2:43 Lamonica throws a pass to Bilentnikoff for a Raider Touchdown against the Chiefs
11:14 Sea of Hands
Man I wish when they came back in 1995 Bill would a done the games but instead we get stuck with rich Marotta for 2 years before papa came in
"Holy Toledo!"
Holy Toledo ! Touchdown Raiders.
Holy Toledo.
This stuff actually happened, I heard it on the radio.
Mike Siani was the deep threat for Oakland before Cliff Branch
Did Lamonica ever throw a pass less than 10 yards?
Branch on astroturf should’ve been illegal. RIP CB.
What a lousy effort by the Rams QB to stop the Raiders LB Phil Villapiano from scoring a TD on that interception! How could he make no effort at all to tackle Villapiano around the legs to prevent him from scoring a TD on that play? He just shoved him with his shoulder trying to knock Viillapiano out-of-bounds on that play!
What was the NFL thinking from the 1930's--early 1970's when they had the goal posts in the end zone which was dangerous to the players who might accidentally run into the uprights and injure themselves? Finally, later on They put the goal posts where they should be-- just behind the back of the end zone.
Cliff Branch owned Hof Mel Blount, but Cliff is not in the Hof. That's just wrong.
so right. here's a Cliff Branch tribute vid I made. The man had great hands and speed.... th-cam.com/video/rDy9rSDQ6dI/w-d-xo.html
I know Mike Saini's nephew Michael Siani ...lol
Steelers walked over the raiders to four super bowls
oh right, in 74 Raiders led 10-7 going into the 4th quarter and then ran out of gas in the 4th after defeating the two time NFL champs the week before. 75 the game ended with the Raiders just 10 yards away from winning the game. The other 2 Super Bowls had nothing to do with the Raiders who didn't make the playoffs those years so you are a major dope. Nobody liked the Steelers style of play because they were boring as hell with boring players and a grumpy coach. Raiders were more popular even though they won just one Super Bowl after "walking all over the Steelers" 24-7 in the 1976 AFC title game. get lost.
Oakland could not even support their team lost the raiders twice.
that's true. I'm not a fan of them anymore. Oakland lost the Raiders twice, Warriors and now the A's will be gone in a year or two. Very sad.
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Watched with such joy!!!! My Real Raiders!!!! My OAKLAND RAIDERS!!!! The Colliseum was is So Beautiful Our Great fans!!! The late great Bill king an the late great John Facenda made for my Raiders, Rip Bill n John, James Garner on sideline Always loved he such a great Raider fan Rip James Garner!!! This was so great an so Sad to me as my Raiders still praying for miracle to stay where we belong!!! What a sad state sports especially Football has become!!!! With these lowlife kazillionairs Disgracing the country an who keeps them in business the fans an everyday person!!! I could barley watch!!!! An further if they really threw these games and intentionally wanting Carr to get hurt which is exactly what happened!!! As sickened as I am Sunday's bein so important for so long bein the Raider I am!!!! My goodness Wuta you do know!!!! What an all Disgrace these Spoiled lowlifes are!!!! OAKLAND RAIDERS FAEVA!!!!!🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🐘🐼🐬🐳🐕🐅🐻🐖🐄
couldn't have said it any better......
It's from my heart Paizon, be good!!🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹🐘🐼🐬🐳🐕🐅🐻🐖🐄
The NFL will NEVER be as good as it was back then. We are fortunate to have lived through it.
@@spryfolII the players are way too precious nowadays, they seem to celebrate a new pair of cleats with an endzone styled dance...