Monday Night Football Photo Group (16)

This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/19/2020

Offered is a fascinating grouping of black-and-white original promotional photos picturing a host of legendary college and NFL stars, with many of the photos from the historic early days of Monday Night Football, ABC Television’s fabled entry into weekday prime-time NFL programming. The photos are broadly in Near-Mint condition, with a few below to Ex-Mt, and are 7-by-9 inches. Here’s the breakdown (16): 1) The Fearsome Foursome – Grier, Olsen, Jones and Lundy; 2) O.J. Simpson; 3) Bart Starr; 4) 1964 American Football League game between Boston and San Diego; 5) 1966 ABC Television Promo Special for “The Fine Art of Football Watching” with Alabama Coach Bear Bryant; 6) 1968 Purdue vs. Minnesota with Phipps and Keyes; 7) First Monday Night Football promotional photo with Cosell and Meredith; 8) 1971 Monday Night Football game between Giants and Cowboys with Tarkenton handling the ball; 9) 1971 Thanksgiving Day Game Oklahoma vs. Nebraska with coaches Devaney and Fairbanks; 10) 1972 Hall of Fame Game between Chiefs and Giants with Dawson handling the ball; 11) 1972 Sugar Bowl Penn State vs. Oklahoma with Hufnagel and Pruitt; 12) 1972 Miami vs. St. Louis with Jim Kiick running the ball; 13) 1974 Wide World of Sports presentation event photo with Simpson, Namath and Cosell; 14) 1973 College Football All-Stars vs. Miami Dolphins with LSU All-America Bert Jones and Dolphins’ Griese; 15) 1974 Monday Night Football promotional photo with Fred Williamson; and 16) 1976 promotional photo at Notre Dame campus with entertainer John Davidson and Irish Captain Rocky Bleier.