Reply #26: I would kill for the Hockey Channel.

[Forkboy]

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I had a neighbor when I kid, and his dad had all these 8mm films of football and hockey from the 60's, all from the Blackhawks, Red Wings, and Bears. It was literally like raw footage of the games, no ads or announcers, but it was usually full games with all the pauses between whistles edited out. I was totally entranced by it, and I must have made my friend play them a hundred times. He had tons of Bears footage, which is why I feel confident in saying that Butkus was the best damn defensive player ever. Seeing players like Bobby Hull, Howe, Gayle Sayers...it was heaven.

Being a kid I never thought to ask how my friend's dad had all that footage. I'd love to know, because it was a treasure for me as a kid.