"To me, Jack not only typified what
a defensive end is, he also typified
what a football player is. If a Martian
landed in my backyard, knocked on my
door and asked me 'What's a football
player?'I'd go get Jack Youngblood."    

                       ~ John Madden, Coach

" I consider him a phenomenal football player.
I'd have to give Youngblood the vote as the
best defensive player I ever competed against"

           ~ Roger Staubach, Dallas Cowboys QB

 

 " The Rams front four is the best I ever faced.
I've got to say that Youngblood was nice enough
to pick me up every time he knocked my ass off."

    ~ Archie Manning, New Orleans Saints QB

 
     
     
     
     

     HALL OF FAME STATS

A LEGEND RETIRES

 We'll miss your leadership, Jack!

HALL OF FAME Class of 2001
Defensive End, 6-4, 247  (FL)
1971-1984 Los Angeles Rams

Herbert Jackson Youngblood III Rams’ No. 1 draft pick, 1971.
Team-record 201 consecutive games.
Suffered fractured left fibula in 1979 first-round playoff but played every defensive down in title game.
Super Bowl XIV.
Five NFC championship games.
All-PRO 5x; All-NFC 7x
7 straight Pro Bowls
150 career sacks
Born 01/26/50 in Jacksonville, FL.

ENSHRINED INTO THE HALL OF FAME: Aug 4, 2001 and joins  team mates Jackie Slater, Eric Dickerson, Tom Mack,  Merlin Olson and Deacon Jones.

CONGRATULATIONS JACK!  

 

  

 

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     That's some kind of football, Jack

    
Jack sacks Jim Zorn for a 9 yard loss in 1979,
giving the Rams the NFL record of holding a team
to a -7 (yes, negative 7) yards for the entire
game.


1979 Playoff game vs.Cowboys. 1-1/2 minutes remain.
Dallas has 19-14 lead. 3rd & 10 for Dallas.
Stauback goes into shotgun formaton. Jack, on a
broken leg,stops Stauback. Dallas punts,
"Ferragamo to Waddy", Rams win and advance
to Super Bowl in Jan 1980.

"Jack Youngblood. 
He's the John Wayne
 of football."

~ Jim Hanifan, coach

"I remember Jack being a good guy. He was
just a good ole' nice guy until he hit you.
Then he acted like he felt bad, he'd help you
up, dust you off, and then hit you even harder
the next time around. He was a fierce competitor."   

                   ~ Danny White, Dallas Cowboys QB

 

One of my favorite memories about Jack: After the RAMS beat Dallas in the playoff game in 1979, KMPC urged real fans to go to the airport that night and greet
their incredible team.  So I went!  It was around midnight and there were about 100 diehard fans there, along with local newscaster, Jim Hill. 
Jack was nice enough to roll down his window and talk to the fans as his truck crept along.  We all knew he was in pain from his broken leg, and yet there
he was, taking the time to greet his fans...he was just so cool.  If more of today's NFL, NBA, etc. "stars" had the class this man had, sports
today would be in a much better place.  It was about time they put Jack in the Hall of Fame.  I'll never forget driving my daughter to school when I
first heard about it... I was channel jumping when all of a sudden I heard Jack's voice talking.  I recognized it in an instant, even though it had been
years since I had heard Jack speak.  I turned up the volume and with tears in my eyes, I thought, "It's about damn time."

JACK YOUNGBLOOD QUOTES

                                                "Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days."

                                                "Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career."

                                                "I don't talk to defensive linemen in general."

                                                " I visualize things in my mind before I have to do them. It's like having a mental workshop."

                                                "Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play."

                                                "The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win."

                                                "You learnt that, whatever you are doing in life, obstacles don't matter very much. Pain or other consequences can be there,

                                                     but if you want to do a job bad enough, you'll find a way to get it done."

 

 

 



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