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Jack Tatum dies from heart attack
« on: July 27, 2010, 12:59:24 PM »
Is it true that he never apologized to Stingley? 

Jack Tatum dies from heart attack

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Jack Tatum, the All-Pro safety for the Oakland Raiders best known for his hit that paralyzed Darryl Stingley in an NFL preseason game in 1978, has died. He was 61.

Nicknamed "The Assassin," Tatum died of a heart attack Tuesday in Oakland, according to friend and former Ohio State teammate John Hicks.

On Aug. 12, 1978, Stingley, playing for the New England Patriots, ran head-on into the hard-hitting Tatum on a crossing pattern. The blow severed Stingley's fourth and fifth veterbrae and left the receiver paralyzed.

Tatum said he tried to visit Stingley at an Oakland hospital shortly after the collision but was turned away by Stingley's family members.

Stingley died in 2007.

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Re: Jack Tatum dies from heart attack
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2010, 07:20:48 PM »
if he wasn't such a cheap shot head hunter instead of going for the sure tackle, the Immaculate Reception never happens :)

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Re: Jack Tatum dies from heart attack
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2010, 07:16:48 PM »
Quote from: Earl1972 on July 27, 2010, 07:20:48 PM
if he wasn't such a cheap shot head hunter instead of going for the sure tackle, the Immaculate Reception never happens :)

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King of the stickum on his hands..he was a brutal DB ..RIP
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Re: Jack Tatum dies from heart attack
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2010, 06:11:11 AM »
Quote from: Earl1972 on July 27, 2010, 07:20:48 PM
if he wasn't such a cheap shot head hunter instead of going for the sure tackle, the Immaculate Reception never happens :)

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I don't think it's fair to label his legacy as a cheap shot head hunter. The rules for defensive backs were much different back in his playing days. You could pratically rape receivers and really rough them up. There was no 5 yard contact rule. You could strike opponents in the head when tackling, too. I'm sure Joe Greene, Lambert, and Ham did more than their share of head slaps and clotheslines when they made tackles.

The guy belongs in the Hall of Fame. If he was a former Steeler, I'm sure you would've taken pride in his style of play.
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Re: Jack Tatum dies from heart attack
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2010, 06:21:23 AM »
He was a beast...and he attempted to go to the hospital but the family didnt let him in...and with out him..there is no ronnie lott and with out lott...there is no troy...so RIP to a True ball player...

P.S. Come on earl...Clark hit Willis like that and it was all good.
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Re: Jack Tatum dies from heart attack
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2010, 06:32:42 AM »
Quote from: big_mal on July 31, 2010, 06:21:23 AM
He was a beast...and he attempted to go to the hospital but the family didnt let him in...and with out him..there is no ronnie lott and with out lott...there is no troy...so RIP to a True ball player...

P.S. Come on earl...Clark hit Willis like that and it was all good.
Didnt Lott get his finger cut off rather than miss a game? I think he got it stuck in a face mask or something...
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Re: Jack Tatum dies from heart attack
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2010, 06:38:55 AM »
Quote from: Mr Nobody on July 31, 2010, 06:32:42 AM
Didnt Lott get his finger cut off rather than miss a game? I think he got it stuck in a face mask or something...

Thats a bit insane....
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Re: Jack Tatum dies from heart attack
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2010, 08:06:23 AM »
I had lunch with Jack in 1999 (maybe 2000).  He came over to my uncle office to sign a fee magazines then we went to the Gold Coast for lunch.  He was nice I guess.  More quiet than I thought.  All I could think about was how bad ass he was and how he didn't like to tackle he liked to knock the other guy down.  What a hit reel



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Re: Jack Tatum dies from heart attack
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2010, 09:42:38 AM »
Good video. But god awful music.
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Re: Jack Tatum dies from heart attack
« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2010, 11:52:42 AM »
Quote from: Mr Nobody on July 31, 2010, 06:32:42 AM
Didnt Lott get his finger cut off rather than miss a game? I think he got it stuck in a face mask or something...

He did have about half of it removed instead of having surgery to fix it.....and it was so he didn't miss a game.  That was a baaaaaad man....loved watching him play.

any of you guys remember Kenny Easley that played for Seattle?  He was a monster too.
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Re: Jack Tatum dies from heart attack
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2010, 01:18:03 PM »
the assassin...pip
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Re: Jack Tatum dies from heart attack
« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2010, 01:37:58 PM »
Quote from: UPINTHEMGUTS on July 31, 2010, 06:11:11 AM
I don't think it's fair to label his legacy as a cheap shot head hunter. The rules for defensive backs were much different back in his playing days. You could pratically rape receivers and really rough them up. There was no 5 yard contact rule. You could strike opponents in the head when tackling, too. I'm sure Joe Greene, Lambert, and Ham did more than their share of head slaps and clotheslines when they made tackles.

The guy belongs in the Hall of Fame. If he was a former Steeler, I'm sure you would've taken pride in his style of play.

what does that have to do with him not going for the sure tackle, causing the most famous play in nfl history?

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Re: Jack Tatum dies from heart attack
« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2010, 01:44:19 PM »
Quote from: Earl1972 on July 31, 2010, 01:37:58 PM
what does that have to do with him not going for the sure tackle, causing the most famous play in nfl history?

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Re: Jack Tatum dies from heart attack
« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2010, 06:05:10 PM »
Quote from: Mr Nobody on July 31, 2010, 06:32:42 AM
Didnt Lott get his finger cut off rather than miss a game? I think he got it stuck in a face mask or something...

It was the tip of his finger.  I remember it well.  He could have had surgery and would have missed about two weeks or get the tip amputated and played right away.  

Ronnie Lott was a beast.  He was to the secondary what Singletary was to LBs.
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Re: Jack Tatum dies from heart attack
« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2010, 07:55:48 PM »
Quote from: big L dawg on July 31, 2010, 01:44:19 PM
don't hate man its unbecoming of you

i'm not hating

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Re: Jack Tatum dies from heart attack
« Reply #15 on: August 01, 2010, 08:18:39 AM »
Quote from: Earl1972 on July 31, 2010, 01:37:58 PM
what does that have to do with him not going for the sure tackle, causing the most famous play in nfl history?

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Nothing. I'm just disagreeing with you that he was a cheap shot head hunter.
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Re: Jack Tatum dies from heart attack
« Reply #16 on: August 03, 2010, 06:39:08 PM »
Roy was the today version of Jack Tatum!    Until the league came in making rules.   If these rule were back then Tatum would have been out of some major money!
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