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Phogge, Bobb, Y.A. Is gone - SpokaneLee - 10-09-2017
Our vintage, man. Many good memories. Do you have a good story?
Wiki:During the decade of the 1950s the 49ers were known for their so-called "Million Dollar Backfield", consisting of four future Hall of Fame members: quarterback Y. A. Tittle and running backs John Henry Johnson, Hugh McElhenny, and Joe Perry. They became the only full-house backfield inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Only McElhenny is still alive, and he turns 89 at the end of this year.
R.I.P. Y.A.,
![[Image: tittle-12.jpg?w=620]](http://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tittle-12.jpg?w=620)
Re: Phogge, Bobb, Y.A. Is gone - BobK - 10-09-2017
Saw them play, 1954 probably. I have the book Million Dollar Backfield, time to read it again. "Just call me YA" had an insurance company El Camino and California in Paly for years.Â
Re: Phogge, Bobb, Y.A. Is gone - Phogge - 10-09-2017
Tittle, Perry, Mac, John Henry.
Also the Alphabet Backfield: YA, RC Owens, CR Roberts, JD Smith.
Did an HBO Tittle interview about 10 years ago. Gracious man and then we crushed some Venetian blinds on his office door taking some gear to our van. HBO paid for them.
Re: Phogge, Bobb, Y.A. Is gone - CowboyIndian - 10-09-2017
(10-09-2017, 06:23 PM)SpokaneLee link Wrote:Only McElhenny is still alive, and he turns 89 at the end of this year.
Is UDub still paying him?
Re: Phogge, Bobb, Y.A. Is gone - Phogge - 10-09-2017
He actually took a pay cut to play for the Niners.
Re: Phogge, Bobb, Y.A. Is gone - Stymie - 10-10-2017
I grew up outside of NYC and got to watch YA in his prime. I admired his skills, but didn't root for him as I was an ardent Browns fan in my early teens. Why? Well, then and now I always most enjoyed greatness rather than just skills, and Jim Brown was the greatest player of that time. Tittle was a skilled warrior, but Brown was a man amongst boys.