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 by aeneas1
5 years 10 months ago
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United States of America   Norcal
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 by snackdaddy
5 years 10 months ago
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United States of America   Merced California
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Wow, I thought they didn't use electronic devices back then. I wonder if every team used that or the Rams had an advantage being close to all the technology in Hollywood?

 by Hacksaw
5 years 10 months ago
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United States of America   AT THE BEACH
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and what a difference 60+ years makes. shoot the Rams were only 19-20 yrs old then and already innovating.

 by aeneas1
5 years 10 months ago
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snackdaddy wrote:Wow, I thought they didn't use electronic devices back then. I wonder if every team used that or the Rams had an advantage being close to all the technology in Hollywood?


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The experiment with electronic coach-to-player communications began in 1956. According to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, that’s when Ohio inventors John Campbell and George Sarles presented Hall of Fame coach Paul Brown of the Cleveland Browns with a radio receiver they had developed. They suggested Brown place the device in the quarterback’s helmet and relay calls to him directly, rather than sending in plays with substitute players.

It was banned shortly after its first use. But the NFL embraced an improved coach-to-quarterback communications system nearly 40 years later.

Brown first used the system secretly in an exhibition game against the Detroit Lions. The Lions’ coaching staff noticed that Brown wasn’t substituting players as he usually did, and eventually spotted the transmitter behind a wooden light post on the sideline.

Other teams scrambled to devise their own units, but none were as effective as the Campbell-Sarles version. Even that device encountered technical issues — for example, the quarterback intermittently heard a nearby taxi dispatcher instead of the head coach. The Browns used radio helmet technology in three more games before NFL Commissioner Bert Bell banned its use leaguewide.

In 1994, with coaches still using hand signals and player substitutions to call plays, the NFL approved a new version of the system, available to all teams. Once again, coaches could communicate directly with quarterbacks between plays.

http://mayorcitysports.org/2018/03/tech ... perations/

 by Claremontram
5 years 10 months ago
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United States of America   LA Coliseum
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I drive a 1956 Chevy Nomad. Some things never change. :)

 by Hacksaw
5 years 10 months ago
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Claremontram wrote:I drive a 1956 Chevy Nomad. Some things never change. :)

And some things should never change. Awesome car.
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 by Claremontram
5 years 10 months ago
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Hacksaw:

Thanks. That's my car, only it has a white and trim with infernal red.

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