See No. 72 with his back to the camera? That's the #Eagles' Jess Richardson, & he's the last DL in the #NFL to play without a facemask. Even more remarkable, he never lost a tooth. His teammate, Tommy McDonald, was the last to go facemaskless in 1968. The '60 title game is underrated. . . .
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Dan Daly
Safety Don Burroughs (45) making off with the game ball after the #Eagles beat the #Packers at Franklin Field for the 1960 #NFL title.
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It was HOF QB Norm Van Brocklin's last #NFL game. He then became the last player to step from the playing field into a head coaching job (with the expansion #Vikings).
It was Philly coach Buck Shaw's last game too. . . .
The #Eagles replaced Van Brocklin, btw, with another HOF QB, Sonny Jurgensen. The only other time that had happened was when Norm continued on after Bob Waterfield retired from the #Rams.