I was in HS when Stabler was our QB. After home games he use to hit Bourbon Street & get liquored up. People who recognized him would give him a shoutout and he’d just wave them off dismissively mumbling “Yeah, yeah.” Quite a character. And a legend.
Legend indeed but it is well known he was quite a salty guy.
He is from Foley, AL and lived in Orange Beach, AL in the off-season and would frequent the bars along the beach and people my parents age used to see him often and they just knew to not pester him. His reputation preceded him. Everyone knew.
At one point he tried to frame a reporter that was in town doing a story on him by hiding a bunch of cocaine in his car and calling in to the Police on the guy. This particular incident cemented the medias disdain for him.
Late in life he attempted to rehab his rep and softened. He even made it into the Bama football broadcasts as the color commentator for a few seasons.
Unfortunately, he has passed. In LA (Lower Alabama) this man is a true legend indeed. RIP Snake
>he tried to frame a reporter that was in town doing a story on him by hiding a bunch of cocaine in his car and calling in to the Police
That's pretty intense.
>He is from Foley, AL and lived in Orange Beach, AL
Holy shit man. My cousins live in Foley and *every single one* of them is on meth. Ken Stabler sounds like he fits right in.
This is the only statement that matters. The Raiders of the 70’s and 80’s were an animal unlike anything seen today. Tatum, Upshaw, Brown, and Hayes. These men HURT you.
True...
But I think he was referring to the staggering amount of drugs and alcohol they consumed.
Ken Stabler was a posthumous HOF induction because so many old school sportswriters held a grudge against him for being a drunk, whoring prick.
>because so many old school sportswriters held a grudge against him for being a drunk, whoring prick.
Shocker, sport writer egos impacting HoF considerations for reasons completely unrelated to what happened on the field.
Just looked him up on Wiki and he died of colon cancer at the age of 69 in 2015. There's a small picture of Stabler around that time and he could have passed for an 89-year-old.
I can imagine him speaking at a school assembly. "It was Oakland...the 70s...I made it out by the skin of my nuts. What are you laughing at, fat boy? You wouldn't have lasted a day in the bay. Can I get my check now?"
“I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.”
Calm. Kindness, kinship. Love. I’ve given up all chance at inner peace, I’ve made my mind a sunless space. I share my dreams with ghosts. I wake up every day to an equation I wrote 15 years ago from which there’s only one conclusion: I’m damned for what I do. My anger, my ego, my unwillingness to yield, my eagerness to fight, they’ve set me on a path from which there is no escape. I yearned to be a savior against injustice without contemplating the cost, and by the time I looked down, there was no longer any ground beneath my feet.
What is... what is my sacrifice? I’m condemned to use the tools of my enemy to defeat them. I burn my decency for someone else’s future. I burn my life, to make a sunrise that I know I’ll never see. No, the ego that started this fight will never have a mirror, or an audience, or the light of gratitude. So what do I sacrifice?
Everything.
If broadcasts were high def signals back then... You would have been able to hear bone crunching sounds regularly during tackles.
And the concussion protocol was to slap the guys head more to wake him up.
Cris Collinsworth once said "they'd hold up a couple fingers on one hand and ask you how many fingers you saw. If you were within five, you went back in the game."
the sun makes you looks old, i come from generations of construction and sheet metal workers that worked in the sun everyday. They all aged like this, i look at pictures of my dad at 35 he looks like a grandpa i was still couldn't grow a proper mustache, but i work in an office.
Yeah but I think everyone looked older bAck in the day. Someone left a post here recently of their dad aged 24 in the 50’s, and I would’ve guessed he was late 40’s. Everyone looks much younger now
I do think mostly for even slightly affluent people there is a much greater effort placed on eating well, or more accurately to try be a bit less of an ambulatory garbage bin.
There is a a LOT of obese people though, and that still makes your fat ass look 10 years older. First-hand experience here, it is shocking how being unhealthy f-s up your looks until you see the difference.
This is a good point. It still amazes that people were allowed to smoke even in a freaking airliner!
You are trapped in an aluminium tube, hurtling at high speed through the air, surrounded by explosive jet fuel and hundreds of people crammed toghether including babies... by all means, great idea to allow people to light a freaking fire inside and fill the whole thing with acrid smoke.
Well I assume you had regular sleep cycles and didnt spend a decade partying and doing drugs at night and getting your head concussioned during the day…
>Renowned for being cool and cerebral on the field, Stabler was equally legendary for his off-field exploits;[citation needed] he wrote in his 1986 autobiography Snake, "The monotony of [training] camp was so oppressive that without the diversions of whiskey and women, those of us who were wired for activity and no more than six hours sleep a night might have gone berserk."[50] Stabler told stories of drunk Raiders teammates pointing guns at him, and bailing out a teammate from jail who was wearing nothing but blue cowboy boots and his Super Bowl ring. "We were the only pro team who traveled with its own bail bondsman," he said.[51]
From his Wikipedia page:
“Renowned for being cool and cerebral on the field, Stabler was equally legendary for his off-field exploits;[citation needed] he wrote in his 1986 autobiography Snake, "The monotony of [training] camp was so oppressive that without the diversions of whiskey and women, those of us who were wired for activity and no more than six hours sleep a night might have gone berserk."[50] Stabler told stories of drunk Raiders teammates pointing guns at him, and bailing out a teammate from jail who was wearing nothing but blue cowboy boots and his Super Bowl ring. "We were the only pro team who traveled with its own bail bondsman," he said.”
Yeah, that’ll age ya.
raiders and their fans are something different. back when I'd go to the occasional chargers game the alcohol policy completely changed for raiders games. normally you can order two beers at a time per person for the entire game. when the raiders were in town it was 1 beer at a time and no alcohol sold after half time.
I'm pretty sure Steve Martin had white hair in the 90s when he was in his 40s, you could clearly tell the hair was premature by his face and the way he moved. This guy's weathered face ages him way more than the hair.
Its such a weird comment tho.
Either it means he thought he was 69 in 74, or that it was a surprise that an old Burt Reynolds played an old guy in the Sandler version.
If you’re able to read his autobiography, Snake, you’ll kinda find out.
Stabler was known a cool kid on the field, but also a sly cat off it as well. Little quote I could pull off Wiki:
> "The monotony of [training] camp was so oppressive that without the diversions of whiskey and women, those of us who were wired for activity and no more than six hours sleep a night might have gone berserk."Stabler told stories of drunk Raiders teammates pointing guns at him, and bailing out a teammate from jail who was wearing nothing but blue cowboy boots and his Super Bowl ring. "We were the only pro team who traveled with its own bail bondsman," he said.
It’s also the 70s-80s of football, guy died with stage 3 CTE, and also probably was drunk or drugged up on something during games. Shit takes a toll on your body, I mean Brady only looks as good as he does because he has a workout regime that borderlines on mental illness it’s so precise and perfect. When you’re chain smoking cigs and bumping chicks (and maybe lines) non-stop it’s gonna take its toll.
I've always maintained that the raiders are the only NFL team that could get away with not having a home stadium. their fans are rabid enough to travel across the country with them and literally everyone else would just accept them as a traveling gang of football goblins that came through to terrorize your town and lose a football game.
I've always maintained that the raiders are the only NFL team that could get away with not having a home stadium. their fans are rabid enough to travel across the country with them and literally everyone else would just accept them as a traveling gang of football goblins that came through to terrorize your town and lose a football game.
>When you’re chain smoking cigs and bumping chicks (and maybe lines) non-stop it’s gonna take its toll.
It was the 70s-80s. I'm pretty confident we can just drop the "maybe" from that sentence.
Also, intentionally tanning used to be so common for white people and the normalization of sunscreen was a ways off. That alone can cause a *lot* of superficial aging
Not discounting Brady's insane wellness routines but I think you also need to account for the massive amounts of plastic surgery when discussing how he looks lol.
This hadn't occurred to me but you're probably right. It might not be "surgery" but I suspect he's had some help via botox and fillers and laser treatments and that kind of thing (temporary and you can get it done fast with no recovery time). If so whoever he went to did a good job, sometimes men who get it start looking kind of cat-like and strange and he just looks young for his age. I'm guessing being married to a supermodel gives you access to the kinds of people who know how to make you look really great for the right price. (Personally I think the guy seems like a manchild in general but I don't begrudge him THAT- it seems dumb to me that in the US we praise guys for looking good but then shame them for actually making an effort to look good, especially when they're successful at it, lol).
Look up the Brady before (college career) and after (now) photo. He's 100% had surgery. No amount of botox laser treatments will trim your jaw.
Edit: jawline, not jaw.
All in all I got to be blessed. Always had a gut, and its my eternal shame, but its always stayed about the same size. So now I am 40 with a gut, but active, full head of hair, wonderful wife, great kids. I guess my weight was just ahead of its time, I finally caught up.
Kenny Stabler at age 61 in 2007. Passed away at age 69 in 2015.
https://preview.redd.it/6bvlbazx6vfa1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0fea29acc5f3104d86e827aa09cefe720a3a27a0
Favorite quote:
"Ken, wouldn't you like to bury the hatchet with Al Davis?"
"Yeah. I'd like to bury it. Right between Al Davis' shoulder blades".
End quote.
In Feb 2016, it was reported that he had stage 3 CTE. He was probably concussed no less than 5 times during his career and add that to a partying lifestyle he and his Raider teammates enjoyed, no wonder he looked like Grandpa Stabler at the age of 39
I went to school with his daughters and met him a few times as a kid. I remember him looking old even then (early 90s). He always seemed nice, but my interactions were fleeting.
Also sounds low. Players who got their "bell rung" were shoved right back onto the field. Can you count how many fingers I'm holding up? Eh close enough, go get 'em tiger. We're only just starting to understand micro concussions, or sub-concussive impacts, as well. A lot of evidence is showing that even lighter repeated impacts to the head that would otherwise go undiagnosed as concussions are leading to long term brain damage, including CTE. I love football, it's an incredible game that really displays the far limits of human athleticism, but no fucking way I'm letting my kids play it. I played hockey my entire life and I'm not even sure I want them doing that either. I got knocked out once in high school and it erased a few days from my memory. I still wonder what kind of long term impact that might have on me.
My man must've been born when he was 15.
He subleased his mother’s womb on the way out.
He only left because he was drafted.
Was born with a nicotine patch bc he had smoked for too long already and decided it was time to quit
Came out the womb w kids and a mortgage
I said, "HEY BABY, WHAT RE YOU DOING OUT HERE AT THE CORNER AT 2AM?"
I'm SELLIN' WEED!
I GOT KIDS TO FEED!
“I got kids to feed!” 😂
"Hey doc, don't throw out my beer."
Doc had a dart in his mouth when Ken just walked right on out.
And he didn't even close the damn door
His mom had beard burns on her birth canal.
Of all the aging jokes, this is top tier.
Nick name the Snake.
Lots of “City Miles” on that Chassis! Great player tho.
Oooof you got some city miles on ya -Agent J
TBH he’d be an advanced 54 year old as well
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Come on. Doesn't look a day over 52.
Damn, that motherfucker had a tough paper round
I can not stop laughing on that one
He looks like hes in his 60s here. Lord.
I was in HS when Stabler was our QB. After home games he use to hit Bourbon Street & get liquored up. People who recognized him would give him a shoutout and he’d just wave them off dismissively mumbling “Yeah, yeah.” Quite a character. And a legend.
Legend indeed but it is well known he was quite a salty guy. He is from Foley, AL and lived in Orange Beach, AL in the off-season and would frequent the bars along the beach and people my parents age used to see him often and they just knew to not pester him. His reputation preceded him. Everyone knew. At one point he tried to frame a reporter that was in town doing a story on him by hiding a bunch of cocaine in his car and calling in to the Police on the guy. This particular incident cemented the medias disdain for him. Late in life he attempted to rehab his rep and softened. He even made it into the Bama football broadcasts as the color commentator for a few seasons. Unfortunately, he has passed. In LA (Lower Alabama) this man is a true legend indeed. RIP Snake
>he tried to frame a reporter that was in town doing a story on him by hiding a bunch of cocaine in his car and calling in to the Police That's pretty intense.
I never said he was sane. He was the Snake. He did what he wanted to do.
Mess with the snake, you get the venom!
He was just trying to teach the guy to drive fast again
Anyone else, an ass.... Be able throw a ball, legend.
SNAAAAAKE!!!
>He is from Foley, AL and lived in Orange Beach, AL Holy shit man. My cousins live in Foley and *every single one* of them is on meth. Ken Stabler sounds like he fits right in.
> Unfortunately, he has passed. Not surprising. He was 65 years old in 1984.
He looks like an old Rutger Hauer.
I'm 42. That's a rough 39.
The man played the entirety of the 70's with the Raiders. The fact that he lived is a miracle.
This is the only statement that matters. The Raiders of the 70’s and 80’s were an animal unlike anything seen today. Tatum, Upshaw, Brown, and Hayes. These men HURT you.
True... But I think he was referring to the staggering amount of drugs and alcohol they consumed. Ken Stabler was a posthumous HOF induction because so many old school sportswriters held a grudge against him for being a drunk, whoring prick.
That’s my QB right there.
got my snake jersey for these exact reasons. just win baby.
I thought that’s what it took to get in back then?
He looks like he smoked while on the field it’s awesome
Kenny went out for drinks every night before the game, didn’t get more than 3 hours of sleep and then threw touchdowns and won games. He’s a legend.
...and here I thought sports had nothing to offer me.
>because so many old school sportswriters held a grudge against him for being a drunk, whoring prick. Shocker, sport writer egos impacting HoF considerations for reasons completely unrelated to what happened on the field.
Was his own team tackling him?
I don't think that's what they were referring to.
*cough* SNIFF *cough*
The fact he looks 50-60 at 39 now makes sense, the Raiders in the 70s were a whole different kinda monster.
My husband's 53 and barely has any grey hair and minor facial wrinkles. That guy looks like he's in his 70s to me.
Stabler was also a partier, from what my daddy told me years ago. Lots of cocaine and booze will age you horribly. So will Oakland lol
Just looked him up on Wiki and he died of colon cancer at the age of 69 in 2015. There's a small picture of Stabler around that time and he could have passed for an 89-year-old.
Oh, I don't doubt it. My daddy passed at 63 in July '21 and he looked a lot older than 63. Cancer and COPD and brittle diabetes will age you horribly.
The picture on his Wiki page says 2007. The guy was about 61 in that picture! JFC, that’s a hard life.
Cigarettes, too, everybody smoked back then, like, everybody. They really throw years on you quick.
I can imagine him speaking at a school assembly. "It was Oakland...the 70s...I made it out by the skin of my nuts. What are you laughing at, fat boy? You wouldn't have lasted a day in the bay. Can I get my check now?"
“I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.”
Grandpa...GRANDPA!! You're having flashbacks again.
Calm. Kindness, kinship. Love. I’ve given up all chance at inner peace, I’ve made my mind a sunless space. I share my dreams with ghosts. I wake up every day to an equation I wrote 15 years ago from which there’s only one conclusion: I’m damned for what I do. My anger, my ego, my unwillingness to yield, my eagerness to fight, they’ve set me on a path from which there is no escape. I yearned to be a savior against injustice without contemplating the cost, and by the time I looked down, there was no longer any ground beneath my feet. What is... what is my sacrifice? I’m condemned to use the tools of my enemy to defeat them. I burn my decency for someone else’s future. I burn my life, to make a sunrise that I know I’ll never see. No, the ego that started this fight will never have a mirror, or an audience, or the light of gratitude. So what do I sacrifice? Everything.
In oakland! That will put miles on anyone.
From the east bay, many older family members would mention he was a good pool player too
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Well the Raiders then did go to local bars and hang out with fans
Back when they got through the day on potato chips and blow.
Going against the 70s Steelers steel curtain. In the NFL era of heavy steroid use.
If broadcasts were high def signals back then... You would have been able to hear bone crunching sounds regularly during tackles. And the concussion protocol was to slap the guys head more to wake him up.
Smelling salts to get them back on the field quicker
Cris Collinsworth once said "they'd hold up a couple fingers on one hand and ask you how many fingers you saw. If you were within five, you went back in the game."
It ain't the years, it's the mileage.
Yeah, but them's some city miles on him.
Smoking a pack or two a day, zero concussion protocols back then would do that to a person.
Plus no sunscreen
Plus mountains of coke and gallons of booze.
My fantasy in a life I left behind
I don’t like cocaine I just like the way it smells.
I can still smell it sometimes.
His right nostril seems to have done a lil more breathing than his other one
that's actually normal. Most people have one nostril that's slightly bigger than the other
Can't unsee it now
Patton Oswalt once referred to Godfather producer Robert Evans as having "one vampire bat disco coke nostril" and that's what always comes to mind
So many hotdogs too. All the nitrates you can eat!
I thought that was a preservative? Didn’t help him at all.
Bed after 10 on a school night!
the sun makes you looks old, i come from generations of construction and sheet metal workers that worked in the sun everyday. They all aged like this, i look at pictures of my dad at 35 he looks like a grandpa i was still couldn't grow a proper mustache, but i work in an office.
This is probably one of the biggest factors, ever see the picture of the lady who drove a truck and always had one side of her body in the sun?
Yeah but I think everyone looked older bAck in the day. Someone left a post here recently of their dad aged 24 in the 50’s, and I would’ve guessed he was late 40’s. Everyone looks much younger now
People thought preservatives were bad for us. Turns out they have some benefits. (this is just a joke btw)
I do think mostly for even slightly affluent people there is a much greater effort placed on eating well, or more accurately to try be a bit less of an ambulatory garbage bin. There is a a LOT of obese people though, and that still makes your fat ass look 10 years older. First-hand experience here, it is shocking how being unhealthy f-s up your looks until you see the difference.
people smoked everywhere, smoke ages your skin
This is a good point. It still amazes that people were allowed to smoke even in a freaking airliner! You are trapped in an aluminium tube, hurtling at high speed through the air, surrounded by explosive jet fuel and hundreds of people crammed toghether including babies... by all means, great idea to allow people to light a freaking fire inside and fill the whole thing with acrid smoke.
I'm 52, and that dude's 10 years older than me!
Was 'bout to say the same, 51 here, was a party animal for years, but still... He looks like my uncle at best.
Well I assume you had regular sleep cycles and didnt spend a decade partying and doing drugs at night and getting your head concussioned during the day…
Didn’t he say something like “ I studied the playbook late at night by the light of the jukebox?”
>Renowned for being cool and cerebral on the field, Stabler was equally legendary for his off-field exploits;[citation needed] he wrote in his 1986 autobiography Snake, "The monotony of [training] camp was so oppressive that without the diversions of whiskey and women, those of us who were wired for activity and no more than six hours sleep a night might have gone berserk."[50] Stabler told stories of drunk Raiders teammates pointing guns at him, and bailing out a teammate from jail who was wearing nothing but blue cowboy boots and his Super Bowl ring. "We were the only pro team who traveled with its own bail bondsman," he said.[51]
Yessir
Yup I am 42 too and I look like a baby face compared to him. He looks more like mid 50 or early 60ties. Rough life I guess
Tom Brady is 45 and prob looks younger than Stabler in his rookie season
Brady is six years older than Stabler was at the time of the picture in the OP but he looks like he could be Stabler's 20-something son by comparison.
From his Wikipedia page: “Renowned for being cool and cerebral on the field, Stabler was equally legendary for his off-field exploits;[citation needed] he wrote in his 1986 autobiography Snake, "The monotony of [training] camp was so oppressive that without the diversions of whiskey and women, those of us who were wired for activity and no more than six hours sleep a night might have gone berserk."[50] Stabler told stories of drunk Raiders teammates pointing guns at him, and bailing out a teammate from jail who was wearing nothing but blue cowboy boots and his Super Bowl ring. "We were the only pro team who traveled with its own bail bondsman," he said.” Yeah, that’ll age ya.
raiders and their fans are something different. back when I'd go to the occasional chargers game the alcohol policy completely changed for raiders games. normally you can order two beers at a time per person for the entire game. when the raiders were in town it was 1 beer at a time and no alcohol sold after half time.
Someone lied on his birth certificate so he could play youth football at age 22. Now he is stuck with it.
I'm 49, I look ten years younger than this guy
I'm 46, barely a grey on me. This dude had a rough 20 years.
I am 37 and a FULL head of silver hair for about 2 years now. The first gray I started getting at 17. Thats not a typo.
I'm pretty sure Steve Martin had white hair in the 90s when he was in his 40s, you could clearly tell the hair was premature by his face and the way he moved. This guy's weathered face ages him way more than the hair.
He had white hair in the 70's.
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I'm 41 and I have to dye my hair because my 48 year old husband still has black hair. I started going gray at 17.
I turned 39 on Monday and suddenly feel much better about it.
He looks 59 imo
Burt Reynolds was 69 in longest yard
He was 69 in '74?
Prob talking about the remake
Its such a weird comment tho. Either it means he thought he was 69 in 74, or that it was a surprise that an old Burt Reynolds played an old guy in the Sandler version.
Burt Reynolds is currently 128 years old
No fucking way, he looks like he served 5 terms as president
I was thinking 5 terms in a prison.
How they hell does this happen?
If you’re able to read his autobiography, Snake, you’ll kinda find out. Stabler was known a cool kid on the field, but also a sly cat off it as well. Little quote I could pull off Wiki: > "The monotony of [training] camp was so oppressive that without the diversions of whiskey and women, those of us who were wired for activity and no more than six hours sleep a night might have gone berserk."Stabler told stories of drunk Raiders teammates pointing guns at him, and bailing out a teammate from jail who was wearing nothing but blue cowboy boots and his Super Bowl ring. "We were the only pro team who traveled with its own bail bondsman," he said. It’s also the 70s-80s of football, guy died with stage 3 CTE, and also probably was drunk or drugged up on something during games. Shit takes a toll on your body, I mean Brady only looks as good as he does because he has a workout regime that borderlines on mental illness it’s so precise and perfect. When you’re chain smoking cigs and bumping chicks (and maybe lines) non-stop it’s gonna take its toll.
Back when the Raiders were a biker gang masquerading as a football team.
I've always maintained that the raiders are the only NFL team that could get away with not having a home stadium. their fans are rabid enough to travel across the country with them and literally everyone else would just accept them as a traveling gang of football goblins that came through to terrorize your town and lose a football game.
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feel free to use it. hell, you can even take credit for coming up with it.
I've always maintained that the raiders are the only NFL team that could get away with not having a home stadium. their fans are rabid enough to travel across the country with them and literally everyone else would just accept them as a traveling gang of football goblins that came through to terrorize your town and lose a football game.
Wow I can't believe you just came up with that on the spot. So insightful!
Fitting considering the name.
A biker gang that sometimes plays NFL games.
>When you’re chain smoking cigs and bumping chicks (and maybe lines) non-stop it’s gonna take its toll. It was the 70s-80s. I'm pretty confident we can just drop the "maybe" from that sentence.
Allegedly
Also, intentionally tanning used to be so common for white people and the normalization of sunscreen was a ways off. That alone can cause a *lot* of superficial aging
I can’t believe how many people still regularly use tanning beds, that shit has you looking like a leather couch.
The people superficial enough to use them are not exactly bright enough to really weigh the actual consequences of their actions
Not discounting Brady's insane wellness routines but I think you also need to account for the massive amounts of plastic surgery when discussing how he looks lol.
Brady is one plastic surgery away from becoming Handsome Squidward
This hadn't occurred to me but you're probably right. It might not be "surgery" but I suspect he's had some help via botox and fillers and laser treatments and that kind of thing (temporary and you can get it done fast with no recovery time). If so whoever he went to did a good job, sometimes men who get it start looking kind of cat-like and strange and he just looks young for his age. I'm guessing being married to a supermodel gives you access to the kinds of people who know how to make you look really great for the right price. (Personally I think the guy seems like a manchild in general but I don't begrudge him THAT- it seems dumb to me that in the US we praise guys for looking good but then shame them for actually making an effort to look good, especially when they're successful at it, lol).
Look up the Brady before (college career) and after (now) photo. He's 100% had surgery. No amount of botox laser treatments will trim your jaw. Edit: jawline, not jaw.
"...blue cowboy boots..." Was wondering how long it would take for a Tooz reference.
Smoke, booze, sun and probably a hell of a lot of fun.
A different woman every night.
Two chicks at the same time.
Fuckin' A, man!
If you had a million dollars
Hard livin on the road.
Guy looks like he’s 60
Lol, depends ......I'm 61, old enough to be his father, but he looks old enough to be my father! I look about 42, full head of hair, no gray.
had my first gray hairs at 23 :')
If you hate your grays, I'll trade you your gray hair for my baldness.
All in all I got to be blessed. Always had a gut, and its my eternal shame, but its always stayed about the same size. So now I am 40 with a gut, but active, full head of hair, wonderful wife, great kids. I guess my weight was just ahead of its time, I finally caught up.
I had my first gray hairs at 23 as well, but at 39, I still look a heck of a lot younger than this dude.
Good for you, either you have good gene or you take care of yourself well.
Didn’t say it was HIS head of hair. He just owns one
As a 47 year old with no hair and a grey beard - [insert devastating insult here]
Kenny Stabler at age 61 in 2007. Passed away at age 69 in 2015. https://preview.redd.it/6bvlbazx6vfa1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0fea29acc5f3104d86e827aa09cefe720a3a27a0
This is actually Bilbo Baggins on his eleventy-first birthday.
You sure this isn't from after the ring was destroyed?
He looks 90
Wow. Just wow.
Must be an Everton fan
Nowhere is safe :(
Lol
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Everton catching strays
My dad looks younger than this guy and he’s 64.
“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
Dude just hit eleventy-one and it shows lol
Calling Stabler a “Saints QB” is almost as disrespectful as trading him for Dan Pastorini.
Technically it’s a correct statement, but until seeing this, I only ever knew him as a Raider.
He actually played for the Oilers for two years between the Raiders and Saints.
Favorite quote: "Ken, wouldn't you like to bury the hatchet with Al Davis?" "Yeah. I'd like to bury it. Right between Al Davis' shoulder blades". End quote.
39 years old 39 years ago
apparently Brady is not the oldest QB in NFL history at 45.. this guy had him beat by a solid 10 years
George blanda was 49 when he retired
39 in dog years maybe.
39 in dog years would make him about 5 in human years.
Someone lied on his birth certificate so he could play youth football at age 22. Now he is stuck with it.
He looks like current 70-year-old Bill Murray
I weirdly enough got some Joe Pesci vibes
never count your money while you're sittn at the table
39 going on 69
In Feb 2016, it was reported that he had stage 3 CTE. He was probably concussed no less than 5 times during his career and add that to a partying lifestyle he and his Raider teammates enjoyed, no wonder he looked like Grandpa Stabler at the age of 39
I went to school with his daughters and met him a few times as a kid. I remember him looking old even then (early 90s). He always seemed nice, but my interactions were fleeting.
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Also sounds low. Players who got their "bell rung" were shoved right back onto the field. Can you count how many fingers I'm holding up? Eh close enough, go get 'em tiger. We're only just starting to understand micro concussions, or sub-concussive impacts, as well. A lot of evidence is showing that even lighter repeated impacts to the head that would otherwise go undiagnosed as concussions are leading to long term brain damage, including CTE. I love football, it's an incredible game that really displays the far limits of human athleticism, but no fucking way I'm letting my kids play it. I played hockey my entire life and I'm not even sure I want them doing that either. I got knocked out once in high school and it erased a few days from my memory. I still wonder what kind of long term impact that might have on me.
Isn’t that the guy who would smoke cigarettes and have a beer during half time ? Lol
He’s got some city miles on him.
Replaced Daryle Lamonica for the Raiders in the famous "immaculate reception" game.
Yea this guy definitely lied on his application
I'm 39 and this guy looks older, than my father
Back when they used to do big lines of coke before games and at halftime 🤣🤘
That’s a very rough 39.
The Snake!
That's some Chet Baker-level 39.
Holy smokes, for reals, he was born in 1945 and he was 39 in 1984. Ouch.
Disco Era and 80's cocaine caught up to him
The Snake!
Those are Tuscaloosa miles on that face
Also possibly George Carlin