Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Instant Replay- The Unedited Edition

Coach Lombardi didn't come to practice today. Norm Hecker ran the drills while the Coach was busy in the film room. You see the Packers were one of the first teams to use film extensively in the game preparation. Which was all because of our video coordinator Bob Crane.

Yes that Bob Crane. Long before he was the star of "Hogan's Hero's Bob was a radio disc jockey in Madison Wisconsin but in his spare time he would film practice and our home games. Coach Lombardi spent a lot of time with him going over the film. Or at least I think it was the films of the game. They would spend hours behind locked doors and when they would bring the rest of in there would only be a few brief snippet to watch.

And the table would always be sticky.
(Instant Replay- The Unedited Edition, Jerry Kramer & Dick Schaap Random House 1968)

2 comments:

ndspinelli said...

Bob Crane was the AM disc jockey @ WBIS in Bristol, Ct., my hometown.

rcocean said...

Yes, they never suspect the clown.