Publish date:Oct 6, 1995October 6, 1995 Table Of ContentsAuthor:SI StaffBuy the CoverBrowse the MagazineCoverTHE 10 GREATEST GAMESBy Peter KingTHE DAWN OF A NEW ERA NOVEMBER 5, 1950 FORTY FUTURE HALL OF FAMERS TOOK THE FIELD ON A SINGLE FALL AFTERNOON 45 YEARS AGOBy Michael SilverTOUGH AS NAILS THE GAME'S HARDEST CASES HAVE RANGED FROM COURAGEOUS TO CONTEMPTIBLE TO JUST PLAIN CRAZYBy Austin MurphyMR. HOLLYWOOD AND THE DUTCHMAN TWO LEGENDS, BOB WATERFIELD AND NORM VAN BROCKLIN, SHARED A JOB AT QUARTERBACK FOR THE GREAT POSTWAR RAM TEAMSBy Ron FimriteEPIC RUN THE HEROES OF PRO FOOTBALL'S FIRST FOUR DECADES FORGED THE SPRAWLING GAME THAT IS THE MODERN-DAY NFLTHE GAME'S GREATEST RECEIVER DON HUTSON REMAINS THE STANDARD BY WHICH ALL WIDEOUTS ARE MEASUREDBy John GarrityPIGSKIN ON TURKEY DAY IN THEIR LEAN YEARS AS WELL AS THEIR PROSPEROUS ONES, THE DETROIT LIONS HAVE MADE THEIR ANNUAL THANKSGIVING GAME A CHERISHED NATIONAL EVENTBy Leigh Montville1925 1935 1945 1955 1965 1975By Peter KingGANGS OF FOUR THE FOUR-MAN DEFENSIVE LINES, BORN IN THE '50S, RULED THE NFL UNTIL CHANGES IN THE GAME SPELLED THEIR DOOMBy Paul ZimmermanDAY ONE THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE AFL MET THE ARROGANCE OF THE NFL IN SUPER BOWL IBy Paul ZimmermanDepartments
