Gerry Cheevers in 1969 |
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Raw film footage from the Oklahoma City Blazers locker room after a championship victory, probably 1965-66 or 1966-67. The Blazers were a minor league team affiliated with the Boston Bruins at the time, and I'm fairly certain the famed Gerry Cheevers is seen clowning around naked and later being interviewed. Gerry Cheevers was a household name and local hero when I was growing up in the Boston suburbs.
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June 18th, 1886 is the birthday of English mountaineer George Mallory. His disappearance on that mountain in 1924 became one of the most celebrated mysteries of the 20th century. Mallory's body was discovered in 1999, though it is unknown if he reached the summit of Everest before dying. Thanks to tar-mairo1986 for posting these on the ClassicMale subreddit.
All photos taken by Vanessa Bell circa 1912 when Mallory would have been be 26. This is how he was described by Lytton Strachey (George had ...
Great footage! What a treasure!!
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing they edited out the naked shots when this was aired on TV.
ReplyDeleteYes this is obviously raw footage and not edited.
DeleteThis is wonderful, wish there were a thousand tapes like this, thank you
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! There probably are, sitting in the vaults at ESPN and local TV stations.
DeleteDick Cherry is also hanging some uncut hose back there.
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