“That little monkey. The theorem was that he was too small to play in the NFL.”

— Howard Cosell

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Referring to Mike Adamle during an Exhibition Hall of Fame Game, Kansas City Chiefs vs. New York Giants, Fawcett Stadium, Canton Ohio, July 29, 1972.

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