Sports I Tell You!

It was sports! Sports, I tell you. That's the glue wot bonded the Blazer Boys together back in the old days. It certainly wasn't any shared interest in gardening or yard work. And it wasn't video games or blogs either, because neither of those space-age distractions existed in the mid 60s. The word 'blog' probably would have stumped us into total silence.

Nope, it was football, hockey, baseball and tennis for this group of wayward youth. Mostly football and hockey - mostly played right on the street - and mostly without the participation of Dougie. Doug was a bit of a misfit in this regard - the only Blazer unwilling to join in with all the sports stuff. He just didn't fancy all the running around I guess. But a few years later in the 70s, he would join us for midnight roller hockey games at Stardust, so that kinda made up for it.

I never owned a decent football myself. We always had to rely on Don to supply the best looking, best handling footballs for all the tossin' and bootin' we did each season at Blazer Stadium. (Blog report coming up soon on Blazer Stadium.) I seem to recall that I once owned a hard plastic football that was originally a container for some liquid; maybe laundry detergent; complete with a nasty spout opening at one of the pointy ends. There was no way you could punt something like that. Forget it.

The clips supplied in the short video below capture a few sporting moments with the Blazers. All Blazers (except Rob) can be found at some point in here. And to replace Rob in the lineup, we've uncovered more exciting footage of 'Big Al' and his brother Randy which we've tastefully added for a more comprehensive viewing experience.