The game before the money: voices of the men who built the NFL

Opening kickoff

Players whose careers began before 1950. Chuck Cherundolo ; Joseph "Buddy" Lex and Clarence "Ace" Parker ; Al "Ox" Wistert ; Nolan Luhn ; Charley Trippi ; Johnny Lujack ; George Taliaferro

Players whose careers began in the 1950s. Yale Lary ; Frank Gifford ; Johnny Lattner ; Cotton Davidson ; Bob Skoronski ; Bart Starr ; Paul Horning ; Sonny Jurgensen ; Jim Taylor ; Don Mayhard

Players whose careers began in the 1960s. Carroll Dale ; Austin "Goose" Gonsoulin ; Dick Frey ; Irv Cross ; Garland Boyette ; Mick Tingelhoff ; Lee Roy Jordan ; Tony Lorick ; Carl Eller ; Dan Reeves ; Walt Garrison ; Ken Houston ; Elvin Bethea ; Bob Griese ; Rocky Bleier

Players whose careers began in the 1970s. Jack Youngblood ; Otis Sistrun ; Conrad Dobler ; Joe DeLamielleure ; Billy "White Shoes" Johnson ; Doug English ; Louie Kelcher ; Chris Bahr

Overtime

Appendix. Monetary figures in 2013 U.S. dollars.