Snapshot of a Warrior

Pictured here is New York Giants’ quarterback Y.A. Tittle, right after the Steelers intercepted his screen pass for a touchdown and he suffered a major hit by defensive end John Baker. The photograph was taken by Morris Berman on a September Sunday in Pittsburgh, 1964, and Berman’s editor at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette didn’t run the picture because he wanted an action shot. The Giants ended that season 2-10-2, and Tittle retired at 38. He began a career in insurance and was inducted into the Football Hall of Fame in 1971. Now 80, he lives happily with his wife in Atherton, California and has a daughter, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.