Steroids Were Doctors’ Rx For Football in the ’60s »

Steroids Were Doctors’ Rx For Football in the ’60s

Bobby Waters, young quarterback in the NFL, held high hopes entering training camp for the San Francisco 49ers in 1962. The 24-year-old was vying to start in coach Red Hickey’s “shotgun” formation, banking on his athleticism in the run-and-gun offense to win the job. John Brodie and Billy Kilmer also contended at quarterback, but both [...]

The 1980s: Steroid Juicers Rule NFL Jungle »

The 1980s: Steroid Juicers Rule NFL Jungle

“If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out, and it wouldn’t be the f*cking monkey.”
-Lyle Alzado, NFL lineman, circa 1980s
Steve Courson strode into the Pittsburgh neighborhood drugstore, looking huge and menacing in gym shorts and tank top. Other customers gawked at Courson’s massiveness, the muscles bulging on [...]

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