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Originally Posted by GpaVader
As a Vikings fan, I recall a certain NFC Championship game, where a liquor bottle was thrown at an official that missed a pass interference call. As stated earlier, it's nothing new...
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Bingo. I was there, Dallas vs. Minnesota, December 1975 playoff game in rickety old Metropolitan Stadium. With under a minute to play Roger Staubach wound up at midfield on fourth-and-16, completing at TD pass that knocked the Vikings out of the playoffs. The orginal "Hail Mary" pass.
Looked like obvious pass interference on Dallas' part but it was not called by Armin Terzian, the referee. As a result he was hit in the forehead with an empty whiskey bottle flung from the bleachers, lacerating his forehead pretty good and knocking him down. That incident got a lot of play in the weeks following. What WASN'T shown however was the fact that the ground around Terzian was littered with whiskey bottles, glasses and other sundry items.
Nothing new under the Sun.