Ken Stabler, Quarterback, Oakland Raiders

Ken Stabler, Quarterback, Oakland Raiders
Merv Corning
June 16, 1926 - September 2006
Artist Biography
Acquisition Number: 2017.37
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Size: 10 ¼” x 19 ½”
Date: 1975
Credit: Gift from Tula Corning In loving memory of Merv Corning

"Very few people are allowed the privilege of seeing pro football up close. I am one of those guys and I can tell you it's different on the field. Ken Stabler was of of the great players I got to see first hand and to paint more than once. I hope this study shows the fatigue, weariness, and physical meanness of the game. It's no sport for the faint of heart, especially when, as a quarterback, you hang in there until the last fraction of a second, waiting for your guy to come free. Stabler did that and more and lived to tell about it. What a great quarterback." - Merv Corning