An NFL fan's worst nightmare happened on Nov. 17, 1968. Here's the story of "The Heidi Game," when an epic shootout between the Jets and Raiders was interrupted by a Shirley Temple movie at the ...

11/17/1968 - The Heidi Game. By David Pincus Aug 17, 2009, 3:00am EDT ... it occurred during a tense part of the movie where Heidi's friend Klara was getting out of her wheelchair for the first time.

The 1968 film Heidi, starring Jennifer Edwards, was based on a best-selling children's book about an 8-year-old Swiss orphan. Forty-four years ago, a little girl changed the world of sports in an ...

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The Heidi Game - November 17, 1968 Jul 18, 2019 With the score 32-29 at 7:00 p.m. ET, NBC switched the game over to their regularly scheduled programming - the children's movie Heidi.

1968’s ‘Heidi Game,’ when the sailing wasn’t so smooth. ... 1968. With the Jets leading 32-29, NBC cut away from the game at exactly 7 p.m. Eastern time to air the made-for-TV movie ...

– 1968: The ”Heidi” television special starts on time and cuts off the NBC broadcast of the Oakland-New York Jets game in the final minutes, leaving viewers unaware that the Raiders score ...

The 1968 film Heidi, starring Jennifer Edwards, was based on a best-selling children's book about an 8-year-old Swiss orphan. NBC/NBC via Getty Images hide caption ...