Until the internet, DECADES after '67... I was alone. I knew no other Rams fans. Actually... in '67 very few of my friends even followed football... it just wasn't a big deal around here then.
I was no more alone had I been on 100 sq ft. island in the middle of the Indian ocean.
Media was nearly non-existent. I had magazines that usually reported the football news some months after the season ended.
What I'm getting at is: I don't know how others considered the FF... I can only speak for myself... and for me... Grier and Brown BOTH were members of the FF.