Video highlights of his pivotal pass interception in Super Bowl V have received plenty of television time over the years. So has the 1971 video of him whacking a fan who ran out on the field to steal a football.
While the Colts were waiting for the Miami Dolphins to come out of the huddle, a fan ran out on the field at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore and grabbed the ball. While his teammates stood there stunned, Curtis instinctively reacted with a crunching forearm block.
The fan spent a couple hours in jail and a couple hours in the hospital being treated for dizziness.
That player-fan confrontation was even brought up by sports commentators in the aftermath of the recent incident at the Detroit Pistons-Indiana Pacers basketball game, in which players charged into the stands and rowdy fans went on the court in Detroit.
"They mentioned that if Curtis would have been there it wouldn't have happened," he said with a laugh.