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EPISODE SUMMARY
Since the Arizona Cardinals are the NFLâs oldest team, with roots extending back to 1899, there are many examples of unusual plays, strange accomplishments, and perhaps odd statistics! Most of this stuff has been relegated to history, and remains hidden on yellowed newspapers or dusty microfilm. In other words, once the game or experience is over, weâre likely never to hear about these occurrences again.
As the months and years pass, the information becomes buried, if not simply forgotten. And many of these brief situations that were once in the spotlight soon completely fade, and probably deserve that fate!
Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.
WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND
Each episode takes the listener back to the very early days of the National Football League. Author Joe Ziemba will share a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFLâs two oldest teams: The Bears and the Cardinals. Team championships, individual exploits, or long-buried items of interest from the earliest years of the NFL will be dusted off and resurrected for the listener.
Not for the football faint-of-heart since these programs will document when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business or when Cardinalsâ players earned $15 a game and were proud of it! Itâs NFL historyâwith a twist!. See Joe's books below.
Cadets, Canons, and Legends: The Football History of Morgan Park Military Academy
When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL
Music for the episode - https://www.purple-planet.com/
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When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.
EPISODE SUMMARY
As usual during the staging of the Summer Olympics, numerous stars are born, discovered, and revered forever based on their gold-medal winning performances. World-wide coverage of the numerous events is eagerly followed by millions and many of the champions quickly become household names. Recognition, riches, and honor quickly follow, although not necessarily in that order!
But did you know that a member of the Chicago Cardinals football team was once an Olympic gold medal winner?
Of course, you might think that this would certainly be the great Jim Thorpe, a Cardinal for just one game in 1928, since he won the gold medal in both the decathlon and the pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. But that would be too obviousâŠ
Later, halfback/sprinter Ollie Matson of the Cardinals grabbed both bronze and silver medals while representing the United States during the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. Lots of well-deserved medals for Ollie, but no goldâŠ
Yet there was one other Cardinal who achieved Olympic fame when he was the gold medalist in the decathlon at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. Thousands cheered him, Knute Rockne once called him âthe greatest,â but very few today have ever heard his name.......
Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.
WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND
Each episode takes the listener back to the very early days of the National Football League. Author Joe Ziemba will share a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFLâs two oldest teams: The Bears and the Cardinals. Team championships, individual exploits, or long-buried items of interest from the earliest years of the NFL will be dusted off and resurrected for the listener.
Not for the football faint-of-heart since these programs will document when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business or when Cardinalsâ players earned $15 a game and were proud of it! Itâs NFL historyâwith a twist!. See Joe's books below.
Cadets, Canons, and Legends: The Football History of Morgan Park Military Academy
When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL
Music for the episode - https://www.purple-planet.com/
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HIGHLIGHTED SHOW: THIS DAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
Relive the greatest moments in sports every day of the year. From the triumphs to the tragedies, the first to do it to the last time it happened, the unbelievable to the strange, This Day in Sports History is a 365-day journey remembering those significant events that made a lasting impact.
HOST: STEVE WHITE
Steve White has spent most of his life behind a microphone. As a kid, he realized the power of the spoken word, hanging out with his dad while the pair talked to people around the world via ham radio.
Later, Steve put that penchant for communication into practice and ventured into radio and TV. He worked for a few television stations in North Carolina doing sports reporting and anchoring before transitioning to voiceover in 2015. Heâs voiced more than 80 audiobooks in a variety of genres.
Heâs never been much for awards, probably due to the fact heâs never won any but he loves the challenge of diving into new projects. His âThis Day in Sports Historyâ evolved from a lifetime of watching, listening to, and going to ballgames, reading books, magazines, and newspaper articles about his favorite teams and sports heroes. Itâs not only a labor of love but a voyage of discovery, finding those forgotten tidbits or fascinating things he never knew.
Learn more about the show on the Sports History Network.
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When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.
EPISODE SUMMARY
This episode covers some of the greatest moments in Paddy Driscoll's career.
Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.
WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND
Each episode takes the listener back to the very early days of the National Football League. Author Joe Ziemba will share a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFLâs two oldest teams: The Bears and the Cardinals. Team championships, individual exploits, or long-buried items of interest from the earliest years of the NFL will be dusted off and resurrected for the listener.
Not for the football faint-of-heart since these programs will document when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business or when Cardinalsâ players earned $15 a game and were proud of it! Itâs NFL historyâwith a twist!. See Joe's books below.
Cadets, Canons, and Legends: The Football History of Morgan Park Military Academy
When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL
Music for the episode - https://www.purple-planet.com/
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When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.
EPISODE SUMMARY
On this episode of âWhen Football Was Football,â weâll take a break from covering professional football and journey back to 1937 for a celebration of one of Chicagoâs most prominent annual sporting events: the Prep Bowl. Each year, the high school season in the city would conclude with the enormously popular clash between the champions of the Chicago Catholic League and the Chicago Public League. Things have changed over the years, of course, but for decades the Prep Bowl easily garnered one of the largest attendances of any sporting competition in the United States.
Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.
WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND
Each episode takes the listener back to the very early days of the National Football League. Author Joe Ziemba will share a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFLâs two oldest teams: The Bears and the Cardinals. Team championships, individual exploits, or long-buried items of interest from the earliest years of the NFL will be dusted off and resurrected for the listener. Not for the football faint-of-heart since these programs will document when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business or when Cardinalsâ players earned $15 a game and were proud of it! Itâs NFL historyâwith a twist!. See Joe's books below.
Cadets, Canons, and Legends: The Football History of Morgan Park Military Academy
When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL
Music for the episode - https://www.purple-planet.com/
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When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.
EPISODE SUMMARY
And, you may ask, who is Joseph T. Sternaman?
Sternaman was more commonly known as Joey Sternaman during his professional football playing days from 1922 through 1930. As such, Joey was actually the very first quarterback of the Bears when the team incorporated in Chicago in 1922. He was also the head coach of the Duluth Kelleys in 1923 as well as the player/owner/coach of the short-lived Chicago Bulls in 1926 when that team was a member of the original American Football League. And, for a short time, he was also a part-owner of the Chicago Bears!
Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.
WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND
Each episode takes the listener back to the very early days of the National Football League. Author Joe Ziemba will share a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFLâs two oldest teams: The Bears and the Cardinals. Team championships, individual exploits, or long-buried items of interest from the earliest years of the NFL will be dusted off and resurrected for the listener. Not for the football faint-of-heart since these programs will document when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business or when Cardinalsâ players earned $15 a game and were proud of it! Itâs NFL historyâwith a twist!. See Joe's books below.
Cadets, Canons, and Legends: The Football History of Morgan Park Military Academy
When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL
Music for the episode - https://www.purple-planet.com/
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When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.
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EPISODE SUMMARY
Cardinalsâ fans are familiar with the long, sad story concerning the current championship dry spell for the club that has now stretched into its 76th year. That will be 76 years this fall without an NFL title, the longest such streak in the National Football League, as well as in all professional sports! On this episode of âWhen Football Was Footballâ here on the Sports History Network, weâll travel back to 1948 when the Cardinals franchise achieved its most successful regular season. And, what a season it was!
Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.
WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND
Each episode takes the listener back to the very early days of the National Football League. Author Joe Ziemba will share a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFLâs two oldest teams: The Bears and the Cardinals. Team championships, individual exploits, or long-buried items of interest from the earliest years of the NFL will be dusted off and resurrected for the listener. Not for the football faint-of-heart since these programs will document when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business or when Cardinalsâ players earned $15 a game and were proud of it! Itâs NFL historyâwith a twist!. See Joe's books below.
Cadets, Canons, and Legends: The Football History of Morgan Park Military Academy
When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL
Music for the episode - https://www.purple-planet.com/
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NO NONSENSE, OLD SCHOOL WEIGHTLIFTING HISTORY is presented by the Sports History Network, the headquarters for sports yesteryear.
ABOUT SHOW:
My name is Mark Morthier, and I host yesterdayâs Sports on the Sports History Network. As many of you know from reading my articles and listening to my podcasts, I am not only an avid weightlifter but a fan of the sport as well. Iâm excited to share my newest adventure, a show dedicated to promoting weightlifting, while also looking back at some weightlifting history. Iâll share some of my own stories and interview weightlifters from both past and present.
I competed in Olympic Weightlifting from 1981 to 1989 and powerlifting from 2011 to 2019. Although I wasnât what one might call âa naturally gifted lifter,â I managed to clean & jerk 140 kilos/308 lbs at 179 lbs body weight. In my later years, I achieved a 600-pound deadlift and a 431-pound front squat in my mid-fifties. Although I was more successful in powerlifting, setting New Jersey and New York State records in Masters Competitions, Iâll always consider myself an Olympic Weightlifter. Iâve also written a book on weight training titled No Nonsense, Old School Weight Training, which is available on Amazon.
NO NONSENSE, OLD SCHOOL WEIGHTLIFTING (Amazon affiliate link)
I hope that you will enjoy the show, and please leave a comment or offer a suggestion. And if youâre an Olympic lifter, past or present, let me know if youâd like to set up an interview, and Iâll do my best to have you on the show. Stay strong and God bless!
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EPISODE SUMMARY
Long before we could watch football games on our phones, or talk with our friends using our wrist watch, there was Dick Tracy. On this episode of âWhen Football Was Football,â weâll visit the original Dick Tracy, a crime fighting cartoon character whose fame achieved world-wide status thanks to a rather large former lineman from the Chicago Cardinals. Weâll also visit with an enormously successful punt returner for the Cardinals whose brief career, and small stature, in the NFL has been largely forgotten, but whose story remains an inspiration.
When you encounter an NFL player named âTiny,â your expectations for the story behind that nickname intensify. Was he a big man, or rather a smaller player? Sometimes, nicknames can often go both waysâŠ
Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.
WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND
Each episode takes the listener back to the very early days of the National Football League. Author Joe Ziemba will share a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFLâs two oldest teams: The Bears and the Cardinals. Team championships, individual exploits, or long-buried items of interest from the earliest years of the NFL will be dusted off and resurrected for the listener. Not for the football faint-of-heart since these programs will document when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business or when Cardinalsâ players earned $15 a game and were proud of it! Itâs NFL historyâwith a twist!. See Joe's books below.
Cadets, Canons, and Legends: The Football History of Morgan Park Military Academy
When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL
Music for the episode - https://www.purple-planet.com/
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When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.
NETWORK SPONSORS
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HIGHLIGHTED SHOW
I am Chad Cain your host of One Guy with a Mic Presents: History of Dingers and Dunks. I am going to be bringing the history of baseball and basketball to life. For every one of you that doesnât know anything about the history of baseball or basketball, this is your place to learn.
If you know some knowledge about baseball and basketball this is your place to know more. If you have more knowledge than others around you this is your safe space. I can always learn from each and every one of you as well.
Learn more about the show on the Sports History Network.
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When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.
EPISODE SUMMARY
Every so often, we encounter a football story that just screams to be shared. In this episode of âWhen Football Was Footballâ weâll actually discuss a kicker who, believe it or not, boomed 100-yard punts in practice. Sometimes, there are true stories that just cannot be made upâŠ
Such was the case of punter Harry Ghaul, whose startling back story includes the previously mentioned punting skills, but also a hall-of-fame collegiate football career at a major football university. That type of accomplishment is not necessarily unusual in pro football circles where only the best of the best from the college ranks makes it with the NFL big boys. However, the spectacular college career for Harry Ghaul began AFTER his professional time with the Cardinals.
Letâs begin this unique story of Mr. Ghaul who was born on June 4, 1921......
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WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND
Each episode takes the listener back to the very early days of the National Football League. Author Joe Ziemba will share a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFLâs two oldest teams: The Bears and the Cardinals. Team championships, individual exploits, or long-buried items of interest from the earliest years of the NFL will be dusted off and resurrected for the listener. Not for the football faint-of-heart since these programs will document when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business or when Cardinalsâ players earned $15 a game and were proud of it! Itâs NFL historyâwith a twist!. See Joe's books below.
Cadets, Canons, and Legends: The Football History of Morgan Park Military Academy
When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL
Music for the episode - https://www.purple-planet.com/
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Total Sports Recall is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.
EPISODE SUMMARY
âCovering Sports from a Different Angleâ
HARV ARONSON (HOST) BACKGROUND
Harv Aronson was born and raised in Pittsburgh but now lives in Florida with his beautiful wife Melissa. Harv currently writes for Abstract Sports, the Sports History Network, and the magazine Gridiron Greats.
Harv wrote the published book "Pro Football's Most Passionate Fans" (Amazon link) and as a professional writer has had articles published in an array of sports publications. Harv loves all sports but football, baseball, and MMA are at the top of his interest. His passion is for sports history.
You can email Harv at [email protected] or reach him via Twitter @TSRHarv59.
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EPISODE SUMMARY
Stories about unknown or undrafted collegiate players making it big in the NFL, are rare, but always entertaining!
One such case occurred in December of 1953 when Chicago Bearsâ assistant coach Clark Shaughnessy was scouting the Blue-Gray all-star game in Montgomery, AL.
A local coach shared that âthe best end in this part of the country wasnât chosen to play in this game.â From the hotel lobby gossip, Shaughnessy learned about a rangy, and unstoppable, big end from Florence State Teachers College (now North Alabama) known as Harlon Hill who was not invited to the game simply because he was from a smaller college. The other coaches who had seen this marvel in person considered Hill a better prospect than any one from the bigger state schools such as Alabama or Auburn.
This guy apparently had super-hero powers on the gridiron and could easily demolish any and all opposition. And yet, during his senior season, with his team running the archaic single wing offense, the talented end captured just 12 passes for 246 yards for the year. By that time, he was a marked man on offense due to his speed and exceptional hands........
Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.
WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND
Each episode takes the listener back to the very early days of the National Football League. Author Joe Ziemba will share a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFLâs two oldest teams: The Bears and the Cardinals. Team championships, individual exploits, or long-buried items of interest from the earliest years of the NFL will be dusted off and resurrected for the listener. Not for the football faint-of-heart since these programs will document when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business or when Cardinalsâ players earned $15 a game and were proud of it! Itâs NFL historyâwith a twist!. See Joe's books below.
Cadets, Canons, and Legends: The Football History of Morgan Park Military Academy
When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL
Music for the episode - https://www.purple-planet.com/
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When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.
EPISODE SUMMARY
Who is Art Folz, and why is he one of the most notorious villains in NFL history that you never heard about?
On this episode of âWhen Football Was Footballâ weâll introduce you to Mr. Folz who was banned from the NFL for his unwitting attempt to be helpful, but then became the godfather of stock car racing in Chicago, and later a successful newspaper publisher. Itâs a complicated story, but one that demonstrates the importance of not being in the wrong place at the wrong time! During his NFL career, Mr. Folz, unfortunately, was in the wrong place at the wrong time and was banned for life. What the heck did he do?
Letâs start at the beginningâŠ
Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.
WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND
Each episode takes the listener back to the very early days of the National Football League. Author Joe Ziemba will share a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFLâs two oldest teams: The Bears and the Cardinals. Team championships, individual exploits, or long-buried items of interest from the earliest years of the NFL will be dusted off and resurrected for the listener. Not for the football faint-of-heart since these programs will document when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business or when Cardinalsâ players earned $15 a game and were proud of it! Itâs NFL historyâwith a twist!. See Joe's books below.
Cadets, Canons, and Legends: The Football History of Morgan Park Military Academy
When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL
Music for the episode - https://www.purple-planet.com/
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The Official Football Learning Podcast is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.
HIGHLIGHTED SHOW - FOOTBALL LEARNING ACADEMY
Each week, the official Football Learning Academy podcast will take you deep into the history of this great game.
Through interviews with players, coaches, or administrators in the NFL, as well as interviews with Pro Football Hall of Fame selectors, authors, and historians, you will learn about how the game evolved and important moments that shaped the sport into what it is today.
You will also get first-hand accounts from the people who have made history in pro football.
Host: Ken CrippenKen Crippen was in a leadership position within the Professional Football Researchers Association for 15 years and is now the founder and lead instructor at the Football Learning Academy.
He has been researching and writing about pro football history for over 30 years and has been a sought-after interview for publications like the Wall Street Journal and Rolling Stone magazine, and a sought-after guest on podcasts and radio shows, namely The History Channel, ESPN Radio, and Fox Sports Radio.
He has written two books, been the managing editor of two other books, and a contributor to yet two more books. He has also written hundreds of articles on pro football history, has won the Dick Connor Writing Award for Feature Writing (which is now called the Lesley Visser Enterprise News/Features Award) from the Pro Football Writers of America, as well as the Professional Football Researchers Associationâs Ralph Hay Award for lifetime achievement in pro football research.
Learn more about the show on the Sports History Network.
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EPISODE SUMMARY
The episode recounts the story of World War II hero Edward "Butch" O'Hare and his gangster-affiliated father. Butch O'Hare, an American naval aviator, displayed extraordinary courage and skill by single-handedly taking down five enemy bombers threatening his ship, the USS Lexington, an act that earned him the Medal of Honor in 1942.
His father, Edward O'Hare, despite being a lawyer and one of the directors of the Chicago Cardinals football team in the 1930s, was also a partner of infamous gangster Al Capone. Edward was murdered in what appeared to be a mob hit in 1939, but was later revealed to have secretly helped the government convict Capone on tax evasion charges.
Butch O'Hare's untimely death came in 1943 when he was lost in aerial combat. His heroism and legacy are commemorated in the naming of the O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.
Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.
WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND
Each episode takes the listener back to the very early days of the National Football League. Author Joe Ziemba will share a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFLâs two oldest teams: The Bears and the Cardinals. Team championships, individual exploits, or long-buried items of interest from the earliest years of the NFL will be dusted off and resurrected for the listener. Not for the football faint-of-heart since these programs will document when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business or when Cardinalsâ players earned $15 a game and were proud of it! Itâs NFL historyâwith a twist!. See Joe's books below.
Cadets, Canons, and Legends: The Football History of Morgan Park Military Academy
When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL
Music for the episode - https://www.purple-planet.com/
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When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.
From a personal standpoint, I truly love the game of footballâŠand to write about it. At times, itâs easy to slip back in time during my research of pro football topics to be captivated by some obscure player or fact from the history of the game itself. A few minutes searching for verification on a specific topic can quickly turn into hours as the stories and legends seem to spin off and blossom. One of these obscure searches was prompted by my interest in determining the identity of the youngest player to ever play in the National Football League and Iâll share that discovery on this episode of âWhen Football Was Footballâ here on the Sports History Network.
EPISODE SUMMARY
This episode covers some of the greatest moments in Chicago Cardinal Christmas history.
Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.
WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND
Each episode takes the listener back to the very early days of the National Football League. Author Joe Ziemba will share a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFLâs two oldest teams: The Bears and the Cardinals. Team championships, individual exploits, or long-buried items of interest from the earliest years of the NFL will be dusted off and resurrected for the listener. Not for the football faint-of-heart since these programs will document when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business or when Cardinalsâ players earned $15 a game and were proud of it! Itâs NFL historyâwith a twist!. See Joe's books below.
Cadets, Canons, and Legends: The Football History of Morgan Park Military Academy
When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL
Music for the episode - https://www.purple-planet.com/
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Historian Joe Ziemba Shares Stories of Some Pieces of his Chicago Cardinals Memorabilia Collection. The History comes to life when you see period pieces from when Chicago had two NFL teams.
Historian, author, podcaster...you get it he is the Superman of Football history! Chicago sports is his main area of expertise, especially the Cardinals
Join us at the Pigskin Dispatch website and the Sports Jersey Dispatch to see even more Positive football news! Sign up to get daily football history headlines in your email inbox @ Email-subscriber
Miss our football by the day of the year podcasts, well don't, because they can still be found at the Pigskin Dispatch website.
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EPISODE SUMMARY
On November 6, 1927, a few thousand of his closest friends gathered to honor Chicago Cardinalsâ lineman Willis Brennan. But Willis Brennan was much more than a football player. In fact, if you consider some of the landmark events of Chicago in the 1920s, chances are Willis Brennan was thereâŠsuch as the birth of the NFL in 1920, Red Grangeâs first professional game in 1925, the infamous Leopold-Loeb murder case, and the gang wars on the south side of Chicago. For Brennan was not only a respected gridiron giant, he was also one of Chicagoâs finest.....
Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.
WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND
Each episode takes the listener back to the very early days of the National Football League. Author Joe Ziemba will share a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFLâs two oldest teams: The Bears and the Cardinals. Team championships, individual exploits, or long-buried items of interest from the earliest years of the NFL will be dusted off and resurrected for the listener. Not for the football faint-of-heart since these programs will document when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business or when Cardinalsâ players earned $15 a game and were proud of it! Itâs NFL historyâwith a twist!. See Joe's books below.
Cadets, Canons, and Legends: The Football History of Morgan Park Military Academy
When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL
Music for the episode - https://www.purple-planet.com/
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When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.
EPISODE SUMMARY
Before player drafts, salary caps, and heck, even before the National Football League, we had the Cardinals! On this episode of âWhen Football Was Football,â weâll chronicle the very first season of the NFLâs oldest teamâthe Arizona Cardinals. Along the way, weâll discover some surprising facts about the early activities of the club.
Back in 1899, things were different in the virtually unknown world of pro football. Rules were different, rosters were unsettled, and player payments were both sparse and irregular.
But it was in 1899 that the team we know today as the Arizona Cardinals emerged as a rag-tag neighborhood club that played its first games with no uniforms, very little padding, and certainly minimal recognition. If we were to boldly state that the players played for the love of the game, that statement would be very, very accurate.....
Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.
WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND
Each episode takes the listener back to the very early days of the National Football League. Author Joe Ziemba will share a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFLâs two oldest teams: The Bears and the Cardinals. Team championships, individual exploits, or long-buried items of interest from the earliest years of the NFL will be dusted off and resurrected for the listener. Not for the football faint-of-heart since these programs will document when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business or when Cardinalsâ players earned $15 a game and were proud of it! Itâs NFL historyâwith a twist!. See Joe's books below.
Cadets, Canons, and Legends: The Football History of Morgan Park Military Academy
When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL
Music for the episode - https://www.purple-planet.com/
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