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Today's Tidbit... 1876 IFA Rule #49: Puntout Spot
This is #49 in a series covering football's original 61 rules adopted by the Intercollegiate Football Association in 1876. We review one rule each…
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Today's Tidbit... The House Of The Setting Sun
An avid reader of Football Archaeology who is researching early pro football sent the following question this morning: I have been running into almost…
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Today's Tidbit... The Captains of 1898
Stories and images from an 1898 issue of Munsey's Magazine provide insight into football of the period. College football was at the height of…
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The Long History of Football's Short Pants
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A Brief History of Football's Extra Point
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Terminology... Three Yards and A Cloud of Dust
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Today's Tidbit... NFL and College Football Stadiums in 1956
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Today's Tidbit... Football And Vacuum Tubes
This article appeared on Uni Watch a few days ago. Read it here if you did not get a chance to check it out previously. Over the last year or two, I've…
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Pigskin Dispatch... The Amazing Charlie Trippi
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discussed a recent Tidbit about Charlie Trippi and the 1947 Sugar Bowl. Following a college season with…
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Today's Tidbit... 1935 GoldSmith Sports Equipment Footballs
This is the second article in a series covering the 1935-36 Fall & Winter GoldSmith Athletic Equipment catalog. Preceding each section is a one-page…
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Today's Tidbit... Fred Sington's Sideline Invention
One can accomplish a great deal in athletics and life yet have your longest-term legacy go unremarked upon, with few being aware you were its inventor…
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Today's Tidbit... 100 Years of Football: The 1880s
This is the second in a series looking back at “100 Years OF Football,” syndicated cartoons published by Jerry Brondfield and Charles Beck in 1969…
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Uni Watch: Football And Vacuum Tubes
This morning, I’m the Uni Watch guest author with an article about football and vacuum tubes. The story covers the bad old days when televisions had…
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Today's Tidbit... 1876 IFA Rule #48: Touched Down Between Posts
This is #48 in a series covering football's original 61 rules adopted by the Intercollegiate Football Association in 1876. We review one rule each…
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Today's Tidbit: The Kicking Women Of 1937
American University in Washington, D.C., has a football history, but not much of one. They fielded teams from 1925 to 1941, dropped the sport due to…
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Today's Tidbit... The Case Of The Missing Goal Posts
Football's origin story is that Princeton and Rutgers played the first game in 1869. That game involved 25 players per side kicking and batting a round…
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