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Rerun: When The Olympics Included Gridiron Football
Originally published in June 2021, this story applies to those who love the Olympics and gridiron football.
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The 1951 Los Angeles Rams-11th Naval District Tripleheader ($)
We're approaching Week 8 of the CFL's 21-week season, college football teams will soon start camp, and the first NFL preseason game arrives on August 1…
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The 1951 Los Angeles Rams-11th Naval District Tripleheader ($)
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The Ready-To-Play Signal
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster and former football official Darin Hayes and I discuss the onset of the referee handling the ball between plays and creating…
Jul 23
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George Taliaferro: Army Draftee, and NFL's First Black Draftee and Starting QB
The first NFL draft occurred on February 8, 1936. The draft kept teams with shallower pockets from competing with the deeper-pocketed teams for amateur…
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Today's Tidbit... Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun
Some teams have trouble walking and chewing gum at the same time, but the 1949 Emory & Henry gridders doubled up twice, winning two conference…
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Today's Tidbit... IGA's Football-Themed Incentive Program of 1942
Football sells.
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Eligible Receiver Out Of Bounds
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss the penalty for an eligible receiver stepping out of bounds and reentering the field. The primary…
Jul 16
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Today's Tidbit... David vs. Goliath - The All-American Bowl
Football fans have always enjoyed a good David and Goliath story, and they had one in a different form in the late 1950s and early 1960s. One of the…
Jul 15
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Today's Tidbit... Pop Warner Looks Forward and Back
Grantland Rice spent an afternoon at Pop Warner's Palo Alto home in 1950, ten years after Warner ended his 45-year coaching career. Rice had first seen…
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Today's Tidbit... Let's Cover Football's Rule Books
Sporting goods companies and others published a variety of sports publications. Wright & Ditson produced an annual football review that included the…
Jul 10
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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... The Origins of Flip-Style Down Markers
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss the invention and spread of the flip-style down marker and the unfortunate situation in which its…
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Today's Tidbit... The Fundamentals of Kicking in 1923
Today, we'll examine Chapter VIII of The Fundamentals of Football, which covers drop kicking and place kicking. It provides several examples of…
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