Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Football's Use of Dixie Cups
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss the methods of delivering water to football players, emphasizing paper cups and other innovations in the first half of the 20th century.
Watch and listen to the discussion on YouTube, hear the podcast, and feel free to read the original Tidbit below.
Today's Tidbit... Football And Paper Cups
In July 2022, when Football Archaeology was starting, I published Today's Tidbit... Football and Water, which provided a few images of how teams doled out water to players back in the day. I promised to return with a full article describing football's water conundrum but forgot to return to the topic until today. I had previously covered football's focu…
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