Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Murder On The Football Field

Nov 28, 2023

Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss a recent Tidbit about a 1910 game in which the authorities considered charging a player with murder after a player died following a hit on the field.

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Today's Tidbit... Murder On The Football Field?

Timothy P. Brown

October 11, 2023

Today's Tidbit... Murder On The Football Field?

A recent acquisition led to an unexpected story of a possible murder during a college football game in West Virginia, and it got me thinking, “What would have to happen in a football game that would justify charging a player with murder?” The folks in West Virginia partially answered that question more than 100 years ago.

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Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Murder On The Football Field

Today's Tidbit... Murder On The Football Field?

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