Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss a recent TidBit about the origins of Six-Man football, which came about during the Depression when the majority of high schools were so small they struggled to field eleven-man football teams.

We talk about the rules, the equipment lines developed for their game, and a few comments about reduced-roster football today.

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Football Archaeology

The Origins of Six-Man Football

Stephen Epler was a teacher and assistant football coach at Nebraska's Beatrice High School in 1934 when he became concerned that many high schools lacked football teams, which he attributed to small enrollments and insufficient budgets. In 1933, Nebraska had 505 high schools, but only 218 (43 percent) played football. Among the 317 schools with fewer th…

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2 months ago · 3 likes · 4 comments · Timothy P. Brown

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