Pigskin Dispatch... The Origin of Football Scoreboards
Pigskin Dispatch podcaster Darin Hayes and I discuss a recent Tidbit about the origin of football scoreboards, simulated games, and Harvard Stadium’s wigwagger. Click here to listen to the story or subscribe to Pigskin Dispatch wherever you get your podcasts.
Here’s the original Tidbit:
Today's Tidbit... Baseball's Arthur Irwin and Football's First Scoreboards
This is one of those stories in which several distinct research threads merge into one involving football's first scoreboards, the wigwag system used at Harvard Stadium, and the game simulations performed before the arrival of radio broadcasts. The common element of these topics turned out to be Arthur Irwin, whom I was unaware had any involvement in th…
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