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Jackies: George Halas and the 1918 Naval Station Great Lakes Bluejackets Football Team
Over a century ago, college football was expanding in popularity in the United States but war in Europe raged. By 1917, the U.S., a nation with over 100 million people but only 130,000 active military members at the outbreak of World War I, was brought into the conflict. Millions of Americans were called into service, and training grounds and bases became home to football teams that competed with the best college programs in the nation. Told through the voices of the past, historians of the present, and narrated and produced by a Navy veteran once stationed at Great Lakes, Jackies is the story...
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Dec 14, 2025
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Jackies Trailer (Presented by the Sports History Network) 14.12.2025 4:10
Jackies is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . Jackie's Homepage On Sports History Network EPISODE SUMMARY Welcome to Jackies: The Story of George Halas and the 1918 Naval Station Great Lakes Bluejackets , a new serialized podcast from the Sports History Network. Featuring one of the sport’s all-time figures before he made his name with the Chicago Bears,...
Ep. 1 - Halas In, Olcott Out 14.12.2025 33:54
Jackies is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . Jackie's Homepage On Sports History Network EPISODE SUMMARY In 1917, three years into World War I, the United States officially entered the conflict by declaring war on Germany. The U.S. has built up its military for this moment and bases like Naval Station Great Lakes now field athletic teams to include footb...
Ep. 2 - The Push for the Rose Bowl 14.12.2025 32:51
Jackies is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . Jackie's Homepage On Sports History Network EPISODE SUMMARY To start the 1918 season, Naval Station Great Lakes Commanding Officer Capt. William Moffett has an undefeated football team to represent his base, but is coming off a bizarre move by firing his coach midseason. As the war in Europe is winding down, a...
Ep. 3 - Pasadena and Beyond 14.12.2025 30:19
Jackies is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . Jackie's Homepage On Sports History Network EPISODE SUMMARY The Naval Station Great Lakes Bluejackets head to Pasadena, California for the Rose Bowl, but as they head west their opponent for the “football championship of the world” is still to be determined. Once the 1919 Rose Bowl concludes and World War I is...
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