Sports History Network

The Football History Dude is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Amos Alonzo Stagg: College Football’s Man in Motion is Jennifer Taylor Hall’s first book. Jennifer lives in northwest Arkansas where she writes and teaches English. Jennifer’s larger-than-life Uncle George fueled her passion for college football when he introduc...

On November 6, 2020, the National Hockey League lost a great one, Jim Neilson. A phenomenal defenseman for the New York Rangers for 12-years of his 16-year career, Neilson was the quintessential stay-at-home defenseman who made opponents pay. He’d stand them up at the blueline, hit hard, made opposing forwards think twice before planting themselves in front of the net. One fo Jim’s proudest accomp...

On this week’s episode we take a journey back to 1948 when The Harlem Globetrotters and The Minneapolis Lakers played each other in a real game. They were considered the two best teams in the world and serious basketball fans wanted to find out what would happen if they played each other. The game came down to the final shot. There was also another layer to the game as the Lakers were an all-white...

Lombardi Memories is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY I’m your host, Tommy A. Phillips, and today we have Super Bowl V, between the AFC champion Baltimore Colts and the NFC champion Dallas Cowboys. It was held on January 17, 1971 at the Miami Orange Bowl, the third Super Bowl in the last four years to be held at the Orange...

Pigskin Past is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY It was a year that will never be forgotten in the environs of the Rocky Mountains. It was 1977, and it was the first year that the Denver Broncos ever made the NFL playoffs. So what you might say? Well, the Broncos did not just go to the playoffs in 1977. Rath...

We just wanted to take time to say thank you to all of our loyal listeners. We will also talk about Bernard King’s 60-point scoring night on Christmas Day in 1984. Merry Christmas! REFERENCES Highlights of King's 60 point game: https://youtu.be/B-U86VQSFHc CREDITS Rick Loayza: Head researcher, writer, and voice  Jacob Loayza: Editor, producer, and publisher MUSIC   "Horizons" by Roa FACE...

Football Attic is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here . EPISODE SUMMARY Since today is Christmas Day, I thought it would be fitting to spend today's episode looking back on the first National Football League games to be played on Christmas, and t...

Hello Old Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY This week on Hello Old Sports we continue our look back at some of the sports figures who passed away in 2020. Join us as we discuss the lives and legacies of Bob Watson, Jerry Sloan, Eddie Sutton, Wes Unseld, Ken Riley, Jim Kiick, John McNamara, Horace Clarke, Lute Olso...

Football Is Family is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . Pittsburgh Steelers          If there is a team in the NFL who has had an embarrassment of riches for a long period of time, it is the Pittsburgh Steelers. It wasn’t always this way- at the beginning of the franchise wins were hard to...

The Football History Dude is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Shaun is the son of Joe Horrigan, longtime "Mr. Everything" for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Shaun shares how he used this base to produce some great stories in multiple formats. (NFL Network, documentaries, etc.) Check out his website. THE FOOTBALL HISTORY DU...

This episode breaks down the various rule changes during the first 50 years of the game. Each rule change was an attempt to address a problem that was affecting the excitement of the game, and each change succeeded in making the game better and more exciting for the fans. CREDITS Rick Loayza: Head researcher, writer, and voice Jacob Loayza: Editor, producer, and publisher MUSIC "Swing Time" by Mus...

Yesterday's Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY If you’re not a fan of Olympic Weightlifting, or a lifter yourself, you’re probably asking who Lee James is? It’s not surprising that one would ask that question because Olympic weightlifting has never been a popular sport in America. Most USA lifters get very little r...

When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY This episode covers some of the greatest moments in Chicago Cardinal Christmas history. Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here . WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND Each episode takes the listener back...

Football Attic is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here . EPISODE SUMMARY Today, we're going to talk about another one of the most dominant defenses in NFL history: the 2000 Baltimore Ravens. That defense allowed only 165 points in the regular seas...

Hello Old Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY This week on Hello Old Sports we look back at some of the sports figures who passed away in 2020. Join us as we discuss the lives and legacies of David Stern, Don Larsen, Kobe Bryant, Chris Doleman, Roger Kahn, Henri Richard, Del Shofner, Jimmy Wynn, Curly Neal, Tom Demp...

Football Is Family is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . Fandom Is A Highway            When my son was younger, he was head over heels into the Disney movie Cars. He especially liked the song “Life Is A Highway”, song by Rascal Flatts. Maybe I was a bad dad, but I had to remi...

The Football History Dude is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Julie Staley is the President of the Staley Museum . She stops by to share the story of AE Staley, the founder of the eventual Chicago Bears franchise. Although he let the team go at the very early stages of the NFL, he still deserves credit for his role in buil...

Jerry Izenberg might not be a recognizable name to most sport’s fans, but it’s one that will be eternally remembered when it comes to all sports. You see, Jerry Izenberg is one of the greatest writers to ever put pen to paper when it comes to covering the games we love to watch. Jerry spent time at several newspapers, most notably though, he spent most of his career writing for a paper that so few...

Lombardi Memories is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Today we have Super Bowl IV, the fourth and final AFL-NFL World Championship Game, between the AFL champion Kansas City Chiefs and the NFL champion Minnesota Vikings. Can the 13-point underdog Chiefs pull off a second straight upset for the AFL? Read the entire episode...

The monthly NBA Nicknames series is back! This time, we head to the Southeast Division to discuss the Atlanta Hawks, the Charlotte Hornets, the Miami Heat, the Orlando Magic, and the Washington Wizards. REFERENCES Atlanta Hawks logo history: https://logos-world.net/atlanta-hawks-logo/amp/ Charlotte Hornets logo history: https://logos-world.net/charlotte-hornets-logo/amp/ Miami Heat logo history: h...

Pigskin Past is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY  The next few editions of The Pigskin Past will explore great teams in great years. They will all have one thing in common, however. They will all be teams that had a super season and went to the Super Bowl, only to lose that Super Bowl. The first of thes...

Hello Old Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY The Army-Navy Game is this week so we look back at the history of the game and its traditions, and some of the most memorable moments in the history of this storied rivalry.   BOOKS TO COMPLIMENT THIS SERIES A Civil War: Army vs. Navy a Year Inside College Foot...

Football Is Family is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . Jerseys            I recently started a new franchise with a friend of mine on Madden 21. We decided to do a fantasy draft, with each one of us picking a team from a different conference. I ended up picking the Bills.&nb...

Join Gridiron Greats Magazine Publisher and Editor Bob Swick along with his co-host Joe Squires for the all new 2020 of Gridiron Greats Magazine-The Podcast Gridiron Greats Magazine is the only publication in America which focuses upon the history and memorabilia of the North American Football Game since its inception in 1869. Covering 150+ years of football history and memorabilia, Gridiron Great...

The Football History Dude is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Joe Ziemba stops by to share stories from his book -  Cadets, Cannons, and Legends: The Football History of Morgan Park Military Academy . What he says might be "the best high school football team no one ever heard of?" THE FOOTBALL HISTORY DUDE BACKGROUND The F...