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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...

Ken Crippen | Pro Football Researchers Association In this episode we cover the following topics with Ken Crippen The founding of the PFRA A little history of the transformation of the organization The transformation online How the site maintains accuracy The conventions history The new biography project The future of the association How you can get published and get involved Ken Crippen Bio Ken i...

This show is part of the Sports History Network - the headquarters for your favorite sport's yesteryear.  Learn more about this episode on the Sports History Network site.   Music from https://www.purple-planet.com/

Jim McMahon | 1985 Chicago Bears Quarterback Jim McMahon is a former NFL quarterback. He was the leader for one of the greatest teams in NFL history, the 1985 Chicago Bears. His other teams were San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia, Eagles, Minnesota Vikings, and Green Bay Packers. His last season was with the latter, and he won a second Super Bowl ring as the back up to Brett Favre. Below are some of...

In the mid-1990s the Canadian Football League was struggling financially. The league had teams in all of Canada’s big cities with the exception of Montreal. Out west were the British Columbia (Vancouver) Lions, the Edmonton Eskimos, Calgary Stampeders and Saskatchewan Roughriders. In the east were the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Ottawa Rough Riders and the Toronto Argonauts. There...

This podcast is part of the Sports History Network . In this episode we talk about a man who played professional football BEFORE he played in college, and later went on to become the only person who coached an NFL team as well as managed a major league baseball team.   Music from https://www.purple-planet.com/  

Leroy Collins | An NFL Miracle Leroy Collins is a walking miracle. He suffered a horrific accident as a young boy, leaving him in a wheelchair. This didn't stop young Leroy from dreaming about making it to the NFL. This interview takes us through all the ups and downs of this story. It's only the story from a high level, though. If you are interested in learning more about Leroy, I recommend you c...

This show is part of the Sports History Network - the headquarters for your favorite sport's yesteryear.  Learn more about this episode on the Sports History Network site.   Music from https://www.purple-planet.com/  

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...

Steve Sheinkin Interview | Carlisle Indian Football School Steve Sheinkin stops by to share the story of Jim Thorpe, Pop Warner, and how they helped create modern football. He shares a few of the fascinating stories of how this tiny little Native American boarding school in the middle of Pennsylvania competed with the powerhouses of the day. You will also learn about the origin story of Jim Thorpe...

Andy Pafko was a household name in Chicago for much of the 1940s. He made his debut with the Chicago Cubs in 1943 and became a fixture in their lineup until he was traded to the Brooklyn Dodgers midway through the 1951 season. Pafko represented the Cubs in the classiest of ways and helped Chicago win the National League Pennant in 1945. Unfortunately, the Cubs lost in seven games to the Detroit Ti...

You can learn even more about the story of Motts Tonelli - From the NFL to Bataan on the episode page from When Football Was Football. Music:  https://www.purple-planet.com/    

Between two Chicago Bulls NBA championship threepeats came one of Michael Jordan’s greatest triumphs: Space Jam, the GOAT epic quasi-autobiographical cartoon science-fiction basketball movie. With ESPN’s 10-part series The Last Dance in our collective rearview mirror, Truly The GOATs host and sometime film critic Os Davis together with his former colleague in European basketball podcasting, David...

When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . NETWORK SPONSORS Row One - the vintage shop for sports history fans! WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND Each episode takes the listener back to the very early days of the National Football League. Author Joe Ziemba will share a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFL’s two oldest teams...

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...

Jaws | Ron Jaworski Interview Ron Jaworski needs no introduction to any NFL fan for the past 4 decades. He was first drafted into the league in 1973 by the Los Angeles Rams. After a couple years in LA, he was traded to Philadelphia, where he would fly as an Eagle under Coach Dick Vermeil. The highlight of his career was leading the Eagles to Super Bowl 15. Although they did not win the game, the t...

Coach Don Shula | Interview With Jack Gilden Don Shula is the winningest coach in NFL history, is the head coach of the only NFL team with a perfect season, went to three Miami Dolphins Super Bowls in a row, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His great success is well documented. However, the rocky relationship he had with Johnny Unitas in his first head coaching gig with the Bal...

Reliving Gridiron Glory: Pro Football in the 1970s with Joe Zagorski Professional football is one of the most exciting spectator sports in America. The decade of the 1970s saw the sport grow by leaps and bounds, thanks mostly to exciting players who quickly became icons.  NFL players such as Joe Namath, Roger Staubach, O.J.Simpson, Terry Bradshaw, “Mean” Joe Greene and Fran Tarkenton are stil...

Everybody else is talking about it, so why can’t we? With the coronavirus pandemic keeping most major professional leagues closed – Korean Baseball Organization notwithstanding – much of sports fandom worldwide is tuning into ESPN’s documentary series The Last Dance featuring basketball GOAT Michael Jordan. And whereas Truly The GOATs is based on a wide view of sports history, COVID-19 has schedul...

Invincible Vince Papale | A Real-Life Disney Character Vince Papale is a name many have heard of, even though he never played college football, nor did he get drafted to the NFL. The reason we all know the name is that his story is an incredible journey of a lifelong Philadelphia Eagles fan given the opportunity to try out for his beloved team. He ultimately made the team and then 30 years later D...

After a chaotic week that saw four top ten teams fall victim to an upset, college football's new number one, Notre Dame, tries to avoid a trap game in Atlanta. Resurgent Florida seeks its first ever SEC championship as it takes on Georgia in Jacksonville where the two teams combine for one of the wildest endings in college football history. Plus, the incredibly true story of Illinois quarterb...

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...

Richard Berthelsen | NFLPA's Trusted Legal Counsel Richard Berthelsen spent 40 years with the NFLPA, fighting for player rights. Perhaps the biggest win for the NFLPA was free agency, allowing players to choose where they want to play instead of the owners having basically all of the power. He shares how he fell into the job working with Ed Garvey, one of the biggest influencers to the players at...

You’d think that earning three-American basketball team nods plus one national team championship, winning the national Olympic trials as a one-person team and winning more tournaments than any golfer except Tiger Woods would earn an American athlete a spot in the cultural consciousness forever – or at least 75 years or so. On this episode of Truly the GOATs, we’ve got the story of Mildred “Babe” D...

Dick Vermeil | Super Bowl Winning Coach Coach Dick Vermeil is one of the most recognizable figures in NFL history. He was successful at every level of coaching in his career with a different approach to leadership than many of his counterparts. Coach won the Rose Bowl with UCLA, then took the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl (lost,) and then finally won it all with "The Greatest Show on Turf."...