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The Football History Dude is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . LINKS Follow The Football History Dude on X Follow Sports History Network on X Follow Sports History Network on Facebook Sports History Network YouTube channel Sports History Network TikTok channel EPISODE SUMMARY This episode we fire up the DeLorean and head back to explore the life and care...

Ralph Guldahl joined the PGA TOUR in 1931, walked away from the game in 1934, rejoined the TOUR in 1935, and retired from the game for good in 1940. But in between, he was absolutely phenomenal. During his time on TOUR he won 16 tournaments including three Majors – the 1937 and 1938 U.S. Open and the 1939 Masters. He also won the Western Open in 1936, 1937 and 1938 when the Western was thought of...

Join Gridiron Greats Magazine Publisher and Editor Bob Swick along with his co-host Joe Squires for the all new 2018 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 140+ years of football history and memorabilia, Gridiron Great...

The Football History Dude is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . LINKS Follow The Football History Dude on X Follow Sports History Network on X Follow Sports History Network on Facebook Sports History Network YouTube channel Sports History Network TikTok channel EPISODE SUMMARY This episode we fire up the DeLorean and head back to explore the life and care...

The Football History Dude is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . LINKS Follow The Football History Dude on X Follow Sports History Network on X Follow Sports History Network on Facebook Sports History Network YouTube channel Sports History Network TikTok channel EPISODE SUMMARY This episode we fire up the DeLorean and head back to explore the life and care...

One of the most flamboyant soccer players to ever play here in the U.S. was Giorgio Chinaglia. He was a star on a team filled with some of the world’s best, the New York Cosmos. He played with Pele, Beckenbauer, Alberto and so many others. And while he might not have been as skilled as them, the one thing he did better than anyone was score goals. In fact, he was, for lack of a better term, a goal...

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The Football History Dude is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . LINKS Follow The Football History Dude on X Follow Sports History Network on X Follow Sports History Network on Facebook Sports History Network YouTube channel Sports History Network TikTok channel EPISODE SUMMARY This episode we fire up the DeLorean and head back to explore the life and care...

Dolph Schayes played in the NBA for 15 years, and when he retired he was the league’s all-time leading scorer and all-time leading rebounder. Yet, many basketball fans don’t recall Schayes at all, or mistake him for his son, Danny, who spent 20-years in the NBA. Why do so many not recall Dolph? Perhaps it’s because he spent 14 of his 15 years playing for a team that no longer exists, the Syracuse...

The Football History Dude is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . LINKS Follow The Football History Dude on X Follow Sports History Network on X Follow Sports History Network on Facebook Sports History Network YouTube channel Sports History Network TikTok channel EPISODE SUMMARY This episode we fire up the DeLorean and head back to explore the life and care...

The Football History Dude is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . GET YOUR OFFICIAL FOOTBALL HISTORY DUDE MERCHANDISE AT THE SHOP SPORTS HISTORY STORE EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode, we fire up the DeLorean and head back to explore the life and career of Ralph Hay, The Founder of the NFL. He was an owner of an auto dealership and the Canton Bulldogs, a pro...

The story of Gottfried von Cramm is truly remarkable. While most have probably never heard of him, von Cramm was once the No. 1 ranked tennis player in the world. A German, von Cramm played during the time Adolf Hitler was rising to power; and while most Germans knew what Hitler was about and was about to do, the rest of the world had no idea. On this episode of SFH we take a look back at the care...

Join Gridiron Greats Magazine Publisher and Editor Bob Swick along with his co-host Joe Squires for the all new 2018 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 140+ years of football history and memorabilia, Gridiron Great...

The Football History Dude is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Early NFL historians believed a 16-year-old quarterback named John Brollier, from Indiana College in Pennsylvania was the first professional football player because he accepted $10 and some expenses to play a football game on September 3, 1895. They were wrong, and this traves...

The Football History Dude is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY This episode we fire up the DeLorean and head back to explore the life and career of Walter Camp, the Father of American Football. He was an excellent halfback at Yale University in the late 1800’s, but his biggest contribution to the game of football was leading the charge to...

Urban Shocker was regarded by many as the best pitcher of his time. In fact, Babe Ruth said he was the best pitcher he faced. Other pitchers said that Urban was the best. Writers of the day, such as Damon Runyon, and others called Urban the best too. He started his career with the New York Yankees was traded to the St. Louis Browns and then several years later, the Yankees reacquired him. He was t...

THE FOOTBALL HISTORY DUDE WEBSITE The Football History Dude is a show dedicated to teaching NFL fans about the rich history of the game we all know and love.  I’m your host, Arnie Chapman, and I’m just a regular dude that loves football and is a nerd when it comes to learning about history.  I created this show to share the gridiron knowledge nuggets I gain from researching various topics about th...

Roberto DeVicenzo won 231 golf tournaments around the world, and that includes the 1967 British Open. But it was his signing of an incorrect scorecard after the 4th round of the 1968 Masters for which he is most remembered. That “little” gaffe cost DeVicenzo an opportunity to win a second straight major, and one of golf’s most cherished tournaments. Instead of squaring off against Bob Goalby in an...

Gene Conley did something no other athlete before him or who played after him ever accomplished – win a championship in two of the major four sports we follow (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL). Not Deion Sanders, not Bo Jackson, no one. Conley won the World Series with the Milwaukee Braves in 1957 and came off the bench to help the Boston Celtics win NBA championships in 1959, 1960 and 1961. On this edition of...

Vic Hadfield was the first man to score 50 goals in a season for the New York Rangers. Named captain of a team that included the likes of Jean Ratelle, Brad park and Rod Gilbert, some say Hadfield just might have also been the heart and soul of the team. When Hadfield was placed on the No. 1 line to protect Ratelle and Gilbert the Rangers took off, and that line was quickly nicknamed the “GAG Line...

Join Gridiron Greats Magazine Publisher and Editor Bob Swick along with his co-host Joe Squires for the all new 2017 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 140+ years of football history and memorabilia, Gridiron Great...

Join Gridiron Greats Magazine Publisher and Editor Bob Swick along with his co-host Joe Squires for the all new 2017 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 140+ years of football history and memorabilia, Gridiron Great...

Dave DeBusschere was, simply stated, remarkable. A world class two-sport star who was raised just outside of Detroit, DeBusschere was a stud pitcher and an even better basketball player. Taken by the Detroit Pistons in the NBA’s territorial draft, he was also selected by the Chicago White Sox … and he played professionally for both teams. On the hardwood, DeBusschere quickly established himself as...

One of just four former Green Bay Packers to be immortalized with a statue, Johnny “Blood” McNally is also a member of the inaugural class of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Along with such legends as Bronko Nagurski, Ernie Nevers, Jim Thorpe, Sammy Baugh, George Halas, Tim Mara and Don Hutson, Johnny was inducted into the Hall in 1963. One of the toughest players to tackle, Johnny still holds the...

1938 marks the 80th anniversary of the improbable … the year in which Don Budge, one of the greatest tennis players of all time, became the first (and just one of two) players to win the Grand Slam of tennis (Australian, French, Wimbledon, U.S.). Budge actually won six straight Grand Slam events to go along with a number of doubles, mixed-doubles, and Davis Cup Championships as well. Budge, who to...