NFL history podcasts.
In 2008, I decided to write a book. I wanted this book to be about a subject that was dear to my heart, pro football. And I wanted it to be about the 1970s. That was the decade that I grew up watching and falling in love with the sport. I had a specific outline … Read more
Welcome to the Total Sports Recall podcast as on this episode we move to Part Three of a four part series looking back at the history of first overall draft picks in all the major sports. I’m your host Harv Aronson and thus far in past episodes I covered Major League Baseball and the National … Read more
The Pittsburgh Steelers, then known as the Pittsburgh Pirates, joined the NFL in 1933. From 1933 to 1959, they had only six winning seasons. The Dallas Cowboys joined the NFL in 1960. From 1960 to 1965, the Steelers and Cowboys met eleven times, with the Steelers winning seven. From 1966 to 1969, the Cowboys went … Read more
Welcome to the Total Sports Recall podcast. I’m Harv Aronson and this episode is part two of a four-part series that looks back at the top 20 first over picks of every major sport. In my last episode baseball was the focus so now we turn our attention to the National Football League. Since the … Read more
In 1976 and 1977, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers experienced what is probably the worst two seasons to begin a modern franchise in pro football history. Most fans and historians of the NFL know that the Buccaneers had ended their inaugural season of 1976 with the embarrassing record of zero wins and 14 losses. But did … Read more