Posts with players, coaches, and other topics from the Baltimore Colts for The Football History Dude podcast, covering the history of the NFL.
What comes to mind when you think of a Super Bowl MVP? You are probably like most other reasonably minded people out there. You assume it’s the player that most helped his team win the Super Bowl. However, Super Bowl 5 was a different story. This game was significant for many reasons. It was the … Read more
Tom Matte was a very good and a very athletic running back in the 1960s and the early 1970s for the Baltimore Colts. In 1965, head coach Don Shula was saddled with some problems in his lineup, as both of his quarterbacks, Johnny Unitas and Gary Cuozzo, were sidelined with untimely injuries. Shula asked Matte, … Read more
AFC Championship Game History : The First Rodeo Pro football experienced a merger in 1970, when the old American Football League joined the old National Football League to form the new NFL. The very first AFC Title Game featured an old NFL team, the Baltimore Colts, going up against an old AFL team, the Oakland … Read more
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 … Read more
Upton is the son of the First Great Commissioner of the NFL Bert Bell. He joins us to share stories from his book: Present at the Creation – My Life in the NFL and the Rise of America’s Game. Upton’s book walks you through a journey in the history of the NFL unlike anyone else can. He … Read more