These episodes cover books about the history of the NFL on The Football History Dude podcast.
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
Hugo Bezdek was 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. Early Life His name was Hugo Bezdek and he was born on April 1, 1884 in Bohemia, or … Read more
Leroy Collins is the author of The Running Back: True Story From the Wheelchair to the NFL. His incredible story is something you only see in the movies. Oh wait, we find out in the interview that it was in the works before COVID-19 hit us. He believes once the movie can get back on … Read more
Weeb Eubanks’ Last Year The 1973 New York Jets did not win a lot of games, thanks mostly to a separated shoulder injury sustained by star quarterback Joe Namath in the second week of the season. 1973 was head coach Weeb Eubank’s final year at the helm, but in a rather nondescript season, he saw … Read more
Carlisle Indian School Football The Carlisle Indian Industrial School football team was an underdog story fit for the movies. Beginning in 1879, Native American children were taken from their homes and sent halfway across the country to attend this “off-reservation boarding school” in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Athletics was an escape for many of the children, including … Read more