Posts with players, coaches, and other topics from the Decatur Staleys for The Football History Dude podcast, covering the history of the NFL.
When his coaching career ended almost 95 years ago, he was so successful that he remains today as the NFL’s winningest coach of all time. He won four NFL titles in six years of coaching. In those four championship seasons, he piled up a phenomenal 42-2-6 record, and did so with three different teams! And … Read more
For those who remember George Halas, we might think of him in his later years as the aging, but still cranky, coach of the Chicago Bears. Stiff-jawed, intense, and focused, one wonders if Halas ever smiled on the field. From all accounts, he did not! Football was his passion and the urge to play pushed … Read more
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a grudge match as “a contest or fight between players, teams, etc…..who dislike each other.” There have been many grudge matches over the course of the league’s 100+ year history, but what about the first one? For the answer, we get to go all the way back to the first season … Read more