Posts and episodes from The Football History Dude podcast.
Baltimore professional football history is like a good soap opera; heroes to love and villains to hate, lots of drama, high highs, low lows, intricate plots, drama, rascals that provide necessary humor, and did I mention drama. Yes indeed, Charm City has been blessed and cursed by the mythical professional football gods and now stands … Read more
In this episode I chat with Clayton Trutor about his forthcoming book – Loserville: How Professional Sports Remade Atlanta and How Atlanta Remade Professional Sports. The book covers all 4 of the major professional sports teams that came to Atlanta in a short period of time, but our episode mostly covers the Atlanta Falcons’ portion. … Read more
It was 1991, and Raghib “Rocket” Ismail was about to be the #1 overall draft pick in the upcoming NFL Draft. But then, a new ownership group (John Candy, Wayne Gretzky, and Bruce McNall) of the Toronto Argonauts shocked the sporting world and lured “The Rocket” to the Canadian Football League. This is the story. … Read more
John Vairin was diagnosed with a rare occurrence of oral squamous cell cancer. He had surgery on May 17, 2019, and then he decided he wanted to celebrate the NFL’s 100th season. The result was a project he named “NFL Gratitude to Greats,” honoring and thanking NFL legends. SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW THE FOOTBALL HISTORY DUDE … Read more
If you were an NFL fan during the late 1970s and early 1980s, you may have heard of Mike Webster. If you were a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers, then you no doubt heard of “Iron Mike.” He is considered one of the top 100 players of all time (according to the NFL 100 Centennial … Read more