BooksThe Best American Football Team Ever Assembled | Who was the most dominant team in Pro Football history? The popular choices range from the 1972 Miami Dolphins and the 1948 Cleveland Browns, both undefeated champions of their respective leagues. Other selections might be Lombardi’s Packers or even the ‘85 Chicago Bears. All of these are excellent candidates, but what if there was a team in mainstream professional football that excelled beyond any of those mentioned above?
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This book tells the story of a wealthy Pennsylvania town and the legendary mercenary players who carried out the mission to make Franklin the World’s Greatest Gridiron Team.
Back at the turn of the last century, there was a team assembled that did just that: dominated every opponent. The 1903 Franklin All-Stars were as close to perfection as the game will ever see in a pro team for an entire season.
The Packaged Tourist, hosted by archivist and historian Matthew DiBiase, offers a diverse and engaging exploration of various topics ranging from arts and sports history to American and world history. Here's a summary of the podcast's key characteristics:
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Warren Rogan, host of the Sports Forgotten Heroes Podcast, interviews Author Darin Hayes about his book The World's Greatest Pro Gridiron Team: The 1903 Franklin All-Stars.
Len travels back to New York City, 120 years ago, where, inside Madison Square Garden, was the football championship of the world, or so the promoters fashioned it to be.
The combatants were the football teams from Franklin and Watertown.
