Football History of September 16
Football History: From DC’s First Game to Mahomes’s Record-Breaking Start Step back in time to September 16, a date etched with legendary moments that…
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Month: September 2025
Pigskin Dispatch
September 16, 2025
Football’s Extra Point: What You Never Knew
Explore the history and evolution of football’s extra point play with insights from Timothy P. Brown on the Pigskin Daily History Dispatch podcast. What…
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Pigskin Dispatch
September 16, 2025
Bob Ward – One of the Top Terrapins
Born on September 16, 1927, Bob Ward was a celebrated football player and coach known for his tenacity. A standout at the University of…
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Pigskin Dispatch
September 16, 2025
Emil “Red” Sitco
Born September 7, 1923, Emil “Red” Sitko was a standout football player for the University of Notre Dame from 1946 to 1949. Nicknamed “Six-Yard…
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Pigskin Dispatch
September 16, 2025
Bill Morton
Another great legend was born on September 17, 1909, and that was Bill Morton, a quarterback from Dartmouth College. Morton became a Dartmouth legend…
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Pigskin Dispatch
September 16, 2025
Cliff Montgomery
On September 17, 1910, we had another legendary birthday, that of Cliff Montgomery, the former quarterback from Columbia University. Montgomery had his watershed collegiate…
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Pigskin Dispatch
September 16, 2025
Wilbert Montgomery: The Eagle’s Rushing King
Born on September 16, 1954, in Greenville, Mississippi, Wilbert Montgomery became a legend for his explosive running style and was a centerpiece of the…
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Pigskin Dispatch
September 15, 2025
King of the Bleachers
Check out R.L.’s excellent book of sports memoirs in the Bleacher King’s Sports Almanac: My Ticket to 30 Years of Sports History . Today,…
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Pigskin Dispatch
September 15, 2025
Football History of September 15
The middle of September is right in the heart of most football seasons. Teams and players are starting to find their “sea-legs” as the…
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