Football History Rewind
1906 American Football Season
By the end of 1905, football faced heavy criticism for its dangers. The President of the United States called for rule reforms. Theodore Roosevelt…
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Football History Rewind
Football History Rewind
1905 American Football Season
Influences on Camp’s Transformation of a Game As discussed in the last episode of PigskinDispatch.com’s blog series on football history, “A New Authoritative Organizational…
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Pro Football Hall of Fame
Dick “Night Train” Lane: The Unstoppable Force of the NFL Secondary
How does an undrafted army veteran walk into an NFL office and become the most feared defensive back in history? Night Train Lane didn’t…
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College Football Hall of Fame
Steve Emtman: The Unstoppable Force of the Washington Huskies Dynasty
How do you shut down a Heisman winner and secure a National Championship in a single afternoon? You unleash Steve Emtman. Born in Spokane…
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College Football Hall of Fame
Jim Ballard: The Division III Gunslinger Who Conquered the World
Can a quarterback from a small Ohio college become a global champion? Jim Ballard didn’t just play Division III football; he transformed it into…
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Football History Rewind
1904 American Football Season
The 1904 American football season was a year of staggering dominance and the beginning of a massive shift in how the game was played…
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Football History Rewind
1903 American Football Season
When we last left this series in 1902, a challenge was issued as to why football is called the “gridiron.” How did you do…
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1902 American Football Season
The 1902 American football season was a landmark year characterized by the absolute dominance of “The Big Three” (Harvard, Yale, and Princeton) and the…
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Football History Rewind
1900 American Football Season
The 1900 football season was dominated by another strong Yale team, which was unanimously retroactively named the champion by most experts. The calm before…
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Football History Rewind
1899 American Football Season
The final season of the 19th century added a couple of tweaks to the rules of American football, propelling it into the next century.…
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