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This podcast is part of the Sports History Network, your headquarters for the yesteryear of your favorite sport.
Speaker A:You can Learn more at sportshistorynetwork.com.
Speaker B:Today on the Pigskin Dispatch History Podcast, we're going to hear about how the Seahawks got their wings.
Speaker B:The Cardinals fly to the desert and Babe Brown and Lynn Thompson are remembered in just a moment.
Speaker B:Pigskindispatch.com is a proud affiliate of the Sports History Network, the headquarters of sports yesteryear.
Speaker B:This is the Pigskin Daily History Dispatch, a podcast that covers the anniversaries of American football events throughout history on a day to day basis.
Speaker B:This is your host Darren Hayes and we're broadcasting from the Pig Pen in Western Pennsylvania bringing you the memories of the gridiron one day at a time.
Speaker B:So with Mike and Gene Monroe as well as Jason Neff supplying us with the tunes, let's go no huddle through today's headlines.
Speaker B:Hello football friends and welcome to the Pigskin Daily History Dispatch Podcast.
Speaker B:I'm your host Darren Hayes and today we are going to go through the events in football history for the date of September 12th.
Speaker B:Let's get right at it.
Speaker B:th,:Speaker B:Jack Patera was the head coach of the Hawks as they played in front of a sold out Kingdome and the Seahawks played hard in close games but still started off the franchise by losing five straight to start off the initial season.
Speaker B:A pair of legendary rookies got some major experience in the early season as quarterback Jim Zorn was under center for Seattle and his favorite career target, hall of Famer Steve Largent was at wideout.
Speaker B:Jim Hart quarterbacked the Cardinals that day as the Cardinals rolled.
Speaker B:,:Speaker B:This is the very first NFL game that's played in Phoenix, Arizona as the newly transplanted Cardinals hosted the Dallas Cowboys this week.
Speaker B:he party in the desert with a:Speaker B:When you peek at the box score, you have to take a second look as it shows Jay Novacek of Phoenix catching a 23 yard pass for a score from Cardinals quarterback Neil Lomax in the final score of the game.
Speaker B:One could easily forget that Novacek played five seasons for the Redbirds before making his mark in Big D with the boys.
Speaker B:The the Cardinals have a long history and we actually are the oldest franchise still playing in the NFL.
Speaker B:hise goes all the way back to:Speaker B:O' Brien described the uniforms as Cardinal Red and the nickname stuck and the team was helped set the team colors for years to come.
Speaker B:That season they played their home games at 61st and Racine street and were dubbed as the Racine Street Cardinals.
Speaker B:go with the Cardinals name in:Speaker B:From:Speaker B:A more recent move in:Speaker B:Sports History Network's Joe Zimba, a resident of Chicago and an expert on the Cards and Bears, has some excellent books and podcasts and we have the links on our website for the September 12 article.
Speaker B:Be sure to check those out.
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Speaker B:Pigskin Dispatch is also happy to be associated with the Sports History Network, the sports headquarters of yesteryear found@sportshistorynetwork.com now let's move on to the celebration of birthdays of famous hall of Fame players and legends of the game.
Speaker B:,:Speaker B:ball American at guard in the:Speaker B:The:Speaker B:Brown later served as the president of the National Football foundation which oversees the College Football hall of fame.
Speaker B:In:Speaker B:Brown ended up being a Vice admiral in the U.S. navy during World War II.
Speaker B:Fast forward to:Speaker B:He is the only player in college football history to start 50 games over a span of four years and to have never lost a game.
Speaker B:that Thompson played for from:Speaker B:They also won four, yes, four NCAA Division III championships during those years.
Speaker B:Lynn was an all American the:Speaker B:Thomas to join their ranks in:Speaker B:That's all the football history we have today, folks.
Speaker B:Join us back tomorrow for more of your football history.
Speaker B:We invite you to check out our website pigskindispatch.com not only to see the daily football history, but to experience positive football with our many articles on the good people of the game as well as our own football comic strip cleat marks comics.
Speaker B:Pigskindispatch.com is also on social media outlets, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and don't forget the Pigskin Dispatch YouTube channel to get all of your positive football news and history.
Speaker B:Special thanks to the talents of Mike and Gene Monroe, as well as Jason Neff for letting us use their music during our broadcast.
Speaker A:This podcast is part of the Sports History Network, your headquarters for the yesteryear of your favorite sport.
Speaker A:You can learn more at sportshistorynetwork that.