Timothy Brown of Football Archaeology joins us again this week to educate us on another aspect of football. This week we chat about the exciting play of one Davey O'Brien and his rise to win the Heisman and more!
1938 Heisman Winner
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Davey OBrien
The best players on the football field are not always the big men. Sometimes it is the amazing smaller stature fella that is lleaps and bounds ahead of the rest as our friend Timothy Brown points out on a recent post on Football Archaeology. In the 1938 season this was the case, as a 5'-7" quarterback from TCU named Davey O'Brien ended up playing so well that he won the Heisman Award.
In the podcast episode above historian Timothy P. Brown explains who that was through his careful research through the newspapers and periodicals that carried such early gridiron coverage. Check out the original article on Tim's pages:
Today's Tidbit... Standing tall for the Heisman.
Tim sahres how O'Brien, succeeded a griaduating Sammy Baugh and thrived in the Coach Dutch Meyers' TCU spread offense, a system that looks an awful lot like our modern offenses. O'Brien's story also takes into the NFL with him as he led the League in passing with the New York Football Giants.
You can learn more on Tim's posts and subscribe to his Daily Tidbits and more there too.
Credits
A Very Special thanks to information obtained from the following brilliant internet sites: Timothy Brown and his FootballArchaeology.com website.
Banner photo is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons of Photograph of Texas All-American demonstrates his art to Presidential Secretary. Washington, D.C., Jan. 9. In Washington to receive the Walter Camp Memorial Award from the Touchdown Club tonight, Davey O'Brien, Texas Christian's All-American passer, used a newsmen's camera to try to demonstrate his technique to Presidential Secretary Marvin H. McIntyre at the White House, 1/9/39