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Tossing for Two

The Football Archaeology of the 1st Forward Pass Conversion of an Extra Point with Timothy P. Brown
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Podcast of Passing for the Conversion

Timothy P. Brown of Football Archaeology shares his research and discovery of what could be a monumental moment in football history, the first time a legal forward pass was successful on a point-after-attempt.

 
Here is a bit more about our guest...

Timothy P Brown

Tim Brown, one of the foremost experts on early college football, is the host and founder of FootballArchaeology.com. Tim's love of the gridiron's past goes beyond just the website. Mr Brown, to date, is the author of three books on football history, appears on various football history podcasts, and has been quoted in articles by The Athletic, The Chicago Tribune, and other publications. He guest authors articles on UniWatch, and his research on the 1920s West Point Cavalry Detachment teams contributed to All American: The Power of Sports, currently on display at the National Archives Museum in Washington, D.C.

His books include: Fields of Friendly Strife; How Football Became Football: 150 Years of the Game's Evolution; and Hut! Hut! Hike! A History of Football Terminology, which explores the history of football’s words and expressions and how they became connected to the game.

Introduction

Do you love to uncover some of the little mysteries of the history of sports? Our friend Timothy P. Brown surely does and he enjoys sharing the findings with us!


Passing for Points

Tim uncovers what he beleives may be the first instance of the forward pass being used to score an extra point. Here is the link to the full Tidbit The First Extra Point Conversion by Forward Pass?

Timothy Brown's FootballArchaeology.com shares a daily football factoid that is interesting in a short read. They uniquely preserve football history, and we are quite happy that Tim has agreed to join us each week to review some of his Today's Tidbits. Click that link, and you can subscribe for free to receive them.

Football Archaeology

Timothy Brown's FootballArchaeology.com is a website dedicated to preserving pigskin history. digs into gridiron history to examine how football’s evolution shapes today's game. The site has a variety of articles, history of football word origins, and Daily Tidbits, which have a daily football factoid that shares some quite interesting items and aspects of the gridiron in a short read. They preserve football history in a very unique way Visit the site at Today's Tidbits.

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 Picture Georgia Tech Auburn football game Thanksgiving 1921. Forward pass in a football game. This game against Auburn was played on Thanksgiving Day. Georgia Tech won 14-0. It is possibly Jack McDonough who is throwing the football. Other players of note on the 1921 team were Red Barron and Judy Harlan.


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