Our friend historian Timothy P. Brown recently wrote about the exciting variation of high school football played in less populated areas where each team field six players rather than the normal eleven. The credit goes to an inovative educator in Nebraska, who brought the game of high school football to communities around the country that may have otherwise not had it due to a spread out population.
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The Football Archaeology of Six Man Football with Timothy P Brown
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The Original Football Archaeology Post
You have now heard Mr. Brown speak on the topic of Six-Man Football, no here is Tim Brown's original post on FootballArchaeology.com on the subject:
Credits for the Image
The banner image titled Six man football squad from Camp 166 - NARA, is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Just shows you that just because you may not have enough fellas to make a team, you can still play a game of pigskin.
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