One of the top experts in early football rules history Timothy P. Brown joins us on the discussion to identify some of the stories of the communication regulating of some pioneering football officials. Timothy Brown's FootballArchaeology.com has a daily football factoid that he shares that are really quite interesting in a short read. They preserve football history in a very unique way and we are quite happy that Tim has agreed to join us each week to go over some of his Today's Tidbits. Click that link and you can subscribe for free to receive them yourself each evening.
Football Archaeology of Early Officials
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Some Early Officials and their signals
Former football official F. A. Lambert, had many recorded contributions to officiationg gridiron games in his book; Football Officiating and Interpretation of the Rules from 1926. There were also men who officiated like Frank Birsch and Herb Dana who took officiating to a whole new level by perscribing set signals and giving a public relations avenue to football rules such as the weekly Associated Football Question Box. Our friend Tim Brown of FootballArchaeology.com shares the interesting ways that officials would organize the football rules and signals for better communication to the public.
Read more about it on Tim's Football Archaeology website: Herb Dana and the Associated Football Question Box.
Herb Dana was the former head of officials for the PAC-10 and became the face of officiating due in part to working big games like the 1929 Rose Bowl Game where one of the most famous plays of the game, 'the Wrong Way Reidel' play and also answered weekly questions on a radio program. George Varnell is another official on the West Coast that worked more Rose Bowl games than possibly any other official in history.
Credits
The banner photo is of The Southwestern Command, Japan Logistical Command, Football Season Gets Underway with Pvt. Cecile Brothers of Hocombe, Missouri, a Member of the Camp Saki WAC Detachment, Flipping the Coin to See who Kicks Off - NARA, circa 1952, cropped. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
A Very Special thanks to information obtained from the following brilliant internet sites: Timothy Brown and his FootballArchaeology.com website.