Visitors and Guests

It something that spectators have seen at love ball games a multitude of times on a scoreboard, the "Home" and "Visitors" plastered on the device to identify information about each team. Have you ever thought about where the word Visitors or sometimes Guests came from? If you have sit back and listen as Timothy Brown of Football Archaeology fills us in on the tale.

We all have glanced up at the in stadium scoreboards while at a live game. They are all generally set up to have one section for the Home team's score, time outs etc..., as well as the same for the opponents of the home team. Back before all of the digital scoreboards a Simple "Home" and "Away" or "Visitors" garnished the static boards of yesteryear. WHy does it say Visitors or Away? 

Out friend Timothy P. Brown of FootballArchaeology.com has researched the subject and has the answer to this very question.

Please read all about it and enjoy some images from the game on Tim's post.

Opponents Versus Visitors

The story of how the word "Visitors" and or "guests" first appeared on scoreboards from FootballArchaeology.com

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Here is more about our guest, or visitor, but defintely not our opponent,  Timothy P. Brown and his wonderful website FootballArchaeology.com. I suggest taking Tim up on his offer of getting an email sent each evening with a new football history tidbit by having a free subscription to Football Archaeology.

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.

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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.

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Here are some more stories ont he topic of scoreboards that we have collected for better understanding. Please enjoy these...

Great Rose Bowl Hoax

The prank at the 1961 Rose Bowl by some very clever but naughty students.

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Game Clock Evolution

We discuss the timing of a game and bringing back the forward pass as well as many more Legendary stories

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A Very Special thanks to information obtained from the following brilliant internet sites: Timothy Brown and his FootballArchaeology.com website.

Banner photo is from my own collection at Vet's Stadium in Erie, Pennsylvania during a 2020  football game.