Step onto the gridiron of history as we explore significant football moments occurring on this calendar date. From the foundational days of college play to crucial developments in the professional leagues, this date marks key milestones, player legacies, and pivotal events shaping the game we know today.
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This Day in American Football History
Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer
We invite you to take a ride through 1920's sports history in the audio drama that takes the listener through the sounds and legendary events of the era through the eyes of a young newspaper journalist. You will feel like you were there!
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"Don Hutson Calls it Quits or Does He?"
Last updated 📅 2025-07-20
July 22, 1943 - Our Newspapers.com Football History Headline of the Day is from an article found in that day's edition of the Harrisburg Telegraph in Pennsylvania.
"Tim Brown Notre Dame and Raiders Hall of Fame Wide Receiver"
Last updated 📅 2025-07-20
July 22, 1966 - Tim Brown, Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrined wide receiver who played for the Raiders, along with a short stint with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
"Nixon Makes the News & We Tell His Ties to the Gridiron"
Last updated 📅 2025-07-20
July 22, 1955 - Richard Millhouse Nixon becomes the first Vice-President of the U.S. in history to oversee a cabinet meeting. Nixon was a great fan of football.
He did not play much, but he was on the football team at Whittier College in California. In old photos, he was seen wearing jersey numbers 12 and 23. Later, when he became POTUS, he is credited with signing legislation to force the NFL to televise all playoff games in all markets, much to the chagrin of then-NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle.
So, though "Tricky Dick" may have been a "crook" despite his claims that he was not, he did force the NFL to put playoff games on TV for all of us to watch for free in our homes.
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Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer
We invite you to take a ride through 1920's sports history in the audio drama that takes the listener through the sounds and legendary events of the era through the eyes of a young newspaper journalist. You will feel like you were there!
Brought to you by Number 80 Productions and Pigskin Dispatch
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If you like remembering players of the NFL by their numbers then you may also enjoy going uniform number by number in othre team sports as well. We have it for you on our other website in baseball, basketball, hockey and more on the Sports Jersey Dispatch.
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