August 5

In this edition, we discuss two more games of the exhibition where NFL squads traveled to Oh Canada and the very first time, post-merger, where an AFL and an NFL team met as opponents! We will provide you with a little bit of football nostalgia. This daily football history segment features the Great events, Franchise formation anniversaries, the birthdays of notable Hall of Fame players, coaches, or anyone else in our great game, and many more Legendary stories of the Gridiron.

Our friend Bob Hyldburg, a very passionate historian and collector of Boston/New England Patriots items has graciously shared some images of items in his covey that pertain to August 5, 1960 and and exhibition game of the AFL's Boston Patriots. It was the Patriots Broncos exhibition game on August 5, 1960 in front of 4,706 fans in Providence RI.
Boston won 43-6.

We thank Bob for sharing this glimpse back in football history and encourage any and all that want to help preserve the history of the game and want to share, in the Portal of Positive Football History to to the same , by images, words, or even being a guest on the podcast! Enjoy the images! Thanks Bob!

• August 5, 1959- In an exhibition game between the NFL's Chicago Cardinals defeated the CFL's Toronto Argonauts 55-26 at Tornoto's CNE Stadium.
• August 5, 1961- The Chicago Bears played an exhibition preseason tilt with the Montreal Alouettes of the CFL at Molson Stadium in Montreal, Quebec. The Bears won 34-16.
• August 5, 1966- The Chicago College All Star game is played at Soldier Field in Chi-town as the Green Bay Packers in front of 72,000 fans blanked the All Stars 38-0. The MVP award, always given to the college player team, happened to be Gary Lane the quarterback from the University of Missouri.
• August 5, 1967- The very first exhibition game after the AFL/NFL merger took place as the Denver Broncos (AFL) stunned the Detroit Lions (NFL) 13-7 at the University of Denver.
• August 5, 1978- Mexico City's, Olympic Stadium is the venue for and NFL preseason exhibition as the New Orleans Saints defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 14-7.
• August 5, 1996 - In an NFL exhibition game in Monterrey Mexico the Kansas City Chiefs routed the Dallas Cowboys by the score of 32-6.
• August 5, 2006- The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio offiicially inducts Reggie White, Warren Moon, Troy Aikman, Harry Carson, Rayfield Wright and John Madden at the Hall's annual ceremony.

• August 5, 1940 - Roman Gabriel was a quarterback from North Carolina State that in 1989 was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He landed in the NFL with the LA Rams where he played for 11 years before moving onto Philadelphia to play for the Eagles for another 5 seasons after that. He was the first Filipino- American in the NFL to play the position of quarterback.
• August 5, 1946 - Gary Beban was a QB from UCLA who won the covetted Heisman Trophy in 1967 edging out OJ Simpson by the narrowest margin as well as the Mawell Award for being the best all around college football player that season. He also received awards for academic accomplishments of being a great student as well! Mr. Beban entered the College Football Hall of Fame in the induction class of 1989.  He played professionally in the NFL for the LA Rams, Washington Redskins and the Denver Broncos.
• August 5, 1952 - Freddie Scott from Amherst College in Amherst, Mass. was a wide receiver that earned a place in the College Football Hall of Fame in the induction class of 2001. He also had a 10 year career in the NFL where he saw action with the Baltimore Colts and the Detroit Lions. Mr. Scott scored 18 of his 20 NFL career touchdowns with the Lions. Interestingly enough his son Freddie Scott II, also played in the NFL for the Lions  & Colts from 1996-1998.
• August 5, 1987 - Lake Butler, Florida - The shifty running back from Clemson C.J. Spiller was born. C.J. Spiller was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame by National Football Foundation voters in 2021.

Exciting historic coverage of Football Day August 5! The NFL goes both North and South of the Borders and legendary Hall members are remembered!

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