Bronko Nagurski Disqualified in Ring...

June 5, 1941- Sandor Szabo becomes the Wrestling Champion after defeating former champ and Pro Football Hall of Fame player Bronko Nagurski. Nagurski is also recognized as a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and held the wrestling title multiple times in his second sport. The article says that the referee in the match had warned Nagurski multiple times about illegal tactics of grasping hold of the ropes and then butting Szabo. The disqualification ended the fight and handed the title to Szabo. Bronko is, of course, a very colorful player in gridiron history, starring for the Chicago Bears.

June 5, 1952 - The first national televised sporting event in the U.S. occurred when the Jersey Joe Walcott versus Ezzard Charles title boxing match was aired. It wouldn't be long until football was broadcast nationally as well. Local broadcasts first took place in 1939. September 30, 1939, marked the college's first locally televised game between Fordham and Waynesburg. The NFL's local debut on TV occurred in the New York City area on October 22, 1939, in a match featuring the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Philadelphia Eagles.

The broadcast of the title fight, though, did not go off without a hitch. The Morning News of Wilmington, Delaware, ran an article on its June 6, 1952, edition that said, "Walcott Charles Bout TV Fails at Decision Time." The broadcast was darn near perfect through the 15 rounds of the fight, but then, just as the decision was to be announced, viewers were cut off from what NBC later described as the television mobile unit losing power. Can you say Heidi Game!