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.
May 19
May 19 | This Day in American Football History
Orville Mulligan: Sports Writer
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"NFL Draft Light Bulb Moment"
Last updated 📅 2025-05-17
The Newspapers.com Football History Headline of the day comes from the May 20, 1935 edition of the Pittsburgh Press that says, “ You Can’t Say We Didn’t Do Plenty!” of course, it is about the May 19, 1935 meeting in the Steel City of the top brass and owners of the NFL franchises as they laid out some new pivotal rules and policies the League adopted. Among the items discussed and approved by Commissioner Joe Carr and the boys was a waiver rule where the team with the worst record the previous season would have first dibs at waived players of rival teams. The group also decided on the former Cincinnati franchise and gave the rights to the city of St. Louis.
"Archie Manning Patriarch of a QB Dynasty"
Last updated 📅 2023-05-19
Born May 19, 1949, in Drew, Mississippi, was Mississippi quarterback from 1968 to 1970, Archie Manning. You have probably heard of Archie’s sons Peyton and Eli but the original Manning QB was the vine that these two Multi Super Bowl winners got their gusto from.
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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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Sports Jersey Dispatch
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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