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When Football Was FootballEarly Chicago pro football history. Author: Sports History Network
Each episode of When Football Was Football will take the listener back to the very early days of the National Football League. Your host, Joe Ziemba, will share a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFLs two oldest teams: The Bears and the Cardinals. Team championships, individual exploits, or long-buried items of interest from the earliest years of the NFL will be dusted off and resurrected for the listener. Not for the football faint-of-heart since these programs will document when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business or when Cardinals players earned 15 a game and were proud of it! Its NFL historywith a twist! Language: en Genres: Football, History, Sports Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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THE NFL’S WACKY, PECULIAR, AND CONFUSING EARLY SCHEDULING PRACTICES!
Episode 99
Wednesday, 2 September, 2026
When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear.EPISODE SUMMARYCARDINALS: ONE GAME PLAYED OUTSIDE CHICAGOA century ago, things were much easier when creating game arrangements in the struggling National Football League, including for the Chicago Cardinals, the NFL’s oldest team. Instead of an army of highly qualified league representatives, bolstered by an ample array of computer considerations, the Cardinals relied on just one individual to put together the schedule each year.With no formal scheduling requirements, a team like the Cardinals could gobble up as many home games as possible, resulting in the fact that there was no need to chase after away games. In fact, over a five-year period from 1921-1925, the Cardinals scheduled just one game outside of the city of Chicago........Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here.WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUNDEach episode takes the listener back to the very early days of the National Football League. Author Joe Ziemba will share a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFL’s two oldest teams: The Bears and the Cardinals. Team championships, individual exploits, or long-buried items of interest from the earliest years of the NFL will be dusted off and resurrected for the listener.Not for the football faint-of-heart since these programs will document when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business or when Cardinals’ players earned $15 a game and were proud of it! It’s NFL history—with a twist!. See Joe's books below.Cadets, Canons, and Legends: The Football History of Morgan Park Military AcademyWhen Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL (Edition 2)Music for the episode - https://www.purple-planet.com/
