Get your hot dogs decked out on this football day while we also remember a President who helped save the day and a Western Canadian team has an event important to their formation all in this episode!
Who do you think of if asked who are some of the greatest NFL players that wore number 55? In this episode we discuss the greatest players that wore the jersey number 55 in the NFL's history.
Here are some of the headlines we hit on in this episode: The ABC Network inks a deal to broadcast AFL games paving the way for a new revenue stream. We also discuss the careers of HOF Birthday boys like Al Brosky, Tedy Bruschi and Woodrow Lowe.
This day goes down in football history as the BIG AFL/NFL Merger Announcement day and we remember it along with some fantastic players of the College and Pro Football Hall of Fame born on this date!
In this episode we discuss how Joe Namath signs up for early retirement and legends like Jimmy Johnson, Darold Jenkins, Walter Koppisch, Rueben Mayes and Bobby Mitchell are remembered.
In this episode we discuss the founding anniversaries for teams in Cleveland, Seattle and San Francisco as well as a memorable football birthdays.
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