In this episode, we talk with Football Archaeology founder Timothy P. Brown and a recent Tidbit he wrote that examines the impact of the YMCA on the game of football.

Here is more on the subject from the source in Tim Brown's original tidbit article on the YMCA and Football.

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Sports History Theme Song

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One of the more dominant teams of the third pro football league, called the American Football League, was the Dallas Texans who changed into the Kansas City Chiefs franchise. Our pro football dynasty search continues as we ask, " Should the 1960s Kansas City Chiefs be considered a Pro Football Dynasty?"

Here is the link to our website post on the subject as well as the graphs and data to support it.

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Sports History Theme Song

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We love all levels of football, and for about 100 straight days, we carry on the tradition of posting about each of the FBS schools and the great history of each program. This week, we had the honor of chatting up programs like Clemson Cal, Central Michigan, Buffalo, and BYU

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Sports History Theme Song

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An expert in SIM football, Geoff Giordano, joins us to tell of his APBA Football Club and the gridiron history tied to the APBA game and how the gamers use it to preserve football history.

If you are interested in the APBA Football Club here are some resources that Geoff offers:

Geoff Giordano

APBA Football Club (founded 2011)

[email protected]

AFC on YouTube

AFC on Facebook

AFC on Instagram

AFC podcast on Anchor

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Sports History Theme Song

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One of the top experts in early football rules history Timothy P. Brown joins us on the discussion to research the evolution of the football field press box as well as other communications on the sidelines.

Here is the original Tidbit on Football Archaeology complete with images!

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Sports History Theme Song

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In the depths of having an aging roster and a battle with the NFL over a move to the City of Angels from their roost in Oakland, Raiders owner Al Davis, and his team fought their way through the AFC to have the right to take on the defending Champions, the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XVIII. Author Rich Shmelter covers the entire 1983 season through the lens of these two title teams and the results of their meeting in the Big Game in his latest book Championship Diary: Super Bowl XVIII.

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Sports History Theme Song

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Authors Budd Bailey and Greg Tranter visit the Pigpen in this episode to talk about their latest book titled: The Buffalo Bills: An Illustrated Timeline of a Storied Team and its unique way to preserve Western New York Football History in a chronological order of events!

These two long-time Bills fans bring their insight, passion, and writing experience to team up with Reedy Press on a great Buffalo Bills History journey.

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Sports History Theme Song

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We have all seen some crazy uniforms out lately on the gridiron. The artistic expression of multi-colored uniforms and adornments makes your head spin as teams and stores are looking for new team-related jerseys to market. This is not anything new, and today we go into a recent piece on the Football Archaeology website where Timothy Brown discovered some oddly colored gridiron jersey numbers of the past.

Here is Tim's original post on FootballArchaeology.com.

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Sports History Theme Song

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Life-long Buffalo Bills Fan, Del Reid took his fandom and Social Media Influencer status to not only help start Bill Mafia as a Western New York NFL Fan Identity but to help others less fortunate in his local area with his company, 26 Shirts.

Del's Website

Co-founder, #BillsMafia. Founder, 26shirts.com. Del's Facebook page @delreid26 on Instagram @delreid on X

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A new wave of Fantasy Football is taking the internet by storm, Tailgate Fantasy Sports, where you can use all players from your favorite NFL team. Co-Founder Hans Kayser joins us to tell us the simple, fun way to play fantasy football without having to root against your own favorite franchise.

Try it out for yourself at Tailgate Fantasy Sports. and follow them @TailgateFS

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