Pigskin Dispatch

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EPISODE SUMMARY

Today we talk to friend of the show, and personal friend, Darin Hayes. Not only does he host two podcasts, he is now also an author of the book The World's Greatest Pro Gridiron Team: The 1903 Franklin All-Stars. Link in the show notes on where you can buy this book.

Darin is not only a great historian when it comes to football, he is also a great guy to talk to, and a guy who is enthusiastic about whatever he is doing. I hope you enjoy this interview and check out his book when you get the chance.

Who was the most dominant team in Pro Football history? The popular choices range from the 1972

Miami Dolphins and the 1948 Cleveland Browns, both undefeated champions of their respective leagues.

Other selections might be Lombardi’s Packers or even the ‘85 Chicago Bears. All of these are excellent.

candidates, but what if there was a team in mainstream professional football that excelled beyond any of those mentioned above?

The 1903 Franklin All-Stars got closer to a perfect season in American football than anyone else in the sport’s professional history. A young merchant constructed the team in revenge for gambling losses and went undefeated, unscored upon, with opponents crossing the midfield stripe only twice and had an offense more productive than the famed collegiate point-a-minute teams.

This book tells the story of a wealthy Pennsylvania town and the legendary mercenary players who carried out the mission to make Franklin the World’s Greatest Gridiron Team. It contains bonus links to additional audio content from Football Historians Ken Crippen, Joe Ziemba, and Timothy Brown.

Amazon.com: The World's Greatest Pro Gridiron Team: The 1903 Franklin All-Stars eBook : Hayes, Darin: Kindle Store

ABOUT FOOTBALL IS FAMILY

Do you bleed your favorite football team’s colors each weekend? Does the difference of a W or L in the box score dictate how you respond for the rest of the week? Or do most of your conversations with your family and friends revolve around your favorite football team?

If you answered yes to any (or maybe all) of these questions, then you are in the right place. The host of this podcast truly believes that “Football Is Family” and he is on a mission to share the stories of other fans out there sharing how they have been touched by the greatest sport on Earth. Listen below to the trailer and learn more about the host and show.

HOST - JEREMY MCFARLIN

Growing up in Middle Tennessee, I didn’t have a pro football team that was close enough to me to feel a part of. My first memory of pro football was Super Bowl 22. I picked the Broncos to win, and, even though they didn’t win, I followed them from that point on.

John Elway was (and is) my favorite player. I have played as the Broncos on Tecmo Bowl, Tecmo Bowl Super Bowl, Madden, and 2K Sports. I fondly remember the moments when the Broncos won Super Bowls 32 and 33.

Around this time, the Oilers came to Tennessee. I was hooked. I finally had a team just down the road from my hometown of Bon Aqua. Oiler (and later Titans) mania hit this area. Jerseys, hats, footballs, merchandise, and several autographs later, I’m a Titans fan through and through.

It’s the dedication, the love, and the passion for football that helps me realize that football is family. Each fan base has a story, a history, and a love for their team. That’s what I want to talk about each and every podcast.

You can follow me @jeremy_mcfarlin. Message me if you want to share your reasons why your football team is family.

The timing of a football game has changed with the technologies available to fields of different eras. Timothy P. Brown takes us to early football before artificial light was used to illuminate the Gridiron. How did this affect the timing of the games? Tim lays it out for us in this podcast episode.

Here is the link for Tim's original TidBit House of the Setting Sun .

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We take a look at a couple of great professional football teams that went undefeated in the regular season and won the League Championship game unblemished. First off the 1948 Cleveland Browns and then the 1972 Miami Dolphins.

We then make a major announcement for Pigskin Dispatch along with presenting a third team that may have been more perfect than the other two. We discuss our new book The World's Greatest Gridiron Team.

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Washington D.C. area Journalist and Author Mike Richman shares the story of Pro Football Hall of Fame Coach George Allen in a book titled George Allen: A Football Life.

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The 1937 professional football season was among the most memorable in NFL history. 

1937 was the 18th regular season of the National Football League and was also notable for the increasing popularity of the sport. Game attendance was up, and the NFL was beginning to attract national attention. The season saw some newer concepts, such as specialists or players excelling at one position, a new rival League, and a non-Mid-West franchise winning the NFL Championship Game for the first time.

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Tim Brown joins us to share his findings on this impressive array of Goldsmith experts and their place in football history in this podcast episode.

Tim's original TidBit on the subject can be found here.

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The break near the end of each half of an NFL game, at approximately two minutes remaining on the clock, is a much-anticipated time stoppage for teams and fans alike. Appropriately named the 'two-minute warning," this professional football contribution to the gridiron had a somewhat different purpose at its inception.

Check out our post on the subject here.

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A few months back, Timothy P Brown posted the following fascinating TidBit on FootballArchaeology.com about a couple of parallel stories of women rumored to be on the football teams at several colleges. Mr. Brown joins us in discussing his research on these very intriguing stories. Here is Tim's original TidBit post.

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In this episode, we talk about the history of College Football in 1937. The Football History Rewind Series Part 80 goes through the rules revisions, the big games, the star players, a new source for ranking teams, and the top teams of the season. Here is the webpage version.

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We came across a few stories of students on both sides of a University of Texas and Texas A&M Rivalry that each tried to one-up the other through the team mascots.

Make sure you check out our web story on this podcast episode on Bevo and Reveille.

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