Logo of a former National Football League team, the Rock Island Independents. They were founded in 1907 as an independent team and joined the NFL in 1920. The club played through the 1925 season but never finished higher than fifth place, and eventually folded. The club did have four Pro Football Hall of Famers on … Read More
Month: December 2014
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1972 Topps football card of former pro football offensive lineman Mike Montler, who played 10 seasons of pro football for 4 different teams. His most successful years as a player were the 4 he spent as the starting center for the Buffalo Bills from 1973 through 1976, anchoring the “Electric Company” offensive line that blocked … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: The Blunder Bowl
The Dallas Cowboys and Indianapolis Colts clash in the NFL’s week 16 schedule, and for this week’s Throwback Thursday feature, we’ll encore a post that we published during Super Bowl week in 2011. It was Super Bowl V, a mistake-filled game played on January 17, 1971, between the Cowboys and Colts (who were based in … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of a long lost National Football League franchise, the Frankford Yellow Jackets, who played in the league from 1924 until 1931. They won the NFL championship in 1926. The team fell on hard times and disbanded operations after the 1931 season. In 1933, the league awarded an expansion franchise to Philadelphia, the Eagles, and … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1969 Topps football card of former pro football middle linebacker Mike Curtis, who played 14 seasons in the NFL for 3 teams. He spent the first 10 of those seasons, his most successful, with the Baltimore Colts. He was a four-time Pro Bowler and helped the Colts win a Super Bowl title in 1971. Curtis … Read More
NFL – Bills’ Game Review
If the Buffalo Bills wind up missing the NFL playoffs for the fifteenth consecutive season, it won’t be due to the efforts of their defense. Coordinator Jim Schwartz’s unit put forward their best effort of the season, in a year that has included consistent, if not always dominant, efforts, in being the main reason for … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of a small college football program, the Abilene Christian University Wildcats, who play in the Southland Conference. The school first fielded a team in 1919, while this logo was used from 1975 until 2012. Former Wildcats who went on to play in the NFL include Wilbert Montgomery, Clint Longley, Danieal Manning, Johnny Knox and Bernard … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1982 Topps football card of former Buffalo Bills tight end Mark Brammer, who played five seasons for the team in the 1980s. He was known mostly as a blocker, but totaled 59 receptions and 6 touchdowns in his first 2 pro seasons. Brammer is currently a Western New York resident, and a member of the … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: The Bounty Bowl
Two long-time NFC East rivals, the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles, will square off this week on the league schedule in a game that will likely decide the division championship. The Throwback Thursday post for the week will feature a game played between these two franchises on Thanksgiving Day in 1989, at the beginning of the … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of the University of Alabama-Birmingham Blazers, a college football team that until recently played in the East Division of Conference USA. However, they recently announced they are disbanding their football program. They began play as a Division III team in 1991, and current Blazer alumni playing in the NFL include Roddy White, Joe Webb … Read More