This week’s Throwback Thursday feature was easy to identify when a matchup of the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants appeared on the NFL schedule. We’ll travel back to New Year’s Eve of 1961 when these two clubs met for the league championship at Green Bay’s New City Stadium, which would be renamed Lambeau … Read More
Month: November 2019
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of a small college football team that plays in the Patriot League, the Fordham Rams. The school fielded it’s first football team in 1882 and at one time was a college powerhouse. Their offensive lines of the 1930s were known as “The Seven Blocks of Granite”. Some notable former Ram players include Vince Lombardi, … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1963 Topps football card of former tight end Ron Kramer, who enjoyed a 10 year career in the NFL, mostly with the Green Bay Packers. He was a Pro Bowler in 1962 and helped the Packers win a pair of championships in the early 1960s. In college at Michigan, Kramer was an All American in … Read More
NFL 100 – Teams of The Decades
It’s been a regular practice in the long history of the National Football League to crown the “Team of The Decade” for each ten year period of the league’s existence. With it’s celebration of the 100th season this year, there’s no better time to rate those teams than now, as the tenth decade of play … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Alternate logo of a team that plays in the National Football League, the Chicago Bears. The team entered the NFL as a charter member in 1920 when they were known as the Decatur Staleys. When founder George Halas moved them to Chicago, he received permission to play home games at Wrigley Field, home of baseball’s … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1981 Topps football card of former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver John Stallworth, who played 14 seasons in the NFL, all for the Steelers. He was a major part of 4 Super Bowl winning teams and was a three-time Pro Bowler, despite playing in the shadow of Lynn Swann. He was successful in business after his … Read More
NFL 100 – Joe Montana
He fell to the third round of the NFL draft in 1979 because he didn’t have a very strong arm and his measurables weren’t up to par with other available quarterbacks that year, but it was this player, Joe Montana, who built a resume that makes him a top candidate as the greatest signal caller … Read More
Classic Team Logo of The Day
Logo of the San Francisco 49ers football team, used from their All America Football Conference days in 1946 until 1964, when they were in the NFL. Over the years the team has won 19 division titles, 6 conference titles and 5 Super Bowls. Some players from the early years of the franchise include Hall of … Read More
Classic Sports Card of The Day
1982 Topps “All Pro” football card of the greatest quarterback in pro football history, Joe Montana. “Joe Cool” had a legendary 16 year career in the NFL, mostly with the San Francisco 49ers before closing out his playing days in Kansas City. He was an eight-time Pro Bowler, six-time All Pro, two time league MVP, … Read More
NFL – Throwback Thursday: Jets Upset The Champs
The New York Jets and Oakland Raiders clash this weekend on the NFL’s schedule, and we’ll travel back to a game played between these 2 former AFL rivals on December 29, 1968 for this week’s Throwback Thursday feature. The headline of this post, “Jets Upset The Champs”, was probably more fitting to be used a … Read More