Pro Football Historian (PFH) is a blog page written by Flint Given. Pro Football Historian or PFH is a page to inform people on prior NFL events that people might not know about. Learning about teams from the 1920s or even the first few NFL World Championships in the 1930s fascinates me. It's these kinds of events that I want to discuss in this blog. Hopefully you are interested and will continue to check up on my blogs.
Monday, April 18, 2016
Sunday, April 17, 2016
History Of The American Football League
In 1958, the National Football League championship game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants drew millions of viewers on NBC and established pro football as an entertainment commodity to rival baseball as the most popular sport in the United States. The NFL suddenly had a line of businessmen waiting to purchase new franchises in new markets, but most were arrogantly turned away. This prompted Lamar Hunt, the wealthy son of an oil tycoon, to recruit seven businessmen from cities hungry for pro football to form a rival league. The resulting American Football League was publicly welcomed by NFL Commissioner Bert Bell, who said that competition would stimulate both leagues. However, the NFL did not sit idly by and wait for the AFL to gain market share. Instead, it quickly expanded into Hunt’s hometown of Dallas and into Minneapolis, another of the cities the AFL had designated for a franchise.Friday, April 1, 2016
Who Would Be In Your NFL Hall Of Fame Class?
This year there will be another Hall Of Fame class. The class of 2016 includes greats like Brett Favre, Marvin Harrison, Tony Dungy, Kevin Greene, Orlando Pace, Ken Stabler, and Dick Stanfel. All these players have something unique about. Some have waited over three decades to get in. Unfortunately Stanfel and Stabler have passed away after waiting a long time to get in. Each of these players deserve to get in.