Ernie Nevers' First Pro Football Game

When Football Is Football is part of the https://sportshistorynetwork.com/ (Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sports' Yesteryear). EPISODE SUMMARY Fans of football history usually find the name of Ernie Nevers to be a familiar one. Maybe not a household word in 2021, but certainly one that ripples with respect with the knowledge that Nevers was one of the all-time greats in the National Football League.&nbsp;And yet, his entrance into the world of pro football back in 1926 is a bit obscure and perhaps confusing......... Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this https://sportshistorynetwork.com/football/nfl/ernie-nevers-first-pro-football-game (episode here). https://www.newspapers.com/freetrial/?xid=2229&amp;duration=semiannual&amp;subtype=extra&amp;ft=true (GET A 7-DAY FREE TRIAL TO NEWSPAPERS.COM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TOPIC AND MANY MORE SPORTS HISTORY MOMENTS FROM THE TIMEFRAME OF WHEN THEY OCCURRED.) WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND Each episode takes the listener back to the very early days of the National Football League. Author Joe Ziemba will share a forgotten or lost story from one of the NFL’s two oldest teams: The Bears and the Cardinals. Team championships, individual exploits, or long-buried items of interest from the earliest years of the NFL will be dusted off and resurrected for the listener. Not for the football faint-of-heart since these programs will document when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business or when Cardinals’ players earned $15 a game and were proud of it! It’s NFL history—with a twist!. See Joe's books below. https://amzn.to/32oYi2n (Cadets, Canons, and Legends: The Football History of Morgan Park Military Academy) https://amzn.to/3eGr8jK (When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL) Music for the episode - https://www.purple-planet.com/ <a rel="payment" href="https://ko-fi.com/sportshistorynetwork">Support this podcast</a>