Papa Bear or the First Lady? (Calumet Indians Take On Chicago Bears)

<p>When Football Is Football is part of the <a href="https://sportshistorynetwork.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear</a>.</p><p><strong><u>EPISODE SUMMARY</u></strong></p><p>Tuesday, October 18, 1938, was one of the most unique days in the history of Hammond, IN.</p><p>Nestled in the northeast corner of the state, the solidly blue-collar metropolis of Hammond is actually closer to downtown Chicago than many of the windy city’s far-flung suburbs. Yet as close as it resides to Chicago, the two cities are worlds apart.</p><p>On this episode of “<a href="https://sportshistorynetwork.com/podcasts/when-football-was-football/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">When Football Was Football</a>,” here on the Sports History Network, we’ll return to that night in Hammond when both <a href="https://sportshistorynetwork.com/football/nfl/george-halas-chicago-bears-founder-player-owner-and-coach/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">George Halas</a> and <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/first-families/anna-eleanor-roosevelt/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt</a> visited at the same time and both were competing for the attention of the local residents!</p><p>Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this <a href="https://sportshistorynetwork.com/football/nfl/calumet-indians-play-chicago-bears" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">episode here</a>.</p><p><strong><u>WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND</u></strong></p><p>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