Today in NFL History
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Events in Sport
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1919-06-14 - 1st nonstop air crossing of Atlantic (Alcock & Brown) leaves Nfld
1920-04-17 - American Professional Football Association forms (NFL)
1920-10-03 - NFL (then American Pro Football Association) plays 1st games
1920-10-10 - Phoenix Cardinals (then in Chicago) play 1st NFL game, a 0-0 tie
1920-10-17 - Chicago Bears (as Decatur Staleys) play 1st NFL game, win 7-0
1921-08-27 - J E Clair of Acme Packing Co of Green Bay granted an NFL franchise
1921-10-10 - NFL Decatur Staleys become Chicago Staleys, win 14-10
1921-10-16 - Jim Conzelman takes over as coach of Rock Island Independents from Frank Coughlin-only mid-game coaching change in NFL history
1921-10-23 - Green Bay Packers play 1st NFL game, 7-6 win over Minneapolis
1922-01-28 - J E Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL
1922-06-24 - AFPA changes name to NFL, Chicago Staleys become Chicago Bears
1922-08-21 - Curly Lambeau & Green Bay Football Club granted NFL franchise
1922-10-01 - Former Chicago Staleys play 1st NFL game as Chicago Bears, win 6-0
1922-12-10 - Pete Henry makes longest known NFL drop-kicked field goal, 45 yards
1924-11-16 - Cleveland Bulldogs lose to Frankford Yellowjackets, ends 31-game undefeated streak (NFL & major-league football record)
1925-10-11 - NY Giants play 1st NFL game, lose to Providence 14-0
1926-02-06 - NFL rules college students ineligible until college classes graduates
1928-06-17 - Amelia Earhart leaves Nfld to become 1st woman (passenger) to fly Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz)
1929-07-28 - Chicago Cardinals become 1st NFL team to train out of state (Mich)
1929-11-28 - Ernie Nevers scores all 40 pts for Chic Cards vs Bears (NFL record)
1930-09-14 - Detroit Lions (as Portsmouth Spartans) play 1st NFL game, win 13-6
1930-09-24 - Portsmouth beats Brooklyn in 1st NFL game played under floodlights
1932-10-02 - Washington Redskins (as Boston Braves) play 1st NFL game, lose 14-0
1932-12-18 - Chicago Bears beat Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 in 1st NFL playoff game
1933-02-25 - Major NFL rule changes (hash mark 10 yds in, posts on goal line)
1933-04-17 - Chicago Bears win their 1st NFL Game beating NY Giants 23-21
1933-07-28 - NFL divides into (2) 5 team divisions
1933-09-20 - Pittsburgh Steelers (as Pirates) play 1st NFL game, lose 23-2
1933-10-15 - Philadelphia Eagles play 1st NFL game, lose to NY Giants 56-0
1933-11-12 - 1st game at NFL Pitts Pirate's Forbes Field, lose to Bkln Dodgers 32-0
1933-12-03 - Joe Lilliard QBs Chic Cardinals; last NFL black until 1946
1933-12-17 - NFL starts official stats as Bears beat Giants 23-21 in champ game
1934-06-30 - NFL's Portsmouth Spartans become Detroit Lions
1934-08-31 - 1st NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 0, All-Stars 0 (79,432)
1934-10-28 - Brooklyn & Pittsburgh play a penalty free NFL game
1934-11-06 - NFL Philadelphia Eagles beat Cincinnati Reds 64-0
1934-11-29 - Chic Bears beat Detroit (19-16) in 1st NFL game broadcast nationally
1934-12-09 - NY Giants defeat Chicago Bears 30-13 for NFL Championship
1934-12-10 - NFL adopts player waiver rule; applies after 6th game of season
1935-02-08 - 1st NFL draft; Jay Berwanger of U Chicago is 1st pick (by Eagles) He never plays in NFL
1935-05-19 - NFL adopts an annual college draft to begin in 1936
1935-08-29 - 2nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 5, All-Stars 0 (77,450)
1935-12-15 - Detroit Lions win NFL Championship
1936-02-08 - 1st NFL draft, Eagles select Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger
1936-09-03 - 3rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 7, Detroit 7 (76,000)
1936-09-28 - Brooklyn & Boston play a penalty free NFL game
1936-12-13 - Final Boston Redskin NFL game, lose to Packers 21-6, move to Wash DC
1936-12-13 - Green Bay Packers win NFL championship
1937-02-12 - Cleveland (now St Louis) Rams granted an NFL franchise
1937-02-13 - NFL Boston Redskins move to Wash DC
1937-09-01 - 4th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 6, Green Bay 0 (84,560)
1937-09-10 - Cleveland (Los Angeles) Rams plays their 1st NFL game, lose 28-0
1937-09-17 - 1st NFL game in Washington, DC; Redskins beat NY Giants 13-3
1937-12-12 - Washington Redskins win NFL Championship
1938-08-31 - 5th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 28, Washington 16 (74,250)
1938-10-09 - Cleveland Browns & Chicago Bears play a penalty free NFL game
1938-12-11 - NY Giants win NFL Championship
1939-01-15 - 1st NFL Pro Bowl, NY Giants beat All Stars 13-10 in Wrigley Field
1939-05-25 - Carl Storck becomes 2nd NFL president
1939-08-30 - 6th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: NY Giants 9, All-Stars 0 (81,456)
1939-10-22 - 1st TV NFL game-Eagles vs Dodgers
1939-12-10 - Green Bay Packers win NFL Championship, beat NY Giants 27-0
1940-01-14 - NFL Pro Bowl: Green Bay beats NFL All-Stars 16-7
1940-04-12 - NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards
1940-08-29 - 7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,567)
1940-11-10 - Pittsburgh & Philadelphia play a penalty free NFL game
1940-11-17 - Green Bay Packers become 1st NFL team to travel by plane
1940-12-08 - 1st NFL Championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0
1940-12-29 - NFL Pro Bowl: Chi Bears beats NFL All-Stars 28-14
1941-03-01 - Elmer Layden becomes 1st NFL commissioner
1941-08-28 - 8th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 37, All-Stars 13 (98,203)
1941-12-14 - 1st NFL division playoff, Bears beat Packers 33-14
1941-12-21 - Chicago Bears Ray McLean makes last NFL drop kick for an extra point
1941-12-21 - Chicago bears win the NFL championship
1941-12-21 - Last NFL drop kick for an extra point (Ray McLean, Chicago Bears)
1942-01-04 - NFL Pro Bowl: Chi Bears beats NFL All-Stars 35-24
1942-08-28 - 9th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 21, All-Stars 0 (101,100)
1942-12-13 - Washington Redskins defeat Chic Bears 14-6, to win NFL title
1942-12-27 - NFL Pro Bowl: NFL All-Stars beats Washington 17-14
1943-04-07 - NFL adopts free substitution rule
1943-06-19 - NFL's Philadelphia Eagles & Pittsburgh Steelers merge, (dissolves on Dec 5)
1943-08-25 - 10th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 27, Washington 7 (48,471)
1943-11-07 - Detroit Lions 0, NY Giants 0; last scoreless tie in NFL
1943-12-05 - NFL Phila Eagle-Pitts Steeler merger disolves
1943-12-26 - Chicago Bears win NFL Championship
1944-04-20 - NFL legalizes coaching from bench
1944-04-21 - NFL Chic Cardinals & Pittsburgh Steelers merge (dissolves on Dec 3)
1944-08-30 - 11th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 24, All-Stars 21 (48,769)
1944-12-03 - NFL Cardinals-Pitts merger disolves
1944-12-17 - Green Bay Packers win NFL Championship
1945-04-09 - NFL requires players to wear long stockings
1945-04-10 - NFL's Boston Yanks & Brooklyn Tigers merge
1945-08-30 - 12th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 19, All-Stars 7 (92,753)
1945-11-22 - Jim Benton, Cleveland end, gains 303 yards (NFL record)
1945-12-16 - Cleveland Rams win NFL Championship
1946-01-11 - Bert Bell becomes 2nd NFL commissioner, moves Chicago HQ to Phila
1946-01-12 - NFL champs Cleveland Rams given permission to move to LA
1946-03-21 - Kenny Washington signs with Rams, 1st black NFLer since 1933
1946-08-23 - 13th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 16, Los Angeles 0 (97,380)
1946-09-29 - Los Angeles (previously Cleveland) Rams play 1st NFL game in LA
Birthdays in Sport
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1879-02-03 - Charles Follis, 1st black NFLer (Shelby, Ohio)
1880-10-22 - Joe Carr, Ohio, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39)
1884-09-21 - Hugh "Shorty" Ray, supervisor of NFL officials, HOF member
1887-07-30 - Timothy Mara, NFL owner (NY Giants)
1891-11-05 - Earle "Greasy" Neale, NFL coach (Philadelphia Eagles)
1892-11-26 - Joe Guyon, NFL halfback (Canton, Cleveland, Oorang, Rock I, etc)
1894-01-16 - Guy Chamberlin, early NFL end/coach (Canton, Frankford, Cards)
1894-01-27 - Fritz Pollard, early black NFL star (1920-26)
1894-12-28 - Ed Healey, NFL tackle (Rock Island Independents, Chicago Bears)
1895-02-02 - George S Halas, [Papa Bear], end/coach (Bears), co-founder NFL
1895-02-25 - DeBenneville "Bert" Bell, PA, NFL owner/commissioner/HOF (Eagles)
1895-09-16 - Charles W Bidwill Sr, Chicago, NFL hall of famer (Chicago Cardinals)
1896-01-11 - Paddy Driscoll, NFL QB/coach (Chic Cardinals, Bears)
1896-12-06 - George Trafton, NFL center (Chicago Bears)
1897-10-11 - George Preston Marshall, NFL team owner (Washington Redskins)
1897-10-31 - Wilbur (Pete) Henry, NFL tackle (Canton, NY Giants, Pottsville)
1898-03-06 - Jimmy Conzelman, NFL QB/coach/team owner (Chicago)
1898-04-09 - Earl "Curly" Lambeau, NFL coach (GB Packers)
1898-04-21 - Steve Owen, NFL tackle, coach (NY Giants)
1898-11-30 - Roy "Link" Lyman, NFL tackle (Chicago Bears)
1900-10-11 - Cal Hubbard, NFL tackle (Giants, Packers, Pittsburgh Pirates)
1901-01-27 - Art Rooney, NFL team owner (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1902-12-01 - Morris "Red" Badgro, Wash, NFL hall of famer (Yanks, Giants, Dodgers)
1903-03-27 - Walt Kiesling, NFL guard/coach (HOF)
1903-04-24 - Mike Michalske, NFL guard (NY Yankees, Green Bay Packers)
1903-06-11 - Ernie Nevers, NFL fullback (Duluth Eskimos, Chicago Cardinals)
1903-11-27 - Johnny Blood, aka John McNally, early NFL halfback (Green Bay)
1904-09-01 - Ray Flaherty, AFL/NFL/AAFC coach (NY Giants)
1905-06-05 - Art Donovan, NFL defensive tackle (Balt, NY Yanks, Dallas)
1906-08-06 - Ken Strong, NFL, AFL halfback (Staten Island, NY Yanks, NY Giants)
1906-10-11 - Earl "Dutch" Clark, Colo, NFL hall of fame QB (Spartans, Detroit)
1907-05-06 - Weeb Ewbank, NFL coach (Baltimore Colts, NY Jets)
1907-09-28 - Glen "Turk" Edwards, NFL tackle (Boston/Washington Redskins)
1908-09-07 - Paul Brown, Norwalk Ohio, NFL hall of famer (Browns, Bengals)
1908-11-03 - Bronko Nagurski, NFL fullback (Chicago Bears)
1909-08-22 - Mel Hein, NFL center (NY Giants)
1909-10-08 - Bill Hewitt, NFL end (Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles)
1910-04-02 - Arnie Herber, NFL QB (Green Bay Packers, NY Giants)
1910-04-08 - George Musso, NFL guard (Chicago Bears)
1910-05-01 - Cliff Battles, Akron Oh, NFL hall of famer (Braves, Redskins)
1911-10-26 - Sid Gillman, NFL hall of fame coach (LA, San Diego, Houston)
1912-03-03 - Joe Stydahar, NFL tackle (Chicago Bears)
1912-04-10 - Clarke Hinkle, NFL fullback (Green Bay Packers)
1912-05-17 - Clarence "Ace" Parker, NFL QB (Brooklyn, Boston Yanks)
1912-06-30 - Dan Reeves, NFL team owner (Cleveland/LA Rams)
1912-10-25 - Jack Kent Cooke, NFL team owner (Washington Redskins)
1912-11-12 - Alphonse [Tuffy] Leemans, NFL fullback (NY Giants)
1913-01-31 - Don Hutson, NFL end (Packers)
1913-01-31 - Wayne Millner, NFL end (Boston/Washington Redskins)
1913-06-11 - Vince Lombardi, NFL coach (Green Bay Packers)
1914-03-17 - Sammy Baugh, Texas, NFL hall of famer QB (Wash Redskins)
1914-10-23 - Frank (Bruiser) Kinard, NFL, AAFC tackle (Bkln, NY Yankees)
1915-08-12 - Alex Wojciechowicz, NFL center (Lions, Eagles)
1916-04-11 - Dan Fortmann, NFL guard (Chicago Bears)
1916-11-21 - Sid Luckman, NFL QB (Chicago Bears)
1917-06-08 - Byron R Whizzer White, Ft Collins, NFLer/Supreme Court Just (1962-93)
1917-10-24 - Marshall Goldberg, NFL halfback (Chicago Cardinals)
1918-03-13 - George McAfee, NFL halfback (Chicago Bears)
1919-05-05 - Tony Canadeo, Chicago, NFL hall of fame halfback (Green Bay Packers)
1919-09-28 - Tom Harmon, Rensselaer Indiana, sportscaster/NFL tailback (Heisman)
1919-11-10 - Clyde "Bulldog" Turner, NFL center (Chicago Bears)
1920-06-04 - Marion Motley, NFL running back (all-time leading AAFC rusher)
1920-06-05 - Marion Motley, AAFC, NFL fullback (Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh)
1920-07-26 - Bob Waterfield, NFL QB (Rams)
1920-12-28 - Steve Van Buren, NFL halfback (Philadelphia Eagles), (d. 2012)
1921-10-05 - Bill Willis, AAFC, NFL guard (Cleveland Browns)
1921-12-06 - Otto Graham, AAFC/NFL QB (Cleveland Browns)
1921-12-24 - Bill Dudley, NFL halfback (Pittsburgh, Detroit, Washington)
1922-05-06 - Pat Harder, Milwaukee, NFL fullback (Cardinals, Lions)
1922-12-14 - Charley Trippi, NFL halfback (Chicago Cardinals)
1923-02-23 - Dante Lavelli, AAFC/NFL end wide receiver (Cleveland Browns)
1923-03-23 - Arnie Weinmeister, AAFC, NFL def tackle (NY Yankees, Giants)
1923-06-17 - Elroy "Crazylegs" Hirsch, AAFC, NFL halfback, end (LA Rams)
1923-10-22 - Pete Pihos, NFL end (Phil Eagles)
1923-12-03 - Tom Fears, NFL end (LA Rams)
1924-01-25 - Lou "The Toe" Groza, AAFC, NFL tackle, kicker (Cleveland Browns)
1924-06-19 - Leo Nomellini, NFL defensive tackle (SF 49ers)
1924-09-11 - Tom Landry, NFL player (NY Giants)/coach (Dallas Cowboys)
1925-01-01 - George Conner, NFL tackle, linebacker (Chicago Bears)
1925-01-20 - George Connol, NFL Hall-of-Famer
1925-03-29 - Emlen Tunnell, NFL safety (Giants, Packers)
1925-04-20 - Ernie Stautner, NFL tackle (Steelers)/WLAF head coach (Galaxy)
1925-05-01 - Chuck Bednarik, Penn, NFL hall of fame center/linebacker (Phila)
1925-12-06 - Andy Robustelli, NFL defensive end (LA Rams, NY Giants)
1926-01-05 - Claude (Buddy) Young, NFL running back (Yankees, Texans, Colts)
1926-02-18 - Len Ford, NFL end (Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers)
1926-03-01 - Pete Rozelle, NFL commissioner (1960-89)
1926-03-15 - Norm Van Brocklin, NFL QB/coach (LA Rams), hall of famer
1926-04-26 - Preston "Bob" Tisch, NFL co-owner (NY Giants)
1926-10-24 - Y A Tittle, AAFC/NFL QB (Baltimore, SF, NY Giants, MVP 1963)
1926-12-07 - Victor Kermit Kiam II, CEO (Remington shavers)/NFL owner (Patriots)
1926-12-19 - Bobby Layne, NFL QB (Detroit Lions)
1927-01-02 - Gino Marchetti, NFL defensive end (Dallas Texans, Baltimore Colts)
1927-01-22 - Joe Perry, NFL Hall-of-Famer
1927-01-27 - Joe Perry, AAFC/NFL Hall of Fame fullback (SF 49ers, Balt Colts)
1927-05-20 - [Harold] Bud Grant, Wisc, CFL/NFL player/coach (Winnipeg, Minnesota)
1927-09-17 - George Blanda, Penn, NFL kicker/quarterback (Bears, Oilers, Raiders)
1928-04-16 - Dick "Night Train" Lane, NFL defensive back (Rams, Cards, Lions)
1928-10-27 - Kyle Rote, NFL halfback (NY Giants 1951-61)
1928-11-01 - Leon Hart, NFLer (Heisman Trophy)
Deaths in Sport
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1939-05-20 - Joe Carr, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39), dies at 59
1959-02-17 - Tim Mara, co-founder of NFL's NY Giants, dies
1959-10-11 - Bert Bell, NFL hall of famer, dies at 64
1963-01-25 - Wilson Kettle, Nfld, dies at 102, leaving 582 living descendents
1968-07-23 - Don Lillis, NFL president (NY Jets)
1969-08-09 - George P Marshall, NFL president (Washington Redskins), dies at 72
1983-10-31 - George S Halas, NFL coach (Chicago Bears), dies at 88
1984-09-27 - John Facenda, sportscaster (NFL Action), dies at 72
1989-06-17 - John Matusek, NFLer (Oak Raider)/actor, dies of a heart attack at 38
1990-01-07 - Joseph Robbie, lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), dies at 73
1990-03-15 - Tom Harmon, NFL tail back (Heisman Trophy), dies at 70
1990-10-10 - Dick Jorgensen, NFL referee, dies at 56
1991-03-19 - John Russell Thomas, NFL general manager (Detroit Lions), dies
1991-08-05 - Paul Brown, NFL founder (Cleveland Browns, Cin Bengals), dies at 82
1992-01-31 - Mel Hein, NFL center (NY Giants), dies at 82
1992-05-14 - Lyle Alzado, NFL defense linesman (Raiders), dies of cancer at 43
1992-07-13 - Alex Wojciechowicz, NFLer (Philadelphia Eagles), dies at 76
1992-07-16 - Buck Buchanan, NFL defensive lineman (KC Chiefs), dies at 51
1993-04-30 - David Waymer, NFLer (Saints, 49'ers, Raiders), dies at 34
1996-12-06 - [Alvin] Pete Rozelle, commissioner (NFL), dies at 70
1997-01-16 - Jim Kensil, NFL president (NY Jets), dies of heart failure at 66
1997-04-06 - Jack Kent Cooke, NFL owner (Wash Redskins), dies at 84
2009-07-28 - Jim Johnson, NFL Assistant Coach, Eagles Defensive Coordinator from 1999-2009 (b.1941)
