JD TALKIN SPORTS #1972

About this episode

Dan Fournier discusses the original USFL league and shares insights from Jeff Pearlman's book.

Send JD a text message and be heard! Dan Fournier the obscure sports league fanatic came on today to talk about the the original #usfl league 1983-85. Dan had a great story from the @jeff_pearlman book “Football for a buck” where owner John F. Bassett wrote a letter to NJ Generals owner @realdonaldtrump not happy with his handling of the league going from the spring to fall which led to their demise. Dan has made over 250 USFL helmets & his USA team helmets that played in th...

People in this episode

Hosts: JD TALKIN, JD

Guest: Dan Fournier

Topics covered

• USFL
• sports history
• football

Keywords

• USFL
• John F. Bassett
• Donald Trump
• football history

Mentioned in this episode

Products: USFL helmets

Books & works: Football for a buck

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