Dick Tracy and the Chicago Cardinals

Dick Tracy and the Chicago Cardinals

From When Football Was Football by Sports History Network

December 11, 2023 · 20 min · Episode 89

About this episode

This episode explores the connection between Dick Tracy and the Chicago Cardinals, highlighting forgotten stories from early NFL history.

When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Long before we could watch football games on our phones, or talk with our friends using our wrist watch, there was Dick Tracy. On this episode of “When Football Was Football,” we’ll visit the original Dick Tracy, a crime fighting cartoon character whose fame achieved world-wide status thanks to a rather large former lineman from the Chicago Cardinals. We’ll also visit with an enormously successful punt returner for the Cardinals whose brief career, and small stature, in the NFL has been largely forgotten, but whose story remains an inspiration. When you encounter an NFL player named “Tiny,” your expectations for the story behind that nickname intensify. Was he a big man, or rather a smaller player? Sometimes, nicknames can often go both ways… Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this episode here . 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…

People in this episode

Host: Joe Ziemba

Topics covered

  • Dick Tracy
  • Chicago Cardinals
  • NFL history
  • football players
  • punters
  • nicknames

Keywords

  • Dick Tracy
  • Chicago Cardinals
  • NFL
  • football history
  • punter
  • Tiny
  • nicknames

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Organizations: Chicago Cardinals

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