UGLY PASSERS, BRICK WALLS, AND FEISTY CARDINALS!

About this episode

This episode explores the unusual plays and forgotten stories of the Arizona Cardinals, the NFL's oldest team.

When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear . EPISODE SUMMARY Since the Arizona Cardinals are the NFL’s oldest team, with roots extending back to 1899, there are many examples of unusual plays, strange accomplishments, and perhaps odd statistics! Most of this stuff has been relegated to history, and remains hidden on yellowed newspapers or dusty microfilm. In other words, once the game or experience is over, we’re likely never to hear about these occurrences again. As the months and years pass, the information becomes buried, if not simply forgotten. And many of these brief situations that were once in the spotlight soon completely fade, and probably deserve that fate! 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 teams: The Bears and the Cardinals. Team championships, individual exploits, or long-buried items of interest from the earliest years of the…

People in this episode

Host: Joe Ziemba

Topics covered

• Arizona Cardinals
• NFL history
• unusual plays
• strange accomplishments
• forgotten stories
• early NFL

Keywords

• Arizona Cardinals
• NFL
• football history
• Joe Ziemba
• unusual plays
• strange statistics
• forgotten stories

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sports History Network, Bears, Cardinals

Places: Arizona, NFL

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