Comments on: Football Legends Revealed #3

By: David Semenske

David Semenske — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:11:01 +0000

Also I look forward to the Robeson thing, personally I am curious if it is true about his wife.

By: David Semenske

David Semenske — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:09:05 +0000

Your welcome, Something else you might be interested in is the possibility that the Oorang Indians, who entered the league in 1922?, began the halftime show. I read that owner Jim Thorpe had a friend who had a large stock of Airedale dogs he wanted to get rid of. So Thorpe began showing them off at Halftime. The dogs were sold out half way thru the season and attendance began dropping so he began showing Indian cultural dances at halftime and attendance picked up. Other teams began doing similar things at the half and the halftime show was born.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:11:21 +0000

Another excellent piece of history, David. Thanks! I’ve been working on the Robeson one for awhile, by the way. I should have something on it fairly soon!

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Tue, 17 May 2011 05:30:07 +0000

That is truly fascinating, David. That would make a great legend of its own, thanks!

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:17:52 +0000

Thanks for the info, Gene! Good call.

By: Gene Taylor

Gene Taylor — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 19:06:26 +0000

Regarding the quote attributed to Lombardi…

The phrase, “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing” was also spoken by child actress Sherry Jackson, playing John Wayne’s daughter, Carol Williams, in the 1953 movie, “Trouble Along the Way”. She quoted the phrase to Donna Reed’s character as being spoken by her father, Steve Williams (Wayne’s character). Watch the movie and you’ll find the quote @half-way through.

Also, since the movie has John Wayne playing the head football coach at a Catholic college, you can bet Lombardi saw it.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Wed, 26 May 2010 23:46:51 +0000

Thanks, melee – silly typo there on my part. I fixed it!

By: melee

melee — Wed, 26 May 2010 23:04:00 +0000

red sanders coached at ucla, not usc. he’s clearly wearing a ucla shirt in that picture too.