Another Look at the 1947 NFL Championship Game

When Football Is Football is part of the https://sportshistorynetwork.com/ (Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear). NETWORK SPONSORS https://sportshistorynetwork.com/row1/ (Row One) - the vintage shop for sports history fans! EPISODE SUMMARY As we approach the 2022 Super Bowl, one old and familiar name will be missing from the participants: the Cardinals. Again. After a promising start to the 2021 season that sputtered and then ground to a halt in the first round of the playoffs, the Cardinals have ensured that the longest streak without a championship in any professional sport will now stretch into its 75th year. 75 years! While many fans of the team certainly hoped that the impressive start this year signaled the imminent end of the team’s title drought, fate interceded and crushed those hopes with nary a look back. Very few are still around who personally witnessed the Cardinals' last championship in 1947 yet we can always dip into the history books to experience the heroes and highlights of that long-ago victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on December 28, 1947. In a past episode of “When Football Was Football,” we covered that title contest but as we near the conclusion of still another NFL season without a Cardinals’ championship, we’ll peek behind the curtain from another direction and share the Philadelphia side of that famous battle. The result of that long ago contest will remain the same: the Cardinals survived the Eagles 28-21 behind two touchdowns each from Charley Trippi and Elmer Angsman. It was a tough game, played on the frozen surface of Comiskey Park in Chicago and the weather played a prominent role in the outcome, at least early in the game...... Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this https://sportshistorynetwork.com/football/nfl/1947-nfl-championship-game-from-another-view (episode here). https://www.newspapers.com/freetrial/?xid=2229&duration=semiannual&subtype=extra&ft=true (GET A 7-DAY FREE TRIAL TO