Fantasy Football? When Halas Played Rockne

<p>When Football Is Football is part of the <a href="https://sportshistorynetwork.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear</a>.</p><p><strong><u>NETWORK SPONSORS</u></strong></p><p><a href="https://sportshistorynetwork.com/row1/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Row One</a> - the vintage shop for sports history fans!</p><p><strong><u>EPISODE SUMMARY</u></strong></p><p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p><p>With electronic, board, and online fantasy games extremely popular for both football and baseball fans, one can imagine the wild matchups that might be possible through these outlets. How would Nolan Ryan pitch to Babe Ruth? Could Ty Cobb fool Bob Gibson on the base path? And would Jim Thorpe have a chance against Dick Butkus, or vice-versa?</p><p>Listeners to this program, appropriately called “When Football Was Football,” on the Sports History Network may have figured out by now that I have no life. I’m perfectly content to research the heroics and exploits of key professional football players from a century ago with the wonderful opportunity to share their stories via this platform.</p><p>Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this <a href="https://sportshistorynetwork.com/football/college/great-lakes-vs-notre-dame-1918" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">episode here</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.newspapers.com/freetrial/?xid=2229&amp;duration=semiannual&amp;subtype=extra&amp;ft=true" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GET A 7-DAY FREE TRIAL TO NEWSPAPERS.COM TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TOPIC AND MANY MORE SPORTS HISTORY MOMENTS FROM THE TIMEFRAME OF WHEN THEY OCCURRED.</a></p><p><strong><u>WHEN FOOTBALL WAS FOOTBALL BACKGROUND</u></strong></p><p>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, indivi