NFL's First Grudge Match (Decatur Staleys vs. Rock Island Independents

When Football Is Football is part of the https://sportshistorynetwork.com/ (Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear). EPISODE SUMMARY This episode covers a little history of one of the NFL's first grudge matches. The game was between two teams no longer in the cities they were back then - Rock Island, IL and Decatur, IL. The game featured some twists and turns, no doubt, in the first season of the league. Read the entire episode blog post and check out some other cool info regarding this https://sportshistorynetwork.com/football/nfl/first-nfl-grudge-match (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 NFL will be dusted off and resurrected for the listener. Not for the football faint-of-heart since these programs will document when the struggling Bears nearly went out of business or when Cardinals’ players earned $15 a game and were proud of it! It’s NFL history—with a twist!. See Joe's books below. https://amzn.to/32oYi2n (Cadets, Canons, and Legends: The Football History of Morgan Park Military Academy) https://amzn.to/3eGr8jK (When Football Was Football: The Chicago Cardinals and the Birth of the NFL) <a rel="payment" href="https://ko-fi.com/sportshistorynetwork">Support this podcast</a>