Upton Bell shares his memories of attending the 1948 NFL Championship Game with his father, NFL commissioner Bert Bell, in this episode of The Game before the Money Podcast. This episode also includes an interview clip from Al Wistert, a Philadelphia Eagles lineman and 2020 Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist. The 1948 NFL Championship Game was the first televised NFL Championship Game and laid the foundation for what has become Super Bowl Sunday. Hear how Bert Bell’s foresight helped grow the NFL’s future through the powerful new technology of television.
The 1948 NFL Championship Game featured a rematch of the previous year’s game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Cardinals (now the Arizona Cardinals). The teams played in a blizzard and battled both the elements and their opponents. Hall of Famer Steve Van Buren nearly missed the game because of the weather before scoring the game’s winning touchdown, powered by perhaps one of the greatest blocks in NFL history.
You will also learn how both teams utilized versions of modern NFL offenses rather than the “three yards and a cloud of dust” adjective that is often erroneously used to describe the era.
Episodes of The Game before the Money Podcast are released each week, except for certain episodes that take about two weeks to create. The show is produced and hosted by Jackson Michael, author of The Game before the Money: Voices of the Men Who Built the NFL, published by the University of Nebraska Press. Many episodes feature interviews with pro and college football legends. Learn more at https://TheGameBeforeTheMoney.com.
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E57: Vince Evans Talks 1980 Bears Lions NFL Thanksgiving Classic
E56: Dave Wilcox - Hall of Fame, 49ers, Oregon Legend
E55: Bill McColl - Stanford All-American and Chicago Bears Legend
E54: Meet George Toma - Groundskeeper for EVERY Super Bowl!
E53: NFL Week 1 -- Best Games Ever
E52: Al Denson - AFL Broncos, HBCU Legend
E51: Johnny Manziel Talks 2012 Game vs Alabama
Ep 50: Willie Roaf - Saints, Chiefs, Hall of Fame
Ep 49: Dick Vermeil – Four Decade NFL Head Coach
Ep 48: Hidden Stories of Super Bowl 3
Ep 47: 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers - Best NFL Draft Class Ever?
Ep 46: 1958 NFL Championship – An Insider’s Look at the Game that Changed the NFL Forever
Ep 45: Hugh McElhenny -- Long Live the King!
Ep 44: NFL Defensive Plays that Won Championships
Ep 43: Super Bowl Quarterbacks
Ep 42: How Lamar Hunt and Hank Stram Built the Kansas City Chiefs
EP 41: Matt Birk - Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl Journey and the Mile High Miracle
Ep 39: HOUSTON OILERS -- Luv Ya Blue! 1978 and 1979 NFL Seasons
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