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Published 10 years ago by jayhallny with 1 Comments
by jayhallny
10 years ago 1

Tough Guys: Faces of the NFL in 1938

In the fall of 1938, in the midst of the Great Depression, LIFE magazine published a feature on professional football titled, “Beefy Bruisers Make It Rival College Game.” In those years, the biggest sports in the land were baseball, boxing, horse racing and college football; the NFL barely registered on most sports fans’ radar.

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  • grandtheftsoul
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    I still find it amazing that the NFL's top achievement, the super bowl, is only 48 years old.

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