Chris Willis

Birthday remembrance of Benny Friedman: The Quarterback Who Taught the NFL to Fly - Pigskin Dispatch @SportsHistoryHQ pigskindispatch.com/benny-friedman…

"Slinging" Sammy Baugh Washington Redskins 1937-52 HOF 1963 All-Pro 7 times NFL All-Star Game 1938-42 Led Redskins to 1st NFL Title 1937 Led NFL in interceptions (11) 1943 Threw 4 touchdowns and intercepted 4 passes 11-14-1943 Set 13 NFL records in 3 player positions 🧵

@NFFNetwork @SacHornetsFB Tommy Lee Jones played for Harvard and won an Academy Award

Johnny "Blood" McNally Milwaukee Badgers 1925 Duluth Eskimos 1926-27 Pottsville Maroons 1928 Green Bay Packers 1929-33_35-36 Pittsburgh Pirates 1934_37-38 HOF 1963 Won All-Pro honors 1929-31 Major contributor to 4 Packer NFL Title teams 1929-31_36 The "Vagabond Halfback" 🧵

Earl 'Dutch' Clark Portsmouth Spartans 1931-33 Detroit Lions 1934-38 HOF 1963 Won All-Pro honors 6 times in his 7 year career. Scored 369 points on 42 touchdowns, 72 extra points, 15 field goals. Last player to regularly employ the dropkick for field goals and extra points.

Before the NFL was a billion-dollar business, it was a battleground for the Nesser Brothers. 🛠️🏈 6 brothers. 1,400+ lbs of steel-working muscle. Jim Thorpe said he dreaded facing them more than anyone else.

𝘼 𝙉𝙀𝙒 𝙀𝙍𝘼 𝘽𝙀𝙂𝙄𝙉𝙎 🏈 Mark Snyder has been named Shawnee State’s first-ever head football coach 📋 Full release here 👉 ow.ly/YGxJ50Ysu66 #GoBears

We're saddened to share Matt Snell, an integral member of our Super Bowl III championship team and Ring-of-Honor inductee, has passed away at age 84 Keeping the Snell family in our thoughts and prayers 💚

nflfootballjournal.blogspot.com/2026/03/third-… Thursday, March 5, 2026 Third Time a Charm? For the Fourth Time, the Rams trade for a Chiefs Cornerback. By John Turney

Transformative leader of the @Packers, and father of a special football family Rest in peace Bob Harlan 💛

The Packers family is saddened to learn of the passing of Bob Harlan

From the family of Lou Holtz

Recalling the time Wyoming Seminary traveled to play the freshman football team at Syracuse, pitting Bo Roberson against Jim Brown. @pa_fb_history @WyoSemFootball @CuseFootball Link: mattbufano.substack.com/p/when-bo-robe…

.@ProFootballHOF member Fritz Pollard is one of football's earliest Black pioneers. Pollard was one of only two Black players in 1920, before becoming the @NFL's first Black head coach. bit.ly/3GpRbaX | #BlackHistoryMonth

Sad to hear about passing of Neal Dahlen. I interviewed him for my book on 1984 Niners. Won 7 rings denverbroncos.com/news/broncos-m…

Peter Read Miller, Legendary Sports Illustrated Photographer, Dies at 78 - Local News Pasadena localnewspasadena.com/2026/peter-rea…

Shawnee State University was announced as a provisional member of NCAA Division II, joining the Mountain East Conference and beginning competition in the 2026-27 academic year. 🔗 ow.ly/QlSO50YcXmN

I interviewed Roger Craig for my book on the 1984 Niners. So happy he got the call ⁦@ProFootballHOF⁩

🏈 in Western PA - it doesn’t any get better! And now you can celebrate its rich history on the biggest of screens! Narrated by @PatMcAfeeShow, our first-ever immersive format documentary, The Football Town, premieres 2/28 at @KaminScienceCtr. Tix on sale 2/13!

Before the NFL looked the way it does now, it was still coming into focus. Seasons felt different then. Smaller rosters. Fewer lights. A game that was still figuring out what it could become. In that early stretch, four players left an imprint that still shows up on Sundays. Kenny Washington. Woody Strode. Marion Motley. Bill Willis. Four careers that overlapped at a defining moment in professional football, remembered through the way the game was played. This Black History Month, we’re revisiting their careers as they were lived on the field, during a defining period in the game’s history. Pay homage.