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DATELINE November 16, 1907 — “Masters of the New Football”

Not only “masters,” the Carlisle Indians are moneymakers. When it comes to box-office draw, they’re No. 1 in the nation, taking in $45,000 at the gate in 1907 (President Roosevelt’s salary is $50,000.) Why such a draw? Every “footballist” in America wants to see how a crew of ingenious Indians…

BookTrib Guest AuthorJanuary 6, 2017

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DATELINE Nov. 23, 1907 – The Carlisle Indians Play a Final Game That Changed the Rules

In the last game of the season, the Carlisle Indians (9-1) took on the Big Ten champs, the heavily favored University of Chicago. Worse, the Indians had lost their star quarterback, Frank Mt. Pleasant, to a broken thumb. Over 27,000 Chicago fans (below) were eager for a “massacre at Marshall Field.”…

BookTrib Guest AuthorJanuary 11, 2017

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DATELINE 1907 – Olympian Jim Thorpe’s Weaknesses and the Invention of the Halftime Show

Jim Thorpe, circa 1907 (Photo by Pro Football Hall of Fame/NFL) Five years in the future, The Carlisle Indians’ Jim Thorpe will win gold in the pentathlon and decathlon at the 1912 Olympics. The King of Sweden will tell Jim, “You sir, are the greatest athlete in the world.” Jim…

BookTrib Guest AuthorDecember 7, 2016

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DATELINE 1907 – Football Formation or the Top View of a Birthday Cake?

Both! On Oct. 26, 1907, the “single wing” offense was unleashed on UPenn by Pop Warner and the Carlisle Indians. With the center able to snap the ball to three backs (TB, FB, QB), the options of run, handoff or pass were endless. The birth of the single wing (now…

BookTrib Guest AuthorDecember 14, 2016

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DATELINE 1907 — The Carlisle Indians are First in Firsts

First all-Indian football team (1894) First non-college team to play against and beat the Ivy Leagues First to travel cross-country for a game (U. of California, 1899) First to launch the passing game and game-changing “single wing” (1907) First to send scouts to spy on other teams in prep…

BookTrib Guest AuthorDecember 22, 2016

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DATELINE 1907 – Football Trickery Abounds

Brian Meehl is the author of Blowback ’07 (MCP Books, November 1, 2016) and this article is the seventh in a new series discussing the radical changes in football from the 1905 to 1907. No one masterminds trick plays like Pop Warner and the Carlisle Indians. If “there’s no rule against”…

BookTrib Guest AuthorNovember 30, 2016

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DATELINE 1905: Why Did Teddy Roosevelt want Football to be Banned?

Brian Meehl is the author of Blowback '07 (MCP Books, November 1, 2016) and this article is the first in a new series discussing the radical changes in football from the 1905 to 1907. If you think football is dangerous today, take a look at the early 1900s. In 1903, 25 players…

BookTrib Guest AuthorOctober 19, 2016

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DATELINE 1906 — The Rules of Football are Re-Written

Brian Meehl is the author of Blowback '07 (MCP Books, November 1, 2016) and this article is the second in a new series discussing the radical changes in football from the 1905 to 1907. Last year, President Teddy Roosevelt threw the gauntlet: Football, reform your brutal ways or be abolished! His…

BookTrib Guest AuthorOctober 26, 2016

blowback ’07

DATELINE November 16, 1907 — “Masters of the New Football”

DATELINE Nov. 23, 1907 – The Carlisle Indians Play a Final Game That Changed the Rules

DATELINE 1907 – Olympian Jim Thorpe’s Weaknesses and the Invention of the Halftime Show

DATELINE 1907 – Football Formation or the Top View of a Birthday Cake?

DATELINE 1907 — The Carlisle Indians are First in Firsts

DATELINE 1907 – Football Trickery Abounds

DATELINE 1905: Why Did Teddy Roosevelt want Football to be Banned?

DATELINE 1906 — The Rules of Football are Re-Written

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