American Sports in 1920 (Part 1)

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EPISODE SUMMARY

Join us this week on Hello Old Sports as we travel back in time 100 years to 1920, a watershed year in American sports. In Part One of this two-episode series, we cover topics such as the founding of the NFL, the 1920 Olympics, and a Stanley Cup final relocated because of melting ice. There are a lot of legends to talk about: Jack Dempsey. Knute Rockne. Bill Tilden. George Halas. Even a thoroughbred (racehorse Man O'War) and a strangler (wrestler Ed "Strangler" Lewis). Not to mention the oldest medalist in Olympic history and a college football star whose death has become a legend. 

BOOKS TO COMPLIMENT THIS SERIES

A Flame of Pure Fire: Jack Dempsey and the Roaring 20s

The Boxing Kings: When American Heavyweights Ruled the Ring

Pigskin: The Early Years of Pro Football

The Games: A Global History of the Olympics

Cum Posey of the Homestead Grays: A Biography of Negro Leagues Owner and Hall of Famer

HELLO OLD SPORTS BACKGROUND

Each week on “Hello, Old Sports” Andrew and Dan Neumann examine a different sports history topic—baseball, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, and anything else that comes to mind. We’ll travel back to 1920 to relive the founding of the Negro Leagues and Babe Ruth’s first season with the New York Yankees.

Or to 1967 to relive the closing drive of the “Ice Bowl” between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Maybe even all the way back to 1884 and the first “World Series” between the Providence Grays of the National League and the New York Metropolitans of the American Association.

Andrew and Dan Neumann are your hosts and these brothers know a thing or two about living in some crazy sport's towns.