Episode 9
History of the Army Black Knights Football Team
Hello Old Sports is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Your Favorite Sport's Yesteryear.
EPISODE SUMMARY
With the Army/Navy game coming up on December 12, we've decided to devote this week's episode to the history of the Army Black Knights football team! Among the stories we'll discuss:
- The Colonel, Red Blaik, legendary head coach and close friend of General Douglas MacArthur.
- Mr. Inside (Doc Blanchard) and Mr. Outside (Glenn Davis) and how they led Army to three consecutive undefeated seasons in the 1940's.
- Pete Dawkins and his 1958 Heisman Trophy season, the last Heisman winner in Army history.
- Current Head Coach Jeff Monken and his efforts to turn around the program after years of losing.
BOOKS TO COMPLIMENT THIS SERIES
A Team for America: The Army-Navy Game That Rallied a Nation
When Saturday Mattered Most: The Last Golden Season of Army Football
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.
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