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t is nearly impossible to determine game scenes of the most prominent the “who” and “when” regarding college teams of the day. Professional Ithe first football board game ever football as we know it today did n’t exist produced, but New York publisher and college teams such as Harvard, Yale, McLoughlin Bros. introduced some and Princeton, were used to promote of the earliest parlor football games games. The graphics in these games in the late nineteenth century. Its box reveal how primitive the player covers were printed using the process equipment was during the infancy of chromolithography. This method of football. produced vibrant colors, often depicting
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The Game of Football c. 1892 Parker Brothers $800.00
he Game of Foot Ball is one of the first football- Tthemed games ever produced. Packaged in an 8 1/2-inch square box, it depicts football in its earliest form – a game resembling more rugby than the sport known today. Players move their pieces, jump the opposition, and try to score by landing on one of the goal squares. This game is rarely seen for sale and can command a price up to four figures.
40 VINTƒGE GƒMES 189 0- 1929 Parlor Foot Ball 1891 McLoughlin Bros. $2000
Game of Touchdown/Parlor Foot Ball 1897 J.W. Kelly $100.00
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Who was the last The Foot Ball Game Raider to have a chance at 1898 Parker Brothers stopping Franco Harris from scoring $500.00 a touchdown after he caught the “Immaculate Reception”? a. George Atkinson b. Jimmy Warren c. Willie Brown d. Nemiah Wilson e. Jack Tatum
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Quarterback 1914 Littlefield Mfg. Co. $150.00
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Quarterback 19 18 Olympia Games $75.00
Indoor Football 191 9 J.Y. Underwood
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Which U.S. President’s concern about the brutality of early football resulted in rules changes to reduce injuries? a. Calvin Coolidge b. Theodore Roosevelt c. Woodrow Wilson d. Franklin Roosevelt Yal e- Harvard Football Game e. Harry Truman 1922 La Valle Mfg. Co. Answer on page 44 $75.00 43 VINTƒGE GƒMES 189 0- 1929
RUBBING ELBOWS All-American Football WITH c. 1924 Ted Toy-Lers $1 50.00 LEGENDS
At age thirty-four, quarterback Earl Morrall won the NFL MVP and led the Colts to Super Bowl III. Four years later he replaced an injured Bob Griese and directed the Dolphins to another one. He had six future hall of fame quarterbacks as teammates during his twenty-two year career. They were Y.A. Tittle, Len Dawson, Bobby Layne, Fran Tarkenton, Johnny Unitas, and the aforementioned Griese. Playing as a starter and The Gregg Football Game backup, Morrall amassed over 1924 Albert A. Gregg Co. twenty-thousand passing yards and $350.00 one-hundred sixty-one touchdown passes. He endorsed a game in 1965 while with the New York Giants
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