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Ghosts of Football Past

2018-02-04 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·36m 45s ·by WNYC Studios
Ghosts of Football Past
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About this episode

In anticipation of Super Bowl LII (Go Eagles), we’re revisiting an old episode about the surprising history of how the game came to be. It’s the end of the 19th century – the Civil War is over, and the frontier is dead. And young college men are anxious. What great struggle will test their characte