WWII Steagles

gesshots

March 20, 2022 16:36

Did not know this:

During the 1943 NFL season, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles temporarily merged into the “Steagles” as a result of player shortages stemming from both teams losing players to World War II military service. ... 😉

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  Brookwood

  March 20, 2022 16:56

  Didn't know this either. At least the football circuit back then didn't replace the players with lady's like baseball teams did. I learned this from that old Tom Hanks\Gena Davis movie "A League Of Their Own" which I actually enjoyed.

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  gesshots

  March 20, 2022 18:22

  Brookwood: 30496460874011/comments/30496460921883
  

  Didn't know this either. At least the football circuit back then didn't replace the players with lady's like baseball teams did. I learned this from that old Tom Hanks\Gena Davis movie "A League Of Their Own" which I actually enjoyed.

  "There's no crying in Baseball" ! ... 🤣

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  truthful

  March 20, 2022 23:15

  I'd be awfully embarrassed to be playing football while most other guys were overseas fighting the war.

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  Warbirds

  March 21, 2022 11:13

  truthful: 30496460874011/comments/30496476333467
  

  I'd be awfully embarrassed to be playing football while most other guys were overseas fighting the war.

  Only about 10% or so served in the military during WW2. Which is a huge number.

  I think many of the Americans who were not in the military were farming, manufacturing supporting US infrastructure. Which is a much larger percentage of the population.

  It’s not like today where the pro athletes made millions. All those guys likely had jobs outside of football.

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