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Weeb Ewbank

Born May 6, 1907, in Richmond, Indiana, was the only coach that won World Championships in both the AFL and the NFL, Weeb Ewbank. Think about that for a second, and couple it with the fact that he accepted his first head coaching job at the age of 47, and what a small window that was to accomplish so much! Weeb’s 1958 and 1959 Baltimore Colts won the NFL Title both seasons and the New York Jets that Ewbank led won Super Bowl III! Ponder that, His Teams won the Greatest Game Ever Played and the Namath’s Promise of the Jets upsetting the Colts! Those two victories each changed the NFL forever and spurned its growth in popularity in amazing ways. Weeb was best known for using the process of building winning teams patiently around great quarterbacks and Johnny Unitas and Joe Namath thrived in his system. Coach won 130 professional football games walking the sidelines as the head man and his legacy will endure as the Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrined Weeb Ewbank in 1978.

Walt Kiesling

Born May 27, 1903, in St. Paul, Minnesota, was Pro Football Hall of Fame Lineman and Coach Walt Kiesling. Kiesling played college football at the University of St. Thomas. Walt played 13 years as a guard and tackle in the NFL with the Duluth Eskimos (1926–1927), Pottsville Maroons (1928), Chicago Cardinals (1929–1933), Chicago Bears (1934), Green Bay Packers (1935–1936), and Pittsburgh Pirates (1937–1938). Kiesling also spent 25 years as a coach or aide for NFL teams, including seven years as head coach of the Pittsburgh Pirates/Steelers from 1939 to 1942 and 1954 to 1956. He provided Pittsburgh's first franchise winning season in 1942. He was posthumously inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1966 and was named to the NFL 1920s All-Decade Team in 1969.

Wade Boggs

Born June 15, 1958, in Omaha, Nebraska, was baseball Hall of Fame Third Baseman Wade Boggs. Boggs played 18 season of MLB ball mainly with the Boston Red Sox but also had stints on the New York Yankees (93, 94, 95, 96, 97) Tampa Bay Devil Rays (98, 99) as he batted 0.328 for his career, had an On Base percentage of 0.443, with 118 career Home Runs, and 2 Gold Glove Awarded Seasons. He is one o the top MLB players to have worn Jersey Number 26. He is also one o the top MLB players to have worn Jersey Number 12

Vince Lombardi

Born June 11, 1913, in Brooklyn, New York, was Vince Lombardi, the a Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinee and NFL coach of the Green Bay Packers as well as a former NFL executive. Yes even the trophy awarded to the Super Bowl Champion each season bears his name, due to his importance to the NFL. Prior to becoming the Packers head man he had only five years of NFL experience as an assistant coach with the New York Giants. At his very first team meeting lombardi challenged his new team by saying, "I have never been on a losing team, gentlemen, and I do not intend to start now!" The Packers responded as they improved from 1-10-1 in 1958 to 7-5 in 1959 in Lombardi's first season on the job. During the 1960's Lombardi's Packers won the NFL championship 5 times in seven years as well as also winning the first two Super Bowls in just 10 seasons! Coach Vince had an overall career record of 105-35-6 as a head coach. The Pro Football Hall of Fame website claims that not only did he turn the Green bay Packers around take the league crown in 7 of nine seasons but he also in his final year as a coach took the dismal Washington team and gave them their first winning season in 14! Vince Lombardi was enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971, a year after he died of cancer at the age of 57.
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February 13 Jersey Numbers

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Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 1 - 8 - 17 -18 - 24 -19 - 33  February 13, 1923  - The first all Black Pro Basketball team, the New York Renaissance, fo...

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The 1910 Ottawa and Hamilton Tigers Football action

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(image) Here is an image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons that shows a Canadian football game between Ottawa and the Hamilton Tigers in August of 1910. The Canadian game in this era was basically rugby. The two teams are very much in scrum. The Hamilton Tigers would go on to merge eventually with ano...[iframe]https://jerseydispatch.com/pfeL/p/c312642c0431e75b485e432232c99c1c/website/Sports-History-Photo-of-the-Day/February-Images/February-13-Image/images/Ottawa_and_Hamilton_Tigers_football_game_1.jpg[/iframe]

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February 12 Jersey Numbers

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The stars really shone bright on this day in sports jersey history! Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 6 - 99 - 8 February 12, 1958 - Boston Celtic's big man,&nb...

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The 1925-26 Georgia Tech Mens Basketball Team

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(image) The group photograph of the 1925-26 Georgia Tech basketball team above is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. The photograph was taken on February 12, 1926 according to the source. Some interesting things that jump out on the uniiforms of the men, are the dark colored shorts complete with a wh...[iframe]https://jerseydispatch.com/pfeL/p/c312642c0431e75b485e432232c99c1c/website/Sports-History-Photo-of-the-Day/February-Images/February-12-Image/images/1925-26_Georgia_Tech_basketball_team.jpg[/iframe]

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February 11 Jersey Numbers

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Sports history is made every day of the year. We will preserve at least a small sampling from some great athletes every day based on the uniform number they wore. 24 - 4 - 13 - 1 - 99 - 14 February 11, 1966 - The San Francisco Giants inked the centerfielder who wore Number 24, ...[iframe]https://img.newspapers.com/img/img[/iframe]

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The 1923 Clemson Football Team

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(image) The image of the 1923 Clemson Tigers football team is courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. The image is really striking, and little notes make us believe that the photo was taken long after the season in 1924 we think at their homefiled of Riggs Stadium. The Tigers ended the campaign with a...[iframe]https://jerseydispatch.com/pfeL/p/c312642c0431e75b485e432232c99c1c/website/Sports-History-Photo-of-the-Day/February-Images/February-11-Image/images/1923_ClemsonFOotball.jpg[/iframe]

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