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Pardon My Take
A story from a book published in 1970 was shared, detailing how rough football was in the 1940s, including an incident where a team owner was knocked through a dressing room window by a player for being taken out of the game.
So here's a little out. So this is a story from a book published in 1970. Now I don't mean pro ball players were a bunch of drunks because they were not.
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A story from a book published in 1970 was shared, detailing how rough football was in the 1940s, including an incident where a team owner was knocked through a dressing room window by a player for being taken out of the game.
So here's a little out. So this is a story from a book published in 1970. Now I don't mean pro ball players were a bunch of drunks because they were not.
I've seen more dog on fights among football players because they didn't have anything else to do. I've seen them even fight the owners.
George stood up and knocked Dutch right through the dressing room window onto the lawn.
It was an insult in those days to tell a ballplayer he was not going to start or to take him out of the game. The only way you can came out was to be dragged out with an injury preventing you from walking.