Our next football birthday happened on September 13, 1922. Zygmont Czarobski, a tackle from the University of Notre Dame who played during the mid-1940s. Czarobski’s Fighting Irish play was interrupted for a couple of seasons as he served in the military during World War II. Still, he went right back after the war to finish…
Next up, September 13, 1915. Clint Frank was a former Yale University halfback. At Yale, he was a two-year captain of the team and earned the selection as an All-American player in 1937. He won both the Maxwell Award and the Heisman Award, beating out the legendary Byron “Whizzer” White for his outstanding play on…
Explore legendary September 13 football moments and player birthdays in the Pigskin Dispatch Football History Headlines, your portal to the Pigskin Past. Today, we’re going to talk about a legendary Nittany Lion quarterback. A couple of NFL quarterbacks named Steve and the ladies are here during a game in just a minute.In this edition, we…
The 1922 Pitt Panthers football team, led by legendary coach Glenn “Pop” Warner, was a powerful force in college football, compiling an impressive 8–2 record as an independent program. The team outscored its opponents by a combined score of 190 to 43, showcasing a dominant offense and a stingy defense that recorded five shutouts.The season…
After graduation, Killinger played professional football in the NFL with the Canton Bulldogs and the New York Giants, as well as with the first AFL’s Philadelphia Quakers. The athletic Killinger also played minor League baseball for 10 years and had a stint in the big leagues with the New York Yankees.Somehow, he also managed to…
