October 22, 1879 – Columbus, Ohio  – Joseph Francis Carr was born. Who was Joe Carr, you may ask? Joe was the NFL’s President from 1921 through 1939, taking the League from its infancy in an era before games were televised and transforming it from a small-town, localized event into a national spectacle. Before the

October 22, 1923 -Orlando, Florida – Pete Pihos the fantastic end and later fullback from Indiana University was born. The NFF’s website states that Pete was noted by multiple experts in 1943, including noted sports writer Grantland Rice, to be one of the top receivers in college football that season. He was an All-American in