Page 3 of 3

Re: Awkward conversations with non-historians

Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 11:33 am
by Ronfitch
JeffreyMiller wrote:Kathie Lee Gifford was married to a guy who used to play pro football ...
Regis played pro ball? Whaddyaknow.

Re: Awkward conversations with non-historians

Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 11:14 am
by luckyshow
Pro football is 50 years old?

Re: Awkward conversations with non-historians

Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 11:16 am
by luckyshow
Pro football is 50 years old?

Teo wrote
<The obvious one is that the first season of Pro Football was 50 years ago (How the NFL is older by ten years than World Cup Soccer?).>

Re: Awkward conversations with non-historians

Posted: Fri May 13, 2016 1:29 pm
by Mark L. Ford
What he was referring to as an obvious misconception was that most people don't seem to notice that the NFL existed before the 1970s. As to the rest of it, the World Cup was first played in 1930, hence 10 years after the Hupmobile showroom meeting.

Re: Awkward conversations with non-historians

Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 2:17 pm
by Gary Najman
Mark L. Ford wrote:What he was referring to as an obvious misconception was that most people don't seem to notice that the NFL existed before the 1970s. As to the rest of it, the World Cup was first played in 1930, hence 10 years after the Hupmobile showroom meeting.
Thanks Mark for clarifying it.