TB25 - A History of Football

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Tom Leyden and a series of guests guide you through the history of professional football, year by year, starting with the pre-merger era, welcoming key players and coaches along the way to provide first-hand stories from their days in the NFL.

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Episodes

Tom Leyden's History of Football: Episode V: 1973(Bob Griese)

Pro Football Hall of Famer Bob Griese joins Tom Leyden and Butch Stearns as they tell the story of the 1973 NFL season. The 1973 Dolphins completed a two-year stretch of dominance that will likely never be matched in NFL history. Over the course of two years, Miami finished with a 32-2 record and two Super Bowl titles. A year after going undefeated, the Dolphins continued their run of success, winning the AFC East by three games with a 12-2 record. The Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers ...

Oct 06, 2016•22 min

Tom Leyden's History of Football: Episode IV: 1972 (Bob Griese)

Tom Leyden and Butch Stearns are joined by Pro Football Hall of Famer Bob Griese as they tell the story of the 1972 NFL season. The Dolphins bounced back from their Super Bowl VI loss to the Cowboys to go undefeated and beat the Washington Redskins 14-7 in Super Bowl VII. No team has won a Super Bowl as an undefeated team again. Griese shares how Don Shula turned the Dolphins into winners, what motivated the players every week en route to the 17-0 season and where he feels the team stacks up in ...

Sep 30, 2016•30 min

Tom Leyden's History of Football: Episode III: 1971 (Bob Lilly)

Tom Leyden and Butch Stearns are joined by Pro Football Hall of Famer Bob Lilly as they tell the story of the 1971 NFL season. The Cowboys finally broke through to win their first championship after knocking on the door so many times in the late 60s and early 70s. Dallas had lost two NFL Championship Games to the Packers, two playoff games to the Browns and then Super Bowl V to the Baltimore Colts. The 1971 season also featured the longest game ever played, when the Dolphins beat the Chiefs 27-2...

Sep 08, 2016•43 min

Tom Leyden's History of Football: Episode II: 1970 (Bill Curry)

Tom and Butch discuss the 1970 NFL season, the first year all 26 teams from the AFL and NFL played together after the merger. They're joined by Bill Curry, who started at center for the Super Bowl V champion Baltimore Colts and Dr. Brad Schultz, the author of "The NFL: Year One: The 1970 Season and the Dawn of Modern Football." 1970 was the dawn of new rivalries that remain red-hot 46 years later.

Aug 31, 2016•52 min

Tom Leyden's History Of Football: Episode I: 1960s (Jerry Kramer)

Tom Leyden and Butch Stearns welcome former Packers legend Jerry Kramer to the premiere episode of Tom Leyden's History of Football. To kick things off, Tom and Butch cover the "Pre-Merger Era" of the NFL, from 1958 to 1969, when the Packers dominated the landscape and the AFL came of age.

Aug 18, 2016•53 min

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