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FORMER LIONS GREAT HAS DIED AT AGE 79

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Ed Flanagan honored during an NFL game in 2019

Ed Flanagan, a former Detroit Lions offensive lineman and four-
time Pro Bowl selection has died.  

Flanagan was hospitalized in Altoona with heart problems on
May 8, 2023, and died today, May 10. 

Flanagan appeared in 139 games (139 starts) for the Lions from
1965-74.

Ed Flanagan autographed Football Card (Detroit Lions) 1970 Topps #11

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FOOTBALL HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE

ssAaron Rodgers gets a stump replica of his face, and it's ... strange

(FOXNEWS) – Aaron Rodgers’ time with the Green Bay Packers
appears to be over and following the path of his predecessor
Brett Favre is seemingly a part of the four-time NFL MVP’s
journey.

Rodgers will be traded to the New York Jets in a blockbuster
trade months in the making, according to multiple reports.

The full trade, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, is the Jets receiving
Rodgers, the 15th overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft and a 2023
fifth-round pick (No. 170) in exchange for the 13th overall pick
in the 2023 NFL Draft, a 2023 second-round pick (No. 42), a sixth
-round pick (No. 207) and a conditional 2024 second-round pick
that will become a first if Rodgers plays 65% of plays this season.

[49+] NY Jets Wallpaper and Screensaver on WallpaperSafari

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WE REMEMBER THE FIRST SUPER BOWL

Vintage Ad Archive: Special Super Bowl Edition! | Vintage ads, Beer, Beer prints

Both CBS, the NFL network, and NBC, the AFL carrier,
provided coverage of the first game.  Each provided its
own announcing crew, and had their own technicians at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles.

1960s Sports timeline | Timetoast timelines

History of Advertising timeline | Timetoast timelines

When Was the First Super Bowl Played?

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THE RETRO BLOG ~ WHAT HAPPENED DEPT.

Bizarre final Cowboys play gets Ezekiel Elliott trucked: Was it his ...
Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott may have
played his last game in a Cowboys uniform on Sunday.
(AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

Graded 2016 Panini Donruss Ezekiel Elliott #368 Rookie RC Football Card PSA 10
                REGULAR: $144.99 REDUCED: $130.99

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IT WAS ‘THE GREATEST GAME EVER PLAYED’

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(Fox News) – The Baltimore Colts stunned the New York Giants
23-17 in "sudden death" at the NFL championship game at
Yankee Stadium before a mesmerized nationwide
television
audience
on this day in history, Dec. 28, 1958.

The event has gone down in American sports lore as "the
greatest game ever played."

The dramatic title tilt helped popularize pro football at a time
when it ranked behind baseball and college football — even
boxing and horse racing — in the national sporting
consciousness.
 

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Baltimore Colts vs New York Giants in 1958

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