On August 26, 1939, the first televised Major League baseball game was broadcast on station W2XBS, the station that was to become WNBC-TV. Announcer Red Barber (below) called the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York.
Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson fires a pass.
Len Dawson will be 87 in June.
Wisconsin Gov. Warren Knowles (left) and Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi celebrate in the locker room after Green Bay’s 35-14 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.
On September 30, 1947, the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn
Dodgers, 5-3, in Game 1 of the World Series—the first Fall Classic
game broadcast on television. It is the second “Subway Series”
between and Yankees and Dodgers and first World Series to
involve a black player. Jackie Robinson of the Dodgers broke
Major League Baseball’s color barrier six months earlier.
While Red Barber and Mel Allen (below) called the game on the
radio, Bob Stanton described the action on NBC.
Red Barber (1908 – 1992) Mel Allen (1913 – 1996)
Jack Roosevelt Robinson
(January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972)
On this day in 1943, work was completed on the Pentagon and it was dedicated as the world’s largest office building located just outside Washington, DC, in Arlington, VA. The structure covers 34 acres of land and has 17 miles of corridors.
The first National Football League (NFL) Super Bowl was played on this day in 1967. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League. The final score was 35-10.
Even though ticket prices averaged just $12, it was the only Super Bowl that didn’t sell out. The game aired on two different networks, NBC and CBS and drew in an audience of more than 61,000 fans. The popularity of the event continued to grow after the leagues integrated.
Super Bowl I – Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
The Packers quarterback Bart Starr.
Football great and TV commentator Frank Gifford (second from left).