Tag: football

• R. E. Smith, Multimillionaire Who Aided in Astrodome, Dies – The New York Times

  

  Smith, R E — Read on www.nytimes.com/1973/12/01/archives/r-e-smith-multimillionaire-who-aided-in-astrodome-dies-once-an.html

  Joe Thompson, PhD

  31 Jan 2019

  baseball, basketball, football, history, sports

  1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Astros, baseball, basketball, books, business, cooperstown, Disco, food, football, history, Houston, kids, medicine, mlb, movies, music, national baseball hall of fame, NBA, NCAA, new york, oil, politics, rock, Roy Hofheinz, SABR, space, sports, television, Texas, UH

• 1975 Houston Oilers ‘Luv Ya Bum’

  

  Today in 1975, #BumPhillips is hired by the Oilers as Head Coach. #LuvYa @Houstorian What exactly happened in 1975 that changed the fortune of the up to that point dysfunctional Houston Oilers franchise? The Houston Oilers were a team in disarray. During the 1972 and 1973 seasons, the team won only two games. The 1974…

  Joe Thompson, PhD

  25 Jan 2019

  football, history, sports

  1970s, Bum Phillips, football, history, Houston, Luv Ya Blue, Oilers, sports, Steelers

• What made 1945 Army the greatest college football team of all time – SBNation.com

  

  What made 1945 Army the greatest college football team of all time – SBNation.com — Read on www.google.com/amp/s/www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/college-football/2016/12/9/13843204/1945-army-football-season-world-war-2

  Joe Thompson, PhD

  8 Jan 2019

  football, history, sports

  1940s, 1950s, Alabama, Army, Army vs Navy, college football, college football championship, Duke, football, history, Navy, Notre Dame, sports, UH, Vanderbilt, West Point, World War II, WWII