Electric football history was made on this day in 1999 when the Miggle Electric Football Convention got underway in Philadelphia. It was a vibrant event from the start. The crowds were overwhelming even early on Saturday morning. By Saturday … Continue reading
Electric football has many great “pieces” to find when collecting old games. We talked in an earlier post about one of our favorite finds, Tudor’s original rub-on number sheets. But one of our ultimate finds is a “felt” of footballs … Continue reading
Electric football inventor Norman Sas was honored by LIFE in their end-of-the-year publication Farewell Remembering The Friends We Lost in 2012. There, among notable individuals like Neil Armstrong, Andy Griffith, Dick Clark, Mike Wallace, Etta James, Alex Karras, and Ernest … Continue reading
Electric football probably never produced a more realistic game than the Sears’ 1970 Super Bowl No. 633 model. The field is nearly an exact replica of the Super Bowl field that was laid out in Tulane Stadium on this date … Continue reading
Electric football, as we know it, was pretty much defined by Tudor’s relationship with the NFL. In contrast, electric football’s relationship with college football, at least up until Miggle went to college licensing in its last few years, has been … Continue reading
Electric football, fortunately, isn’t real life. As we’ve postulated in a previous blog, electric football is the original “fantasy football.” And the fantasy part of electric football trumps the current statistical fixation that defines modern fantasy football. Electric football puts … Continue reading
Electric football and the NFL have created some memorable pairings. Today it’s fitting that we show off a game that was an “almost.” It was designed, but never but into production. But, oh, what a game it would have been… … Continue reading
Electric football and the NFL have been licensing partners for over half a century now, but it wasn’t until Tudor created their miniature NFL that the game really started to capture our imaginations. And it allowed many of us move … Continue reading
Electric football Holiday Greetings everyone! We’d like to wish a Happy Holiday to all of our electric football friends. We are incredibly grateful for everyone’s support and input over the last couple months. It’s been amazing. As a special “thank … Continue reading
Electric football history was made 45 years ago when Tudor brought its miniature NFL to Christmas mornings throughout the country. One of the three NFL games Tudor was offering in 1967 was the NFL No. 613 model, which was being … Continue reading
Electric football inventor Norman Sas was a genuinely humble man. But there was one topic where his trademark reserve quickly melted away. In any conversation that involved NFL Properties, Mr. Sas would always include this phrase: “We made that company.” … Continue reading
Electric football at its best…from the 1970 Tudor rule book.
Electric football is the original “fantasy football.” So we’re allowed to pretend that this week’s Raiders-Chiefs game is significant. It certainly is to the fans of the two teams. But outside of Oakland and Kansas City? Yes, for us it … Continue reading
Electric football is alive and well, as this photo has been floating around the internent for some time now. But it is our photo. It was part of the “Tudor History” page we did for the Miggle site. The game … Continue reading
Electric football was pretty popular in the early 1970’s, but was it “valuable” enough to be used as a bribe…to police officers? The answer is a resounding “Yes.” In a front page New York Times article from November of 1972, … Continue reading
Electric football was definitely “all in the family” as Roddy and his brother Roald played the “Garcia Bowl” on Thanksgiving Day. Roddy had his beloved Vikings, Roald his Giants. It was a “stock game” played on a 1969 NFL … Continue reading
Electric Football — Yes, we did this electric football matchup already. Unfortunately, of the photos done for this week, this ended up being the best game (nobody really wanted to see the Eagles-Cowboys). The away 49ers have always been one … Continue reading
This is a good matchup only in terms of vintage electric football teams. There is very little appealing or attractive about the real game for the casual fan. Maybe some glitter from RG3, but neither of these teams are very … Continue reading
Electric football games were a Thanksgiving Day advertising staple in the 1960’s. The above ad was run by the Lazarus Department store chain ran in the Mansfield News Journal on November 27, 1969. It was a full page ad that … Continue reading
When Tudor began making NFL electric football games, the Rams and 49ers were one of first pairings sold. Although they weren’t part of the original group of NFL games Tudor released in 1967, the Rams-49ers were paired together the very … Continue reading